Introduction
The 9th, 10th, and 11th chapter of Romans deals exclusively with Israel and it’s yet future destiny in prophecy.

As has been wrongly taught within Protestant Orthodoxy (Anglican, Lutheran, all Reformed churches, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Congregationalist, Puritans and Separatist, Wesleyan, and those in the Restoration Theology movement – also referred to as those added here to Replacement Theology) for the last 1600 years, since the teachings of Origen Adamantius (See Endnote #1) and Constantine, the fathers of what would become the Roman Catholic Church; that the church was to take the place of Israel, even in last day’s prophecy.

It is highly significant that the 70-Week prophecy of Daniel, while detailing the history of God’s people, “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people . . .” (Daniel 9:24), has nothing to say about a period of history which is now known to exist nearly two thousand years later and counting – the Church.

When this remarkable “gap” is integrated with Daniel’s great chronological prophecy, we are forced to distinguish two histories:

1) The stated history of Israel (490 years); and
2) This “gap” history of the Church. 

The two programs harmonize perfectly but do not interfere one with the other, nor do they overlap in time.

The Church age in its entirety falls in the period of time after the conclusion of the 69th week and before the beginning of the 70th week, referred to by Paul in Romans 11:25, “as the fullness of the Gentiles (not to be confused with “the times of the Gentiles” ~ Luke 21:24).”

The Greek word (pleroma), which is translated into English word “fullness,” is a word which involves the completion, according to a number, normally used of the numbering of oarsmen in a ship, or sailors completing the mandatory requirement in order for the ship to be seaworthy.

This is commonly referred to as the “caught up” (Latin: “Rapture“), referred to in 1 Thessalonians 4:17, when the last believer within the church is saved.

This is when God’s time clock, Israel again becomes the predominant emphasis in world history, and Daniel 9:20 6(b) begins.

To Those that Don’t Understand What I’m Talking About
Setting all this aside – assuming that everything I’ve stated, which is intended for those that understand and have researched the prophecies of Daniel chapter 9 – setting all that aside – to those that would think that the church has overtaken and become the New Israel, please consider the below contrast which proves this is an impossibility.

The conclusion this must lead us to is that God still has Israel as the apple of his eye (“For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.” ~ Deu. 32:9-10), that he still has a plan for them and that we as their half-brothers, should protect Israel and stand united with them against the Muslims and all of those that would seek to destroy them.

We must never lose sight of Genesis 12:3, where God says to Abraham, and later to his descendents which become the 12 tribes, which become the nation of Israel:

“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” 

It is in examining the contrast the difference between Israel and the church, that clarity can be achieved.

The more we see a distinct plan for Israel in contrast to the distinct plan for the Church, the more we realize that when the New Testament speaks to the Church it is describing a separate destiny and hope for us as compared to Israel.

The Church becomes more distinct in the plan of God.

Israel’s future includes the seven-year tribulation shortly before Christ’s return to Jerusalem when Israel will be converted to Jesus as their Messiah, as the veil is removed and Israel looks upon the One Who they pierced (Zech. 12:10 and Rev. 1:7).

On the other hand, the distinct hope (the Rapture before the 70th week of Daniel) for the Church is Christ’s any-moment return – called the Rapture (1 Cor. 15:52).

Endnotes
1.  Origen, who due to his teaching school and writings, laid more of a fundamentals for Christianity and what would become the foundation for the Catholic Church, more than any other historical church father, even though he was declared anathema in 553 AD by the Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople and by three subsequent ecumenical councils, the teachings of the Catholic Church cannot be separated from his input.

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