10. Does literal Israel today have end-time remnant significance?

The faithful remnant of God today is those who believe in the Messiah and maintain an active covenant relationship with God. When the Jews as a nation rejected Jesus as Messiah, God formed a new Israel, the Messianic remnant, and called them “my church” (Matthew 16:18). This group of true descendants of Abraham, defined not by blood but by faith, became the recipients of all the covenantal promises made to ancient Israel. These promises were not to be fulfilled to another future generation of Jews, but rather to Christ-believing people from all races and nations. Thus, Christ’s church replaced the Christ-rejecting nation.JTL22 12.1