Reference

Ezekiel 39:7

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.
5

Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

6

And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

7

So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.

8

Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord God; this is the day whereof I have spoken.

9

And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years:

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Israel as Distinct
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Israel-Specific Promises
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Israel as Distinct

The strongest argument against this verse supporting "Israel as Distinct" would be to interpret "Israel" in a purely spiritual or allegorical sense, representing the Church or all believers, rather than a literal, ethnic nation. In this view, the "people Israel" would be the new covenant people of God, and the promises would be fulfilled in the Church, thus blurring the distinction between ethnic Israel and the Church.

Israel-Specific Promises

This verse explicitly states God will make his name known "in the midst of my people Israel" and that "the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel," directly linking the promise to Israel and their identity.