Featured Covenant Theology

1) The you refers to those chosen by God regardless of bloodline

2) Those chosen by God will inherit the land.

3) One view is that Christ is from the tribe of Judah, and so as co-heirs with Christ, Romans 8:17, we will be among them. But since there is no difference, we also might be among the other believers who were blood line members of other tribes. However, since there are no tribes, the most likely understanding is God will divide us up according to His perfect plan. Bottom line, whatever the promised blessings bestowed upon the world by the Messiah, we will receive them because we are "in Christ."

 

Denial of Scripture

If there is no difference between Jew and Gentile, why would there be Jewish persons? It is a question of logic. What would be different if there is no difference.

 

Yet another example of claiming the Bible does not mean what it says. We are one in Christ. God is no respecter of persons, meaning he does not use the world's value system, all his children will receive the same blessings for we are one in Christ.

Question: Do these two Baptists reflect actual Baptist support for tribalism. Does no one else know that Christ torn down the wall separating Jews and Gentiles? This is amazing.

 

This section of the book refers to end times, and so envisioned the Messiah's return. Every born again believe is co-heir with Jesus.

And Romans says we will be grafted into the branches of the natural tree.

We are one in Christ, one does not equal twelve.

Very true, however will they judge them individually or collectively.

All born again believers are co-heirs with the Lion of Judah.

This verse supports my view that those who think tribally hold too small a view.

Again, this verse teaches that the workers, some from every tribe, will cultivate the farm land. So again, the idea is a collective, since we are one in Christ, Jews and Gentiles.

Bottom line, the New Covenant torn down the wall between Jews and Gentiles, and between various tribes, for we are all co-heirs with Christ, and are one in Christ, and in Christ there is no difference between Jew and Gentile. This truth has been a stumbling block for the Jews.

 

Not to put too fine a point on it but did you not just castigate some KJVO folks as misrepresenting the views of others? The world's value system says homosexual behavior is appropriate, but that is not what the Bible says. Many Christians accept the equality of men and women, vice Islam, but because of our physical differences, i.e. men cannot nurse babies, our roles in the home differ. And of course, today there is a debate concerning whether the Bible's teachings concerning the "place" of women was a cultural accommodation, rather than a timeless directive of God.

Tribalism infects many cultures, the we/them attitude that treats others differently than we treat those like ourselves. Christianity says all men, in Christ, are brothers. Adherence to such views helped end slavery. I have a dream today, that one day my children will walk hand in hand with children of different colors, and where folks, male and female are judged based on the content of their character rather than the color of skin or genetic legacy.