Restorationism - Moriel Ministries

sent them out.Beyond that, apostolic authority in the Bible involved mutualsubmission to each other, as in Acts chapter 15. It was never a onemanshow.What they are calling "apostolic authority" today in the RestorationMovement is often only heavy shepherding, based on Gnosticism.These people claim to have a gnosis, or a subjective revelation and, ifyou do not see it, they claim that you are under deception.True restorationNonetheless, there is a true restoration and that has to do with therestoration of Israel.Replacementism - the idea that the church has replaced Israel, to thenegation of any prophetic or end times purpose for Israel and theJews - is a totally unbiblical doctrine.Romans 11 speaks directly of Israel as "the root". The root supportsyou; you do not support the root. The root is under the ground. Justbecause you cannot see it, that does not mean that it is not there. Ifthe tree had no root, the tree would die.If Israel was finished forever, the church would be finished with it. IfGod has rejected Israel because of their sin and unfaithfulness, Hehas just as much reason to reject the church, possibly more.The sins of Israel are easily replayed throughout the history of thechurch, including the sacrifice of their children to demons, which wesee today in the massive number of non-therapeutic abortions carriedout even in Western, Christianized democracy.What Romans 11 teaches is that Gentile Christians who repent andaccept Jesus, replace Jews who do not. They are grafted in asbranches in place of Jews who reject their own Messiah, but the rootremains Israel.Everything under the ground is Old Testament Israel, but everything