New American Bible & Israel

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Someone at work was wondering that in the Bible, not sure which bible, that Israel will survive and win against Hamas because Israel is in favor with God. I checked this out and the only thing I can come up with is in the New American Bible in Psalms 89:34-37 which states that Israel is the land of David and will continue forever. Does anyone know if I am interpreting this correctly?
 
I am pretty sure that Catholics consider the Church- the New Israel-, and not the secular state of Israel as the beneficiary of any Biblical promise.
Many Jews, and evangelical Christians too, may disagree, but by and large I do not think that Catholics are encouraged to support the state of Israel as the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.

Personally, I support the State of Israel because it a good and worthy achievement for the world and for Jews especially, who are our elder brothers, as described by John Paul II. From a secular point of view, Israel is indeed a shining light that the neighboring Arab states could learn much from, if only they would swallow their pride and emulate rather than destroy.

But ever since our own Jewish eldest brother, Jesus, adopted us into the family, the promises of God to Abraham and Jacob and Isaac include us. The prophecies are for us. Satan will not prevail against the new Israel, the eternal Catholic Church.
 
Oh, OK so Israel as a state is not what God was speaking about it was about his people and also the Gentiles who accepted Jesus as his son.
 
I don’t necessarily agree with that. It sounds very much like supercessionism (aka “replacement theology”), a teaching that says the Church replaces (supercedes) Israel. It’s one of the teachings from St. Augustine and has influenced Church thought since then. It was rejected both implicitly and explicitly by Pope John Paul 2.

G_D’s promises are eternal and unchanging. Promises made to the people and the land Israel are still in force. We, as adopted children of G_D, can be included in those promises, but we cannot count on them applying ONLY to us.

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I don’t necessarily agree with that. It sounds very much like supercessionism (aka “replacement theology”), a teaching that says the Church replaces (supercedes) Israel. It’s one of the teachings from St. Augustine and has influenced Church thought since then. It was rejected both implicitly and explicitly by Pope John Paul 2.
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