So is the church the new Jacob or spiritual Jacob?

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Welcome, welcome to the broadcast.

Michael Brown, delighted to be with you.

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questions on a wide range of subjects. 866-348-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-3-4-truth. I want to start with this question before we go to the phones. We often hear

people say that the church is the new Israel or the church is spiritual Israel. And many who hold

to that mean that Israel in the natural, Israel after the flesh, is no longer Israel in God's sight,

that the church has now taken on the identity of Israel and that natural Israel no longer has a prophetic purpose.

Individual Jews can be saved but that natural Israel is no longer Israel in God's sight

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