There is also this:
Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name: "If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever." Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD. (Jeremiah 31:35-37)
Matthew Henry's commentary says:
Gill's Exposition of the Bible says:
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary says:
The ONLY way we can be sure of the precious promises of God to the church in this day is because of how He honors His promises to Israel. It borders on outright heresy to suggest Almighty God would renege. It's insanity (or stubborn ignorance) to look at all that the Jews have been through in their history - all the many times the devil worked through evil men to annihilate them off the face of the earth YET they remain a nation to this day IN the land promised to their forefathers - to pretend they are no different than any other race or nation!
I must point out Gill and Henry went home to the Lord a long time before 1948. Yet they, reading the scriptures literally, saw this distinct people remain such over the centuries.
” The Jews ceased not from being a nation through their captivity in Babylon, nor through their destruction by the Romans; they continue a distinct nation and people to this day, though scattered throughout the nations of the world: though this rather refers to the spiritual Israel, the holy nation and peculiar people; Christ will have a seed to serve him as long as the sun and moon endure; his church shall continue to the end of the world; it is built on a rock; and the gates of hell cannot prevail against it”
well BB there is good news and bad news.
the good news is at least today you are cutting and pasting from people that are not hostile to Christianity and appear at least to believe in the Trinity and the divinity of Jesus Christ. bravo.
the bad news for you, is maybe next time you should read what you are posting. Gill’s commentary specifically says this Scripture applies to spiritual Israel, the Church, the holy nation and peculiar people. he also says the Church will be here until the end of the world. Gill accepts the historical orthodox Christian belief and utterly rejects the 19th century invention of dispensationlism.