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“ISRAEL” in the Scriptures in Old Testament is the Jewish people whom God chose to be His people.

“ISRAEL” in the Scriptures in the New Testament is the reference always to the Jewish people whom God chose to be His people, but subsequently rejected their Messiah progressively in the book of Acts and culminated in Acts 6:9 - Acts 7:60, when the Nation Israel rejected Stephen and the Holy Spirit witness that was inside him. Then, Israel because set aside because of unbelief, God broke off the branches that the Gentiles might be graffed in:

Romans 11:19: Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.
Romans 11:20: Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:

"ISREAL" is the branch in this section of Scripture, that points out that Israel was set aside, broken off, in order that the Gentiles might be graphed in the the blessings of God. This is clear and succinctly taught in Scriptures in Romans 11:25 that Israel has been broken off, blinded:

Romans 11:25: For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

God graphed in Gentiles, not Israel, that the Gentiles may have eternal life and salvation. God did not make the Gentiles Israel: that is impossible: for if the Gentiles were Israel, then Scriptures in Romans 11:25 that teaches that Israel has been blinded would apply to ALL Gentiles as well! We cannot mix two peoples into one!

However, what God did do is make a new man, the one new man, which consists of both Jew and Gentile. But this new man is not called ISREAL! It is the true invisible members of all believers all over the world who are In Christ, in His Body, the Body of Christ. The salvation of Israel AS A NATION is a future fulfillment in Bible prophecy, not a present reality.

Some people persist to continue to call believers today Israel, but they confuse the Scripture truths in Romans 9-11 that clearly and succinctly teach that today Israel is blinded and set aside.