Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning God created the heaven and
the earth.” God owns the heaven and the earth including the land of Israel. Our
Creator God has the divine authority to lease what He wants to whomever He
chooses. God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his seed though
unconditional covenants.
In Genesis 15 God instructed Abram to construct an offering
and then caused Abram to enter a deep sleep. God foretold of the time that the
Israelites would be strangers in a land not theirs, however, when they would
come out of a period of enslavement they would be given an unconditional title
to. Genesis 15:18, “In the same day the LORD made a covenant (H1285) with
Abram, saying, Unto thy seed (H2233) have I given this land, from the river of
Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates.” This was a unilateral
land covenant granted to Abram and his descendants signifying that it’s fulfillment
was dependent for on God alone.
“Genesis 17:1-6” The covenant was to be accomplished in due
time. The promised Seed was Christ, and Christians in him. And all who are of
faith are blessed with faithful Abram, being partakers of the same covenant
blessings. In token of this covenant his name was changed from Abram, “a high
father,” to Abraham, “the father of a multitude.” All that the Christian world
enjoys, it is indebted for to Abraham and his Seed.”
[Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary]
God renewed His covenant with Abram and changed his name to
Abraham and circumcision was then instituted as an outward sign of this
covenant. Genesis 17:7-8, “7 And I will establish my covenant (H1285) between
me and thee and thy seed (H2233) after thee in their generations for an
everlasting (H5769) covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after
thee. 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.”
H1285, covenant, in the sense of cutting, a compact, made by
passing between pieces of flesh, confederacy, league.
H2233, seed, figuratively fruit, plant, sowing time,
posterity, child.
H5769, everlasting, generally time out of mind, past or
future, eternity; continuance, eternal, perpetual, beginning of the world and
without end.
God put the Gentiles on notice; Genesis 12:3, “And I will
bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall
all families of the earth be blessed.” Books have been written about the price
to pay for opposing God and Israel.
"In Eye to Eye –
Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel you will gain a greater
understanding of the biblical significance of what is occurring today in the
nation of Israel. You will read about the consequences that the leaders and
their nations have experienced after pressuring Israel to divide her
land."
[Eye to Eye: Facing
the Consequences of Dividing Israel by
William Koenig]
Mr. Koenig became a White House correspondent in 2001 and has
a weekly Online Newsletter.
As America has Done to
Israel by John P. McTernan has a similar theme.
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