praise_yeshua
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What did the advent of Jesus Christ do toward this?The rebirth, or more precisely, the 'resurrection' of the nation of Israel was prophesied in the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel chapter 37. In this chapter, God is prophesying that Israel will become a nation again in the last days.
Ezekiel 37:12–14, "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves. I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it,” says the Lord."[NKJV].
God promised the Jewish people, who had been scattered from their land, that He would raise the nation from “the dead” (v.1-11) by bringing the Jewish people back to the land He had given them and that they would become a nation once again—in the last days.
On May 14th, 1948 Israel was ‘raised from the dead’ after 1900 years by declaring itself a nation. The above prophecy has already been partially fulfilled (it will be completely fulfilled when Messiah reigns from Jerusalem over the earth during the Millennial Kingdom).
You're leaving out a very meaningful event. Jews wrote the NT. Jews preached the Gospel to Gentiles..these are the heirs of Abraham through Jesus Christ. Not the faithless. This view is really Calvinistic in nature. This view treat Jews just like Calvinism treats the elect. It grants Jews redemption apart from saving faith on their part.