The Land Belongs to Israel
Good Morning,
The history of the land surrounding Israel is confusing because various nations have fought for control of that sacred piece of dirt. Ownership of Israel is not confusing, it was clearly a promised covenant with Abraham, and specifically NOT with Ishmael (the founder of the Arab race).
To be brief, let us consider the promises of God to Abraham:
Genesis 17:2 “And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. “
The first promise deals with many children.
The covenant adds all Abraham’s children, forever!
vs. 7 “And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee."
The next part of the covenant has to do with LAND.
vs. 8 “And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.”
Notice the statement “an everlasting possession.” That means forever, right down to today.
As God clearly states, that land belongs to the Jews:
vs. 19 “And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.”
vs. 20 “And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.”
vs. 21 “But my covenant will I establish with Isaac…”
The covenant is made with Isaac and his seed, not with Ishmael! God would bless Ishmael, and God would prosper Ishmael, but the land belongs to the seed of Isaac!
vs. 21 “But my covenant will I establish with Isaac…”
The description of the land is elsewhere in Scripture. At this moment in the story in Abraham’s life, it seems more localized, but trust me until you can look it up yourself that the land promised to Abraham and Isaac and their seed stretches from Egypt and the Mediterranean to the Euphrates.
No Palestinian, Arab, or other people of any kind, except the Jews, have a covenant relationship with God promising the land to them. You can be sure that the Jews will get their land. Because of the rebellion of Israel, God has seen fit to allow many to occupy the land, but the day is coming when God will throw everyone out except the Jews. The land is theirs by a convent, an eternal covenant that God promised He will never break.
Judges 2:1 “And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.”
Pastor