That is Replacement Theology, pure and simple. You cannot, being an in-grafted branch, boast against the root.
This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
It is really pretty simple.
God's chosen people are now Christians, as Christians make up His people and are the only ones who can be saved. Do you as a Christian believe that Jews who do not come to Christ will be saved? Do you really believe that a "true Chosen person" can't make it to Heaven?
I don't deny that Jews will have the opportunity to be a part of a kingdom on Earth after the Rapture, as per Revelation.
That is Replacement Theology, pure and simple. You cannot, being an in-grafted branch, boast against the root.
This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
I think you are aware of where the true path is and I pray that you get there more quickly than I did.
God is bigger than any tradition, let alone our fragile vessels. The case for Replacement Theology simply can not be made via the Holy Bible.
The insidious false teaching of Replacement Theology runs a straight line to anti-Semitism, and if you study it out, horrible results such as the Holocaust.
God bless you ConservativeMind. You have the opportunity to study out the truth presented to you. Paradigms only need shift when the original one is flawed; incomplete.
Shalom
By your logic, Christ is d@mned, for only 'Christians' can go to heaven.
And Christ, being Jewish, thus cannot be there.
Hmmm...