The land of Israel reached out to the Jewish people who were about to come. 

Ezekiel 36:8

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“But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are about to come.” Ezekiel 36:8

The phrase, “for they are about to come” refers to the day when the Jewish people would be regathered to the land of Israel. That happened in 1948 when the land of Israel was declared to be the Jewish State of Israel, as we know it today. Jewish people from all around the globe gathered there, especially from Europe and Nazi Germany after WW2 ended in 1945. The land of Israel shot forth her branches and yielded fruit to extend a welcome to the migrating Jewish people.

Since the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, we Christians have been extended the fruit of the branches of Israel. Our Lord Jesus was Jewish, of Israel, and from the Tribe of Judah and we are His fruit. The phrase, “for they are about to come”, refers to the coming of Christianity into the land of the Kingdom of God and being adopted into the house of Israel. Today, “The house of Israel” refers to those who live for God through Jesus Christ, “For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.” That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God; but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.” Romans 9:6-8

The Jewish people are branches that have been broken off from the family tree of God, “You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.” Romans 11:19-22

In the New Testament, since the coming of Jesus Christ, there are no blessings mentioned for the Jewish people. The Old Testament blessings promised to Israel have become the blessings of those who believe in Jesus Christ. “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” John 1:12-13

The Holy Spirit speaks to us through the Old Testament of how Christians (the younger) receive the blessings of the Jewish people (the older). There is Jacob who received Esau’s blessing, Genesis 27. Before that, there was Able who received Cain’s blessing, Genesis 4:1-9. There was Zerah who received Perez’s blessing, Genesis 38:27-30. There was Ephraim who received Manasseh’s blessing, Genesis 48:8-20. And there was Moses who became God’s leader and not his older brother Aaron, Exodus 7:7. This is known as the “scarlet cord” that points to Jesus Christ as the Messiah, whom the first-born Jewish people rejected, but the younger Christianity receives Him.

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“….to you who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned Satan’s so-called deep secrets,“
‘I will not impose any other burden on you, except to hold on to what you have until I come.’”
“I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.”
Revelation 2:24-25, 3:1