ISRAEL in the New Testament

David Pawson

Well known author and speaker, David Pawson, has written a book about Israel in the New Testament, focusing especially on Israel in Matthew, Acts, Romans, Hebrews and Revelation. The author believes that Israel has a future in God’s purposes; that He has not finished with Israel; that neither the people nor the place has been left behind in God’s purposes.

“Those who believe what the Bible teaches about God’s plans and purposes for the people and place of Israel are often accused of giving more time and attention to the Old Testament than the New,” says David Pawson in the Introduction of his book. “They are criticized for taking prophetic promises of Israel’s restoration and return to the promised land too literally, whereas most Christians take them metaphorically and apply the predicted blessings (though not the curses!) to the church. In addition, some are said to be historical (referring to the return from exile in Babylon) and others are said to be conditional (requiring a repentance not yet forthcoming).

“Behind these charges lies the settled conviction that the Israel of the Old Testament has been ‘replaced by’ or ‘fulfilled in’ the Church of the New. This new body may contain a minority of Jews, alongside the Gentile majority. But the Jewish nation as a whole is no longer God’s chosen people and must be regarded, treated and judged like any other. The Jews as such no longer have a place in the plans and purposes of God.

If this were an accurate assessment of the situation, one would expect a fading significance of Israel in the New Testament. It comes as a surprise that the name ‘Israel’ is mentioned over seventy times, always with an ethnic meaning: the Jewish people. Further more, there is as much about Israel’s future destiny as about her historic past, especially in the pages of the final book. Israel and the church have a parallel existence until the day they merge into one flock under one Shepherd, ultimately ‘one new humanity’ in Yeshua HaMashiach, Jesus the Christ.”
As always, David Pawson asks the readers of the book everything he says or writes with what is written in the Bible and, if at any point a conflict is found, always to rely upon the clear teaching of Scripture.

ISRAEL in the New Testament Defending Christian Zionism
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