May 4, 2023

Replacement Theology

The Covenant Still Stands
The Old and New Testaments have always been about Israel. The Greco-Roman church teaches that it has replaced Israel because of Israel’s disobedience. But the Scriptures clearly show otherwise the covenants, promises, and kingdom remain with Israel and all who are grafted into her.

“If these ordinances depart from before Me, says YHWH, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me forever.”Jeremiah 31:35–37

YHWH ties His covenant with Israel to the order of the heavens, unbreakable and eternal. No prophet or apostle ever said the covenant with Jacob’s seed would end.

The Nations Will Cleave to Israel

Prophecies in Zechariah 8 and Isaiah 14 reveal that the nations will hold onto Israel, not replace her.

“In those days ten men from every nation shall take hold of the hem of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that Elohim is with you.” Zechariah 8:23
“YHWH will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land, and the strangers shall be joined with them.”Isaiah 14:1–2


The nations are invited to join Israel’s covenant, not create a substitute religion.

The Apostolic Witness

Paul reaffirms this truth clearly in Romans 11: “Has Elohim cast away His people? Elohim forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.” The olive tree Paul describes is Israel, the natural branches are the tribes, and the nations are wild branches grafted in through faith in Yeshua. The “church” as we know it today is a Greco-Roman invention, born out of the Catholic system — not the assembly Yeshua and the apostles led. The original Qahal Yisrael (Hebrew) means the assembly of Israel. The early believers were Israel, renewed in Spirit, not replaced in identity.

Yeshua Reigns Over Jacob Forever

Yeshua came to restore the lost sheep of the house of Israel, not to start a new religion.

“YHWH Elohim shall give unto Him the throne of His father David, and He shall reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end.”Luke 1:32–33

This prophecy alone destroys replacement theology. If Yeshua reigns over the house of Jacob forever, then the house of Jacob still exists and remains central to His eternal kingdom.

The Tribes in the End

Yeshua said:

“This tribe shall not pass till all these things be fulfilled.”Matthew 24:34

In Revelation 21:12, the New Jerusalem has twelve gates, each named after the twelve tribes of Israel. There is no “church gate.” Access to the Kingdom is through covenant through Israel restored under Messiah.

The Blasphemy of Replacement

Replacement theology teaches that Israelites are no longer chosen, this is blasphemy against the covenant of YHWH. Every nation must repent, be grafted in, and cleave to the olive tree, Israel restored in Messiah Yeshua.

Identity matters because covenant matters:

“Salvation is of the Yehudi. John 4:22

The nations must know who Israel is, for redemption flows through her covenants and her King.

Conclusion

Replacement theology is spiritual deception, it erases the covenant people and rewrites prophecy. YHWH has not abandoned His people; He has preserved them. Through Yeshua, He is awakening them and inviting the nations to join, not replace His chosen house.

“And so all Israel shall be saved.” Romans 11:26