For those who label me "anti-Semitic" for not embracing Israel as Bible prophecy, read it from a Jew.
"The relatively new concept of Zionism began only about one hundred years ago and since that time Torah-true Jewry has steadfastly opposed the Zionist ideology. This struggle is rooted in two convictions:
1. Zionism, by advocating a political and military end to the Jewish exile, denies the very essence of our Diaspora existence. We are in exile by Divine Decree and may emerge from exile solely via Divine Redemption. All human efforts to alter a metaphysical reality are doomed to end in failure and bloodshed. History has clearly borne out this teaching.
2. Zionism has not only denied our fundamental belief in Heavenly Redemption it has also created a pseudo-Judaism which views the essence of our identity to be a secular nationalism. Accordingly, Zionism and the Israeli state have consistently endeavored, via persuasion and coercion, to replace a Divine and Torah-centered understanding of our peoplehood with an armed materialism.
True Torah Jews is dedicated to informing the world and in particular the American public and politicians that not all Jews support the ideology of the Zionist state called "Israel". In fact, a great number of Orthodox Jews view the ideology of that state as diametrically opposed to the teachings of traditional Judaism."
https://www.truetorahjews.org/mission
Keep in mind that Canaan is a type of heaven and there is even a hymn that begins "To Canaan's land I'm on my way, Where the soul never dies." The reason it is a type is explained in this link -
https://biblehub.com/sermons/pub/the_ancient_canaan_a_type_of_heaven.htm
Was the promise of the land to Israel an unconditional promise? Not according to the scriptures -
"Now, as you see, I am going the way of all mortals. You know in your heart of hearts, all of you, that nothing the Lord your God promised you has failed to come true, not one word of it. But the same Lord God who has kept his word to you to such good effect can equally bring every kind of evil on you, until he has rooted you out from this good land which he has given you.
If you violate the covenant which the Lord your God has laid upon you and go and serve other gods and worship them, then the Lord’s anger will be roused against you and the good land he has given you will soon see you no more." (Josh 23:14-16, REB)
"When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, 'I am God Almighty;
walk before me, and be blameless. And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will make you exceedingly numerous.'” (Gen 17:1-2, NRSV) "
be blameless" is a condition
To base the idea of Israel being restored to the land on the word "everlasting", which in Hebrew is H5769 עוֹלָם `owlam (o-lawm') n-m is weak for the word is not very precise, being translated in so many ways in the KJV: "alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end)."
The Brown-Driver-Briggs defines the word as -
"1) long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world
1a) ancient time, long time (of past)
1b) (of future)
1b1) for ever, always
1b2) continuous existence, perpetual
1b3) everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity"
That which is everlasting, based on grace not obedience or works is given to us by Paul - "Thus Abraham 'believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness.' So you see that it is men of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “'In you shall all the nations be blessed.' So then, those who are men of faith are blessed with Abraham who had faith...
And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise." (Gal 3:6-9, 29 RSV)
Keep in mind what Abraham was looking forward to - "By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God." (Heb 11:9-10, NRSV)
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