Historically the real israel was a kingdom in the north of the Levant. Judea was a different nation to it's south. Jews are Judea, but even THAT isn't true because today's jews aren't even that.
Spiritually the Bible says the church is the true israel. The new covenant through Jesus christ removed any old agreement and created a new israel in the church.
This is very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me about it.
I understand there are different 12 tribes, and then later some tribes went back, namely Judah and Benjamin. A lot of that confuses me.
I would probably agree that the new temple where God dwells is with His people via His Holy Spirit.
I think covenants get fullfilled but do not get overwritten.
An unfulfilled covenant is null and void. The old testament is a cautionary tale of tragedy for the isrealites failure. Time and again they fail God and are punished. Eventually he is done. The new testament is far down the road. Its a new story. The story of the new covenant
The jews of the new testament are NOT the Israelite of the old testament. They were conquerors of Israel's failed state and usurped their cultural identity of the "chosen" people.
What is the real Israel then? Edit: just generally asking, not putting you on the spot.
Historically the real israel was a kingdom in the north of the Levant. Judea was a different nation to it's south. Jews are Judea, but even THAT isn't true because today's jews aren't even that.
Spiritually the Bible says the church is the true israel. The new covenant through Jesus christ removed any old agreement and created a new israel in the church.
This is very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me about it.
I understand there are different 12 tribes, and then later some tribes went back, namely Judah and Benjamin. A lot of that confuses me.
I would probably agree that the new temple where God dwells is with His people via His Holy Spirit.
I think covenants get fullfilled but do not get overwritten.
An unfulfilled covenant is null and void. The old testament is a cautionary tale of tragedy for the isrealites failure. Time and again they fail God and are punished. Eventually he is done. The new testament is far down the road. Its a new story. The story of the new covenant The jews of the new testament are NOT the Israelite of the old testament. They were conquerors of Israel's failed state and usurped their cultural identity of the "chosen" people.
I'm thinking on these things.