This does not apply to Church...
Ezekiel 39:23 And the heathen shall know that
the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
Ancient Israel all fell by the sword? Now THATS interesting.
Not that I think they actually all did get killed, but they were, as stated elsewhere; scattered among the nations. The House of Judah, the Jews were too. but they remained an identifiable people group.
What did Jesus come for?
To save the House of Israel.
Did He fail? Perish the thought; His disciples and the Apostles did the job and the Christian Church is the result.
THEREFORE; the undeniable fact is that today the Christian peoples constitute the House of Israel.
Confirmed by how we inherit all the Promises of God to Israel thru Jesus. 1 Corinthians 1:20
The serious error is in assigning the prophesies for Israel to the Jewish State of Israel. The Bible prophets always carefully separate Judah and Israel and they remain separate today. Judah, the Jewish people, who wrongly call their country Israel, have many specific prophesies of how God will deal with them in these end times.
But Israel is different, one of the best examples of what the Lord will do to each is in
Amos 2:4-5; for Judah and
Amos 2:6-16 for Israel. Also Jeremiah 19:10-12 and Jeremiah 18:6; Judah smashed beyond repair and Israel remoulded.
Who is the true Israel? We know the answer; it is every born again Christian, the Lord's chosen people,
1 Peter 2:9-10, and those bought by His blood,
Revelation 5:9-10.
THEY are the faithful Israel of God,
Galatians 6:14-16, His Overcomers, literally: true Israelites.
With that truth in mind, the prophesies make sense and we can know our destiny; how the Lord promises to save and Bless all who put their trust in Him. Jeremiah 17:7-8
The idea that the Jewish people still have God's favour, is sadly mistaken. They have had nearly 2000 years of God's grace for them to accept their Messiah. This has not and will not happen, as Jesus knew they wouldn't. That is why He said that He would save the lost House of Israel. the other ten tribes, still in exile, who have largely accepted Jesus and are now His Overcomers, the genuine Israelites of God.
The true Israelites of God are every faithful Christian, from every tribe, race, nation and language. That is how it has been from the beginning;
the congregation, the ekkelasia; the church of faithful believers, from Abel, to Elijah's 7000, to the few survivors after 40 years in the desert, to the Pilgrim Fathers, to today’s genuine Christian believers.