Reminder: Paul teaches that to be a Christian is to be a citizen of Israel (Eph. 2:12,19).
This matters a lot when you read the prophets. Israel is constituted in two different covenants. And any given passage may refer to Old Cov or New Cov.
This matters a lot when you read the prophets. Israel is constituted in two different covenants. And any given passage may refer to Old Cov or New Cov.
For instance, in Isaiah 27, Israel is portrayed as a vineyard and after lamenting her unfruitfulness under the Old Cov, in v. 4 God says, “Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.”
When you read that passage, you should ask the simple question, “Does this passage refer to Israel under the Old Covenant or Israel under the New Covenant?” Those are the only two biblical answers.
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