IsraelWhat’s the deal with

the Jews?

So what are we talking about?

• Israel and Palestine• Why are the U.S.A so “favourable” to

Israel?• God’s chosen people – are they still and

what does that mean?• Messianic Jews• The Lost Tribes• Does Israel have a ‘right’ to the land?

Interesting Facts• 15 million Jews worldwide

(0.2 % of the world)

5.5-6.5 million in USA6.1 million in Israel (75%)7,500 in NZ

Israel and Palestine

• History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZIzRB1T8ug

• Misinformation and the mediahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2hZ6SlSqq0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_fP6mlNSK8

Theologies“You are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession” (Deuteronomy 7:6)

1. Replacement Theology2. Separation Theology3. Remnant Theology

Land Promised to Israel

Replacement Theology

• “Church” of NT replaces Israel• Promises transferred

Church

Remnant

Israel

Replacement Theology• Justin Martyr (about 100 to 165): "For the true

spiritual Israel ... are we who have been led to God through this crucified Christ."

• Hippolytus of Rome (martyred 13 August 235): "[The Jews] have been darkened in the eyes of your soul with a darkness utter and everlasting."

• Tertullian (ca.160 – ca.220 AD): “Who else, therefore, are understood but we, who, fully taught by the new law, observe these practices,—the old law being obliterated, the coming of whose abolition the action itself demonstrates. . . . Therefore, as we have shown above that the coming cessation of the old law and of the carnal circumcision was declared, so, too, the observance of the new law and the spiritual circumcision has shone out into the voluntary observances of peace.”

Separation Theory

• Covenants and promises not transferable

• Church is a new entity

• Eschatological Implications

Israel Church

Remnant Theology• Gentiles must identify with Israel

• Promises and covenants to Israel – others get to partake of them.

Church

Remnant

Israel

Maybe this?

USA and Israel

The Cynical View: Political

The more hopeful view: A Christian nation

Messianic Jews• Accept Jesus/Yeshua but remain essential

Jewish.

• Spectrum of Theology

• ‘High’ View of Israel

Some questions• 1. Discuss theology replacement and in

light of scripture does it have any merit?

• 2. What do you think if anything does history teach us about the Jews/Israel?

• 3. Is it possible today in light of the events in Gaza to be both pro Israel and pro Arab?

• 4. What does ‘pray for the peace of Jerusalem’ mean?

Anna Smashnova

Andrew Garfield

Barbara Streisand

Frank Oz

Jerry Seinfeld

Jo Aleh Jonathan Kaplan

Mark Spitz

Natalie Portman

Neil Diamond

Shia LaBeouf

Zac Efron