Why does Les use the term Palestine?
The term Palestine is used for geographical clarity, because it appears once in Scripture referring to the land of Palestine. It identifies the region everyone recognizes, helping locate the land connected to the Palestinian covenant within the Abrahamic covenant framework.
Les explains that he uses the term Palestine because it is found once in Scripture as a reference to the land of Palestine. He says he uses it only for geographical clarity, since people know where Palestine is even if they know nothing else. He also notes the Palestinian covenant was one of the later covenants under the Abrahamic covenant, referring specifically to the land of Palestine.