Welcome to part 4 of the series, Debunking Replacement Theology.
The nation of Israel and the church, the body of Jesus Christ, are two separate entities. God has not changed His mind. The church has not replaced Israel. God has a unique plan for both.
Jeremiah 31:35-37 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for light by day, who sets in order the moon and stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the LORD of Hosts is His name:
“Only if this fixed order departed from My presence, declares the LORD, would Israel’s descendants ever cease to be a nation before Me.”
This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
Can any one change the order of the sun, moon, or stars? Can any one accurately measure the universe, known or unknown? Can any one measure let alone identify the foundations of the earth as God created them? If the church replaces Israel, then God is a liar…
The church has not and will not replace Israel.
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Arguably, there is yet another name coming for the people and nation who are currently known as Israel. God Himself will make the change. The Bible says that name will be Hephzibah.
Isaiah 62:1-4 For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep quiet, until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, and her salvation like a torch that is burning. The nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you will be called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD will designate. You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. It will no longer be said to you, “Forsaken,” nor to your land will it any longer be said, “Desolate”; but you will be called, “My delight is in her,” and your land, “Married”; for the LORD delights in you, and to Him your land will be married.
The name Hephzibah is noted one other place in the Bible. She was the mother of King Manasseh and queen to King Hezekiah.
2 Kings 21:1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah.
Hephzibah in the original Hebrew means: My delight is in her.
The land will undergo a name change as well, “married” or Beulah. Per Strong’s Beulah means: to marry, rule over, possess, own, be lord (husband) over. The relationship between God and the land is that of a marriage covenant.
“Beulah Land” is a well-known gospel song written by Edgar Page Stites in 1876.
Some know the term from the southern hymn “Sweet Beulah Land” by Squire Parsons.
Along the way, God has healed and preserved His chosen people. And they have wrestled with Him. God prevails. For the nations hostile to Israel who say, “Israel will be no more…” They are correct. Israel will no longer wrestle with God or with the nations of humanity. The struggle will end. God and Israel will prevail. God’s delight will be in His chosen people, Hephzibah… and the land, Beulah.
Amos 9:15 I will also plant them on their land, and they will not again be rooted out from their land which I have given them,” Says the LORD your God.
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This series is an excerpt from the book, Rapture the Bride Redeemed. https://www.amazon.com/Paul-Lehr/e/B09W8FB77N
