Do you believe that in the New Testament, that there is a difference between Israel and the Church?

Question

Some folks believe in replacement theology but the Bible clearly states otherwise.....
1I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Romans 11:1-5
It seems to me to fully understand the purpose of the rapture verses the purpose of the millennium is to understand that "all Israel" HAS NOT become the Church.

Answer 1

the god of todays church is ba`al any god that is either a diety or entity is a false god . the father of Jesus is not a god even if we call him God he is the creator, he does not exist as any form, only the creation... we are created in his image, meaning we are, like, he is , like, i am.there can be no god as any form. the only physical gods are us humans. we must obey the laws of creation, we must not bow down to any god. to worship GOD ALMIGHTY is to love one another, not bow down to him. all gods that we create to bow down to is baal, even the god of the church.

Answer 2

Yes, I believe there is a difference. The Church is not the same thing as Isreal, nor did it supplant Israel. The Israelites are the Jews, the chosen people of God. Always have been, always will be. The Church is the association of people who believe that Jesus is Christ. Some Israelites are part of the Church, but certainly not all.

Answer 3

You have to understand what the "church" is. The Greek word translated into English as "church" means "the called out ones". The Bible teaches that God has incorporated chosen gentiles with chosen Jews to be his people.

Ephesians 2:13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. 22 In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

What confuses some people is that God has made national promises to the people of Israel that have yet to be fulfilled.