Why would understanding Genesis help the U.S. State Department?
Understanding Genesis would help the U.S. State Department because it records God's promise of the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River to Israel roughly 4,000 years ago, and God never goes back on His Word. Recognizing this divine designation could save much diplomatic grief.
Les teaches that the land between the Mediterranean and the River Jordan was given to the nation of Israel 4,000 years ago, and God never goes back on His Word. He suggests the State Department could save itself great grief if it understood that Genesis promise. Les also cites a secular history book showing that even the ancients—Egyptians and others before Abraham left Ur—already called Palestine the divine land or God's land, recognizing it as special God-designated real estate, though they did not know the true God.