This claim paves the way for replacement theology: the Jews "messed up" so G-d replaced them with Christians. This assertion on the part of the Christian bible and many missionaries is totally refuted by the T'nach (bible) itself. Unfortunately many missionaries only read the T'nach (their version, the mistranslated and out of order "old" testament) for proof passages they think fit Jesus. They ignore the parts of the bible which clearly speak about G-d's promises to the Jews. Jews who fought with one another and went through the motions of observance without the meaning were punished by G-d. Punished but not for ever. G-d promises time and again in the T'nach that He will never "divorce" the Jews. He will never leave us. . . Yes, He punished the Jews with exile -- but He clearly states that the time will come when the Jews will return to the land of Israel and the entire world will live in peace. Missionaries just ignore the words of G-d, amazing as that may seem. G-d says He will never desert the Jews. NEVER. Judges 2:1: "I will not break my covenant with you FOREVER." Yirmiyahu / Jeremiah 46:27. "You fear not, O Jacob My servant, and be not dismayed, O Israel! for behold, I will redeem you from afar and your children from the land of their captivity, and Jacob shall return and be quiet and at ease, and there shall be none who disturb his rest. 28. You fear not, My servant Jacob, says the L-rd, for I am with you, for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end, but I will chastise you justly, and I will not completely destroy you." T'hillim / Psalms 105:8-10: "He remembers His covenant forever, the word He had commanded to the thousandth generation, 9. Which He had made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac, 10. And He set it up to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an EVERLASTING COVENANT" G-d repeatedly tells us that He will not break His covenant with Israel EVER. Here are just a few: Vayikra / Leviticus 26:44-45: "But despite all this, while they are in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them nor will I reject them to annihilate them, thereby breaking My covenant that is with them, for I am the L-rd their G-d. 45. I will remember for them the covenant [made with] the ancestors, whom I took out from the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be a G-d to them. I am the L-rd." Y'chezkel / Ezekiel 16:59-60: "For so said the L-rd G-d: I have done with you as you did, that you despised an oath to violate a covenant. 60. But I shall remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I shall establish for you an EVERLASTING COVENANT." If Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 does not say that G-d removes (permanently) His protection for the Jews what is it about? It is a prophecy of the destruction of the second Temple and the exile of the Jewish people. Z'charyah / Zechariah 11 does not say that G-d did this because the Jewish people rejected Him. The beginning of chapter 11 speaks of the downfalll of the nations and "the flock to be slain" (11:4) are the Jews. Jews are sold like animals (11:4-5). The two staffs G-d speaks of using (11:7) are being pleasant (noam means pleasantness) when we are good and our punisher when we are wicked (per Radak). When G-d says he removed 3 shepherds (11:8) He is speaking of three kings He removed (Jewish kings). Now you come to 11:10 and G-d speaks of a covenant He made with the non-Jewish nations that they would not harm the Jews. (He broke His staff of pleasantness). He says to them "if you want G-d (Me) to be your shepherd (verse 11:12) then you mus pay My fee. What is G-d's fee? To be good people. To keep their end of the covenant and not harm the Jews that were given to them as slaves and victims. The verse goes on to say that only 30 people were truly righteous. These are the 30 silver coins. When you get to verse 13 the "30 coins" are thrown into the Temple (Precious Stronghold) Zechariah is saying the Temple will be rebuilt because of the righteous deeds of these 30 people. They alone paid G-d's fee. Z'charyah / Zechariah 11:14 goes on to speak of the destruction of Judah which will happen as well of that of Israel (the Northern Kingdom). Z'charyah / Zechariah 11:15 - 16 are a reference to Rome. The Romans didn't pay attention to the decimated ones (the Judeans). He will not heal the borken one, he will not nurture the weak ones -- and this continues to this very day. Before the messiah comes the nations will attack Jerusalem (chapter 12 now).
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