The Christians who actually believe what is written in the OT prophecies concerning the promised land agree with the meaning which the OT saints put on those things.
For instance, we true believers understand that when the words "the land" which the LORD gave to Jacob in this passage is referring to the actual "land" which is located in the Middle East:
"And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever" (Ez.37;25).
True believers know that this prophecy has never been fulfilled ever in the past because the Jews have not ever lived in that land "forever."
However, there are some people who have no place in their man-made eschatology for the fulfillment of this prophecy in the future. They try to somehow change the plain meaning of what is written there in order to try to make that prophecy conform to their mistaken ideas. It is a pitiful thing to see them taking out their editing pencils in a vain effort to edit what is plainly said in the Scriptures!
These same people have somehow been able to trick there minds into believing the most ridiculous ideas. Here Sir Robert Anderson describes these people perfectly
"In no other sphere save that of religion do men of intelligence and culture willingly subject their minds to delusions. The historic Church once tried to compel belief that this planet was the fixed centre of the solar system; but who believes it now? Men cannot be made to believe that water runs uphill, or that five and five make anything but ten. In no other sphere can they be induced to stultify reason and common sense. But in religion there seems to be no limit to their credulity" (Anderson, The Bible or the Church? [London: Pickering & Inglis, Second Edition], 61).