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Covenant Theology
Covenant Theology · Intermediate

Covenant Theology and Israel

Covenant theology reads God's promises to Israel as fulfilled in Christ and His church; we answer that Gentile believers are grafted in to share Israel's blessings without taking them away, and that God will keep every promise to Israel as He gave it.

The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.

What you'll learn
1

What supersessionism is, and why many covenant theologians prefer to call it fulfillment

2

How covenant theology reads Galatians 3:29, Galatians 6:16, Romans 2:28–29, and 1 Peter 2:9

3

How amillennial and postmillennial readings handle Israel's promises

4

Why spiritualizing Israel's promises, and leaving her only the curses, does not fit how God keeps His word

5

What Romans 11 teaches about Israel's future, and where we stand with many covenant theologians

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