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Theologians don't understand the name of 'Israel'. It is the name given by God to Jacob. He had lots of children who were brought into Egypt by Joseph when he was King of kings, and grown into a nation, separated from Egypt by the Exodus, called 'Israel'. 

This causes confusion. When you read scripture, does it mean the man or the nation? It is more confusing than that. Some say the church replaced Israel and is the new Israel.  

'Israel' ישראל means 'man יש joined to God אל by revelation ר. It always means this. It applies to Jacob who was a bad man because God changed him through revelation of his dreams and his encounter wrestling with God in a ditch. It applies to the nation because God changed them through the revelation of the cloud and fire, the laws and judgements in the wilderness, and other such revelations. 

It also applies to the children of Abraham. The nation of Israel are descendants of Abraham, but he had other children. They are called 'dust', 'sand by the sea', and 'stars'. 

His children called 'dust' are those without the word of God (symbolized by water). The ones called 'sand' are washed by the word. The ones called stars are those who Jesus called the 'light of the world'.  The church does not replace the nation of Israel, Israel was never the man or the nation. Those are just symbols of those who are changed by the revelation of God.

God's name, Elohim אלהים, said that God was separated from men by ignorance. He fixes that problem by revelation. Israel, ישראל.

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