Eph 2 v 7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Eph 3 v 21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
What curious non-sequitur comments.
Am beginning to think we don’t use the same Bible.
Mine is represented by such translations as the
KJV,
NIV,
AMPLIFIED,
MESSAGE
I gather yours was ‘translated’ [using the term exceedingly loosely] by
REPLACEMENTARIAN INC.
My question pertained to the Word of God, not simply the Bible.
In the Millenial Kingdom, He will write His instruction on the hearts of Israel and there will be no more need for teaching.
Jer 31:31-34 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah; (32) not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; forasmuch as they broke My covenant, although I was a lord over them, saith the LORD. (33) But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the LORD, I will put My law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people; (34) and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying: ‘Know the LORD’; for they shall all know Me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD; for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.
The Church today doesn’t fit with this description.
If one asserts a New Covenant exists today for both believing Israel and Greek alike in the Church, then there is no need to teach. Since we do have need for teaching and God provides pastor-teachers as a spiritual gift, one cannot consistently take the stance we are in either the Millennial kingdom, nor that the Church has the same inheritance as Israel in that age.
There are also some well argued points regarding Israel as the wife of Christ, while the Church is the bride of Christ, but not the same person.