The Kingdom Will be Restored to Israel

"For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us" (2 Cor.1:20).

The verse does not say that all the promises of God are In Him, as you seem to imagine.

Instead it is saying that all of the promises of God in Him are yea. You continue to quote a verse which you do not even understand while you refuse to address what I said here:

Here is one of the promises of God which you refuse to deal with, a promise made to David:

"Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David…I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime" (2 Sam.7:8,10).

This promise according to the Davidic covenant is restated later by the prophet Jeremiah:

"For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up" (Jer.24:6).

Here we read God saying "I will bring them AGAIN to this land."

The only entity that can be brought to the land AGAIN is the nation of Israel. It is impossible that this verse is referring to a so-called "spiritual Israel" because that entity was NEVER in the land to begin with so it cannot be brought to the land AGAIN!

But you "alter" the promise made to Daivid and say it is not in regard to the entity that will brought AGAIN to the land but instead to s "spiritul Israel." However, God says in no uncertain terms that He will not "alter" his promise to David:

"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant…Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David" (Ps.89:3,33-35).

If your ideas are right then God did indeed alter the things which went out of His lips and He also lied to David.

 

Of course you do not even attempt to address the words in regard to the promises which God made to David. Insrtead of actually addressing that promise you quote verses which you do not even understand. I will go through this again so that all can see that you have not answered what I said:

Here is one of the promises of God which you refuse to deal with, a promise made to David:

"Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David…I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime" (2 Sam.7:8,10).

This promise according to the Davidic covenant is restated later by the prophet Jeremiah:

"For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up" (Jer.24:6).

Here we read God saying "I will bring them AGAIN to this land."

The only entity that can be brought to the land AGAIN is the nation of Israel. It is impossible that this verse is referring to a so-called "spiritual Israel" because that entity was NEVER in the land to begin with so it cannot be brought to the land AGAIN!

But you "alter" the promise made to Daivid and say it is not in regard to the entity that will brought AGAIN to the land but instead to s "spiritul Israel." However, God says in no uncertain terms that He will not "alter" his promise to David:

"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant…Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David" (Ps.89:3,33-35).

If your ideas are right then God did indeed alter the things which went out of His lips and He also lied to David.

 

Did I not show you the real meaning of the verse which you quote here? Of course I did.

The verse is not saying that all of the promises of God are 'in Him."

Instead it says that all of God's promises in Him are "yea."

All of God's promises will be fulfilled including the one He made to David:

"Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David…I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime" (2 Sam.7:8,10).

This promise according to the Davidic covenant is restated later by the prophet Jeremiah:

"For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up" (Jer.24:6).

Here we read God saying "I will bring them AGAIN to this land."

The only entity that can be brought to the land AGAIN is the nation of Israel. It is impossible that this verse is referring to a so-called "spiritual Israel" because that entity was NEVER in the land to begin with so it cannot be brought to the land AGAIN!

But you "alter" the promise made to Daivid and say it is not in regard to the entity that will brought AGAIN to the land but instead to s "spiritul Israel." However, God says in no uncertain terms that He will not "alter" his promise to David:

"I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant…Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David" (Ps.89:3,33-35).

If your ideas are right then God did indeed alter the things which went out of His lips and He also lied to David. You ave no answer for this so you just throw out verses which you do not even understand. You say that you have answered what I said but you have never even addressing any of these verses.

All of God's promises are "yes" but according to your ideas some are "no."

 

You do not even understand the verses which you quote so you are not believing them.

This does not say that all of the promises of God are in Him.

No, not ALL of the promises were made to Abraham's seed, the Lord Jesus. There were other promises made to David and your theology asserts that God will break some of those promises.

In the OT the physical descendents of Abraham were God's special people:

"For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth...the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt" (Deut.7:6-8).

It was the physical descendants of Abraham who were redeemed out of egypt and it was the physical descendants of Abraham who are described as a "special" people to God, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. And we can see verses that demonstrate that their special status will be restored in the future:

"And I will bring them (Israel), and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness...And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing...In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you" (Zech.8:8,13,23).

 

So the "land" promises were "spitritual"?

That is ridiculous and it is sad that you do not realize that. Anything in the Bible which does not fit your mistaken beliefs you just say that they are not to be understood literally but only spiritually.The land which was given to Jacob was not 'spiritual" land but physical land upon the earth. But you are incapable of understanding something so simple.

The Apostles were with the Lord Jesus after His resurrection while He spoke of the things concerning the kingdom:

"To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God" (Acts 1:6)

So if anyone could be considered an expert on the kingdom it was them and they believed that the Lord would "restore" the kingdom to Israel:
　
"When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again (apokathistēmi) the kingdom to Israel?" (Acts 1:6).

This Greek word apokathistēmi means "to restore to its former state, to be in its former state" (Thayer's Greek English Lexicon).

Since the kingdom of which the Apostles spoke was originally an "earthly" and "physical" kingdom then when it will be resored it will once again be an "earthly" kingdom.

But you disagree so therefore you think that you know more than the Apostles about the kingdom even though there were taught about the kingdom by the King Himself!

 

The following promises are indeed in regard to Abraham's physical deccendants:

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah...I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jer.31>31,33-34).

The promise was made to the "house of Israel" and the "house od Judah," and that is referring to the physical descendants of Abraham:

"And I will bring them (Israel), and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness...And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing...In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you" (Zech.8:8,13,23).

Of course it was the physical descendants of Abraham who were a "curse" and not any so-called "spiritual Israel."

At some point in time there will be a generation of physical descendants of Abraham who will be saved and who will also be a blessing to the world:

And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing."

" for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."

You are deluded if you think that the verses which I quoted are not referring to the physical descendants of Abraham.

 

Since when was the "spiritual seed" of Abraham a "curse"?:

"And I will bring them (Israel), and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness...And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing...In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you" (Zech.8:8,13,23).

You insult those who are spiritual by saying that!

These physical descendants of Abraham will be, in the future, the children of God:

"Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah...I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jer.31:31,33-34).

 

You said that the "house of Judah and the house of Israel" refer to the "spiritual" seed of Abraham and not to his physical decendants. Therefore, since this verse speaks of the "house of Jidah and the house of Israel" and its speaks of them being a "curse" then by your interpreation we must believe that the "spiritual" seed of Abraham must have been a curse:

"And I will bring them (Israel), and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness...And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing...In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you" (Zech.8:8,13,23).

You prove that you cannot understand the most simple arguments which I make. I can see that we will never agree on this so I will use no more of my time discussing this subject with you but I do wish you the best in the future.