Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
we are told Ezekiel 36 pertains to the modern state of Israel.
ok, let’s test that theory:
Israel was formed in 1948, 67 years ago.
when did God sprinkle clean water upon them?
cleanse them from their filthiness?
give them a new heart?
put his spirit in them?
when did they start following his statutes?
all these things described above occur when someone is regenerated, translated out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of God’s Son.
none of these things have happened to national Israel ( although individually some Jews have become Christian just like some have always in the last 2,000 years )
the promised land is heaven, dwelling with God forever.