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I have been waiting for a thread like this one, asI find the question of the Church and Israel a fascinating one...

Yet it takes less than ten responses for one Dispensational Christian brother to refer to those that hold to Reformed Theology as "anti-semites." That is no way to behave, especially towards other believers.

IMO it is better (and more accurate) to say that Replacement theology is in itself, anti-Semitic, rather than generalizing and saying those who believe it are also. That may or may not be so.

I don't think flip name calling etc. is overly loving though I've probably been guilty.

But when there's a tone, flavor, feeling of anti-Semitism, I think it's valid to point it out. And personally, I have felt such in some related posts.

I wonder what Jesus' feelings are--the One who wept over Jerusalem. . . knowing what they would have to endure before they woke up to who He really was/is.

Yet it takes less than ten responses for one Dispensational Christian brother to refer to those that hold to Reformed Theology as "anti-semites." That is no way to behave, especially towards other believers.

First, I did not say that those who hold to Reformed Theology are anti-semites. I am what you may call "someone who holds to Reformed Theology." I am a strong believer in salvation by grace alone. I believe in the absolute sovereignty of G-d. I believe in the total depravity of man. I believe in unconditional election. I believe in limited atonement. I believe irresistible grace. I believe in the perseverance of the believer.

I also know that some who hold to those same beliefs have misunderstood the principles of Covenant and chosen to "write" Jews out. They often tend to be from certain Reformed denominations. There are many Jew-haters out there who call themselves "Christian". The Nicean Council may have originated the organized "Gentilization" of Yeshua, but it did not end there. Luther and Calvin though great men, had a blindness with regard to G-d's chosen people of Israel to whom they had been grafted into.

Lastly, if some hold that the "church" has replaced the nation of Israel then it is likely they are doing what Paul and Jeremiah said. This is a dangerous path.