Replacement, Covenant, and Amillennial theologians completely miss the central importance of teaching Scripture
from a Jewish perspective and interpreting it literally. Even dispensationalists do not always fully recognize the
importance of the Jewish perspective in understanding God's message to us! Instead, Covenant/Replacement
theologians view the Scriptures from their own personal, theological position and bias, which was generated by
viewing the Scriptures from a western, Greek perspective through a filter of bias against the jewish people, while
using an allegorical approach to interpreting the Scriptures. These complex, anachronistic, and culturally clouded
approaches leave much to be desired.
In comparison, let me give simple points leading to interpreting God's Word when it is taken from its original perspective:
The Scriptures are Jewish, authored by 40-plus Jewish men.
The Scriptures are immersed in Jewish thought from the Middle East.
The customs of Scripture are Jewish customs.
The culture of Scripture is Jewish culture.
The central focus of Scripture is Israel.
The central focus of Scripture is not only Israel, but also specifically the Jewish Messiah.
Israel is the world's timepiece.
The Scriptures do not originate from a Greek background, a European background, or an American background, but
they do originate from a Jewish background.
The focus of Scripture is only temporarily on the Church, but start to finish, it is the story of Israel, its past, present,
and glorious future!
Gentile believers receive all the spiritual blessings of a Jewish New Covenant in which they are grafted into the Body
of Messiah -- Jew and Gentile, one in Messiah.
God is not done with Israel or the Jewish people; instead, one third of Scripture is yet to be fulfilled as God completes
the future plan He has described for them in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
This point, the Jewish frame of reference, needs to be understood by all believers. The Jewish background or frame of
reference of the Scriptures is not taught by Evangelical, Conservative, or Fundamental Christianity, yet the Jewish perspective
lays out the foundational understanding of the Covenants that God made with Israel. The Jewish perspective is the step
in Dispensationalism that gives it even more power and authority to dislodge personal theological biases. Without this
grounding, the understanding of the promises that God has made with national Israel and the Jewish people in general
is pushed into the background subconsciously, resulting in a skewed understanding of the Jewish people and the State of
Israel in the world today and lack of understanding of the very heart of God and His revealed plan.
Shalom rav
from a Jewish perspective and interpreting it literally. Even dispensationalists do not always fully recognize the
importance of the Jewish perspective in understanding God's message to us! Instead, Covenant/Replacement
theologians view the Scriptures from their own personal, theological position and bias, which was generated by
viewing the Scriptures from a western, Greek perspective through a filter of bias against the jewish people, while
using an allegorical approach to interpreting the Scriptures. These complex, anachronistic, and culturally clouded
approaches leave much to be desired.
In comparison, let me give simple points leading to interpreting God's Word when it is taken from its original perspective:
The Scriptures are Jewish, authored by 40-plus Jewish men.
The Scriptures are immersed in Jewish thought from the Middle East.
The customs of Scripture are Jewish customs.
The culture of Scripture is Jewish culture.
The central focus of Scripture is Israel.
The central focus of Scripture is not only Israel, but also specifically the Jewish Messiah.
Israel is the world's timepiece.
The Scriptures do not originate from a Greek background, a European background, or an American background, but
they do originate from a Jewish background.
The focus of Scripture is only temporarily on the Church, but start to finish, it is the story of Israel, its past, present,
and glorious future!
Gentile believers receive all the spiritual blessings of a Jewish New Covenant in which they are grafted into the Body
of Messiah -- Jew and Gentile, one in Messiah.
God is not done with Israel or the Jewish people; instead, one third of Scripture is yet to be fulfilled as God completes
the future plan He has described for them in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
This point, the Jewish frame of reference, needs to be understood by all believers. The Jewish background or frame of
reference of the Scriptures is not taught by Evangelical, Conservative, or Fundamental Christianity, yet the Jewish perspective
lays out the foundational understanding of the Covenants that God made with Israel. The Jewish perspective is the step
in Dispensationalism that gives it even more power and authority to dislodge personal theological biases. Without this
grounding, the understanding of the promises that God has made with national Israel and the Jewish people in general
is pushed into the background subconsciously, resulting in a skewed understanding of the Jewish people and the State of
Israel in the world today and lack of understanding of the very heart of God and His revealed plan.
Shalom rav
