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I marvel that the very first sentence of your post says clearly to whom the Hebrews passage is directed. The Chuirch is not Irael and Israel is not the Church. During the Church Age there is no difference in Jew or Gentile. The first members of the Church were JEWS, but they were members of a newly6 reveal phenomenon. Those converts from Judaism to Christ were not seen as Jews they were called Christians (first in Antioch).

The Age of the Church? YES! We are chosen to be the carriers of HIS salvation message. The Jews failed to do what God established His chosen nation (ethnos) to do.

Can you earn the Grace of God? Can you put His Spirit in your spirit to abide there? The Departure is the moment the Church Age ends and The Lord God begins dealing with Israel to obtain a remnant of the Jews who will believe by the end of the horrors of the Tribulation. The Tribulation is not about the Bride of Christ. It is about 'the time of Jacob's Troubles (see Jeremiah and Daniel chptr 9).