Is Modern Israel Really the Israel of the Bible—Or Just a Political Invention?
Many in the Church say Israel forfeited her promises, or that we should ‘unhitch’ the New Testament from the Old Testament, or the Church replaced Israel. But Scripture and history both prove otherwise.
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1. God Promised to Scatter and Regather Israel
•Deuteronomy 28:64 — “The LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other.”
•Jeremiah 31:10 — “He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
•Ezekiel 36:24 — “I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land.”
•Isaiah 11:12 — “He will assemble the banished of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”
The same God who scattered them is regathering them—our headlines are fulfilling His Word.
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2. The New Testament Confirms the Old
•Matthew 5:17 — Jesus: “I have not come to abolish [the Law or the Prophets] but to fulfill them.”
•Romans 3:31 — “Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means!”
•Romans 11:29 — “The gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.”
The New Testament doesn’t erase Israel—it magnifies God’s covenant faithfulness.
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3. Israel’s Kings Were Both Evil and Righteous—Yet the Covenant Stood
•Evil kings: Ahab (1 Kings 16:30) and Manasseh (2 Kings 21:9) led the people into deep sin.
•Righteous kings: Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:5) and Josiah (2 Kings 23:25) turned the nation back to God.
Israel’s chosen status never depended on her kings’ righteousness. She was chosen because God made an everlasting covenant.
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4. Israel’s Return in Unbelief Was Prophesied
•Ezekiel 37:8 — Bones came together but had “no breath in them.”
•Ezekiel 36:25 — Only later: “I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean.”
•Zechariah 12:10 — “They will look on Me, on Him whom they have pierced, and mourn.”
Israel’s current unbelief is not a problem for prophecy—it fulfills prophecy.
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5. God’s Covenant Faithfulness Cannot Be Broken
•Jeremiah 31:35–37 — Israel will never cease to be a nation as long as the sun, moon, and stars endure.
•Romans 11:1 — “Has God rejected His people? By no means!”
•Hosea 3:4–5 — Israel will be many days without king or sacrifice, but afterward they will return.
If God could abandon Israel, then He could abandon us. But He cannot.
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6. Supersessionism and Antisemitism Exposed
•Romans 11:17–21 — Gentiles are grafted in, not replacing the root.
•Revelation 12:13–17 — The Dragon wages war on Israel.
•Genesis 12:3 — “I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse.”
. Supersessionism is not just poor theology—it has been a historical weapon against the Jews, aligning with Satan’s ancient hatred of God’s people. Early church thinkers like Origen and Augustine helped spiritualize Israel’s promises, and both Catholic and later Reformed traditions adopted Replacement Theology as doctrine.
The result? Centuries of persecution: Crusades, Inquisitions, expulsions, pogroms like October 7th, and ultimately, the theological soil that gave rise to the Holocaust in Christian Europe.
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Modern Israel is not an accident of politics—it is the same covenant nation God scattered and is now regathering. Despite wicked kings, exile, dispersion, and unbelief, Israel remains chosen. God’s covenant is unbreakable, His Word immutable, His faithfulness unstoppable.
Romans 11:25–26 — “A partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved.”
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“If God could cast off His ancient people, then what security have we that He will not cast off His new people?”
– Charles Spurgeon