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In The Israel of God in Prophecy, LaRondelle allows the Bible to act as its own expositor by pointing to the New Testament as the basis for prophetic interpretation. Attention is given to the Old Testament prophecies concerning Israel and how the New Testament prophecies do not support the dispensationalist view.

and peace on earth was God’s plan for the Jewish nation only. The Old Testament describes the land promised to the patriarchs and Israel consistently in theological terms: as God’s gracious gift or blessing to His covenant people (Genesis 12:1, 7; 13:14–17; 15:18–21; Deuteronomy 1:5–8; Psalm 44:1–3). The land itself is called, as it were, to observe a sabbath to the Lord (Leviticus 25:2), “to symbolize Yahweh’s creation and ownership of the land.”4 It remained
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