Posted on 02/25/2014 5:39:26 AM PST by Phlap
“The promise in Isaiah wasn’t made for us, it was made for Israel.”
We are the spiritual children of Abraham. Every believer, Jew or Gentile have the promises of God.
Acts 13:26
“Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
Galatians 3:7
Understand, then, that those who have faith are children of Abraham.
First, there are no Christians in the Old Testament. So while it is written FOR us, it isn't written TO us.
We are spiritual children in the sense of covenant. Not the Abramic covenant, but the New Covenant. You are confusing salvation with a promise to a specific nation of land restoration.
Act 13, of which you quote, was addressed to both Jews and Gentiles. They would then come and form the church. This is better explained in Ephesians. we were grafted into the promise.
Specific to land (a nation) you will not find anything in the New Testament where God promises to clean up our mess.
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