Straw man is a highly over used term and usually in the wrong context.
And/However, I used it correctly in a/the right context.
Well, Jews are a race, and so far that is who we have been talking about.
The word 'Jew' has become very "loose" in definition over time - still, I know what you mean to say; however...
It may be correctly said that Hebrews are a race - but, a 'Jew' is so named because of the
religious belief they hold.
Hence, "Jews" does
not describe a
race; rather, it describes a
religious group. It is quite often misused to depict a 'race'.
Like I said before - if all of you will iron out the definitions first, it will help reduce much misunderstanding in the discussion.
They have to have a land to come back to! 48 fulfilled that.
No they do not! No it did not!
God/Jesus is going to take it away from those who now control it and "hand it to them on a silver platter" - at/after the Second Coming of Christ.
They will have the land back -
all of it - when God/Jesus gives it [all] to them ("all together at once") - at/after the Second Coming of Christ.
In
biblical terms, Israel does/will
not become a nation before God/Jesus "ordains it"
upon the fulfillment of the dry bones prophecy - at/after the Second Coming of Christ - and
not before!
When are you going to understand this?????
I am not saying that there is no Israel-as-a-nation today - there certainly is - by a modern-day "political" definition - however -
in biblical [prophecy] terms - Israel-as-a-nation (again)
does not exist yet - and
will not until after the return of Christ -
it is that simple -
according to biblical prophecy.
The Israel of today was/is
not "ordained" by God like you think.