Israel In The New Testament
1. Last state of Jews worse than 1st, Mt. 12:45
2. Kingdom taken from Jews - given to another Mt. 21:43; 1 Pet. 2:7-10
3. The national Crime invoked national penalty DEATH (Mt. 21:33-45
4. Abraham's seed no longer with Jews, Gal. 3:26-29
5. God's Jew no longer of Abraham's flesh, but of Abraham's FAITH, Rom. 4:16, 2 Cor. 5:16 Col. 3:10-11
6. Christian gentiles are God's Jews Rom. 2:28-29
7. Circumcision of flesh gives place to circumcision of heart, Col. 2:11-12
8. Conversion of a Jew destroys nationality Eph. 2:16; Gal. 6:15; Gal. 3:28-29, 2 Cor. 5:17
9. Old Israel has no further place in the picture Gal. 3:26-29
10. The church is NOW the Israel of God. Gal. 6:15-16
11. Paul renounced Jewish nationality for Christ Phil. 3:2-8