Is Israel really Israel? Michael comes down hard on the side "maybe!" Well, I'm fairly comfortable saying that even if modern-day Israel is not a direct fulfillment of scripture, it's surely a precursor. God will fulfill his Word to Israel. He'll buy all the land to get his treasure, and he'll rescue his pearl of unimaginable value out of the raging gentile sea. Meanwhile, we need to stop pretending to be Israel. It's not just wrong, it's disobedience to the calling of this age.