Time and time again, the First Gospel bears witness to the fact that Jesus is the true Israel. He is the seed of Abraham and David, Matthew 1:1-17. The exodus is reenacted when he returns from Egypt to the Promised Land, Matthew 2:13-15. His temptation for forty days in the wilderness echoes Israel's temptations during the forty wilderness years, Matthew 4:1-11. Jesus is the Servant of the Lord who brings light and salvation to the nations in a way that Israel failed to do, Matthew 12:18-21 cf. Isaiah 42:1-4, 18-20. In the Gospel According to Matthew, Jesus recapitulates Israel's history and as he does so, fulfils Israel's destiny. - Exiled Preacher
Some scholars believe the first five chapters of Matthew feature four re-enacted episodes from the history of Israel in the OT. The most direct link between Israel’s history and Jesus’ life is the quotation of the exodus passage Hosea 11:1 in Matthew 2:15 [“Out of Egypt I called my son”]. From this direct link, scholars believe Matthew has set the stage for four re-enacted episodes:
• The exodus from Egypt (Matt 2:19–20).
• The crossing of the Red Sea (Matt 3:13–17).
• The desert temptations (Matt 4:1–11).
• The arrival upon Mt. Sinai to receive the Law (Matt 5:1–2).
If this re-enactment motif is accurate, “Jesus appears, not just as the Savior of Israel in fulfillment of prophetic expectation, but also as an embodiment of Israel as they should be” [S. Motyer, New Dictionary of Biblical Theology (IVP, 2000) pp. 584].
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Not Replacement...Expansion!  |
Fred Klett - Ethic Israel, the Church and the People of God |
A Christian Approach to Old Testament Prophecy Concerning Israel  |
Chris Wright (pdf) |
An Alternative Theology of the Holy Land: A Critique of Christian Zionism  |
Stephen Sizer (pdf) |
Jerusalem in the New Testament  |
N.T. Wright (pdf) |
Paul's Theology of Israel's Future: A Nonmillennial Interpretation of Romans 11  |
Lee Irons |
Peace and Mercy Upon the Israel of God  |
G. K. Beale - The Old Testament Background of Galatians 6:16b |
Romans 11 and the Future of Ethnic Israel  |
Ben L. Merkle - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Dec 2000) |
The Israel of God  |
R. Scott Clark |
The Theology of Romans 9-11: A Response to E. Elizabeth Johnson  |
Douglas J. Moo (pdf) |
Israel, the People of God and the Nations  |
Eckard J. Schnabel - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Mar 2002) |
The Israel of God - Galatians 6:16  |
Michael Marlowe |
Those Who Have Faith are the Sons of Abraham  |
John Piper - Galatians 3:6-9 |
Who is a True Jew? Part 1  |
John Piper - Romans 2:25-29 |
Who is a True Jew? Part 2  |
John Piper - Romans 2:25-29 |
Romans 11 and the Future of Israel - Part 1  |
Sam Storms |
Romans 11 and the Future of Israel - Part 2  |
Sam Storms |
Abraham, Israel & Church  |
Paul Williamson |
Aish.com  |
- Jewish SuperSite |
All in the family  |
Marvin Olasky All in the Family Part 2 |
An Alternative Theology of the Holy Land: A Critique of Christian Zionism (.pdf)  |
Stephen R. Sizer |
An Exposition of Romans Chapter Eleven  |
Tony Warren |
An Observation about Israel in Ephesians 2:11-21 & 3:5, 6  |
John Hendryx |
Ancient Judaica  |
Michael Marlowe - Excellent material |
Anti-Judaism and the Gospel of John  |
Christopher J. Probst |
Are Restoration Prophecies Being Fulfilled Today?  |
William Hendriksen |
Associates for Biblical Research  |
An organisation dedicated to confirming the historical reliability of scripture through archaeology. |
Calendar of Jewish Persecution  |
Bible Topics |
Christians, Jews and Wotan - What we still need to learn from Nazism  |
Robert L. Bartley (The Wall Street Journal) |
Clearing up Some Confusion Found Among Some Messianic Believers regarding Jews, Gentiles and the Law of Moses  |
Rev. Fred Klett |
Conversion of the Jews (.pdf)  |
Dr Joseph Mizzi - Just For Catholics |
Did Israel Stumble in Order That They Might Fall?  |
John Piper |
Do Jews Have a Divine Right in the Promised Land?  |
John Piper |
Do Jews Need to Be “Perfected”?  |
Dr. Andreas Köstenberger |
Do Jews Really Need Christ? Controversy over Jewish Evangelism  |
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. |
Does the Church Replace Israel?  |
Arturo G. Azurdia III |
Dr. Bahnsen Represents Christianity in Dialogue with Islam and Judaism at Orange Coast College  |
Dr. Greg Bahnsen |
Engrafted, Not Replaced  |
Dr. Michael Milton |
Engrafted, Not Replaced (.pdf)  |
Dr. Michael Milton |
Evangelical Zionism: Hastening the Apocalypse?  |
J.W. Hendryx - With extensitve quote on literalism by Graeme Goldsworthy |
Facts About Israel  |
Israel Foreign Ministry |
For God's Sake, Let Grace Be Grace  |
John Piper |
FORGIVENESS IN SECOND-TEMPLE JUDAISM  |
ABU |
From Rabbinism to Christ - The Story of My Life  |
Max Wertheimer - Special Series on Judaism |
Getting the Big Picture in the Bible  |
How the whole Bible fits together and points to Messiah |
Gospel Prosperity and the Future of Israel  |
Greg L. Bahnsen |
Great Christian Thinkers on The Jewish People  |
The Messianic Hebrew-Christian Fellowship Inc. |
Hebrew Old Testament  |
Michael Marlowe |
Hermits in a shopping mall  |
All in the Family Part 4 |
Historical Social & Archaeological Information on the Ancient World  |
Maps and Atlases of the ancient world. Details of Greek and Roman society, law, government and military tactics. Archaelogical information on important cities and sites in the ancient world. Much relevant Bible background material. |
How a Jew Found The Messiah  |
Moshe Radcliff |
How a Rabbi Found Peace  |
Personal Testimony of Dr. Max Wertheimer |
How Great is the Honor of Israel?  |
John Piper |
If the Root Is Holy, the Branches Are Holy  |
John Piper |
Information on Jewish Texts  |
Includes information on the Talmud, Mishnah and other commentaries on the Law. |
Israel An Unbelieving People  |
Steve Lehrer |
Israel and Us Reconciled in One Body  |
John Piper |
Israel, Palestine and the Middle East  |
John Piper |
Jesus is the messiah (witnessing to jews)  |
Ron Rhodes |
Jesus the Jew  |
Jonathan Went |
Jewish Holidays and Their New Covenant Implications  |
CHAIM |
Jewish Holy Books  |
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JEWISH PRIESTLY PASSOVER SACRIFICE (Online video)  |
From SourceFlix - This video contains graphic content. |
John Owen on the Jewish People  |
His commentary on Hebrews is still in wide use today. The first volume interacts extensively with the opinions of the Rabbis concerning Messiah. It shows the depths of Owen's knowledge of Judaism. |
Josephus: Antiquities  |
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Josephus: Autobiography  |
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Josephus: Jewish Wars  |
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Judaica Libraries and Archives on the Web  |
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Landmark sites in Israel  |
Photos and descriptions of famous sites in Israel. |
Listening and learning  |
All in the Family Part 3 |
Max Wertheimer: Rabbi, Evangelist, and Bible Expositor  |
Jacob Gartenhaus |
Modern Jewish Beliefs Concerning their Coming Messiah  |
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PCA Overture on Jewish Missions  |
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Preparations for the Third Temple (since 1967)  |
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Proving the Diety of Christ from the Old Testament  |
Peter Wise |
Purpose of Romans 9-11  |
Sam Storms |
Reforming Jewish Ministry, Part 1  |
Rev. Fred Klett, applies the Five Solas of the Reformation to Jewish Ministry |
Reforming Jewish Ministry, Part 2  |
Rev. Fred Klett, about the centrality of Messiah and the continuity of the covenants. |
Remnant: Who Is Israel?  |
Michael S. Horton - There is no way back to Sinai, but this is acually good news, since no one could be saved according to the righteousness of the law. The only way to be saved, and therefore, to belong to the true Israel of God, is to be "in Christ |
Romans 11 and 'All' Israel  |
Ward Fenley |
Romans 11:11-32 - A Commentary  |
Daniel Thompson |
Rosh Hashana Notes  |
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Salvation in the Old Testament  |
Greg Johnson - They weren't saved by animal sacrifices...They weren't saved by works... |
Set of Excellent Links to Historic Jewish and Early Christian Resources  |
En-Gedi Resource Center Recommended! |
Shabbat: a New Covenant Perspective  |
Rev. Fred Klett |
Sketches of Jewish Social Life, by Alfred Edersheim (1876)  |
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Temple Mount in Jerusalem  |
Lambert Dolphin |
The Bible Code  |
Rich Milne |
The Children of Abram are Heirs of the World  |
John Piper - Romans 4:13-15 |
The Confusion of the Middle East and God's People  |
Yoseph Shulam |
The Covenant of Abraham  |
John Piper |
The Elect Obtained It, The Rest Were Hardened  |
John Piper |
The Fall Feasts of Israel  |
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The Feast of Tabernacles  |
David Rice |
The Feasts of Israel  |
Peter Wise Israel's Seven Annual Feasts, outlined in Leviticus 23, are worthy of serious study |
The Future of Israel Re-examined  |
James B. Jordan |
The Gentiles Are Included  |
John Piper |
The Gentiles Have Attained Righteousness by Faith  |
John Piper |
The High and Holy Days: Yom Kippur  |
Chaim |
The Hope of Israel: What Is It?  |
Philip Mauro |
The Judaica Bibliography  |
Mark A. Christian |
The Kings of Israel and Judah  |
Mnt View PCA |
The Nazi Master Plan: the Persecution of the Christian Churches  |
The Nuremberg Project |
The New Covenant was prophesied by Jeremiah  |
You may be surprised to know, but way back in the Hebrew Bible, 600 years before Jesus was born, the Jewish prophet Jeremiah said God would make a Covenant with Israel. |
The Olive Tree In Romans 11 - A Covenant Tree  |
Joseph M. Gleason |
The Passion of Christ and the Passion of Auschwitz  |
John Piper |
The Passion Stirs Passion  |
Steve Hays |
The Resemblance Between the Old Testament and the New  |
John Calvin |
The Spirit of Holiness as Eschatological Principle of Obedience in Second-Temple Judaism  |
Barry D. Smith |
The Struggle and Prognosis for Jerusalem (Khouse)  |
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The Suffering Servant: Isaiah 53  |
The striking prophecy of Messiah 's suffering, forseen 700 years earlier! |
The Temple - Its Ministry and Service  |
Alfred Edersheim |
The Temple: Photographs of a Model of Herod's Temple  |
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The Threat of Christian Zionism  |
Nathan Pitchford |
The True Israel of God  |
Dan Norcini |
Thy Kingdom Come  |
Kim Riddlebarger |
Tips on Witnessing to Jewish People  |
Greg Johnson |
To the Jew First, and Also to the Greek  |
John Piper |
To The Jew First: A Reformed Perspective  |
Richard L. Pratt, Jr. (pdf) - Reformed theological positions on Jewish evangelism |
Tour of Jewish and World History  |
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Towards a Reformed Israelology  |
Rev. Fred Klett |
Towards a Reformed Israelology  |
Rev. Fred Klett |
Ultradispensationalism  |
Advanced Information |
Understanding Ceremonial Law  |
Rev. Fred Klett |
UNDERSTANDING JUDAISM  |
Richard Robinsoni |
Virtual Jewish Studies  |
Rutgers University |
Was Hitler a Christian?  |
John Baskette |
What About Israel?  |
George Eldon Ladd |
What Do Calvin, Hodge, Murray, Vos, Edwards and Henry Say about the Jews  |
An evangelistic tract aimed at Jewish Missions (.pdf) |
What is Meant by "Israel"?  |
William Hendriksen |
Where is the Temple?,  |
Tuvia Sagiv |
Who Should We Believe? The Rabbis or Jesus and the Apostles?  |
Chaim |
Who Were the Pharisees  |
The Ecole Initiative |
Who Were the Sadducees?  |
The Ecole Initiative |
Will There Ever Be A Restoration of Judaism?  |
Don Fortner |
YHWH in the Old Testament and Christ in the New Testament  |
Peter Wise |
Yom Kippur: The Day  |
Justin Holcomb |