We see the following verse in the Bible..
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
When the Jewish nation rejected the Messiah, the gospel was to go to the Gentiles and all who would believe in the name of Jesus would become the spiritual descendants of Abraham, or spiritual Israel.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The apostle Paul speaks of Christians as the "Israel of God", and a new understanding of those being spiritual Jews or of the "circumcision".
Galatians 6:16
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Philippians 3:3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
The kingdom of God and the covenant promises associated with it were to be taken from the Jews and passed on to spiritual Israel or those who would permit Christ to transform them, to bring about "the fruits thereof", a change in their character, as we see in Matthew.
Matthew 21:43-44
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
This spiritual Israel was to be what God had intended, a "kingdom of priests, and an holy nation".
Exodus 19:6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Peter 2:9
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
The "nation bringing forth the fruits thereof" or spiritual Israel is the inheritor of Gods covenant promises. Those who have accepted Christ have become the chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, what is the Remnant of God at what is the end times.
Notice how it connects to the saints at the time of the thousand years of the Millennium in the heavenly kingdom.
Revelation 20:6
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
When the Jewish nation rejected the Messiah, the gospel was to go to the Gentiles and all who would believe in the name of Jesus would become the spiritual descendants of Abraham, or spiritual Israel.
Galatians 3:29
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The apostle Paul speaks of Christians as the "Israel of God", and a new understanding of those being spiritual Jews or of the "circumcision".
Galatians 6:16
And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Philippians 3:3
3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
The kingdom of God and the covenant promises associated with it were to be taken from the Jews and passed on to spiritual Israel or those who would permit Christ to transform them, to bring about "the fruits thereof", a change in their character, as we see in Matthew.
Matthew 21:43-44
43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
This spiritual Israel was to be what God had intended, a "kingdom of priests, and an holy nation".
Exodus 19:6
And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
1 Peter 2:9
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;
The "nation bringing forth the fruits thereof" or spiritual Israel is the inheritor of Gods covenant promises. Those who have accepted Christ have become the chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, what is the Remnant of God at what is the end times.
Notice how it connects to the saints at the time of the thousand years of the Millennium in the heavenly kingdom.
Revelation 20:6
6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
