The Book of Revelation: The Sealing of the One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand (2)

Spiritual Israel, and not Israel, as a nation, must be considered the true Israel. Rom. 9:6-12 And therefore, we must distinguish also in the days of the Old Testament between Israel as a nation and the true, spiritual Israel. Not all the national Jews were true Israelites. But all true Israelites in the Old Testament were also Jews, belonging to the nation. True Israel, that is, the true, spiritual people of God, were enclosed in Israel as a nation. Spiritual Israel, and not Israel, as a...