Let me simplify with a historical approach - whenever the term "Israel" pops up, keep in mind always that it's NOT equivalent with ethnical Jews nor modern state of Israel between the Mediterrinean Sea and Jordan River. Israel used to be a conglomerate of twevle tribes, Jews are two tribes, Judah and Benjamin, the other ten were lost after the Assyrian conquest, they were scattered around the world and fully assimilated into other nations. So when Jesus said he came for the lost children of Israel, that's what He was referring to. The prodigal son was also primarily a metaphor for the ten lost tribes. Now through Christ, the lost could be found, Gentiles could be adopted as children of God under the Abrahamic covenant below.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. (Gen. 12:2-3)
James, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad:
Greetings. (James 1:1)
yeah biblically israel is the name God gave Jacob when he had his encounter.
The children of Israel. Who Gid made a covenant with are named for 12 of jacobs sons . There was a covenant made with them from Sinai regarding thier earthly land . This was what it said repetetively
“And
it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that
I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. Take heed to yourselves, that your heart
be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; and then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye
perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.”
Deuteronomy 11:13-14, 16-17 KJV
“Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.”
Deuteronomy 11:26-28 KJV
to understand Israel’s covenant it needs to be read carefully it was always based on wheat they would do according to the law of Moses when they entered thier ond it’s the law of that land .
what they did was worshipped every god around besides God they constantly created idols and worshipped them in the land God gave them d just as is repeatedly said in tbier covenwnt they broke it and it became a curse to do this
“But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it.”
Leviticus 26:14, 16-17, 22, 25, 30-
thier covenwnt was fulfilled as the cirse just like Gid told them would happen if they broke it and worshipped false gods .
abut he promised a new covenant and it has nothing to do with the land of Israel it’s a new covenant with better inheritance
“These all died in faith,
not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that
they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. But now
they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.”
Hebrews 11:13-14, 16
“but ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto
the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
company of angels,”
Hebrews 12:
the New Testament is not in any way about restoring Israel according to thier old broken defiled covenant or desolate lands . Just like every human being Israelites can be saved by Jesus Christ for his eternal kingdom that is not in this world but is here in his promises
“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat,
the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
( but here ) Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.”
2 Peter 3:10, 13 KJV
Israel had a covenant with God that made them exclusive they broke it and it was fulfilled as the curse written all throughout it if it was broken
Its hard to always argue the bare basics but often becomes evident people are reading different sections of scripture and neglecting to read the connecting verses or follow Israel’s story through the ot
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