God's Promises to a Literal, Physical Israel |
There is a belief held by some people that since the time of Jesus, literal, physical Israel has been discarded by God, and all who believe are counted as Israelites through faith (see for example Ephesians 2:12; Romans 3, etc.). Whilst it is true that Abraham's Faith was a figure of the hope of salvation by faith that was to come, Paul makes it quite clear in passages such as Romans chapter 11 that whilst Israel have been put aside for a time, they have not been discarded by God, "that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in" Romans 11:25.