I do believe he is your God and that he loves you. And he has promised to return and all Israel shall be saved.
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Here is something that you need to understand, in order to be able to understand both the Hebrew Scriptures and the Greek Scriptures. There are several covenants that are mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures, The Mosaic Law Covenant was just one. Even though the promises were for ever, they were only exclusive to the Jews if they continued to be obedient to God. They turned away from God many times, that is the reason He allowed them to be defeated several times.
In 607BC God allowed the Babylonians to destroy Solomon's temple. At that time the true Thearchy on earth came to an end. Daniel tells us, through a prophecy in Dan 4th chapter, that it would be 2,520 years before anyone would actually sit in that seat, which would be Jesus.
The Mosaic Law Covenant was never meant to last forever, it was a De Bene Esse covenant, an interim covenant, which would be in effect until the Messiah, Jesus would come, which he did as the Messiah in 30CE. Jeremiah wrote about a new covenant, that would end the Mosaic Covenant, Jere 31:31-34. Jesus instituted the New Covenant on the night before he died, at the Last Supper, or The Lord's Evening Meal, Luke 22:9,20, 1Cor 11:25. This covenant superseded the Mosaic Covenant, Heb 8:13, Col 2:13,14.
In the Christian Greek Scriptures the Christians have become the Antitypical Jews, so that all the promises made to the fleshly Jews in the Hebrew Scriptures applied to them. Read and contemplate this at Rom 2:28,29, which tell us that a Jew is one on the inside, of the heart and not outwardly as of the flesh. Also read Rom 9:1-8, which tells us that the children of the flesh are not the children of God, but the true children are the children of the promise. This is the promise that God gave Abraham, about ALL the nations of the earth, would be blessed by what Abraham had done, not just Israel, Gen 22:9-18. This promise was to always be in effect, all people who followed God and then Jesus were Abraham's sons, Rom 4:8-17, Gal 3:23-29. There would be only a small amount of Jews that would believe in Jesus, and would become Christians, these were the Remnant, Rom 9:27, 11:5.
At the death of Jesus the Jews were no longer God's chosen people, the Christians became God's chosen people at Pentecost 33CE when the Holy Spirit was poured out on them, giving them much more power, even miraculous powers, Acts 2:1-4. Some even had the power to bring back to life the dead, Acts 9:40,41, 20:9-12.
The Christian Congregation became the Israel of God, Gal 6:16.
Jesus had warned the Jews earlier that the Kingdom would be taken from them, Matt 21:42-45. Jesus told them that he had tried to help them, but they would not listen and believe in him, he and God was abandoning the Temple, which meant they were no longer God's people, as a nation, Matt 23:32-39.
After the death of Jesus the Jews were on the same level as the gentiles, ALL would be saved by FAITH, in Jesus and in God, Rom 3:9,26,27, Rom 10:13,Gal 2:16.
, but so far it hasn't quite worked out. The Shakers attempted it but died out, because they didn't believe in having sex. The Quakers tried it with much success but eventually departed from 'New Testamentalism'. Other groups have appeared form time to time, some becoming death cults others merely scattered into myriad fringe groups. Most people insist that the lamp stand is still burning and deny that it could be taken away. Well, I don't know.
