You are right on topic
You are correct that Israel is indeed a type or shadow (figure) of the church. Act 7:38
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us: also the verses I quoted regarding Israel :
Now these things happened unto them Old Testament
by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come. 1Co 10:11
Israel's whole journey equals the journey of the believer and the church (corporate believers, or "called out ones") Israel was "called out" of Egypt and the church is called out of the world. They ate the Lamb and we eat the Lamb Joh 6:51
I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. They left over the Red Sea and the Egyptians died in the Red Sea. We leave through repentance and baptism and leave our "Egyptians" (Old fleshly nature) in the water by faith.
They move into the wilderness to be tested, we go into the wilderness to be tested. 40 years....Jesus went 40 days ( 40 = the number of testing) Mat 4:1
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
We have to get to Jordan
and we must no die in the desert through unbelief. The "Land" we must take is our body. In the "land" we conquer the giants and take the cities one by one. We conquer our bondages and sin and problems one by one . God fights for Israel, God to our rescue through Jesus and we take the Land through the
promises ....the
Promise(d) Land
whereby he hath granted unto us his precious and exceeding great promises; that through these ye may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in that world by lust. .2Pe 1:4
We have the whole Christians journey explained in the history of Israel. In Esther we have the whole Tribulation explained. So to in the history of Joseph. In Noah too and in the story of Ahab and Jezebel is a perfect picture of the antichrist and the harlot. David paints a picture of Christ in His end time "first-fruits (Rev 14:4) (Rev 12) and Jerusalem is the Bride. In history we always see her wall going down and up again. (wall = holiness or separation from the world)
We have Israel and Judah. Two sections in Christianity. One without the Holy Spirit and the other one with. But still, both are part of God's children.
The subject is huge and I love it