Tuesday, January 17, 2012

What is a Spiritual Israelite?

What the vast majority of people who talk about spiritual Israelite's mean is a replacement kind of Israelite. See, there's several versions of spiritual Israelite's. Some are referring to those people who they believe are descendants of the tribes of israel "lost" long ago. What is called Israel now, usually referred to a Jews are people from one half of long ago Israel consisting mostly of the tribe of Judah and Benjamin with various Levites in there too. There would have been smatterings of people from the other 9 tribes thrown in here and there too. Most (non-Messianic) Jews do not recognized Israel as being other than those descended (or converted) to Judaism. But real Christianity says that when we are born again (or "born from above" is the preferred term for most Hebrew minded folks) we become literal members of Israel, not spiritual. This is not an acceptable belief to the nation of Israel. But just as every time some secular court decides to grant a decree of divorce it's not necessarily God's opinion too, so too, on whom is israel and who isn't. The New Covenant writings state 12 tribes of Israel will exist end times (it's in the Book of Revelations). For that to happen, more than "spiritual" Israel wil have to exist. And a whole lot more than just members of the Tribes of Judah (known now as Jews) Benjamin and Levites. The Catholic Church believes it is spiritual Israel (as do a whole lot more groups) because they believe (officially) that God rejected the Jews for rejecting Jesus and so they believe they now have replaced Israel and have invented their own versions of the Mosaic Law with it's blessings for obedience (to Rome) and curses for disobedience. It's one of the main reasons for their belief in the need to obtain (literally) a priests pardon for each and every transgression. A lot of their rules are based on the principles that can be found in the law of Moses but it's been embellished a thousand times with tons of offshoots too. That's the reason for most of their basic rituals which mirror Jewish ones of antiquity. The Chalice of most Churches is actually the same cup that can be found at any Pover Seder (Jewish) observance. The robes of Orthodox Christianity are replications of Israel's High Priests outfits, complete with linen ephods. It's rude to Judaism but that was why the Sunday Sabbath doctrine was invented and promoted by both Rabbi's and Christian leaders back in the 300-400 after Christ, to separate the two. But as far a "spiritual" Israelite, there are only real Israelites, to be a spiritual one you have to actually physically be one. We do not have our bodies outside the kingdom of God and our spiritual stuff inside. Unfortunately, (for God) we come to Him as whole creatures, body and soul.

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