Tumutukoy yan sa espiritual Israel, hindi rin sinunod nang revelation 7:4-8 ang karaniwang pag-lista nang nga tribo sa numbers 1:17,47.
Literal nga po na bilang yan, at literal din na mga Hudyo mga yan, at ang sinasabi mong 'spiritwal na Israel' naman ay mga Hentil at mga dayuhan nga na hindi naman dugong Israelita ngunit kabilang sa multitudes na tinawag nga...
And other sheep I have, which are
not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one
fold, and one shepherd.
Not to detract from the statement of Jesus that He came for the Jews. But when taken into full understanding (since he also ministered to the Gentiles) Paul gave this statement...
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the
Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
So he was sent to the Jews... first, for to them was entrusted the scriptures. After his resurrection, with it was also to the Gentile.
Ganito kasi nangyari dyan,
Kung sasabihin nating hindi mga literal na Hudyo yan
Does this mean that the Jews are no longer God's people? No. God has never cast out his people, he has only cast out the wicked among his people, but not his people.
Paul says:
I say then, Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham,
of the tribe of Benjamin.
Paul also identified "
the Israel of God" as members of the Christian congregation...made up of both Jews and Gentile believers
True Jews who accept Christ as Messiah as did those Non Jews who followed Jesus, can become part of 'spiritual' Israel. Most Jews lost their place because they were serial covenant breakers. They were the first called, pero karamihan sa mga Hudyo ay hindi agad naniwala kaya sa first resurrection 144,000 lang sa kanila ang nakasama sa rapture in heaven with Christ.
Ganito ang hula ni Hesus sa kanila...
Luke 14:15-24
Now when one of those reclining at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is ⌞everyone who⌟ will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”
But he said to him, “A certain man was giving a large banquet and invited many. And he sent his slave at the hour of the banquet to say to those who have been invited,
‘Come, because now it is ready!’ And they all ⌞alike⌟ began to excuse themselves. The first said to him, ‘I have purchased a field, and ⌞I must⌟ go out to look at it. I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have purchased five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you, consider me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and for this reason I am not able to come.’ And the slave came and reported these things to his master.
Then the master of the house became angry and said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame!’
And the slave said, ‘Sir, what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’
And the master said to the slave, ‘Go out into the highways and hedges and press them to come in, so that my house will be filled! For I say to you that none of those persons who were invited will taste my banquet!’ ”