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Originally Posted by Amanah
It's actually never been about DNA, Palestinians, Syrians, Lebanese, Jordanians, Bedouins, middle eastern populations in general share DNA.
It's about covenant relationships, beginning with Abraham, then Israel, and now the Israel of God for all people groups. The "Jews" were not singled out to be excluded for 2,000 years. That would be horrific.
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Biblically speaking, there is a difference between "group" as a system of people united by something, and "individuals". There can be covenants with groups, and with individuals outside or inside the group (e.g., David within Israel). There can be a "group" that broke a covenant and then rejected/punished as a group, yet "individuals" inside the group kept the covenant and went well for them within the circumstances for the "group" punishment (e.g., remnants within Judah).
Paul explains that to some extent in
Rom 11.
I know it seems strange, hard, and the logic may defy our reasoning, but unless the translator are doing a terrible job, that's what Paul says in
Romans 11.