So here we have a non-dispensationalist insisting on a literal “After tribulation, Christ returns for 1000 years to reign on earth” and then also insisting a non-literal approach to “Modern state of Israel is not relevant to Revelation prophecies” and “Most references to Israel in Revelation refer symbolically to the church.”
Christ said we must pluck out our eyes and amputate any body part that causes us to sin--will you LITERALLY interpret that advice, or do you see that Christ was using hyperbole and used literary devices such as parables THROUGOUT his ministry.
Here is one of my favorite verses about Israel, from the apostle Paul:
"It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring." ~ Romans 9: 6-8
Some teaching traditions are so nuanced, so refined that merely average pewsitters cannot begin to appreciate.
/sarcasm
inother words, great post and good logic you’ve shown.