David Baron

“ The general belief of Christians for many centuries has been that the promises made
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to Israel have, in consequence of their rejection of Christ, been either annulled or bodily trans- ferred to the Church. This has arisen from the erroneous belief that God hath utterly cast off His people which He hath fore- known, and that there is no more a national future for the Jewish nation. ”

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"In their political and re- ligious creeds, the Jews as a nation are put down as dead, and even many true Christians, when reading in the Scriptures the exceeding great and precious promises which God made to Israel, say, 'Oh yes, Israel that is a nation that once lived, but died some nineteen centuries ago, when they rejected Christ, and now " Israel " means no longer Israel, but the Church which has entered into their inheritance.' But Israel, though seriously wounded, is not dead, and re- fuses to be buried ”

“ He asked the poor man's name, looked at his list, and then said, ' Well, I do not know what to do with you ; in my list you are put down as dead.' This, Mr. Rab- inowitch said, is the attitude of many Christians in relation to the Jew. ”