According to God's Word, the name ISRAEL was only a name given by God AFTER THE FALL of mankind (Adam and Eve) to all those who believed and followed God's Word. It was part of the promise of God to Abraham that his descendance would be as the sand of the sea or stars of heaven…
GENESIS 22:15-18 [15], And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, [16], And said, By myself have I sworn, says the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: [17], That in blessing I will bless you, and in
multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies; [18
], And in your descendants shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
because you have obeyed my voice.
Jacob a descendant of Abraham being 2nd born received the birth right from Esau...
GENESIS 25:31 [31], And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright. [32], And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point of death: and what profit shall this birthright be to me? [33],
And Jacob said, swear to me this day; and he swore unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. [34], Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus, Esau despised his birthright.
God’s promise to Abraham was to be fulfilled through Abrahams seed (descendence) through Jacob who wrestled with God in prayer that God would deliver him and save him from the wrath of Esua because he stole his birth right and blessings from Isaac...
GENESIS 32:11-12 [11], Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, and the mother with the children. [12],
And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.
After Jacob wrestles with God in prayer, God changes Jacobs name to ISRAEL...
GENESIS 32:24-28 [24], And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. [25], And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. [26], And he said, let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. [27], And he said unto him, what is your name? And he said, Jacob. [28],
And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed.
The name "Israel" is only a name given by God himself to represent his people and those who believe and follow His Word. The origin of the name "Israel" come from
Genesis 32:28 where Jacob wrestled with the Angel and prevailed ... [28],
And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed. The meaning of Israel in connection with all the promises listed so far in the scriptures provided is his posterity will rule as God (ישׂראל; H3478; yiśrâ'êl; From H8280 and H410; he will rule as God ; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: - Israel).
Jacob had 12 sons representing the 12 tribes of Israel. ISRAEL (God’s new name given to Jacob) had 12 sons which make up the 12 tribes of ISRAEL.
GENESIS 35:22-26 [22], ... Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: [23], The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: [24], The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: [25], And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: [26], And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddanaram.
God’s promise of the NEW COVENANT is to ISRAEL…
JEREMIAH 31:31-34 [31], Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: [32], Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; my covenant which they broke, although I was a husband unto them, says the LORD: [33], But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, says the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. [34], And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
God's Israel in the NEW COVENANT is to all those who believe and follow God's Word
According to the torah and the new covenant scriptures the Messiah as the "son of man" also represents God's true ISRAEL as an individual as it was applied to Jacob and as to those who also believe and follow God's Word (his offspring). The Messiah (Jesus Christ) and his followers are God's true Israel, the anti-type, the Israel that is
not the type as Jacob was or the nation of Israel was in the flesh.
Jesus is Israel (
Matthew 2:13-15;
Hosea 11:1; as are his disciples;
Hebrews 2:13;
Isaiah 8:16,18;
John 13:33), the true "overcomer" (
John 16:33;
Revelation 3:21), the real "Prince" with God (
Isaiah 9:6;
Daniel 8:11,25, 9:25, 10:13,21, 11:22, 12:1; Acts 3:15, 5:31;
Revelation 1:5), being Lord over His own house, whose house are we (
Psalms 98:3;
Hebrews 3:6;
Jeremiah 31:33), who himself is the "elect" (
Isaiah 42:1;
Matthew 12:18;
1 Peter 2:6) of the Father, in whom all the promises of God find their realization (
2 Corinthians 1:20). The promises made by God were all based upon condition (
Exodus 19). Matthew 2:13-15; Hosea 11:1; Jeremiah 31:33; Romans 9:6-8; Hebrews 2:13; Isaish 8:16,18; John 13:33, 16:33, 17:12, 18:9, 21:5; 1 Corinthians 15:46; 2 Corinthians 1:20; Galatians 6:16; Hebrews 3:6, 8:8,10; Revelation 3:21
'Israel' "after the flesh", as a '
nation', is left desolate (
Matthew 23:38;
Luke 13:35), to bear no more fruit ever again (
Matthew 21:19), cursed, withered away (
Mark 11:21), dried up from the roots (
Mark 11:20), "twice dead" (
Jude 1:12), and the axe already laid at their root (
Matthew 3:10;
Luke 3:9), cut down and to be thrown into the fire.
The New [or Everlasting] Covenant is only made with the spiritual “Israel” (Jesus Christ, the "elect" of the Father and his children;
Isaiah 42:1;
Matthew 12:18-20), this “Judah” (
Revelation 5:5) and His “house” (
2 Corinthians 1:20 KJB - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.; – for Christ Jesus, the true “Israel” is the “elect” of God, and thus all who choose to be in Him; see
Isaiah 42:1, 45:4, 65:9 KJB)
The new testament scriptures portray JESUS as the head and those who believe and follow his Word as the body *
Ephesians 1:22; 4:15; 5:23;
Colossians 1:18. God's ISRAEL are all those who believe and follow God's Word and not those who are in the flesh who do not believe and follow God's Word because it is written...
ROMANS 9:6-8 [6], FOR THEY ARE NOT ALL ISRAEL WHICH ARE OF ISRAEL,: [7], NEITHER, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ARE THEY ALL CHILDREN: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called <Christ> [8], That is, THEY WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE FLESH, THESE ARE NOT THE CHILDREN OF GOD: BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE PROMISE <those who believe> ARE COUNTED FOR THE SEED.
ROMANS 2:28-29 [28], FOR HE IS NOT A JEW WHICH IS ONE OUTWARDLY; NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS OUTWARDS IN THE FLESH: [29], BUT HE IS A JEW WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; and CIRCUMCISION IS OF THE HEART, IN THE SPIRIT, AND NOT IN THE LETTER; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
God's true ISRAEL is everyone who believes and follows God's Word *John 10:26-27