I am getting tired of people using Genesis 12:2-3 as a "support Israel" club. God spoke these words to Abraham as he's leaving his home forever. They are meant to be an encouragement to him, not an or...
The apostle Paul wrote "They are not all 'Israel' who are of/from Israel," and also that there is an "Israel of God". "Israel" today, in the sense that God recognizes, as I understand it, are those who are in covenant with Him, by sacrifice. This sacrifice was made by the Messiah, Jesus. The present-day secular State and even nation of Israel is not same entity as the ancient covenant people of God called Israel.