But not everything associated with the Old Covenant passed away with the Old Covenant which is why it is vitally important to understand what has been abolished by the New Covenant and what transcends both Covenants.
I believe the old covenant was taken away at the 1st advent. Scripture is very clear on this.
Hebrews 10:9 then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second.
Hebrews 8:13 In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to vanish away.
however, as you make the claim that the conditional promises of the old covenant are still somehow in effect, despite the old covenant no longer being in effect, the burden of proof is on you to provide specific NT scripture that states so.
I will admit, I do not know anything about this period but I do know that it was not the fulfillment of Ezekiel chapter 37 because not everything foretold in that chapter did not happen in that period nor has yet happened.
I don't believe the Hasmonean dynasty fulfills Ezekiel 37 either.
However, you stated Israel was restored to the land under the Persian empire but never became an independent nation until 1948. This was an untrue statement, as Israel was an independent nation from around 110 BCE to 63BCE.
You don't believe God yet dwells his people?
Ezekiel 37:27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Paul disagrees.
2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will live with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
Paul was referencing that passage of scripture as it pertained to the Gentiles.
Correct, Paul was applying a passage written specifically to the northern kingdom onto the gentiles. Thus by the gentiles being grafted into Israel, the Northern kingdom is united to the southern kingdom under "one head" who is Christ.
That both Jew and Gentile are one in Christ is a fulfillment in the world receiving reconciliation with God in Christ,
Both Jew and gentile being one in Christ is the fulfillment of Hosea 1:10 and 2:23 as quoted by Paul in Romans 9:24-26.
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