Way back in Gen 13:15; God promises Abraham a certain area of land.
Gen 13:15; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.
Now who are Abraham's descendents? How long is forever?
Abraham of course had two sons. Ishmael and Isaac. Modern day Arabs
consider themselves to be the descendents of Ishmael. Jews consider themselves
to be the descendents of Isaac.
This is repeated in Gen 15:18;
Gen 15:18; On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
Now much of this land the Jews have never "owned". But the promise doesn't say just the Jews. It says all of Abraham's descendents. Even the Arab's. So if we count them, they have pretty much owned this land since... well... since Abraham.
Now somewhere Israel quit being a nation back in medieival times. There isn't really an exact date.
It just kind of "dissolved" over the centuries. What is really amazing about that, is that even though Israel
wasn't a "nation" during the next thousand years. The Jews never forgot their ancestry. All Jews, even today, know they are Jews. American Europeans often do not know whatnationality background they come from, even African Americans often do not know what part of Africa they are from. But Jews... always know.
If we look at the lineage of the Jews here for a second... Abraham... Isaac... Jacob.
By the time we get to Jacob, he and his family move to Egypt to avoid a severe famine in the land. This of course
is part of the stry of Joseph. Once again... the Jews do not inhabit this land.
All through the old testament... there is this phrase "the promised land". In fact where was Moses leading the Jews?
To the "promised land". The land promised to Abraham's descendents.
Gen 28:15; Gen 50:24; Exod 12:25; Numb 14:16; Deut 6:3; Deut 9:28; Deut 19:8; Deut 27:3; Josh 23:5; etc...
This is sometimes called Buelah, or Canaan, ..and eventually of course... Israel.
God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect.
For example... even though Moses was leading the Jews to the "promised land". That generation of Jews never
actually made into the promised land.
Numb 14:16; .. I would like to look at why they didn't make it to the "promised land" for a bit.
... to be continued ...
Gen 13:15; for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever.
Now who are Abraham's descendents? How long is forever?
Abraham of course had two sons. Ishmael and Isaac. Modern day Arabs
consider themselves to be the descendents of Ishmael. Jews consider themselves
to be the descendents of Isaac.
This is repeated in Gen 15:18;
Gen 15:18; On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:
Now much of this land the Jews have never "owned". But the promise doesn't say just the Jews. It says all of Abraham's descendents. Even the Arab's. So if we count them, they have pretty much owned this land since... well... since Abraham.
Now somewhere Israel quit being a nation back in medieival times. There isn't really an exact date.
It just kind of "dissolved" over the centuries. What is really amazing about that, is that even though Israel
wasn't a "nation" during the next thousand years. The Jews never forgot their ancestry. All Jews, even today, know they are Jews. American Europeans often do not know whatnationality background they come from, even African Americans often do not know what part of Africa they are from. But Jews... always know.
If we look at the lineage of the Jews here for a second... Abraham... Isaac... Jacob.
By the time we get to Jacob, he and his family move to Egypt to avoid a severe famine in the land. This of course
is part of the stry of Joseph. Once again... the Jews do not inhabit this land.
All through the old testament... there is this phrase "the promised land". In fact where was Moses leading the Jews?
To the "promised land". The land promised to Abraham's descendents.
Gen 28:15; Gen 50:24; Exod 12:25; Numb 14:16; Deut 6:3; Deut 9:28; Deut 19:8; Deut 27:3; Josh 23:5; etc...
This is sometimes called Buelah, or Canaan, ..and eventually of course... Israel.
God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect.
For example... even though Moses was leading the Jews to the "promised land". That generation of Jews never
actually made into the promised land.
Numb 14:16; .. I would like to look at why they didn't make it to the "promised land" for a bit.
... to be continued ...