Israel means he who shall rule as a prince with God. Scriptural Israel has never ceased to exist as Paul tells us in Romans 2:28 For he is not a Jew which is one outwardly, neither is circumcision which is outward in the flesh. vs 29 But he is a Jew which is one inwardly, and circumcision if that of the heart, in the spirit and not in the letter, whose praise is not of men but of God. The kingdom of God with its covenant is everlasting and there has never ceased to be a man to sit upon the throne of David as evidenced in Christ in Matthew 16:18. Upon this rock, I will build my CHURCH and the gates of hell shall not prevail against IT. Therefore if national Israel will rule and reign, where must they come that they might not be prevailed against?