The resurrection of national Israel,(Ezekiel 37) is a total sign pointing to Christ, for Christ will cpme back in judgment to save them...
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in, 26 and in this way[e] all Israel will be saved. As it is written:
“The deliverer will come from Zion;
he will turn godlessness away from Jacob.
27 And this is[f] my covenant with them
when I take away their sins.”[g](Romans 11:25-26)
5 For if their rejection brought reconciliation to the world, what will their acceptance be but ressurrection from the dead?(Romans 11
“They shall look on Him whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for Him as for an only son, they shall weep over him bitterly...and a fountain shall be opened for cleansing ...Zechariah 12-13
Zechariah 14:1-
Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.
2For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
3Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.
4And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives,
You still want to tell me there is no significance to the Land of Israel? That it isn’t a direct witness to Jesus Christ?
The salvation of Israel in Romans 11 is in the context of Paul's definition of the Church, that is, the Jews (natural branches) and gentiles (wild branches) growing together. This is the age in which we live. It is the picture of the true children of Abraham:
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. (Gal. 3:28,29)Paul explains earlier in Romans that the “all Israel” that is being saved is the remnant.
6 But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 27 Isaiah also cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, The remnant will be saved . (Romans 9)In the entirety of the NT we see Israel being saved only in the context of the Church. The Church is God's only vehicle of salvation in the new covenant era.
Some people don't seem to get this and prefer to read all those OT prophecies as if the NT had not been written, or at least as if significant portions had not been written.
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. (1 Peter 2)God applied all the terms He formerly reserved for old covenant Israel (chosen generation, a royal priesthood, holy nation) to Christ' Church, His one true body made up of both Jews and gentiles without distinction.
It's puzzling that folks work so hard to not see all this when the read the OT prophecies.
You still want to tell me there is no significance to the Land of Israel? That it isn’t a direct witness to Jesus Christ?
If you prefer to read these verses without any regard to the NT truth concerning Christ and what He has already done in securing the salvation of His people, including the remnant of Israel, then I can see where you would miss the true significance in favor of a carnal understanding.
Is there some greater (material) blessing for Israel than the salvation provided for them in the person of Jesus Christ? Or, rather, is the land, priesthood, sacrifices, just types of God's great salvation, shadows of the true reality (Col. 2:17), that have decayed and given way now that Christ has appeared (Heb. 8:13)?