What did God intend to accomplish by sending Israel back into the Gentile nations?
God intended to use the nation of Israel to bring salvation to the Gentiles. He wanted to funnel Israel back into the pagan, polluted stream of humanity and thereby purify it, so that Israel would serve as His chosen channel of blessing to the nations rather than be absorbed by them.
Les explains that God wanted to funnel Israel back into the pagan, polluted stream of humanity and thereby purify it. Israel dropped it and blew it through unbelief, and they still went into the stream of Gentile humanity, but in a completely opposite role from what God intended. Even so, this does not take away the fact that God is still intending to use the nation of Israel to yet bring salvation to the Gentiles. Les also notes that the Old Testament verses being discussed give no hint of the Church Age; they concern God dealing with Israel. During Christ's three-year earthly ministry, He stayed within the land of Israel and never went to Babylon, Syria, Greece, or Egypt.
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What did God intend to do by placing Israel among the Gentile nations?
At one point in time God wanted to funnel Israel back into the pagan, polluted stream of humanity and thereby purify it.