Vatican Says Jews No Longer Chosen People
[Vatican Says
Jews No Longer Chosen People
Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries]
"Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal,
named by Pope Benedict to represent
the Vatican in the Jewish State,
declared that "Israel's existence as
such has nothing to do with the
Bible." The synod's document said,
"We Christians cannot speak about
the Promised Land for the Jewish
people. There is no longer a chosen
people. The concept of the promised
land cannot be used as a base for
the justification of the return of
Jews to Israel and the displacement
of Palestinians."
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Response to comment [from a Jehovah's Witness]: [Vatican says Jews no longer chosen people] "They never were..."
As a reminder, Beloved57 is
number 19 on Satan, Inc. in the "The 'Jesus is not
God' people (Non-trinitarians) category.
"God called Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees to a land that He would give him
(Genesis 12:1). This promise is reiterated in Genesis 13:14–18 where it is
confirmed by a shoe covenant; its dimensions are given in Genesis 15:18–21
(precluding any notion of this being fulfilled in heaven). The land aspect of
the Abrahamic Covenant is also expanded in Deuteronomy 30:1–10, which is the
Palestinian Covenant.
...The promise of descendants (Genesis 12:2). God promised Abraham that He would
make a great nation out of him. Abraham, who was 75 years old and childless
(Genesis 12:4), was promised many descendants. This promise is amplified in
Genesis 17:6 where God promised that nations and kings would descend from the
aged patriarch. This promise (which is expanded in the Davidic Covenant of 2
Samuel 7:12–16) would eventuate in the Davidic throne with Messiah’s kingdom
rule over the Hebrew people.
...The promise of blessing and redemption (Genesis 12:3). God promised to bless
Abraham and the families of the earth through him. This promise is amplified in
the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31:31–34; cf. Hebrews 8:6–13) and has to do with
“Israel’s spiritual blessing and redemption.” Jeremiah 31:34 anticipates the
forgiveness of sin. The unconditional and eternal nature of the covenant is seen
in that the covenant is reaffirmed to Isaac (Genesis 21:12; 26:3–4). The “I
will” promises suggest the unconditional aspect of the covenant. The covenant is
further confirmed to Jacob (Genesis 28:14–15). It is noteworthy that God
reaffirmed these promises amid the sins of the patriarchs, which fact further
emphasizes the unconditional nature of the Abrahamic Covenant..." Full text:
What is the Abrahamic Covenant?
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What does it mean that the Jews are God’s chosen people?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "For once the papists get something right. A stopped clock is right twice a day."
Replacement theology is false.
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What is replacement theology / supersessionism?
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "Paul, the anointed Apostle, and Teacher of the Gentiles also said it. Rom 9:24 Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews ONLY but also of the Gentiles?"
Yes. We aren't supposed to get on our high
horse.
We were grafted in.
For if you were
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted
contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will
these, who are natural branches, be grafted into "their own olive
tree? For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of
this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that
blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the
Gentiles has come in (Ro 11:23–25).
"Isaiah predicted Gentile inclusion."
That's right. We are invited (Is. 55:1–13;
Acts 13:34). Some receive the message and are converted (Is. 11:10;
Rom. 15:8–12).
What if God,
willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with
much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction.
And that he might
make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he
had afore prepared unto glory,
Even us, whom he
hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? [Rom.
9:22–24].
"Paul has already established the fact
that God is free to act in the mystery and majesty of His
sovereignty. Now Paul shows that God deals in patience and mercy
even with the vessels of wrath. God did not fit them for
destruction; the rebellion and sin of the clay made them ripe for
judgment. God would have been right in exercising immediate
judgment, but He dealt with these vessels, not as lifeless clay, but
as creatures with a free will. He gave them ample opportunity to
reveal any inclination they might have of obeying God. Although God
hates sin and must judge it in a most final manner, His mercy is
constantly going out to the creatures involved.
God suggests that
the “vessels of wrath” are the Jewish nation, which was destroyed in
A.D. 70. Jesus, you recall, announced this destruction, but He wept
over the city, and he prayed, “… Father, forgive them …” (Luke
23:34). When the final judgment came in A.D. 70, God saved a
remnant. These were “vessels of mercy.”" McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru
the Bible commentary: The Epistles (Romans 9-16) (electronic ed.,
Vol. 43, pp. 34–35). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
"Lk 14:15 he who
shall eat bread in the kingdom. The man probably held the common
view that only Jews would be invited to the heavenly feast (see note
on Matt. 8:12). Perhaps this was an idle or pious saying, made
without much serious reflection. Christ replied with a parable that
pictures the inclusion of Gentiles." MacArthur, J., Jr. (Ed.).
(1997). The MacArthur Study Bible (electronic ed., p. 1544).
Nashville, TN: Word Pub.
[J]ealousy [Ro 11:11]
"Ro 11:11...salvation is come to the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy—Here, as also in Ro 10:19 (quoted from De 32:21), we see that emulation is a legitimate stimulus to what is good." Jamieson, R., Fausset, A. R., & Brown, D. (1997). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (Vol. 2, p. 249). Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
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