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.“
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.
You could only be a “child of Abraham” by being a biological descendant in the Old Testament. Jesus told the Jews that descent didn’t matter anymore and that they could only be a “child of Abraham” by believing in him. He specifically told him that they were a “child of the devil” and not of God by rejecting him. You are literally arguing with Jesus here over this.
The promised land covenant doesn’t apply to the biological jews anymore, but to the “children of Abraham”. The people who accept Christ regardless of their genealogy.
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).
No it doesn’t, Egypt isn’t a divine inheritance given to the Egyptians by God.If Egypt got conquered and the people were forcibly moved out of the land like the native Americans or Jews. They wouldn’t have a right to come back 2,000 years later and displace everybody already in it in the name of God. The Jews aren’t the “children of Abraham” anymore, therefore they don’t have a inheritance.
Again, the “children of Abraham” specifically referred to those blessed by God and with the inheritance of the land of Canaan in the Old Testament. The Jews aren’t the “children of Abraham” anymore and you can only be the “children of Abraham” by believing in Jesus.
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:
Salvation is on an individual basis.
Jews meanwhile were privileged based on their lineage. They were chose to inherit the land of Canaan by God and to be a “treasured possession chosen out of all nations”.
After Jesus, the Jews aren’t privileged because lineage. Whether or not you’re blessed or are a “COA” is not determined at all by lineage. Physical descent doesn’t matter whatsoever.