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Does Galatian 616 actually teach that the church is the Israel of God?

It's time for the Line of Fire with your host, biblical scholar and cultural commentator Dr. Michael Brown,

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And now, here's your host, Dr. Michael Brown.

Welcome to our thoroughly Jewish Thursday broadcast, Michael Brown.

Delight it to be with you as a Jewish follower of Jesus, Yeshua, the Messiah, making him known to my people

Israel and to the whole world. Thanks for joining us. Here's a number to call. Any Jewish-related

question of any kind. I especially invite those who differ with me, fellow Jews who believe

I'm wrong in proclaiming Jesus, Yeshua as our Messiah.

But anyone can call, any background, any Jewish-related questions.

So it could be about the Hebrew language, could be about the Hebrew Bible,

it could be about Messianic Prophecy, it could be about Israel today.

You name it, as long as it's Jewish-related.

866-348-7-884. I was praying, reflecting last night, saying,

okay, where do we want to go on the show today? Sometimes we have things planned out further in advance, but many times we just wait so we can get closer to the show and see if there are any

key news things we want to talk about or developments. And I thought, you know, let's dig deep into one particular verse, which is often used to argue

that the church is now the, quote, Israel of God.

That specifically this new thing that God has done bringing Jew and Gentile together in Jesus, the Messiah.

So it's not dictated by one's ethnicity or connection to the physical nation of Israel or dissent from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or being circumcised.

Rather, it is connected to faith in Jesus, and therefore it is for Jew and Gentile alike, this

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