On Israel

The church is Israel--and it's fine if you disagree with this, I guess, but why do so many Christian Zionists misrepresent the view?

Here it is in its simplest terms:

Israel under the Mosaic covenant was the visible church of that age (Acts 7:38)
The church under the New Covenant is not a replacement, but a continuation and fulfillment of Israel, now expanded to include all nations (Rom 9:6–8; Gal 3:7–9, 29; Eph 2:11–22)

This is called “covenantal continuity.”

Dispensationalism, by contrast, separates Israel and the Church into two distinct peoples and programs of God, something Reformed theology explicitly rejects.

Summary: In short, Reformed Christians don’t “replace” Israel, they believe Israel’s purpose finds its fulfillment in Christ and extends to all who belong to Him by faith.

The promises to Abraham were never about ethnicity or borders, but about redemption and blessing to the nations through the Messiah.

The true Zion isn’t a patch of land; it’s the people of God, gathered from every tribe and tongue, built into a single holy temple where God Himself dwells.