Again, NOTICE the NEW covenant is NOT made with Gentiles. It is made with the WHOLE nation of Israel (both houses), where God will write His laws on the hearts of the House of ISRAEL. Why doesn’t he write His laws on the hearts of the House of Judah?

Hosea 1:6b-7

I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

Saving the Jews

In November of 2001 the Vatican issued a 210 page report entitled The Jewish People and the Holy Scriptures in the Christian Bible. In this document, the top theologians of the Roman Catholic Church have made some significant paradigm shifts.

According to Eugene Fisher of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops:

"We don't need to work or pray for the conversion of Jews to Christianity. God already has the salvation of the Jews figured out, and they accepted it on Sinai, so they are OK. Jews are already with the Father. We do not have a mission to the Jews, but only a mission with the Jews to the world. The Catholic Church will never again sanction an organization devoted to the conversion of Jews. That is over, on doctrinal, biblical and pastoral grounds.”

The Catholic Church is citing "biblical" grounds for this new teaching which has become official church doctrine. So,

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