You stated yourself that possession of the land only comes with repentence per Lev 26.[/quote[
No, I said if they are REMOVED from the land because of sin, the only way to be returned is to repent.
Please try to read what I am saying
Do you believe true repentance is possible without Christ?
Have no idea what this has to do with Gods promise to a nation
Particular group = Israel
Part of them doing something = blindness
What does "blindness in part has happened to Israel" mean to you?
Isreal is a nation.
Part of them are blind (reject Christ
Part of them can see (they have come to christ)
that is what it means. Even in OT times, God has always promised there would be a remnant who are faithful. he will not completely wipe out the nation. Because he made a promise to them.
When I read this, it clearly means that part of Israel is blind. Which de facto means that another part of Israel is not blind.
Is Paul not part of Israel? Is Christ not part of Israel?
Are gentiles part of Isreal?
You tried to say gentiles who are saved were part of Israel. they are not.
Paul and Christ were not gentiles
An empire that rises to power is not evidence of its righteousness or true claim to anything. We see in Rom 9:17 that even unrighteous people like the Pharaoh were raised to power solely for the purpose of being made an example of. The same is true for Babylon and its whore in Revelation. It rains and shines on the just and unjust alike.
Another question that comes to mind is what do you consider to count as possession? Merely living in the land? Autonomous governance in the land? A voice at the table? Is co-possession still counted as possession?
Dispensationalists must either openly reject the Bible or accept that Christians are coheirs to the promise made to Abraham.
1. God promised abraham, In you shall all the nations of the world be blessed.. All nations are the gentiles plus the jews. This is the promise who through the seed (CHrist) salvation is offered to all nations.. Gentiles share in this part of the promise
2. God made another promise. To abraham, through ONE seed (Isaac) and he remade the covenant with both Isaac and Jacaab and all Israel
To You I gave this land,
Gentiles have NO PART of this part of the abrahamic covenant, It was not given to them,
God gave them the land, It is theirs.. Right now gentiles possess it. because God said in lev 26 if you doso\bay me I wil destroy your high places and remove you from the land, and gentiles will enjoy it. UNTIL you repent.
Not sure why your trying to make it so difficult..
Abrahamic covenant has a salvation aspect given to all nations. and a land aspect given to one nation.