We need to remember - as St Paul says in Romans 9:6 - "It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel." St Paul goes on to say, "Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham’s children." The people of the land at the East end of the Mediterranean Sea are not Israel, except for those few who believe that Jesus is their Savior. That nation is a political nation, set up by the world powers as part of their scheme to take over the world. And all who think that they are the Israel of God are falling for it.