If that is the case, then you should believe that Israel refers to the nation Israel. The Body of Christ is separate from Israel.
According to the definition of the word Israel which . He who struggles with flesh and blood and having God with him overcomes . It refers to those born again. Those who have the Spirit of Christ. If any man has not the Spirit of Christ he does not belong or is not born again.
The word of God the gospel of our salvation simply has not taken effect in those who resist it.
Romans 9:6 Not as though the
word of God hath taken
none effect. For they are
not all Israel, which are of
Israel:
Same law of faith as below
Romans 2:28-29 King James Version (KJV) For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Christian is the new name God named her a more befitting name Christian residents of the Holy City named after her founder and husband Christ. to represent all the nations . Not one. God is the father of many nations
Isaiah 62 [Full Chapter]For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the
Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and
all kings thy glory: and
thou shalt be called by a
new name, which the
mouth of the Lord shall
name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. ...
Acts 11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were
called Christians first in Antioch
Revelation 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the
name of my God, and the
name of the
city of my God, which is
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my
new name. . . . .
(Christian not the old Israel, one nation ) Satan fell and is chained from having that kind of deception.(all the nations that he is the God of one) he will be loosed for a short period.
Revelation 20:3 King James Version (KJV) And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should
deceive the "
nations" no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.