for His purpose of creating a Hebrew nation in a day?

For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.

But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use starting at the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ. It was in a sense heaven come down on earth in an imperfect picture form, but only in specific boundaries of time and space. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. So as Israel turned away from their covenant God and followed their own desires and other gods, they were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc.

When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.

Think of the land of Israel as the small scale model of a city plan on display behind glass, so everyone can get a sense of what the real thing will be like. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing described by that model, but his kingdom comes in two stages (first in humility, then at the end in glory). That little toy model no longer has value once the real thing was inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom of glory consummating the heavens and the earth. A strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.

for His purpose of creating a Hebrew nation in a day?

For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.

But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use starting at the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ. It was in a sense heaven come down on earth in an imperfect picture form, but only in specific boundaries of time and space. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Thus Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. Thus Israel were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc. When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.

Think of the land of Israel as the small scale model of a city plan on display behind glass, so everyone can get a sense of what the real thing will be like. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing described by that model, but his kingdom comes in two stages (first in humility, then at the end in glory). That little toy model no longer has value once the real thing was inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom of glory consummating the heavens and the earth. A strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.

for His purpose of creating a Hebrew nation in a day?

For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.

But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use from the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ, where heaven in a sense came down on earth in an imperfect picture form. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Thus Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. Thus Israel were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc. When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.

Think of the land of Israel as the small scale model of a city plan on display behind glass, so everyone can get a sense of what the real thing will be like. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing described by that model, but his kingdom comes in two stages (first in humility, then at the end in glory). That little toy model no longer has value once the real thing was inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom of glory consummating the heavens and the earth. A strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.

for His purpose of creating a Hebrew nation in a day?

For a general, providential purpose, sure. As in: the Lord causes nations to rise and fall throughout history, according to his preordained plans.

But for a special, biblically significant purpose? No. This would be based on the fallacy that God is a real estate agent. That physical land was NEVER an end unto itself. It was a temporal theocratic setting, set aside for holy use from the giving of the Law on Mt Sinai until the coming of Christ, where heaven in a sense came down on earth in an imperfect picture form. The whole point of the nation of Israel was a demonstration that blessing and righteousness must go together, so that not just Jews but all of humanity could look and see what it means to dwell with a holy and just God. Heaven is not just given away for free, it must be earned by perfect and perpetual obedience. (Thus Israel agreed at Sinai to Follow all the commandments given to them so that they would dwell peacefully in the land). But the problematic condition of sin prevented that situation from enduring. Thus Israel were judged, conquered, exiled, scattered, etc. When Jesus the true and faithful Israel personified came, he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven, and the NT prophets and apostles were clear that this kingdom from above supersedes and fulfills what the earthly kingdom of Israel was pointing to all along.

Think of the land of Israel as the model of the city plan that they display behind glass. Jesus' kingdom ("My kingdom is not of this world") is the real thing but it comes in two stages. The model no longer has value once the real thing has been inaugurated. All that is left is the fullness of that kingdom consuming the heavens and the earth. Strip of land along the eastern Mediterranean has no special place in this unfolding of redemptive history.