Jesus acknowledged that the Jews were the descendants of Abraham, but that they weren’t the “children of Abraham” or the “children of God” anymore, but the “children of the devil”. Since Abraham is not their father, but the devil is, the promises that God gave to Abraham of those blessing Abrahams children being blessed does not apply to the Jews. They rejected Christ and are the children of the devil and not Abraham.
In John 8:37 Jesus said “I know you are Abraham’s descendants”.
in vs. 38, “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would[c] do what Abraham did.”
In vs 42, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God.
In vs 44, “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires.“
The blessings and privileges have always been based on obedience.
Tribes of Israel were chosen to keep the truth of the Most High God throughout history, that is what they were 'chosen' for and tasked with.
Jesus said, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God”.
The privileges were only for the physical descendants of Abraham before. Now they are for anybody who “accepts” Jesus, it doesn’t matter what your lineage is and no lineage is more “favored” than another anymore.
That's the only part you have wrong.
Salvation was never based on race.
I never said salvation was, but the privileges the biological Jews had with inheriting Canaan and being the “chosen” people no longer belong to them. The Jews don’t have Canaan as an inheritance because they don’t have any special status anymore.
You can only be the “children of Abraham” through salvation in Jesus, being a descendant of any person doesn’t make you more special than anybody else in God’s eyes.
You're conflating two different realms. Salvation is in the Spiritual realm, while land covenant pertains only to the physical.
When you say things like "there are no two senses," you deny this basic reality; do you have no body? Do you have no soul? Of course you have both. The Bible addresses both.
Don't pretend they're the same.
When looking into Salvation, land covenant is irrelevant.
The privileges Egypt has with retaining Egypt still belong to them, as per Isaiah 19, Zechariah 14, etc. It's true of any biological nation in Scripture.
The privileges the covenant people had were wholly different and always continued with the covenant people, which were largely undifferentiated, then largely Jewish, then largely Gentile (Romans 9-11).
I think people outside Abraham had found favor with the Lord, even before the Jews and other tribes. I don't think God changes or breaks promises, even if people do. It can be difficult to see things outside of time while we are stuck in it.
I might be sounding semantical but it does matter.
The promises were to the children of Abraham. Being a child of Abraham is not determined by lineage anymore, but by belief in Jesus as Jesus said himself.
God’s promises don’t ever change, and his promises are still the same to the “children of Abraham”. Those are the people who “accept him” regardless of there descent.
I don't think anyone was saved or privileged by lineage, it's obedience.
I agree with u/SwampRangers on this: