Introductory spiritual absolutes that are in numerous scriptural references:

1. We are ONLY to pray to God the Father in Jesus Christ's name. 
2. Prayer to anyone in Heaven that is not God is not to be done!
3. We can ask other alive human-beings to join us in prayer to God.
4. We can ask other alive human-beings to pray to God for us.

If you are a Roman Catholic, then you can still go to Mass and enjoy the celebratory worship of God whom we love, just leave praying to Mary, Apostles and Angels out of the target to your prayers.  The well-known title of "The Lord's Prayer" or "The Our Father" of Luke 11:1-3 is directing us to pray to God the Father directly.  Later, Jesus Christ and the Gospels instructs us, in many scriptural passages, to pray to God the Father in Jesus Christ's name.  (For more, see topic: Angels are Not to Worshiped or Prayed To).  

Note that at some point in your life as a Roman Catholic, you need to recognize your spiritual health, with rewards in Heaven and a life pleasing to God, is being jeopardized, with many types of limitations, when attending any Christian Denomination, such as Catholicism, that teaches so many concepts, practices, traditions, exclusions, and omissions against the Scriptures.  Read the topic on Pope Scripturally Correct that discusses attributes in the Catholic Denomination. 

As as an analogy consider purchasing a very intricate, complex and sometimes unstable machine where the person who purchases the machine:

• Ignores the manufacturer's directions on using along.
• Uses the machine incorrectly based on someone else's advice that is not in the manufacturer's directions on usage.
• Voids the Manufacturer's warranty of the machine by doing things with the machine that the manufacturer prohibits.

In the analogy, the manufacturer represents God and the machine represents a human-being.

This topic will explain in great detail why we are NOT to pray to Mary, Moses, the Apostles or anyone.  Praying to any person or Angel is Blasphemy against God, and taking away from the opportunity to have a personal relationship with God.  If you have done this, then not knowing and not understanding is absolutely okay, but just stop.  Everyone of us, including this author, are under Grace, which is how we have Salvation through accepting Jesus Christ as our Personal Savior.

There are many scriptural passages that give us the guidance on praying, where "1 Timothy 2:3-6" is very explicit to only pray in Jesus Christ's name as Jesus Christ is the mediator.  Revelation 22:8-9 also informs us that Prophets of the Bible, whom we hold with high regard, and Angels that are perfect are fellow servants that must worship God only.

Many Roman Catholics substitute a relationship with Jesus Christ to taking the Eucharist at a Catholic Mass.  Jesus Christ has been described by many Biblical Scholars as the most antireligious person who walked the Earth.  Our relationship with God in love for Him is the primary point of our entire existence, where in our life we are to develop that relationship:  A relationship with God:

• Has nothing to do with being religious.
• Taking the Eucharist is not a substitute for a relationship with God.
• Having a relationship in prayer to Mary is not having a relationship with God.

Mary thought of with Respect?

All Christians can hold Mary the earthly mother of Jesus Christ in high respect, just like we all can have high respect and even high regard for Moses, Noah, John the Baptist, and even the Apostles; but never pray to anyone other than God the Father in Jesus Christ's Name.

1. Jesus Christ is eternal with God the Father and God the Holy Spirit, where God exists in Eternity.
2. Mary was chosen to be a vessel for Jesus Christ to enter His Creation.  This is a high honor and a selection by God that warrants many positive attributes such as respect and honor but not worship as that is for God alone.
3. There are many great people in the Scriptures that have been chosen by God, such as Moses to name one, and they also warrant respect and honor but not worship as that is for God alone.

Elect Lady

In the Book of 2 John, many Biblical Scholars are starting to see this book of the Bible as most likely addressed to Mary, Jesus Christ's earthly mother, who is described as "lady chosen by God".  This author first heard about this possibility from Chuck Missler's article and his commentaries on MP3, which is this author's conclusion also that this is Jesus Christ's earthly mother Mary.

In many documentaries, this title of "the lady chosen by God" is being attributed to the Church which absolutely cannot be true as the Church is always described as a Virgin.  Mary did have other children after Jesus Christ.

In 2 John 1:10, John is asking this Lady chosen by God, to not entertain anyone that may come to her who does not teach the good news of the Gospel. The question is why would this request be said and the logical answer is this Lady chosen by God is held in high regard.  With her high regard, then she inadvertently could be indorsing a visitor who could claim later that he or she was allowed to meet with the Lady chosen by God thus gaining validation for the visitor's wrongful interpretations of Jesus Christ.

Mediators or one Mediator between mankind and God?

There is the question if Christians should be praying to Mary or to any others in the Bible such as the Moses, Daniel, or any of the Apostles?  Consider the scripture in 1 Timothy 2:5, John 14:13-14 and John 16:2-24 that informs us that we should always pray in Jesus Christ's Name and Jesus Christ is the only mediator.

The concern for anyone spending time praying to anything or anyone other than God, through Jesus Christ, is in danger of eventually putting faith and worship into something or someone that is not God.  Additionally, no matter how pious, saintly or remarkable a life that anyone has had on earth, none of us have lived a perfect life, given their life for a payment of sins and is also God as Jesus Christ has done. 

Is Mary Omnipresent and Omniscient?

• Omnipresent which means God is everywhere.
• Omniscient which means God is all knowing.

Did God give these attributes to Mary?  There is no scripture that tells us that Mary received these attributes and especially before the Judgment Seat of Christ which is where all of mankind, including Moses, Elijah, the Apostles and all Christians will get our glorified bodies along with special status, roles and duties.

Praying on the Rosary

Is Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, omnipresent?  The point of Mary not being God and not having God's attributes, is think of all the people praying the Rosary and asking Mary to pray for them to God.  There are multitudes of millions of Roman Catholics who pray to Mary daily including saying the Rosary.  Rhetorically, does Mary have the ability to hear all of the prayers of millions of people simultaneously? 

Additionally, if someone who believes in saying prayers to Mary and says that God is listening to those prayers, then what is the point of praying to Mary when we are to always pray to God the Father in Jesus Christ's name, as pointed out in Mediators or one Mediator, discussed already in this topic?

Dangers of How We Pray?

In mankind's history, there have been many centuries when the population of the world was largely illiterate where Christian Icons, Statues and Paintings were a vital part of teaching and worshiping God.  These Christian Icons, Statues and Paintings conveyed Scriptures along with Biblical events for the Christian to visualize and grow in Faith.  Also, during these many centuries, depending upon what part of the world the Christian lived in, the Christian may have only heard Scriptures in a language that was not understandable. 

These substitutes for the Word of God, put a great deal of importance on Christian Icons, Statues and Paintings.  Unfortunately, over time, many people began to put reverence on Christian Icons, Statues and Paintings as if these objects were Holy. There are Paintings, Statues and Icons that are of Jesus Christ which have taken on a role of being worshiped which is against the scriptures.

As another example that Jesus told us that He was to be lifted up like the "bronze serpent".  Unfortunately, after the initial purpose of the bronze serpent, Israel began to worship the bronze serpent so it had to be destroyed.  Moses had made a bronze serpent so that when the people looked at it, they were healed from the snake bite problem occurring from Israel's murmuring against God.  The problem arose later when Israel began to worship the Bronze serpent so Hezekiah the King destroyed it in 2 Kings 18:4.

Appearances of Mary

Consider these cases, in the scriptures, of the departed and angels making visitations:

• In Matthew 17, Jesus Christ is visited by Elijah and Moses, which is a strong possibility of them being the future Two Witnesses. 
• After Jesus Christ is risen, graves in Jerusalem were opened and bodies of the saints who were dead came and testified to many.  Matthew 27:51-51.
• We know from Paul that many of us are visited by Angels unaware.  Hebrews 13:2
• In the Tribulation Period, Angels will proclaim the Gospel to the earth according to Revelation 14:6

The question is whether or not God has used or is using Mary, in the last few centuries, to appear maybe once or at different times to give a message from God?  It may be a possibility, but the message given in the different appearances do have many problems detailed below that are against the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

As of 2020, there are literally a few hundred reported appearances of Mary worldwide, which all are not verified or recognized by the Roman Catholic Church.  Below is a list of the most commonly known and probably the most famous appearances.  In one Internet Article, the writer made the remark that Mary appears to consider Europe a favorite appearance location from the Big Think website.  If link is missing see article here.

When reading this table of events, please understand:

• The "Notes" column represents what message was given by the appearance of Mary, as recorded from that date.
• The "Notes" column records something that occurred during the period of the appearance of Mary.
• You will notice that the message often:
  (a) contradicts the scriptures, and
  (b) puts Mary in the place of Jesus Christ.

Garabandal

This author, back in the late 1960's, saw videos of the Garabandal appearance and this was before the Special Effects of Computer Graphics in film that we have today.  Click on the link Garabandal to watch the movie and it is amazing to see the trance like faces.  This does not mean that this author believes in Mary being sent from God.  This film is most likely one of the strongest tools used by the Roman Catholic Church to get people to pray to Mary, instead of Jesus Christ.

Satanic World's Powers

There are countless examples of religions in the world having some people do incredible things such as:

• Walk on glass, hot stones and flaming hot coals with no damage to their feet. 

• Pharaoh's magicians were able to turn their staffs into snakes just like Moses' staff did as read in Exodus 7:10-12. 

• In the Tribulation Period, the Antichrist is mortally wounded unto death and was healed as read in Revelation 13:3

As already pointed out, we are to always pray to God the Father in Jesus Christ's name, as pointed out in Mediators or one Mediator!  Praying to any other is blasphemy.

Problems with the Messages

After listing the most well-known appearances of Mary, as read above, these are a few of questions for the Christian to consider:

1. Is the message contradictory to the scriptures?
2. Does the message give glory to God or to Mary?
3. Does the message direct people to pray to Mary or God?
4. Why does the appearance always seem to happen to children or teenagers which are primarily girls?
5. Have any predictions that were not absolutely specific to an exact future date actually happened?  The Aberrations are all generalities, where Lucifer knows God's scriptures which Lucifer distorts such as the Forbidden Fruit temptation to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.  God authenticates many very specific prophecies such as. 
   (a) See prophecy stating the exact date that Jesus Christ would be Executed on the Cross which happened on Nissan 14th a Wednesday.
   (b) God used the life of Methuselah to indicate when the Great Flood of Noah would happen.
6. Does Mary appear to some and not others who were present?
7. Does Mary want penance to be righteous?
8. Have we seen or heard of anything that was promised in the Garabandal prophecies?  World coming to an end?
9. Why is there a message to primarily take communion to be righteous, which in the Roman Catholic Faith, it requires a Priest and normally a church?  As explained at the start of this topic, the Eucharist is a sacrament but even in the Roman Catholic Mass, the Priest states that a person must be a Believer and has Jesus Christ as the personal Savior in order to take it.  The Eucharist has nothing to do with Salvation and has never been part of the Salvation Process. 
10. Are the appearance using signs and wonders to give glory to Mary only?

These are some of the points against the messages received and delivered by the Mary appearances:

From the entirety of the scriptures, we are to have our Faith in Jesus Christ for Salvation.  If we are is keeping and directing any hopes, prayers or adoration towards Mary then this is a form of Idol Worship. 

Who Is it if Not Mary?

• Not pointing to Jesus Christ,
• Not giving God the Glory, and
• Giving information that is against the scriptures.

then the appearances have these possibilities:

1. Fake and fabricated by people for multiple purposes that seem to bring attention to themselves and also increase power in the local church.
2. A manifestation of the power of the Satanic World because the goal of Lucifer is to use:
   (a) false signs and wonders,
   (b) deceive, and
   (c) keep people from having Faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior which is the only way for Salvation.
3. If there are real appearances of something, which obviously is not truly Mary, then the children or people involved were most likely in a trance of Satanic Origin.  Before anyone ridicules this possibility, even when there was a true manifestation, consider:
   (a) How easy it is for many people to be hypnotized.  This author has been at comedy shows where friends where hypnotized and did some incredibly funny and stupid things.  At one comedy event on a Caribbean Cruise, the hypnotist had two people who didn't speak Mandarin (Chinese), believe they were from China (not Americans) and then had them begin yelling at one another in gibberish (thinking they were speaking Mandarin) because they were supposedly mad at one another. 
   (b) 2 Corinthians 11:14 "And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light."  This points to the aberrations using children to more easily be tricked, manipulated or put into a trance type of hypnotism.
   (c) We learn from the scriptures that people were and can be oppressed or possessed.  The ability to be possessed has not ended.  Possession does not have to have a person manifesting an evil or irrational nature, just a nature that is against the Gospel, which is designed to turn others away from the true importance of Jesus Christ's payment on the Cross and us having Salvation. 

The confusion for all of us, that might occur, is when:

• Anything that appears to be Magical, that has something religious wrapped in it, then we incorrectly might think it is from God or something outside of our world,
• The event gives someone a sense of peace and happiness, so we again think it is from God,
• The entity delivering a message, claims to be from Heaven so we think it must be sent from God,
• The people effected by an aberration, are sometimes making the sign of the cross with their hands, so we think that it must from God.  Note that documentaries of killers and Mafia type people, who do great evil, often make the sign of the cross and then go to Church.

A true message from God, as shown in the scriptures, will point to God's Power, Love and Glory.  As pointed out in the several sections of this topic, the appearances from Mary are against the scriptural message of the entire Bible, and Mary cannot have God's omniscience and omnipresence.

We need to never under estimate the powers and abilities, albeit limited, of the Satanic Realm.  We are marked with protection of the Holy Spirit but still need to know God's Word to detect false messages. 

There is no such thing as Magic but there is technology, for lack of a better word, that the Satanic World possess as illustrated in Exodus 7:8-13 along with the abilities of the future Antichrist.  The Egyptian Sorcerers, magicians, were able to make their staffs turn into snakes. 

Problems with the Prayer to Mary

We need to guard our minds with the knowledge of the scriptures, where the well-known prayer to Mary, listed next, is clearly not pointing to Jesus Christ's death on the Cross for the payment of the world's sins, which requires Faith in Jesus Christ as the Savior which is the only way for Salvation. 

The prayer of Mary leads the speaker of the prayer to believe that Mary can give them salvation and that is impossible.  Also, repeating a prayer for fifty-three times on a rosary does not give any power, especially when God wants us to talk with Him as we would talk to someone we love, giving our concerns, feeling His presence in our lives and enjoying His Word in the Bible.

1. We all are recipients of Grace and Mercy when we accept Jesus Christ as our Savior.
2. Yes, Mary was blessed but so is every person who has Jesus Christ as their Savior.
3. Naming Mary's fruit, through her womb, to deliver Jesus Christ means nothing.  Jesus Christ is God and Jesus Christ gives blessings, not the other way around.  This section of the prayer gives the connotation that Jesus Christ required blessings.
4. We should not be asking any person or even an Angel to pray for us at the moment of our death.  We are to have already prayed to God for Salvation in Jesus Christ's Name.  As an example, consider the Thief on the Cross, who when near death received Salvation through Jesus Christ, and not Mary.  Mary was at the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and there was no dialogue written in the scripture between the thief and Mary.

Catholic Church View of Mary

Using the Vatican's website, Catechism of the Catholic Church (vatican.va), which is a very detailed and nicely organized website in multiple languages, there is some information on doctrines of the Catholic Church regarding Mary, albeit not definitive.  Note that this author and all Christians can agree on the title given of "Virgin Mary", as a complement and place of honor as noted in this topic.  The "Virgin" part of the title implies a perpetual status, as implied in 2021 in Catholic literature.  As read in the scriptures,  Mary had other children

Is also good to read the section titled "Paragraph 5. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS", for understand the incorrect Roman Catholic view of prayer, which implies praying to people in heaven and. people in heaven makes people on Earth more righteous.

1. Section II, Paragraph 954:  "Death will be no more" is incorrect as when Jesus Christ comes back to end the Tribulation Period, to start the Millennial Kingdom, there will be people who die accidentally and are killed at the end of the Millennial Kingdom when Lucifer is released from lower Sheol to deceive the world one last time in a fight against God.
2. Section II, Paragraph 954: Gives the impression that all, who make it to Heaven, will rule with Christ.  See Wedding Supper of the Lamb topic to understand this is not correct. 
3. Section II, Paragraph 956: The "those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness..." is stating that everyone who makes it to heaven will add to the holiness of those still on Earth, because they will be praying for those on Earth.  As read in the topic on "Can those in Heaven see us", the answer is most likely provable by the scriptures as 'yes'.  The wrong implication is the prayer and request of someone in Heaven does not add to anyone's holiness on Earth.
4. Section II, Paragraph 956: What is very important is this paragraph is "They do not cease to intercede with the Father for us, as they proffer the merits which they acquired on earth through the one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus.... So by their fraternal concern is our weakness greatly helped."  The scriptures do not tell us if those in Heaven are constantly praying / interceding for us, but the Catholic Church is stating there is only one mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus, is correct as read in 1 Timothy 2:5.

   1 Timothy 2:5

   For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

5. Section II, Paragraph 958: States that we should pray for the dead to be "loosed from their sins' she offers her suffrages for them".  This is against so many scriptures, as Salvation is based entirely on accepting Jesus Christ as a person's savior.  After death, then Rewards in Heaven are determined by:
   (a) The relationship we developed with God,
   (b) Activities in God's Service,
   (d) Faithfulness to the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
   (e) Righteously suffering, and
   (f) Overcoming sinful areas and obstacles in life through the Holy Spirit.
   Also in this Paragraph 958, the Catholic Doctrine is to pray for the dead in heaven so that they will pray for us.  We cannot assume that someone is Heaven, and a correctly stated in Paragraph 956, we are to pray directly to God the Father in Jesus Christ name as Jesus Christ is the only Mediator.
6. In Section II's 'IN BRIEF' Paragraph 961: States that people who are "holy persons" will cause "bears fruit for all", is incorrect as already stated that we are all judged singularly at the Judgment Seat of Christ or the Great White Throne of Judgment.

Is It Okay to Ask People in Heaven to Pray for Us?

Is it okay to send our prayer requests to someone in heaven and ask them to pray for us?

• No as our prayers are to be directed to God only and scriptures like John 14:13-14 state the primary reason to pray to God the Father in Jesus Christ's name. 

• When we ask someone on Earth to pray for us, we are not praying to that person.  Scriptures like 1 Thessalonians 5:25, states to ask others.

• When we ask someone, that we know or presume to be in heaven to pray for us, then the action is a form of being insulting to what Jesus Christ did on the Cross and the life of perfection that involved suffering even during his childhood.  The question can be rhetorically asked, did Jesus Christ do something to you to not trust Him so that you have to ask someone else in Heaven to speak to Jesus Christ?

• Nowhere in the scripture does it tell us to pray to those who have already died and are presumed/known to be in heaven.

Can those in Heaven know what is occurring on Earth?

By the scriptural inferences and logical assumptions made from reading the scriptures given on the question if those in Heaven can see or hear about us, the answer appears to be yes, but with most likely limitations.  As already discussed above, we are not to pray to anyone in Heaven other than God alone.

Why was Mary a Virgin?

The Royal Blood Line of Jesus Christ was set up from the beginning with Adam and Eve and there were many events that God did to protect the Royal Blood Line.  Jesus Christ had two paths of legitimacy of the Throne of King David, which Jesus Christ will reign from in the Millennial Kingdom. 

At one point there was a problem with a King of Israel that did such evil that caused God to issue a curse of that King's lineage, which required the Virgin Birth to get past the Curse of Jeconiah and also to have the seed from God Himself.   

Did Mary have other Children or did she remain a virgin?

One of the many tenants of the Roman Catholic tradition is Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, remained a virgin after giving birth to Jesus Christ.  This is definitely not true as evidence by the Scriptures.  Click here on this link to read on the topic of did Mary have other Children?

Clothed with the Sun and Moon

There are two sections of the Book of Revelation that have been misunderstood by the Roman Catholic Faith that the error is based on traditions rather than scriptures.  The two sections are Revelation 12:1-5 and Revelation 12:13-17.

We know that scriptures always interpret the scriptures, and when the scripture requires an interpretation, the Holy Spirit always has other references in the scriptures to validate the correct understanding.  The idioms of the "Sun and Moon" and "twelve stars", are also used in the scriptural passage of Genesis 37:5-11 so that the reference is exactly identified, which is one of the many double modeling and patterns in the scriptures.

Jacob, who God renames him to Israel, has twelve sons where the son Joseph has two dreams that he tells his family which they become angry over the dream with the implied interpretation.  The interpretation is given by Jacob:

• "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?
• Joseph is sold into slavery to Egypt later by his brothers because of the brother's jealousy, where through God's intervention of interpreting dreams, has Joseph rise to a ruler over Egypt under Pharaoh.  Many years later Jacob, the eleven other sons and all of the wives and children have to go to Egypt for food and survival, where Joseph through a series of character testing of his brothers will reveal himself to them that he is their brother.  Joseph, through his ruling position, does become the ruler over them, but Joseph only cares for them in a loving relationship.
• The Nation of Israel is known as the Twelve Tribes, and Israel was prophesized in many Old Testament scriptures to bring forth the Messiah.

The Roman Catholic tradition and belief, which can be appear to be honoring God and religious is not correct regarding the interpretation of the identity of the "a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars" passage. 

The incorrect tradition and interpretation from the Roman Catholic faith are:

1. Incorrect: That the woman in Revelation 12:1 is a reference directly to Mary the earthly mother of Jesus Christ.
2. Incorrect: The sign in Heaven to infer that Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus Christ, is elevated to a type of royal deity.
3. Incorrect: The nation of Israel has nothing to do Revelation 12:1.
4. Incorrect: Mary, the earthly mother of Jesus Christ,  is elevated to a status of Godly Royalty with special privileges with the triune God. 
5. Incorrect: The Nation of Israel, because they as a nation refused to recognize their Messiah, then the reference in the Book of Revelation cannot be about Israel. 

The correct understanding of the Revelation 12:1-5 and Revelation 12:13-14 scriptural passages:

1. The woman is Revelation chapter 12 symbolically appears as a sign in Heaven, is identified by other scriptures and even history itself as Israel. 
   (a) Jacob, who has his name changed to Israel, is the sun.
   (b) Rachel, Joseph's mother, is the moon.
   (c) Jacob recognized the dream as referring to him and his family.
2. Because of the crown of twelve stars, on the woman, the stars are a reference to the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
3. The red dragon, without any confusion, is Lucifer who takes one third of the Angels with him in a revolt against God that results in Lucifer and those angels being cast down to the realm of the Earth.
4. The birth vessel is of course Mary but the passage is speaking about the Son who comes out of the lineage of twelve stars.
   (a) Lucifer has King Herod kill all the male babies in Nazareth. 
   (b) Lucifer is still trying to kill every Jewish person to stop one of the primary purposes of the Tribulation Period which is for Israel to recognize their Son whom they executed.  If there is no Jewish people left on the Earth then Jesus Christ cannot return to rule the Earth during the Millennial Kingdom.
5. Mary had to be a virgin to get past the Curse of Jeconiah but also to have the seed from God Himself. 
   (a) Mary was a part of the Royal Blood line of the tribe of Judah.
   (b) Joseph was part of the Royal Blood line of the tribe of Judah.
   (c) After the birth of Jesus, then Joseph and Mary had four other sons and at least two daughters besides Jesus Christ.
6. Israel as a nation is always identified as the wife of Jehovah in the Old Testament. 
7. The idiom of the Church, in numerous New Testament scriptures which is all Christians regardless of Denomination, is the virgin bride of Jesus Christ.
8. Revelation 12:14 is identifying the remnant of Israel that goes to Petra to be protected during the Tribulation Period.  It is not the Roman Catholic Church going to Petra.

Note: the "abomination of desolation" reference is the event that starts the Tribulation Period, where Lucifer's goal is to murder all Jewish People on the Earth so that they cannot ask Jesus Christ to return.  If there are not Jewish People remaining, who recognize Jesus Christ as the Messiah, then the Tribulation Period will not end because Jesus Christ will not return.  Obviously this is not going to happen which is also why the remnant of Israel are hidden and protected in Petra.

Replacement Theological Belief

There is the belief by some Christian Denominations, such as the Roman Catholic Faith, that the Church has replaced and will be the recipient of all of the promises to Israel that have yet to happen, as Israel as a nation has forfeited the promises by rejecting Jesus Christ.  This is absolutely false and against the scriptures as Israel as a nation will recognize their Messiah during the Tribulation Period.  As one scriptural example, Steven the Disciple, was killed by the Sanhedrin for informing them that Israel in the future would accept Jesus Christ, and Israel has a pattern of accepting an offering and promise on the second attempt. 

God has many promises that are contained in the prophecies of the Old Testament that are for Israel, not the Church, and these prophecies still have a future fulfillment.  The entire Bible contains different dispensations, where Jesus Christ is the central theme, but there are distinct destinies for Israel, the Church, the 70th Week of Daniel / Tribulation people with Salvation, and the people of the Millennial Kingdom of Jesus Christ.  God's Word will absolutely happen according to Matthew 5:17-18.

Biblical Scholars point out that there are many Roman Catholic Traditions and beliefs that are known as part of Replacement Theology because of the substitution of the Roman Catholic Church for Israel.  This should be obviously wrong to anyone familiar with the unconditional promises given to the Nation of Israel that have yet to be fulfilled and Israel will eventually recognize their Messiah which is one of the main purposes of the Tribulation Period's purpose.  If there is any more doubt consider the 144,000 Jewish Virgins from Twelve Tribes that help evangelize the world for Jesus Christ during the Great Tribulation.

What to read next?

1 Risen - 4 Gospels and is there a discrepancy on Easter? 2. Flood ends where the next day is the first day on the new earth and it is the same day as Christ's Resurrection  3.  Day of the week Jesus is Crucified (It was not Friday) 4 Pope, Scriptural Correct?  5 Did Mary remain a virgin after the birth of Jesus Christ?