A lot of people argue that the Israel of today is not the Israel from the beginning. But when you trace Jewish history carefully from Abraham until now, you will discover an unbroken historical line of a people that have survived slavery, exile, dispersion, persecution, and restoration.God first spoke to Abraham and told him that his descendants would become strangers in a foreign land, where they would serve and be afflicted for hundreds of years. The history of Israel has indeed been marked by