@Jericho wrote the following. Perhaps he will comment when he sees this.
#8 – God gave the land to the Jews, so the Arabs are the occupiers. Claim: Because the Jews didn't obey God's commandments they forfeit t...
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The Old Testament — and no one’s blog — overrides the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You don’t get to cherry-pick Levitical land grants or Abrahamic blessings while ignoring the very One those promises were pointing to. Jesus didn’t die so we could crawl back to the shadow when the Light has already come. He fulfilled the law. He replaced the temple. He tore the veil and made a way that no bloodline can claim without Him.
You either submit to the King, or you’re outside the Kingdom.
There is no third option, no ethnic exception, and no theological loophole. Period.
And no — “blindness” and “a hardened heart” are not valid excuses.
Jesus Himself said,
“You refuse to come to Me that you may have life.”
Paul said they were
cut off because of unbelief — not because they didn’t understand, but because they
wouldn’t believe.
Hardness of heart explains the rebellion — but it doesn’t absolve it.
They are without excuse, just like the rest of us were — until we repented.
And unless they turn to Christ, the veil remains.
Matthew 21:43 – Jesus Removes the Kingdom from Them
“Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.”
Jesus explicitly states that the kingdom has been removed from national Israel and transferred to those who believe in Him — regardless of ethnicity. This is the clearest dismantling of “chosen nation” theology.
If the kingdom has been taken away, then the Old Testament land and national promises are void — replaced by the fruits of faith in Christ.
Galatians 3:28–29 – If You Are Christ’s, You Are Abraham’s Seed
“There is neither Jew nor Greek… you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed.”
This defines who the true heirs of God’s promises are: not Jews by blood, but those in Christ, whether Jew or Gentile.
Destroys ethnic inheritance claims.
This explicitly overrides Old Testament genealogical entitlement and declares faith in Christ as the only inheritance that matters.
John 8:42–44 – If God Were Your Father, You Would Love Me
“If God were your Father, you would love me… You are of your father, the devil.”
Jesus flat-out tells religious Jews that they are not of God because they reject Him.
No one can claim to be “God’s chosen people” without loving Christ.
This includes those who claimed descent from Abraham — even the very ones who later demanded Jesus be crucified (John 19:6) — proving bloodline means nothing without belief in Christ.
Romans 9:6 – Not All Who Are Descended from Israel Belong to Israel
Biological lineage means absolutely nothing in the New Covenant.
True Israel = the remnant in Christ, not ethnic or political nationhood.
This makes Old Covenant identity obsolete — God’s people are now defined spiritually, not racially or geographically.
John 10:16 – There Will Be One Flock, One Shepherd
Jesus teaches there are not two peoples of God, but one unified flock under Him.
No dual-covenant. No separate plan for “ethnic Israel.”
The Old Testament distinction between Israel and the nations has been abolished; there is now one people, one Shepherd, one covenant.
Matthew 23:37–38 – Your House Is Left to You Desolate
Jesus mourns over Jerusalem and declares its abandonment.
Their rejection of Him leads to the forsaking of land, temple, and nation.
The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD was not incidental — it was the fulfillment of Jesus' declaration that the old system was judged and left behind.
John 4:21–24 – Not in Jerusalem Will You Worship the Father
Jesus explicitly ends “holy land” theology.
Worship is now in spirit and truth, not geographic or ethnic locations.
The land promises of the Old Testament have no spiritual relevance post-Christ — God no longer dwells in places, but in people.
Luke 13:28–30 – Outsiders Will Enter, You Will Be Cast Out
Jesus warns national Israel: Gentiles will enter the kingdom, but many of you will not.
Reverses the expectation of blood-based inheritance.
This directly contradicts any claim that the promises remain tied to ethnicity — salvation is no longer a birthright, but a matter of faith.
John 5:45–47 – If You Believed Moses, You’d Believe Me
Rejecting Jesus = rejecting Moses.
This shuts down any attempt to claim Torah authority while denying Christ.
The Old Testament cannot be used as a defense by those who reject its fulfillment in Christ — they are cut off from the covenant they claim.
John 2:19 – Destroy This Temple and I Will Raise It Up
Jesus replaces the physical Temple with His body.
Temple-centered Judaism is fulfilled, replaced, and rendered obsolete in Christ.
This eliminates the necessity — and legitimacy — of a third temple or renewed sacrificial system. Jesus is now the only dwelling place of God.
Hebrews 13:14 / Galatians 4:26 – The City to Come / Jerusalem Above
The true homeland is not earthly Israel, but the heavenly Jerusalem — a kingdom not of this world.
The hope of the believer is not in Middle Eastern soil but in the eternal city, the Bride of Christ, whose gates are open to all redeemed by His blood.
1 John 2:23 / John 5:23 – No One Who Denies the Son Has the Father
You cannot be “God’s chosen people” if you reject Jesus —
no matter who you are. Period.
These verses crush the idea that modern Judaism retains covenantal standing.
All Old Testament identities, rituals, and claims collapse under the New Covenant if Christ is rejected.
You Are Either in Christ or You Are Not
If you're in Christ, you are Abraham’s seed and heir.
If you're not — you are not in the covenant, regardless of race, ritual, or religion.
All other forms of identity, nationhood, or religion are irrelevant to God’s redemptive plan — everything now centers on Christ alone.