The point of Stephen's long speech to the Sanhedrin is clear:
God's promise to save and take Israel as His people doesn't rest on them occupying the land of Israel. He justified Abraham before he was ever there or possessed it. Our salvation rests on trusting in God's deliverer. This was Moses at the time of Passover. Israel rejected him, but God saved His people anyway. Likewise, Israel rejected Jesus, but God saved His people through Jesus, anyway.
Don't trust in land, military, political power, or other earthly things. Trust God alone to deliver you from your sins and from all our cultural problems. He may use the former things, but do not trust in them.
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