❖ God chose Israel as a nation, permanently
Deuteronomy 7:6
“For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you… out of all the peoples on the face of the earth.”
This is national, not symbolic.
❖ That choice is not revoked
Jeremiah 31:35–36
“Only if these decrees vanish from my sight… will Israel ever cease being a nation before me.”
As long as the sun and stars exist, Israel remains a nation before God.
❖ Their regathering is literal and end-times
Ezekiel...  more