God.” He notes that the church is called “Abraham’s offspring” in Galatians 3:29. The church is likewise called “the circumcision” in Philippians 3:3. All these are Jewish terms. As well, both Jew and Gentile are now viewed as “one new man” (Ephesians 2:15).4 Hans LaRondelle, in his book The Israel of God in Prophecy, reasoned that since the church is the seed of Abraham, and Israel is the seed of Abraham, the two entities—the church and Israel—must be one and the same.5 In view of such New Testament