tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447271489594435093.post8284683342987118584..comments2024-01-23T10:37:14.372-08:00Comments on Surburg's blog: Mark's thoughts: When "my people" aren't my peopleSurburg's bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07471674105191295804noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447271489594435093.post-30389433383386024062020-07-25T20:48:55.222-07:002020-07-25T20:48:55.222-07:00Question about 'God’s people is no longer limi...Question about 'God’s people is no longer limited to the nation of Israel and her descendants, the Jews (Acts 1:8; 10:44-48; 11:15-18). Instead His people is the Church which includes Jews and Gentiles – all who believe in Jesus Christ and are baptized. [...] There is no nation in 2020 to which the words “my people” and “their land” can be applied.'<br /><br />I've always heard it that the Old Testament nation of Israel was not purely a nation by blood, but of faith. We recently commemorated Ruth who was an example of one who was not of the blood of the nation of Israel but nevertheless made part of the nation of Israel through faith and an ancestor of our Lord.<br /><br />That the body of Christ, both Jew and Gentile, are the nation of Israel. That those Jews who rejected Christ are not the nation of Israel, but have been cut off, and the Gentiles were grafted in. <br /><br />Why wouldn't in 2020 the "Church", the body of Christ, etc. be that nation of Israel that is His people?<br /><br />And if that is the case, would that 'land' or maybe more of what the land represents in the world to come or the Kingdom of Heaven, etc. be their land?<br /><br />Thanks for your blog posting, which I enjoy, and for your thoughts on this.jdwalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287988358147463061noreply@blogger.com