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Originally Posted by A5pointer I don't think so. The concept of nation was unique to the OT, where peoples were co-existing in relationship to Israel. Israel who was under covenant with God. Covenant that was temporal/physical in nature. That covenant/Mosaic is over. That covenant promised real physical events regarding covenant obedience/disobedience. Paul in Romans is explaining the why of events relating to covenant Israel in the OT.  | According to your view, then, the US is not in a covenant with God in the same way Israel was and is therefore not under the the same threatenings? |
Yes, exactly. Israel was the only nation/people ever in covenant with God as prescribed in the Mosaic. This reminds me of those who like to cite "if my people.....I will heaL their land". It is a mistake to see America or any other nation as able to recieve this promise. It is to be taken spiritually in the New, the dividing wall has been torn down. God knows no nations in the New, just individuals who are the true Israel under the Abrahamic sense.