Israel is the wife of God the Father, and the Church is the Bride of Christ. It is clear in God's Word that God is not finished with Israel, just the opposite, He is pursuing her especially in these last days and in the tribulation. Two-thirds of the people of Israel will perish in the tribulation, and the one-third that does not will trust in Christ. There will be 144,000 who will go into the rest of the world and preach the gospel during the tribulation.
The church has been grafted into Israel, not the other way around.
Isaiah 43:1 "But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!"
This is a prophecy yet to be fulfilled and it is moving quickly to this end.
Romans 11:11-6 "Israel Has Not Been Rejected
11 I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? Far from it! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?
3 “Lord, they have killed Your prophets, they have torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.”
4 But what is the divine response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
5 In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God’s gracious choice.
6 But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, since otherwise grace is no longer grace."
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