>>> All I know for sure is that I’m not Israel
Well, actually you are. We are grafted in.
This of course is a different perspective on what “Israel” is.
We are not the nation of... we are not the people of... both of which are dealt with during the tribulation.
We are however the family of... not in replacement, but rather in adoption.
Half of us (Jew and Gentile) have our oil and wait for the bridegroom. The other half (non-believers) are left behind when He arrives for His bride.
During this dispensation of the grace of God, there is neither Jew nor Gentile, we are a new man, without differences, without a wall to separate us. We are adopted into God’s family, according to the covenant He made with Abraham. But there is not a Jewish part of the Body of Christ and a Gentile part of the Body of Christ. We are, as believers, collectively, one new man in Christ.
Well, actually you are. We are grafted in.
We are not grafted into Israel...We are grafted into Jesus Christ; the church...
They (believing Israel) are grafted into Jesus Christ as well, where there is no Jew nor Greek)...
Rom 9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Rom 9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
Israel is adopted into Jesus Christ just as we Gentiles are...WE are not adopted into Israel...