Where does the Euphrates River run?
The Euphrates River flows east, originating in Turkey, travels through Iraq, and empties into the Persian Gulf. This course is described as coming out of Turkey, going all the way around through Iraq, and down into the Persian Gulf. It is the great river mentioned in the land deed.
Les explains that since Desert Storm, everyone is aware where the Euphrates River flows—clear out to the east, coming out of Turkey, all the way around through Iraq, and down into the Persian Gulf. He connects this to Genesis 15:18, where God made a covenant with Abram, giving his seed the land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates. Les notes that God had already transacted the title deed according to the rules of Hammurabi, and that everything between the Mediterranean Sea and that river was deeded to Abraham. He mentions that most Jewish leaders don't claim this today, but when Bagan was prime minister of Israel, he would tell the world that it had been deeded to them through their father Abraham.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: