Israel has not yet received the full promised land because God has reserved complete possession for the Millennial Kingdom, when Christ returns.
God has already deeded the whole territory to Abraham's descendants — Genesis 15:18 says "Unto thy seed have I given this land" — but Israel has never occupied more than a small fraction of it, and today holds only the strip between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. Les Feldick teaches that full possession is not for the present age: Israel will not get it all now, but will finally receive the whole Middle East when Christ returns and the kingdom begins.
Genesis 15:18 — God's covenant statement that the land was given to Abraham's seed — the direct basis for the promise that Israel will one day possess it all.
Genesis 15:8 — Shows Abraham asking for assurance about inheriting the land, which God answered by making the covenant.
Genesis 15 records God's covenant with Abram concerning the land. In verse 8 Abram asks, "Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?" In response, God made a covenant with him, and verse 18 states: "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:" The boundaries of the grant are set in Scripture from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates River, and the gift is expressed in the past tense — "have I given." The chapter also names the tribes that then occupied the territory, showing that the land was occupied by others long before Israel would receive it.
Les Feldick teaches that in Genesis 15 God actually deeded the land to Abram according to the Oriental custom — the title deed was transacted "according to the rules of Hammurabi." He emphasizes Genesis 15:18: "Unto thy seed have I given this land" — past tense: "It's done." The territory God deeded is the biggest part of the Middle East: from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates, from north of Lebanon down to the Red Sea. Les stresses that Israel has never possessed the full extent of what was deeded. Under David and Solomon they moved only a little beyond Galilee and the Jordan, and even at Solomon's height they never came close. Today Israel is just the narrow strip between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. The reason full possession hasn't happened yet, in Les's teaching, is that God's time for it has not come: Israel will not enjoy the land to the full until the Millennial Kingdom when Christ returns — "they're not going to get it all now." The promise cannot fail because God never goes back on His Word. Les says it does not matter what the United Nations, the European community, the U.S. President, or large denominations say — the whole Middle East has already been deeded to Israel. There may be a pseudo-peace or a makeshift agreement, but there will be no genuine peace in the Middle East until Christ returns.
In Genesis 15:18 God's covenant with Abram says, "Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates." Les Feldick explains that the boundaries described in the chapter give Israel everything from northern Lebanon, across to the Euphrates River, down to the river of Egypt, and over to the Red Sea — the biggest part of the Middle East, not just the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. This whole territory, he emphasizes, has already been deeded to the nation of Israel in the Abrahamic Covenant.
No. Les Feldick states that Israel has never occupied all the land that was deeded to them. Under David and Solomon the nation ventured a little beyond Galilee and the Jordan River, but that has been the extent of it. Even at Solomon's height, Israel never came close to enjoying the full territory. Today, Les observes, the land of Israel is strictly between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean, from a little south of Jerusalem up to the southern border of Lebanon — far short of what God promised.
Les teaches that Israel will not enjoy the promised land to the full until the Millennial Kingdom, when Christ returns. "They're not going to get it all now," he says. The exact time of full possession is not revealed — "we don't know when they will occupy it, except that it's going to be in the kingdom" — but when it is all done, Israel will have a homeland that reaches all the way to the Euphrates River, down to the river of Egypt, and up to northern Lebanon.
According to Les, nothing can cancel it. He says he does not care what the United Nations says, what the European community says, what the President of the United States says, or what large denominations say — God's Word says the whole Middle East has been deeded to the nation of Israel. Whatever pressure comes for peace conferences, there can be no genuine peace in the Middle East until Christ returns; there may be a pseudo-peace, but the covenant still stands because God never goes back on His Word.
Abraham Without the Deed
Even Abraham, to whom the promises were made, was a stranger in the land and did not have the deed to a single piece of it — showing the promise was given long before possession would come.
Full Enjoyment Awaits the Kingdom
Israel's land has already been deeded from northern Lebanon to the Euphrates and the river of Egypt, but Israel will not enjoy it to the full until Christ returns for the Millennial Kingdom.
Boundaries of the Deeded Land
The deeded territory is most of the Middle East — from the Mediterranean to the Euphrates, the Red Sea, and the river of Egypt — and even Solomon never came close to possessing it.
Israel's Present Narrow Strip
Israel has never occupied all the land God deeded to them, and today they hold only a narrow strip between the Jordan and the Mediterranean — yet the whole Middle East remains theirs by God's deed.
The Title Deed Transacted
God transacted the title deed in Genesis 15; the words "Unto thy seed have I given" are past tense, and no human authority can change what God's Word has deeded.
The Covenant Promises in Motion
God's dealing with Israel is bringing the Abrahamic covenant to fruition, and the land grant was made to Abram by deed according to Oriental custom.
God Never Goes Back on His Word
Even if Israel is reduced to holding only what is west of the Jordan for now, God never goes back on His Word — the final homeland will reach the Euphrates, the river of Egypt, and northern Lebanon.
The Promise of a Homeland
The land promised in the Abrahamic covenant is the sore spot of the whole Middle East, and God is the one who will provide Israel with that geographical home.
Genesis 15:8: And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Abraham asked how he could know he would inherit the land, which led God to make the covenant that deeded it to him.
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 is the covenant statement that gives the land to Abraham's seed and defines its boundaries from the river of Egypt to the Euphrates.
No. Les notes that even at Solomon's height Israel never came close to the full extent — under David and Solomon they only moved a little beyond Galilee and the Jordan. Today the nation is limited to the strip between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean. The complete territory has been deeded to Israel but never fully occupied.
The title was given, but not the full possession. In Genesis 15 God transacted the title deed, and Genesis 15:18 says "Unto thy seed have I given this land" — past tense. Yet Israel never actually occupied the whole territory, so the physical fulfillment remains future, at Christ's return.
Les doesn't treat the delay as a failure of the promise. He says Israel is simply not going to get it all now — the full enjoyment is reserved for the Millennial Kingdom when Christ returns. The land is already deeded, and God never goes back on His Word.
No. Les says it doesn't matter what the UN, the European community, the U.S. President, or denominations say. God's Word has deeded the whole Middle East to Israel, and there can be no genuine peace in the Middle East until Christ returns.
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