A Christian Is Not A Spiritual Jew
by Dr. Daniel Fuchs A Christian is not a “a spiritual Jew” and the Church is not Israel. This year [ 1980 ] Israel celebrates her 32nd birthday. Actually she is celebrating her 3741st birthday! There has never been an interruption of continuity of the Abrahamic Covenant. God's covenant with Abraham has always been valid and it has never been transferred. A large section of the Christian church, including many devout Bible-believing scholars, many evangelical denominations, and even some premillennialists, are deluded with the idea that because Israel nationally rejected their Messiah, her privileges were forfeited. They mistakenly think that God's purpose to bless the world through Abraham's natural seed has been transferred to the Church which they say without any biblical basis is the “spiritual Israel. ” According to their reasoning, the “spiritual Israel” - the Church - has superseded the national Israel. In other wor...