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Has the church replaced Israel? Christians are told the church has replaced Israel – from Old Testament to New Testament. Let me be clear before I continue: The Israel I’m taking about is the one mentioned in the Bible not the one they call the state of Israel.

Let’s continue: The leaders of the church have preached a huge error all through history. Let me explain!

Yahuah promised Abraham (Genesis 14:13) his seed will be blessed. Abraham's seed went through Isaac, and then to Jacob (Yahuah changed Jacob’s name to Israel - Genesis 32:28).

Israel (Jacob) had 12 sons which became known as the children of Israel. Israel as a nation became slaves in Egypt and Yahuah promised to save them when they cried out to Him - Exodus 2:23-24.

Yahuah said in Exodus 3:10, that the children of Israel are His people. Yahuah said in Exodus 3:18, that He is the Elohim of the Hebrews (Israel). In Exodus 4:22, Yahuah says that Israel is His son, His first-born. Moses said to Pharaoh that Yahuah is Elohim of Israel - Exodus 5:1.

The history tells us that the children of Israel sinned against Yahuah and after many warnings from Yahuah through His sent prophets, He scattered them out of the land He promised to them. The house of Israel (Northern tribes) and house of Judah (Southern tribes) at different times were removed out of the promised land and scattered to different parts of the world.

   

Remember Yahuah made a promise that Israel will be blessed always and we know that Yahuah never breaks promises. Now the house of Judah has returned out of captivity but the Northern 10 tribes are still scattered to this day. Yahusha (Jesus) Messiah was sent to redeem Israel. Messiah (Jesus) said in Matthew 15:24, that He was sent for the lost sheep of Israel and in Matthew 10:5, gave a command to the disciples to only go preach to the lost sheep of Israel (lost 10 tribes). He did not say anything about a church replacing Israel.

This is confirmed in Romans 11:1-2, when Sha'ul (Paul) says the following; has Elohim (Almighty) rejected His people? LET IT NOT BE! For I also am of Israel.......

Elohim has not rejected His people. In Romans 11:26, And so all Israel shall be saved, as it is been written (written by the prophets). Do you notice the error the church leaders are speaking? Do you believe the Bible is the word and the truth of Elohim, I do! All Israel will be saved not just one tribe – Judah.

The temple (church as many people know it) is our body and we worship Him in spirit. So, His Spirit comes into our temple (church) to teach us and guide us to be perfect in Messiah Yahusha (Jesus).

Who are the lost sheep? I believe it is all those scattered to the four corners of the world which could be you and me, the wild olive branches of Romans 11:16-22, that Messiah spoke about in Matthew. When we accept Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) as our Savior, we became part of Israel (grafted in).

A gentle cannot enter into the kingdom of Yahauh, only Israel. No one in Messiah is a gentile – read the following scripture verses;

Ephesians 2:11-17, Therefore remember that you, once gentiles in the flesh, who are called ‘the uncircumcision’ by what is called ‘the circumcision’ made in the flesh by hands, that at that time you were without Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no expectation and without Elohim in the world. But now in Messiah Yahusha you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah. For He is our peace, who has made both one, and having broken down the partition of the barrier, having abolished in His flesh the enmity – the Torah of the commands in dogma – so as to create in Himself one renewed man from the two, thus making peace, and to completely restore to favour both of them unto Elohim in one body through the stake, having destroyed the enmity by it. And having come, He brought as Good News peace to you who were far off, and peace to those near. (The enmity has been done away with – not the commands of Yahuah!)

Ephesians 4:17 So this I say, and witness in the Master, that you should no longer walk as the gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, …

1 Peter 4:3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime in doing the desire of the gentiles, having walked in indecencies, lusts, drunkenness, orgies, wild parties, and abominable idolatries, …

1 Corinthians 12:2 You know that you were gentiles, led away to the dumb idols, even as you might be led. Notice the past tense: “were.”

Jeremiah 10:2 Thus said Yahuah, “Do not learn the way of the gentiles, and do not be awed by the signs of the heavens, for the gentiles are awed by them.

Yahuah scattered His people among the gentiles, and He will bring His people back from among the gentiles (Read Romans 11 to understand how we are grafted into Israel). Israel has been "wild olive branches," but, they are being re-grafted into the natural olive tree once again by Yahuah. 

Yahuah never breaks a covenant (promise) and the covenant (promise) was never made with a gentle or a church.

The temple of stone in Jerusalem was destroyed because Messiah changed this when He returned to heaven. He became the High Priest and the offered Lamb replacing the old system of worshipping and offering. We worship Him now in Spirit and truth - John 4:23-24.

Our body is the temple and Messiah is the offering lamb.

This will be confusing for many because we are been taught otherwise but this is no secret as all is written in the scriptures, we must just pick up the Bible and read it. The problem is no one reads the scripture and some people are being told not to read the Old Testament because it is old and also Israel is replaced by the church but they do not realize that to understand the New Testament (renewed covenant) you have to read and understand the Old Testament, because the prophets speak about the Messiah.

Revelation 21:12 talks about the 12 gates that will be on the new earth and the 12 gates will have the names of Israel.

No church names!

Ezekiel 47:22-23, tells us that strangers that have accepted the terms of Yahuah's covenant will be part of the tribes of Israel. Yahuah gives Israel a command to accept the strangers into their tribe and to give of the inheritance to them.

Nowhere does it say anything about a church replacing Israel.

Now if the above have not convict you that the church has not replaced Israel then the next Scripture (Bible) verse will!

Church leaders teach that because Israel sinned against Yahuah, He replaced them with the church.

It is also being taught that the Old Testament was about Israel and the law which is old (not important anymore) and the New Testament is all about the church and grace.

When I read this one verse in the New Testament, I realize the teachings of the church fathers are in error.

Listen carefully to what the apostle Luke says; "And He (Messiah Yahusha (Jesus)) shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and there shall be no end to His reign." Let me say this again but this time I will make a slight change to one word which will open your eyes (note, not changing scripture). "And He (Messiah) shall reign over the house of ISRAEL (Jacob) forever, and there shall be no end to His Kingdom - Luke 1:33.

Remember Jacob's name was changed to Israel. Does Messiah say that He will reign over the house of the church, no He does not. So why are they teaching this error.

Our forefathers have taught us lies and Yahuah says "My people have perished for lack of knowledge.... Hosea 4:6.

Who is Yahuah’s people? The 12 tribes of Israel. Not one tribe or two tribes but 12 tribes. And not just the tribe of Judah but all tribes united as Israel.

And we say or will say the same as what Jeremiah said in Jeremiah 16:19, "Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them."

In many places in scripture it talks about nations, strangers and foreigners joining to Israel but I have not read anywhere in scripture where it says that the church replaces Israel or Israel has accepted the church.

If you want to worship the true Creator of the scripture, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob or Israel then you do have to abide by His covenant.

Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) says He will only reign over the house of Israel.

Below are verses from the Old and New Testament showing that the Messiah of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Israel) is the Messiah of Israel.

A prophesy right out of the Old Testament, confirming what Luke said in 1:33. For a child is born unto us, a Son is given unto us, and the rule is on His shoulder. And His Name is called Wonder, Counsellor, Strong El, Father of Continuity, Prince of Peace - Isaiah 9:6.

Who is this which Isaiah is talking about? It is the same person Luke is mentioning in 1:33 - The King of Israel, the savior, the true Messiah.

No church mentioned here.

Isaiah says further in verse 7, Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of David and over His reign, to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of Yahuah of hosts does this.

This is Messiah of Israel who will reign over the throne of David (David was a king of Israel) forever and ever.

Again, no mention of a church.

The disciples asked Yahusha Messiah before He went back to heaven the following in Acts 1:6, "Master, would You at this time restore the reign to Israel?" Messiah said that the disciples do not need to know the times when this will happen but they need to go and witness to all the earth - Acts 1:7-8.

Isaiah 16:5, "And in loving-commitment the throne shall be established. And One (Messiah) shall sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging and seeking right-ruling......

Jeremiah 23:3, "Therefore I shall gather the remnant of My flock out of all the lands where I have driven them.... (Israel scattered to all corners of the earth).

Jeremiah 23:4 “And I shall raise up shepherds over them, and they shall feed them. And they shall fear no more, nor be discouraged, nor shall they be lacking,” declares Yahuah.

Verse 5-6, "See, the days are coming," declares Yahuah, "when I shall raise for David a Branch of righteousness, and a King shall reign and act wisely, and shall do right-ruling and righteousness in the earth. In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel dwell safely......

The Branch is Yahusha Messiah.

Read the following prophets from Yahuah: it is about how Israel will come back together with Messiah as King.

Jeremiah 30:9-11 ‘And they shall serve Yahuah their Elohim and David their sovereign, whom I raise up for them. ‘And you, do not fear, O Jacob My servant,’ declares Yahuah, ‘nor be discouraged, O Israel. For look, I am saving you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity. And Jacob shall return, and have rest and be at ease, with no one to trouble him. ‘For I am with you,’ declares Yahuah, ‘to save you. Though I make a complete end of all gentiles where I have scattered you, yet I do not make a complete end of you. But I shall reprove you in judgment, and by no means leave you unpunished.’

Ezekiel 37:21-28, “And speak to them, ‘Thus said the Master Yahuah, “See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the gentiles, wherever they have gone, and shall gather them from all around, and I shall bring them into their land. “And I shall make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel. And one sovereign shall be sovereign over them all, and let them no longer be two nations, and let them no longer be divided into two reigns. “And they shall no longer defile themselves with their idols, nor with their disgusting matters, nor with any of their transgressions. And I shall save them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and I shall cleanse them. And they shall be My people, and I be their Elohim, while David My servant is sovereign over them. And they shall all have one shepherd and walk in My right-rulings and guard My laws, and shall do them. “And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt. And they shall dwell in it, they and their children and their children’s children, forever, and My servant David be their prince forever. “And I shall make a covenant of peace with them – an everlasting covenant it is with them. And I shall place them and increase them, and shall place My set-apart place in their midst, forever. “And My Dwelling Place (temple) shall be over them. And I shall be their Elohim, and they shall be My people. “And the gentiles shall know that I, Yahuah, am setting Israel apart, when My set-apart place is in their midst – forever.” ’ ”

Daniel 7:18-27, ‘Then the set-apart ones of the Most High shall receive the reign, and possess the reign forever, even forever and ever.’ “Then I desired for certainty concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, very fearsome, with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, crushed, and trampled down the rest with its feet, and concerning the ten horns that were on its head, and of the other horn that came up, before which three fell – this horn which had eyes and a mouth which spoke great words, whose appearance was greater than his fellows. “I was looking, and this horn was fighting against the set-apart ones, and was prevailing against them, until the Ancient of Days came, and right-ruling was given to the set-apart ones of the Most High, and the time came and the set-apart ones took possession of the reign. “This is what he said, ‘The fourth beast is the fourth reign on earth, which is different from all other reigns, and it devours all the earth, tramples it down and crushes it. ‘And the ten horns are ten sovereigns from this reign. They shall rise, and another shall rise after them, and it is different from the first ones, and it humbles three sovereigns, and it speaks words against the Most High, and it wears out the set-apart ones of the Most High, and it intends to change appointed times c and law, and they are given into its hand for a time and times and half a time. ‘But the Judgement shall sit, and they shall take away its rule, to cut off and to destroy, until the end. ‘And the reign, and the rulership, and the greatness of the reigns under all the heavens, shall be given to the people, the set-apart ones of the Most High. His reign is an everlasting reign, and all rulerships shall serve and obey Him.’ “This is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts greatly alarmed me, and my colour changed. And I kept the matter in my heart.”

Finally, Daniel 2:44, In the days to come, Yahuah shall set up a reign which shall never be destroyed, nor the reign pass on to other people - it crushes and ends all other reigns and shall stand forever.

Revelation 11:15, And the 7th Angel sounded, and there came to be loud voices in the heaven, saying, "The reign of this world has become the reign of our Master, and of His Messiah, and He shall reign forever and ever!"

There is no church, it is Messiah with Israel.

You and I who have belief in Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) and have accepted the covenant promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob are Israel.

Now on the opposite side of the church is the state of Israel and the rabbinical religion called Judaism. Their bible is called the Talmud.

 This will surprise you but there is a difference between the state of Israel and the Israel of the Bible, they are miles apart, they may seem the same with names and places but they are not the same.

The Christian church, preaches a mixture of truth and a lie from the Bible, and so does Rabbinical Judaism, mix truth with lies.

Rabbinical Judaism is similar to the Pharisees of the scriptures, when Messiah Yahusha (Jesus) walked on earth. Messiah called them "hypocrites," because they added/deleted from the true Scriptures and had many man-made traditions which just placed burdens onto the people.

This has not changed from those days. When people talk about Israel and Messiah coming for His lost sheep, it is not about the state of Israel.

Many Christians are leaving church realizing they have been lied too, but they walk straight into another bigger lie, thinking the religion of Judaism is the truth.

Do not be deceived, satan will do everything in his power to deceive people and keep them away from the truth of the Almighty Creator.

Do not fall for his lies and listen not to man and his traditions, they do not come from Heavenly Father Yahuah.

Do not come out of one tradition made by man just to go back into another tradition made by man.

Heavenly Father Yahuah and His Son Yahusha (Jesus), the Creator of the universe is not a religion.