Replacement theology is neither new, nor is it scriptural.  Perhaps the term, replacement theology, is relatively new, but its teaching has been around for a long time.  In essence, replacement theology states that the Church has replaced Israel in God’s plan.  This teaching claims that the Jewish people were the chosen people of God and that due to their rejection of Christ, they have been replaced as God’s chosen people by the Church. This replacement is then taken to mean that the Jewish people have been rejected or “accursed” by God for their rejection of the Gospel.

Those who accept the concept of replacement theology believe the Jews are no longer God’s chosen people, and God no longer has specific future plans for the nation of Israel.  I encourage you to read Romans, chapters 9-11 to see that the Lord has not given up on this nation.  We read in Romans 11:1-5, “I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.”  Israel is Israel and the church is the church.  They are two different entities and are not the same.  God HAS NOT given up on the nation of Israel…the scriptures are clear on that. 

The Bible is clear in teaching that the church is an entirely new establishment that came into being on the day of Pentecost in Acts 2.  It will continue until it is taken to heaven at the rapture (Read Ephesians 1:9–14 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17).  After that, the nation of Israel will once again come to the forefront of God’s dealings. 

God (Who cannot lie-Titus 1:2) has made an unbreakable covenant with Israel that has yet to reach its fulfillment.  We read in Hebrews 8:8-12, “For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH: Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” 

Therefore, the ten tribes of Israel, as well as Judah, share in the new covenant. As both shared the exile, both shall share the literal and spiritual restoration. This new covenant is not contingent upon Israel’s faithfulness, but upon the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus Christ who died to put away sin. 

Let’s look at just one more portion that shows the Lord’s promise and future dealings with Israel.  We read in Zechariah 12:9-10, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.”  This speaks of a day when a remnant of the faithful of Israel will be gathered to the Lord as they experience remorse and repentance for the way they treated their Messiah.  The Lord has not replaced Israel with the church.  Indeed, the Lord has not abandoned Israel.  He has made an everlasting covenant with them and will complete it during the Tribulation period, especially at the end of that period.  (CC)  (656.4)