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The Chosen People

The Chosen People

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The Jews are not “God’s chosen people.”  Some Christians criticize this position and rail against  “Replacement Theology” as some kind of heresy.  In fact, “replacement theology” is as legitimate as the replacement of Judas Iscariot with Matthias.    Judas Iscariot was replaced. Another man filled his ministry. His ministry and calling did not go away, but Judas  did.  Someone filled that gap.  Judas is a type of the Jew, starting with his name, Judas, and linked to his town, Iscariot/Kerioth,…

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Whose Side Are You On?

Whose Side Are You On?

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Peter to the Jews: Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, and you have now become betrayers and murderers of Him; Acts 7:52 Jesus Foretelling Of His Murder by the Jews: And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after…

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A Very Sad Story . . .

A Very Sad Story . . .

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The Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people and behold they are an obstinate people.   Now then, let me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make you a great nation.” Exodus 32:9-10 Exodus 32:32-33  Moses responds:  “But now, if you will forgive their sins, and if not, please blot me out from your book which you have written.”    The Lord said to Moses, “who has…

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Fate, Acts, and Jews

Fate, Acts, and Jews

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Fate has determined that I arrive in this city at the very moment the Jews conspired against me and at the beginning of my teaching on the Book of Acts.   I’ll continue this path  — teaching out of the book of Acts.  And since there is such controversy regarding the “Jews,” it would seem foolish to shrink from the opportunity talk to, and about, the Jews.  “Jew” is a Bible word — it isn’t owned by some sect or…

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