Abraham's Land Promise

God's promises to Abraham have been fulfilled. Every one of them. Completely.

For example, His promise that in his seed all families of the earth would be blessed, has been fulfilled. His seed was Christ, and people of all nations are experiencing salvation in Jesus.

What about His promise that He would give the land to his seed? It came to pass too. But afterwards they sinned beyond remedy, so God had to allow them to be carried away into captivity for a time. But He promised to restore them to their land and to Moses' ceremonies again - which He also did, during Old Covenant times.

Then He sent them their Messiah - but they again disbelieved, with the consequence that they were again routed from their land.

None of these troubles was a breach of the land-promise given to Abraham though. From the beginning the stated requirement was that Abraham's seed would have to obey God.

God never revoked His land-promise - but Israel's enjoyment of their promised-inheritance was dependant upon their obedience.

But even during those years when Israel was by-and-large not in their land, the land-promise had never actually been revoked by God. 

The prophecies about restoring them to their land and to Moses' Laws and ceremonies, were faithfully fulfilled during Old Covenant times.

Afterwards they again disbelieved, and they were again dispossessed of their land. But God never actually revoked their land-promise. 

The return of Jews to the land in modern times is not a direct fulfilment of all of the Old Testament prophecies about a regathering to their land - because those prophecies included a return to Mosaic worship, and were fulfilled while the Old Covenant was still in force.

According to the prophecies, the Messiah also was to come within the same timeframe or covenantal dispensation. And He did indeed come at a time when the prophecies of restoration had been fulfilled and were still a reality in Israel. 

God is no less interested in His promise to Abraham under the New Covenant than He was under the Old. The Gospel was God's best attempt at procuring lasting blessings for Israel. 

He doesn't have a third Testament down the road. Nothing more is needed in order to fulfil the Abrahamic covenant. What we are seeing in modern Israel is an outworking of the realities of already-fulfilled Bible-prophecy and covenants and their terms. What we are seeing in modern Israel is not the fulfilment of prophecies and covenants which had not yet been fulfilled.