| − | '''Supersessionism''' is the Christian [[Theology|theological]] belief that [[Christianity]] is the fulfillment of Biblical [[Judaism]]. In its more radical form, generally termed "replacement theology", supersessionism maintains that the Jews are no longer considered to be God's Chosen people in any sense. The Church is the People of God and the New Israel, to whom alone the promises of God belong. The more general understanding of this view in a milder form is therefore that Jews who deny that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah fall short of their calling as God's Chosen people, but God has not entirely cast them off as His Chosen, to whom the promises also belong through Jesus, the Christ (Anointed) Son of [[David]].{{cquote|He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High;<br>and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,<br>and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever;<br>and of his kingdom there will be no end.<br>—Luke 1:32-33 RSVCE}}Because Christ Jesus is ruler over the house of Jacob, the Lord Jesus rules the history and destiny of the Jews even now, although they are unaware of it. | + | '''Supersessionism''' is the traditional, longstanding Christian [[Theology|theological]] belief that [[Christianity]] is the antitypical fulfillment of Mosaic [[Judaism]]'s "shadow" aspects concerning sacrificial and ceremonial ordinances, whereby literal connotations in the Old Testament typified a spiritual application revealed in greater, full clarity at and after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In its more radical form, generally termed "replacement theology", supersessionism maintains that the Jews are no longer considered to be God's Chosen people in any sense. The Church is the People of God and the New Israel, to whom alone the promises of God belong. The more general understanding of this view in a milder form is therefore that Jews who deny that Jesus is the Jewish Messiah fall short of their calling as God's Chosen people, but God has not entirely cast them off as His Chosen, to whom the promises also belong through Jesus, the Christ (Anointed) Son of [[David]].{{cquote|He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High;<br>and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,<br>and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever;<br>and of his kingdom there will be no end.<br>—Luke 1:32-33 RSVCE}}Because Christ Jesus is ruler over the house of Jacob, the Lord Jesus rules the history and destiny of the Jews even now, although they are unaware of it. |