[topcat54]

If you look beyond Gen. 12:3, you can see that this promise was indeed made for the Jewish people. Take a look at Gen. 27:29 (promise to Isaac):

New tactic, but the results are the same. Bottom line here is that there is no reference to modern secular Israel in the Abrahamic blessing or in any other blessing – literally speaking. It’s obvious that dispensationalists are stretching the text to fit their theology. They need to find a rationale for this Israel obsession.

[cinciella]

“Bottom line here is that there is no reference to modern secular Israel in the Abrahamic blessing or in any other blessing – literally speaking.”

What part of “and to your descendants” is so hard to understand?