Eschatology: Part 3- Covenants

  • Replacement theology (also known as
supersessionism) essentially teaches that the church has replaced
Israel in God’s plan. Adherents of replacement theology believe
the Jews are no longer God’s chosen people, and God does not have
specific future plans for the nation of Israel. Among the
different views of the relationship between the church and Israel
are the church has replaced Israel (replacement theology), the
church is an expansion of Israel (covenant theology), or the
church is completely different and distinct from Israel
(dispensationalism/premillennialism).     


The Covenants: • Abrahamic Covenant (Gen 12:1-3; Gen 15:6-7) •
Sinai (“Mosaic”) Covenant (Exod. 20-24) • Davidic Covenant (2
Samuel 7) • The New Covenant  -Several passages in the
prophets, but most explicitly in Jeremiah, speak of a new
covenant in the messianic age (Isa. 42:6; Isa 49:6-8; Isa 55:3;
Isa 59:21; Isa 61:8; Jer. 31:31, 33; Jer 32:40; Jer 50:5; Ezek
16:60, 62; Ezek 34:25; Ezek 37:26).    


• Purpose of Israel was to be light bearers,  • The
covenants all pointed to the regathering of the nations (the
fulfillment of the Abrahamic covenant) • God’s people will
inherit the whole world • God has fulfilled his promises
(Abrahamic= Nations being regathered, Mosaic= stopgap until
Jesus, Davidic=Jesus as king, New Covenant= inaugurated) • The
specialness of Israel was that they were the people that Messiah
would come through. God’s plan of redemption for the whole world
was through them.   • It is a little silly to think
that God is blessing those that are hostile towards Him
(Non-Messianic Jews) and even hate the Messiah.


NOTE: At 14:35 Reference should be to Jeremiah 3:8