The land promised to Israel is a God-deeded, everlasting inheritance given to Abram and his seed as the geographical foundation of the Abrahamic Covenant.
God specifically promised Abram a piece of the earth's surface and later defined its boundaries. Les Feldick teaches that the land is an essential part of the covenant God made with Israel—along with the promises of nation and government—and that God's grant to Israel is permanent and sovereign.
Genesis 15:7 — God tells Abram that He brought him from Ur of the Chaldees in order to give him this land as an inheritance.
Genesis 13:15 — God promises the land Abram sees to him and his seed forever.
Genesis 15:18 — God defines the land's boundaries from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates.
In Genesis 15:7, God tells Abram, "I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it." The land is not an abstraction; it is a specific inheritance tied to God's act of calling Abram out. In Genesis 13:15, the promise is extended to Abram's descendants: "For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever." The phrase "for ever" attaches the land promise to Abram and his seed without end. Then in Genesis 15:18, the covenant defines the actual territory: "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." Scripture presents the land as a clearly bounded piece of the earth's surface given by God to Israel as a permanent inheritance.
Les Feldick explains that the land promise is the second component of the Abrahamic Covenant, along with the promise of a nation and a government. He emphasizes that a nation cannot function without its own geographical territory, so God promised Israel a specific piece of the earth. God formally deeded that land to Abram according to the Oriental custom. Les also points out that from Genesis 12 onward God has placed Israel in the land between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, which the ancients called the Divine Land. He defines the deeded territory as extending from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates, with borders reaching Lebanon and the Red Sea, and notes that even at Solomon's height Israel never came close to possessing it all. Les says God's grant to Israel is "set in concrete" and that the nations of the world cannot change it. The land belongs to the Jew forever; it is theirs by divine promise. He connects this to today's Middle East conflict, saying the land promise is the "sore spot of the whole Middle East tonight."
Les Feldick points out that the Abrahamic Covenant has three basic promises: a nation, a land, and a government. A nation of people cannot exist without land to live in, so God promised Israel a geographical area on the earth's surface. He then deeded that land to Abram and his seed.
In the Abrahamic Covenant, God gave Israel land from the River of Egypt all the way to the Euphrates River. The northern border reaches above Lebanon, the southern border reaches to the Red Sea, and the western border is the Mediterranean Sea. God has already deeded this territory to Israel, even though Israel, even at Solomon's height, never fully possessed it.
Les Feldick says the present-day Jew in Israel is the same Jew as in the Bible, and the land belongs to them forever. He sympathizes with the Palestinians who have made the land their home for centuries, but he maintains that God's promise is sovereign and cannot be changed by the nations. The current dispute over Israel's territory does not alter what God has deeded to Israel.
The Abrahamic Covenant: Nation, Land, Government
Les explains that God will deed the promised land to Abram and that the land promise is part of the broader covenant that also brings Israel a government under the Messiah.
Israel's Divinely Chosen Geography
Les shows that from Genesis 12 onward God set Israel in the one geographic area between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, which ancients even called the Divine Land.
The Full Boundaries of the Land
Les describes the land God deeded to Israel—from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates, with Lebanon and the Red Sea as other borders—and notes Israel never fully possessed it.
God's Sovereign Grant to Israel
Les says the nations cannot change God's deeded land promise, even amid the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Why Israel Needs Land
Les teaches that a nation must have land, which is why the Abrahamic Covenant includes a specific geographical area for Israel.
The Land as Today's Middle East Flashpoint
Les identifies the promised land as the 'sore spot' of the Middle East and links the covenant directly to current events.
Israel Must Have Its Own Borders
Les shows that after promising a nation, God's next step was to give Israel its own territory, since they could no longer be slaves in Egypt.
The Land Is Israel's Forever
Les explains that God promised Abram all the land he saw, for him and his seed forever, so the land of Israel belongs to the Jew forever.
Genesis 15:7: And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
This is the first direct statement that God's purpose in bringing Abram out of Ur was to give him this land.
Genesis 13:15: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
God promises Abram that the land he can see will belong to him and his descendants forever.
Genesis 15:18: 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:
This verse defines the actual geographical boundaries of the land God deeded to Israel.
Yes. God told Abram that the land he saw would be given to him and his seed forever, and Les Feldick stresses that the land belongs to the Jew forever. God's promise is sovereign, and the nations cannot change it.
God's covenant defined the land from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates, with the northern border above Lebanon and the southern border to the Red Sea. Les notes that even at Solomon's height, Israel never possessed the full extent.
Scripture presents it as a literal piece of real estate with named boundaries. Les describes it as a specific geographical area on the earth's surface that God deeded to Israel.
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