The Jews in the times of King David believed in an eternal, everlasting dynasty of kings in Israel. It was supposed to last forever, one king after another, as

The Jews in the times of King David believed in an eternal, everlasting dynasty of kings in Israel. It was supposed to last forever, one king after another, as that was the meaning of the pact with their God. This civilization was conquered by the Babylonians just two generations later. The rulers were exiled, and only the priests of Levi were permitted to continue their traditions. They proceeded to write the book of Job to explain the fall of their civilization. Centuries later, the Roman Empire destroyed what was left of the religious organization including the temple of Jerusalem, a great loss considering that such organized religion was all that was left from the Israelite civilization. The Romans also made disappear, as in made extinct the tree and fruit that was a symbol of Judaism since its beginnings. Roman oppression almost ended the religion. The Hebrew language was also a dead language (like Latin currently is) for a millennium and a half and it was "relaunched" with the addition of modern vocabulary in the 19th century by academics. In fact, there's some evidence that most Jews that were living in the Levant area were later forced to convert to Islam, and without the existence and conversion of the Khazaria kingdom to Judaism, the religion would have practically disappeared. So, your eternal institution no longer has the everlasting dynasty of kings, and it actually only exists because the Babylonians (which you probably hate so much) left the tribe of Levi alone to thrive and rebuild its narrative. It was later persecuted by the Romans and, for lack of a better word, decimated. There's also some evidence most if not all of the original population was finally forced to convert to Islam. So much for an institution that was "built to last". So, there's almost nothing in common between the Israel kingdom of 3000 years ago and the modern Israel state. The people are different, all the rest of the culture is different. Only common thing is a book. And so much context has been lost that the scriptures require amazing mental gymnastics to make sense to modern people. Modern Israel will probably last centuries more than its ancient counterpart, but it is very much a modern invention and a modern civilization. I think this modern state was really built to last, and it will be. But it was created in 1948, not 3000 years ago. What you are demonstrating, is the power of knowledge in books and how it can be used to try to revive lost cultures, including their lost languages. Which is no small feat, but still, calling it a 3000-year institution is such a stretch.