Who is Israel? Does God have a people whom He considers to be the TRUE Israel of God? What does the Bible teach us about these things? It teaches us that only those with faith in Jesus Christ are the true descendants of Israel! That ONLY includes the Jewish and Gentile believers in Jesus Christ!
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. (Galatians 3:6-8)
Righteousness came to Abraham through FAITH in CHRIST!
Those with FAITH in CHRIST = are the children of Abraham
Gentiles (Heathen/Nations) are JUSTIFIED the same way as JEWS
ALL are welcome to JOIN God’s True ISRAEL!
Are YOU interested?
There has always been ONE people of God, not TWO!
There are not TWO distinct peoples (Israel/Church)
Do not be bulldozed by the modern Zionist pharisees that tell you that stuff!
Jesus warned us about = the wicked leaven = of Herod and the Pharisees which is Politics and false religion!
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. (Mark 8:15)
The PROMISE was made to Abraham and His SEED
Who is the SEED (Descendant)?
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. (Galatians 3:16)
The promised SEED/descendant = is Jesus Christ
If YOU miss that YOU miss everything
And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Galatians 3:17-19)
The PROMISE to Abraham was given LONG before the LAW
LAW = no inheritance under the LAW = you need Jesus
Till the SEED should come = Christ the seed came
LAW = shows you = you are an UNSAVED wretch! = Jew/Gentile
Ethnic Israel/Gentiles without Christ = Unsaved under their own LAW!
If YOU reject the SEED/descendant CHRIST = you reject eternal LIFE
There is neither Jew nor Greek (Gentile), there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Galatians 3:28-29)
If you REJECT Jesus Christ = then you are NOT = Abrahams descendant = John the Baptist = made that clear to the religious Jews
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. (Matthew 3:9)
John was NOT impressed with their Jewish heritage
Being ethnic descendants of Abraham = meant NOTHING in God’s sight
Millions have made an IDOL out of of Israel/Land
The Scofield Bible, J.N. Darby and many others = had a GREAT influence in millions of lives = People are mystified by their FALSE teachings
The Jewish apostle Paul = was CONVERTED to FAITH in Jesus Christ
Paul knew about the ONLY circumcision that mattered
For he is not a JEW, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a JEW, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of GOD. (Romans 2:28-29)
Again Paul makes it clear = Spiritual regeneration is all that matters = It is pure IDOLATRY = to worship any ETHNIC group = including Israel
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. (Galatians 6:14-16)
If you want to be part of God’s TRUE Israel
Then YOU must be born again!
That is what Jesus Christ declared
He created ALL things (John 1:1-3) = Do YOU believe Him?
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. (John 3:6-7)
Your PHYSICAL birth will NOT get you into Heaven!
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. (1 Corinthians 15:50)