Are Israel and the Church two different kingdoms? Are Israel and the Church two different kingdoms? 

Israel - Psalm 114:2

Church - Matthew 16:18-19

I am asking this question because a Catholic friend of mine insists that there is one kingdom which is the church and that means that Israel was replaced by the church.There is no more the nation Israel but only the church. God is done with Israel since the inception of the church. 

I want to know the view of Protestants regarding this.
There is only one kingdom because there is only one king.


The kingdom was offered to Israel and not accepted at that time. The kingdom will come and a remnant of Israel will glady receive her king.

Gentiles were being added to the kingdom during the period of Acts. This was a mystery that Paul describes had been hidden.

The end of Mark describes a little of what the kingdom on earth would be like (such as making disciples of all nations).

This kingdom is described briefly in a few places. There will be no more war, people will live longer, nature will be less hostile.

Until the kingdom comes on earth, Christians are like ambassadors of that kingdom in a foreign and hostile country. 

Romans 11:12  Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?