The Harm of Replacement Theology, Hebrews 8:6-13

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Christians love Replacement. Replacing Judaism with the New Covenant. Replacing the Jewish people as the Chosen people of God. Replacing Islam in the Holy Land during the Crusades. In America, replacing indigenous people with white Christian people. Replacing native religions around the world with missionaries. Lately, replacing the words of Jesus with nationalism and political tribalism. It has a long history, when the Roman Empire subsumed Christianity into the empire. Later, the Gospel of Jesus was replaced with theologies like Penal Substitutionary Atonement theory as a singular theology of Protestants. Hebrews 8:10-13 explicitly replaces the Old Covenant with the New Covenant by quoting Jeremiah 31:31-34 verbatim. Old Testament scholars Walter Brueggemann and John Goldingay warn that we should be careful to not engage in supersessionism, or replacement theology. I define supersessionism and offer a balanced approach that honors both the Hebrew Scriptures and their integration into Christian theology. 

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