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No it doesn't matter because God told them that their restoration would be in stages, "first the bones, then the flesh and finally at the end, the would be spiritually restored, by recognising the Messiah whom they pierced. Ezekiel 37, Zechariah 12. Also Ezekiel 36 tells us that they would be brought back, in a state of unbelief, "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Sovereign LORD, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.