River Valley Torah Assembly

04/30/2026

Deuteronomy 14:21 A Differentiation Without A Difference?

There are Messianic teachers who claim that this passage means there is a distinct difference between Jews and redeemed Gentiles according to the Torah by using this passage:

(Deu 14:21 NASB) "You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk.

I initially had trouble with this verse. It would appear that some laws do not apply to all people. These dietary laws apply to His people. The terms "alien" and "foreigner" are implying outsiders who are desiring Elohim and His ways as believers (alien) or those just passing through (foreigner). The foreigner would likely eat something that has died of itself anyway. So in that case, the point is moot.

Regardless, the penalty for the native or the alien that eats a creature which has died on its own is identical:

(Lev 17:15 NASB) "And when any person eats an animal which dies, or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean.
(Lev 17:16 NASB) "But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt."

Also, without distinction neither the native nor the alien are to even touch a dead carcass:

(Lev 11:39 NASB) 'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening.
(Lev 11:40 NASB) 'He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

The question then arises, "why let an alien eat a clean animal which died of itself?" The answer is likely out of compassion. The alien coming into Israel and becoming a part of that nation could be somewhat destitute and in need. An example of such an alien could be Ruth. We are not told that she had to eat something which died of itself, but she had to rely on the generosity of Boaz for food to survive. In such a case, the alien could eat such a creature, but he still must bath, wash his clothes and be unclean until evening.

Therefore to try to make the claim that we have differing Instructions in Elohim's Torah (meaning that we have differing definitions of sin) based upon bloodline, heritage, or belief is simply false and without merit.

04/02/2026

Passover begins tonight—a powerful reminder of The Father’s deliverance, faithfulness, and redemption. As we remember the blood of the lamb and freedom from bo***ge, may our hearts be centered on Him.

01/25/2026

Some teachers misuse Acts 15 to claim that believers should not follow the Torah. But what is that chapter and others actually saying?

Should non-Jews obey the Law/Torah? We’ll show how crucial Acts 15 is to understand Galatians. 2026

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01/06/2026

Time moves fast. Here is the updated calendar as we head into a new season. We are looking forward to celebrating the spring feast days with everyone!

12/24/2025

While some think that obedience to the Torah is dependent upon your DNA, heritage, or bloodline, they are only deluding themselves.

Walk as Yeshua walked!

12/15/2025

WHAT IS SIN?

There are some Bible teachers who claim that "sin" is different for some people and not others due to their bloodline or heritage. These "teachers" usually claim that only the Jewish people need to follow God's Instructions concerning things like Feast Days, dietary requirements, or prohibitions against worshiping Him the way pagans worship their gods.

They twist Scripture by using a few plucked out phrases or misapplied accounts from Paul's letters or other Scriptures. It is likely that they have misunderstanding of Scripture, or have a personal reason or grievance against certain instructions given by our Heavenly Father.

The Apostle John gives us a straightforward and simple definition for sin:
(1 John 3:4 NASB) Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness.

Sin is lawlessness, or disobedience to the Torah. "Torah" is the Hebrew word that is usually translated as "law." However "Torah" is much better translated as "instructions." We have several other examples in Scripture that reinforce the fact that not following the Instructions, law, or commandments of God is "sin":

(Num 15:31 NASB) 'Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt shall be on him.'"

(1 Sam 15:24 NASB) Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.

(2 Chr 24:20 NASB) Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, 'Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.'"

(Dan 9:11 NASB) "Indeed all Israel has transgressed Thy law and turned aside, not obeying Thy voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.

(Rom 3:20 NASB) because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin.

(Rom 4:15 NASB) for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

Paul stated that he only came to know sin because of the "law" (Torah):

(Rom 7:7 NASB) What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
(Rom 7:8 NASB) But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead.
(Rom 7:9 NASB) And I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive, and I died;

(James 2:9 NASB) But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Sin is breaking the law (Torah) of God. It is that plain and simple and it applies to all people. Scripture never states otherwise.

(Eccl 12:13 NASB) The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.
(Eccl 12:14 NASB) For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.

12/11/2025

WHO IS ISRAEL?

There has been a lot of confusion and poor teaching about the identity of Israel according to the Scriptures. Some people want to teach that Israel = Judaism. That is simply not true according to the Scriptures.

Israel consists of all of Elohim's chosen believers of all time. Scripture makes this very plain. To say that you love Elohim and His ways and live according to them does not "steal the identity of the Jews" or any other non-Scriptural nonsense. According to Scripture, if you are His, you are a part of the people of Israel.

The Law was given to Israel (that includes the strangers among them)

(Exo 12:49 NKJV) "One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."

(Lev 18:4 NKJV) 'You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.
(Lev 18:5 NKJV) 'You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

(Lev 18:26 NKJV) 'You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you

(Num 15:16 NKJV) 'One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.'"

(Deu 31:12 NKJV) "Gather the people together, men and women and little ones, and the stranger who is within your gates, that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully observe all the words of this law,

Israel was not originally one bloodline, but “a mixed multitude”

(Exo 12:36 NKJV) And the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they requested. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.
(Exo 12:37 NKJV) Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children.
(Exo 12:38 NKJV) A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds; a great deal of livestock.

The “New Covenant” is with Israel and Judah, not “the Church”

(Jer 31:31 NKJV) "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
(Jer 31:32 NKJV) "not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.
(Jer 31:33 NKJV) "But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

(Heb 8:8 NKJV) Because finding fault with them, He says: "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
(Heb 8:9 NKJV) "not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the LORD.
(Heb 8:10 NKJV) "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My laws in their mind and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
(Heb 8:11 NKJV) "None of them shall teach his neighbor, and none his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them.
(Heb 8:12 NKJV) "For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more."
(Heb 8:13 NKJV) In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.

The “first covenant” that was made obsolete was the covenant between the people of Israel and Elohim. Israel promised that they would keep all the things Elohim commanded. This covenant was made antiquated due to the failure of the people, not the failure of the law.

(Exo 19:3 NKJV) And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel:
(Exo 19:4 NKJV) 'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself.
(Exo 19:5 NKJV) 'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
(Exo 19:6 NKJV) 'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."
(Exo 19:7 NKJV) So Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before them all these words which the LORD commanded him.
(Exo 19:8 NKJV) Then all the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do." So Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD.

The “New Covenant” is the same in content as the so-called “Old Covenant.” It still consists of the law. Only in the New Covenant, Elohim fulfills this New Covenant Himself by writing His law on our hearts and our minds. This happens when we have a realization of Messiah. We desire to please Elohim.

A kingdom of priests: Israel (all believers)

God called Israel His “own possession…special…a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

(Exo 19:5 NKJV) 'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
(Exo 19:6 NKJV) 'And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

Peter used this same title in reference to all believers.

(1 Pet 2:4 NKJV) Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
(1 Pet 2:5 NKJV) you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
(1 Pet 2:9 NKJV) But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

Paul says we are grafted into the root and tree (Israel)

(Rom 11:1 NKJV) I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

(Rom 11:15 NKJV) For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
(Rom 11:16 NKJV) For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
(Rom 11:17 NKJV) And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree,
(Rom 11:18 NKJV) do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
(Rom 11:19 NKJV) You will say then, "Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in."
(Rom 11:20 NKJV) Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
(Rom 11:21 NKJV) For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either.
(Rom 11:22 NKJV) Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
(Rom 11:23 NKJV) And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
(Rom 11:24 NKJV) For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?

The “fullness of the Gentiles will come in (to Israel)”

(Rom 11:25 NKJV) For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
(Rom 11:26 NKJV) And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
(Rom 11:27 NKJV) For this is My covenant with them, When I take away their sins."

If we are in Messiah, we are Abraham’s seed (Israel)

(Gal 3:6 NKJV) just as Abraham "believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness."
(Gal 3:7 NKJV) Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

(Gal 3:28 NKJV) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(Gal 3:29 NKJV) And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

(Rom 4:11 NKJV) And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also,
(Rom 4:12 NKJV) and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.
(Rom 4:13 NKJV) For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
(Rom 4:14 NKJV) For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect,
(Rom 4:15 NKJV) because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
(Rom 4:16 NKJV) Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Paul referred to Israelites in the time of Moses as “Our fathers” in speaking to the “Gentile” church in Corinth.

(1 Cor 10:1 NKJV) Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea,
(1 Cor 10:2 NKJV) all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,
(1 Cor 10:3 NKJV) all ate the same spiritual food,
(1 Cor 10:4 NKJV) and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.
(1 Cor 10:5 NKJV) But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

We are fellow citizens of Israel through the blood of Messiah

(Eph 2:12 NKJV) that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
(Eph 2:13 NKJV) But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

(Eph 2:19 NKJV) Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,

(Eph 3:6 NKJV) that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel,

Yeshua said He came only for one group of people (Israel)

(Mat 15:24 NKJV) But He answered and said, "I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."

Paul tells us to celebrate Passover

(1 Cor 5:7 NKJV) Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
(1 Cor 5:8 NKJV) Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

The Resurrection is Described as Pertaining to
“The Whole House of Israel”

(Ezek 37:1 NKJV) The hand of the LORD came upon me and brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.
(Ezek 37:2 NKJV) Then He caused me to pass by them all around, and behold, there were very many in the open valley; and indeed they were very dry.
(Ezek 37:3 NKJV) And He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" So I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know."
(Ezek 37:4 NKJV) Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
(Ezek 37:5 NKJV) 'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
(Ezek 37:6 NKJV) "I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."' "
(Ezek 37:7 NKJV) So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
(Ezek 37:8 NKJV) Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them.
(Ezek 37:9 NKJV) Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."' "
(Ezek 37:10 NKJV) So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.
(Ezek 37:11 NKJV) Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are cut off!'
(Ezek 37:12 NKJV) "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel.
(Ezek 37:13 NKJV) "Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
(Ezek 37:14 NKJV) "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the LORD.'"

In harmony with Ezekiel, Zechariah prophesied that at the resurrection the feet of Yeshua will land on the Mount of Olives (which is in Israel) and all the saints (all of Israel) will be with Him:

(Zec 14:1 NKJV) Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, And your spoil will be divided in your midst.
(Zec 14:2 NKJV) For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
(Zec 14:3 NKJV) Then the LORD will go forth And fight against those nations, As He fights in the day of battle.
(Zec 14:4 NKJV) And in that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, Which faces Jerusalem on the east. And the Mount of Olives shall be split in two, From east to west, Making a very large valley; Half of the mountain shall move toward the north And half of it toward the south.
(Zec 14:5 NKJV) Then you shall flee through My mountain valley, For the mountain valley shall reach to Azal. Yes, you shall flee As you fled from the earthquake In the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Thus the LORD my God will come, And all the saints with You.

When Messiah returns, the “Stranger Who Dwells Among You” Will Receive the Same Inheritance as the Native Israelite

(Ezek 47:22 NKJV) "It shall be that you will divide it by lot as an inheritance for yourselves, and for the strangers who dwell among you and who bear children among you. They shall be to you as native-born among the children of Israel; they shall have an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel.
(Ezek 47:23 NKJV) "And it shall be that in whatever tribe the stranger dwells, there you shall give him his inheritance," says the Lord GOD.

Abraham is told that he will become “many nations.”

(Gen 17:4 NKJV) "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations.
(Gen 17:5 NKJV) "No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations.
(Gen 17:6 NKJV) "I will make you exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you.
(Gen 17:7 NKJV) "And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.

This same promise was made to Sarah:

(Gen 17:16 NKJV) "And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be from her."

This same promise was made to Jacob (Israel):

(Gen 35:10 NKJV) And God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name." So He called his name Israel.
(Gen 35:11 NKJV) Also God said to him: "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.

This passages, when seen in the light of Galatians 3:6-7, 28-29 and Romans 4:11-16 (see above), are a reference to the fact that all saved people have Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as their fathers and that all who love Yeshua as Messiah become adopted sons and daughters into the nation of Israel.

Israel and all believers in the New Testament are called “children of God” or “sons of God”

(Exo 4:22 NKJV) "Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD: "Israel is My son, My firstborn.

(Deu 14:1 NKJV) "You are the children of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave the front of your head for the dead.

(Psa 82:6 NKJV) I said, "You are gods, And all of you are children of the Most High.
(Psa 82:7 NKJV) But you shall die like men, And fall like one of the princes."

(Hosea 1:10 NKJV) "Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered. And it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' There it shall be said to them, 'You are sons of the living God.'

(John 1:12 NKJV) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:

(Rom 8:16 NKJV) The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

(Rom 9:8 NKJV) That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.

(2 Cor 6:18 NKJV) "I will be a Father to you, And you shall be My sons and daughters, Says the LORD Almighty."

(Gal 3:26 NKJV) For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
(Gal 3:27 NKJV) For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
(Gal 3:28 NKJV) There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
(Gal 3:29 NKJV) And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

(1 John 3:1 NKJV) Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
(1 John 3:2 NKJV) Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

Israel is called the “Wife of God” “or “Bride of Christ”

(Isa 54:5 NKJV) For your Maker is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth.

(Isa 62:4 NKJV) You shall no longer be termed Forsaken, Nor shall your land any more be termed Desolate; But you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; For the LORD delights in you, And your land shall be married.
(Isa 62:5 NKJV) For as a young man marries a virgin, So shall your sons marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So shall your God rejoice over you.

(Jer 3:14 NKJV) "Return, O backsliding children," says the LORD; "for I am married to you. I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.

(Jer 31:31 NKJV) "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;
(Jer 31:32 NKJV) "not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the LORD.

(Hosea 2:16 NKJV) "And it shall be, in that day," Says the LORD, "That you will call Me 'My Husband,' And no longer call Me 'My Master,'
(Hosea 2:17 NKJV) For I will take from her mouth the names of the Baals, And they shall be remembered by their name no more.
(Hosea 2:18 NKJV) In that day I will make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, With the birds of the air, And with the creeping things of the ground. Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from the earth, To make them lie down safely.
(Hosea 2:19 NKJV) "I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me In righteousness and justice, In lovingkindness and mercy;
(Hosea 2:20 NKJV) I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness, And you shall know the LORD.

The New Testament uses the same language in speaking of all believers

(John 3:29 NKJV) "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.

(2 Cor 11:2 NKJV) For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy. For I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

(Eph 5:25 NKJV) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
(Eph 5:26 NKJV) that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
(Eph 5:27 NKJV) that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Paul taught there is only one body (Israel),
not “the Church + Israel”

It is obvious that Paul was bringing the Gentiles into the fold, not trying to start a new religion.

(Eph 4:4 NKJV) There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;
(Eph 4:5 NKJV) one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
(Eph 4:6 NKJV) one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

(1 Cor 12:12 NKJV) For as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ.
(1 Cor 12:13 NKJV) For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body; whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free; and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

(Col 3:15 NKJV) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

There is no difference between all believers and true Israel according to Scripture…