Israel & the Church are Different People

I want to review with you today what God says about the nation Israel, it's place in God's program; what God says about the church and the place of the church in His program. Everything in the Bible revolves around God's dealings with two groups of people: the nation Israel and the church. The only exception is the first 11 chapters of Genesis. It's necessary for us to understand this because we as believers bemoan the fact that the world is divided and you have different nations, different languages, different races and we say we all ought to be able to get together. It is not God's plan and purpose that we all get together. It is not His plan and intention that there be one world unified until Jesus Christ comes to rule that world. And that is why you have the on-going conflict between the nations, between the races, between the peoples of the world.