Talk:Israel and the Church
The Church has not replaced Israel
Some deny that Israel is the wife of God.
Did Israel commit adultry?
Was Israel set aside?
Will Israel be restored?
Research
Israel is sometimes the 12 tribes of Jacob
Israel is sometimes the Northern 10 tribes
Name them ?
The northern kingdom is called "Israel" or sometimes "Ephraim"
Joseph and Ephraim
Southern three tribes (Judah)
Benjamin, Levi, Judah
"James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad, greeting" James 1.1.
and many other places shows
that God considered the covenant with Israel
to be a marriage covenant.
He was the husband,
the nation as a whole was His wife,
the individuals were His children
He was turning a deaf ear to them
God is not finished with Israel.
Ezekiel 16.8-21
Amos 3.1-2
Hosea 2.14-16
Hosea 2.19-23
Hebrews 8.10-12
