In his first letter to the Corinthians, chapter 15 verses 50-54, Paulwrote: What I mean, friends, is that what is made of flesh and blood cannot share in Gods Kingdom, and what is mortal cannot possess immortality. From the rise of Zionism to the present day, Israel has not been welcomed on the world scene. This [was] the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.Jeremiah 12:5 - If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? The Genesis account also gives hope for mortal man. In the last days God promises Israel: I will cause showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing (Ezek 34.26) They didnt die immediately, but they did die of old age, like all mortals. So who are the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob? All of Jerusalem was mandated to be part of the Jewish homeland under the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and so Israels sovereignty over all of Jerusalem is well-founded. [Thankyou. So is there a deeper reason for the boycotts? Marah The Lord healed the waters of Marah ( Ex. 12. As mentioned, Jewish tradition takes this to be the Nile (although some dispute this, link, link). Called Sion, "the lofty," distinct from Zion at Jerusalem (Deuteronomy 4:48); among the Amorites Shenir, rather Senir, i.e. Abraham, born in Ur Kasdim in today's Iraq, was instructed to go . This differs from the first past the post system in the US and UK, and permits small parties to be elected. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, Look! Heres what the Bible says about this amazing promise: In Revelation 21: 1-7, we read about Johns vision: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. Kalaniot in the western Negev In modern lingo, think of it as a deterministic computation. Its up to us to find the meaning of life through Jesus. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. Jacob (Israel) lives 17 years in Egypt and dies at the age of 147. 6. The renaming of the Land of Canaan as the Land of Israel marks the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land. Gen 15:18 - On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, 19 - the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 - the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 - the . 12; Num. The facts show that Israels role in Arab-Israeli conflicts has always been defensive in response to Arab aggression. 34:1-6). Your email address will not be published. Some cookies are necessary to make our website work and cannot be refused. They are of course the twelve tribes descended from Jacob (whose name was changed by God to Israel). Rivers and Streams West of the Jordan flowing eastward: 9. What did they live for? some are looking for the antichrist but Im Looking for Jesus Christ to come in the clouds. Rain in the Judean desert. A generation according to Gods Word is three score years and ten, 70 years. 89: 12). Historically, the tribes occupied only some of this land and, as already mentioned, in addition occupied some land east of the Jordan (see also Israels History). Dan is described in the Bible as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel Be'er Sheva is described in the Bible as the southernmost city settled by the Israelites. Map copyright: By No machine-readable author provided. To this day, Syrians live in a desert without proper agriculture. 3:9; Cant. (6,000 -5777 =233). The Jewish leadership in Palestine declared the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948, the moment the British mandate terminated, though without announcing its borders. In fact, the number of Jews in Israel today has increased by over 7,000 percent in just 100 years! Put another way, here Paul is saying that the inspired Hebrew scriptures of the Jews are the very words of God! Dear brethren, please also not that the GREAT sign spoken about in Revelation took place in the heavens directly above Jerusalem on the 23rd September 2017. Mortality was the consequence of the wrong free will choice. All they ask is that Israel is recognised as land covenanted by God to Abrahams descendants. To. Eusebius, Onomasticon, speaks of a temple on the summit much frequented by the surrounding peoples; and the remains of many temples of the Roman period have been found on the sides and at the base of the mountain. YES! They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year. He said creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. Read about our approach to external linking. God made this promise to Abraham and his descendants in Genesis 15:15-21. PARADISE (EDEN) WAS LOST, BUT THE APOSTLE JOHN WROTE THAT IT WILL BE RESTORED IN THE FUTURE. southwest of Beer Sheba. See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. Click any green or red icon to open a scripture link. Numbers 34:1-13 defines a smaller territory for the Israelites to occupy. According to the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine, the Jews could settle anywhere between the Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea, see map. (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin and onyx are also there.) Babylon (modern Iraq) was known as a Garden (Hanging Gardens) in antiquity. Specifically, during the millennium, Israel will come a great nation, Christ will establish His kingdom and sit on Davids throne, the tribes of Israel will have been fully restored to the land promised to Abraham, and God will write His Law on the hearts of both Jew and Gentile. Recall that when Israel obeys her God then she is specially blessed: Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country (Deut 28.3). The Sea of Galilee was 700 feet below sea level in Biblical times. LC copy mounted on cloth and laminated. Maps are essential for any serious Bible study. Feb. 28, 2023, 2:24 PM PST. Abraham!, Do not lay a hand on the boy, he said. Only Ruben Gad,and a half tribe of Manasseh were east of the Jordan. Prophecy paints a picture of a world at peace (no war) with Jerusalem (Zion) as the focal point since Christ dwells there. What? These tribes (enlarge image) are listed in Gen 49. The Promised Land is so named because it was territory that God had promised to Abram, who was later renamed as Abraham, for following Him. The last feature which remains to be noticed in the scriptural account of the Jordan is its frequent mention as a boundary: "over Jordan," "this" and "the other side," or "beyond Jordan," were expressions as familiar to the Israelites as "across the water," "this" and "the other side of the Channel" are to English ears. Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world, and she has the highest density of start-up companies in the world. Lebanon means the "white" mountain, the Mont Blanc of Israel. 6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. Nations will willingly go up to Jerusalem to worship the LORD and listen to His teaching (Mic 4.2 Isa 66.23). Marantha! The Land Of Israel Is GOD-PROMISED LAND . We are told over and over again to KEEP WATCH! Geoff. Resolutions accuse Israel of settling in Occupied Palestinian Territory, and ignore Article 80 of the UN Charter which upholds the right of Jews to settle anywhere west of the Jordan! Each of the maps contains all the nations, cities, regions, and rivers that are mentioned in the reference from the Bible that is in the title of the map. He became his father's favorite son because he was born when Jacob was old (Genesis 37:3). In one sense indeed, that is, in so far as it was the eastern boundary of the land of Canaan, it was the eastern boundary of the promised land. Its modern name is Jebel- esh-Sheikh, "the chief mountain." The Tabernacle of Ancient Israel - Brief Overview of the Tabernacle of Moses in the Wilderness and the Ark of the Covenant. This battle concludes with the Second Coming of Christ to reign as King over all the earth (Zech 14.9), the last form of human government (probably centered on the EU) having been taken away like chaff in the wind (Dan 2.34,35). After some 2,500 years of dispersion amongst the nations, Israel will again take on her intended role in the world: You are My witnesses says the Lord, And My servant whom I have chosen (Isa 43.10). The Israeli government resides in Jerusalem. Add to this the Hamas objective of replacing the Jewish State with an Islamic caliphate, link, then the two-state solution is clearly impossible! The Bible reveals in the Old Testament that this river destroyed part of Sisera's army (Judges 5:21). The Dead Sea was 46 miles long and 10 miles wide. It marks the north boundary of Israel (Deut. Of that day and hour no man knoweth is not to be taken literally no more than Thanksgiving is a day for literal turkeys (not a good day to be killed and eaten for any turkey). Spies Are Dispatched It had been more than a year since the children of Israel had left Egypt. Are the politicians listening? The Leddan is the largest of the four streams, issuing in several fountains at the foot of the mound Tell el-kady (Dan, or Laish) at an elevation of 505 ft. above the sea. Israel reached the peak of her power some 500 years later under King Solomon. Today it is common to refer to Abrahams descendants, or anyone who practices Judaism as Jews. B5 Tabernacle and High Priest. We need to look to mans future. Israel Is a Light For Other Nations Isa 42:6 . 10. Area A is under full control of the Palestinian Authority, Area B is under Palestinian civil control and shared Palestinian and Israeli security control, and Area C (62% of the West Bank) is under full Israeli control. The picture shows the arrival of Jewish immigrants to Israel in 2007. They fall on the open fields and mountains (Heb har hill country) of Israel and fail to reach Jerusalem (Ezek 38.19). [US Energy Information Administration, Wikimedia Commons], Israels past and future borders. In the succeeding Millennial Age on earth, Israels borders will be firmly established by the God of Israel. Contents. More at https://www.factsaboutisrael.uk/religion-and-state-in-israel/, 1948 israel was not reborn those people in Israel do not have the biblical history of the israelites they did not build the pyramids they do not look like the paintings of israelites in Egypt and they have not been taken into bondage by slave ships as prophesied in Deuteronomy. Did you see it? It is interesting to observe that the boundaries given to Moses as he was about to divide up Canaan for the twelve tribes (Numbers 34) correlate well with the Millennial boundaries given in Ezekiel 47. The government is headed by the Prime Minister, who is elected in nationwide elections for a period of four years, and an elected President who has a largely apolitical ceremonial role. We see this in his attempts to redefine marriage for example, and in his attempts to replace national Israel with the church (Replacement Theology). [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], Wikimedia Commons. 5Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed. That includes the West Bank. Also, Israel is one of the few places in the Middle East where Arab women may vote. I think you need to go and sit in the naughty corner Unless of course you can be an adult and justify your opinion, we know not the time nor the season not even the son only the Father knows. Galilee in the north contained mountains and was lush. King David conquered Jerusalem in 1052 BC and today, in the Old City of Jerusalem (enlarge image), lies the rock (Mount Moriah) where Abraham offered up Isaac for sacrifice to God around 1800 BC (Gen 22.2). A primary reason for the existence of Israel is that she is Gods witness and servant in the world (Isa 43.10). Dave: Yeah, it's interesting. Consequently, it included the land of Canaan (Flavius Josephus, Antiquities I, 7, the Sea of Galilee or the Sea of Gennesaret (Luke 5:1) and the Dead Sea. 3. Man has a choice and Jesus gives a plea to mankind: I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. PLEASE ALL BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST WHO DIED ONCE FOR ALL FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS! Large tracts such as the territories northeast of the Sea of Galilee to the Euphrates River, and the area populated by the Philistines, were never completely ruled over or considered a part of the kingdom. Refreshing breezes blow from its cold heights. Overview and Key. Image: NielsF [CC BY-SA 3.0], Wikimedia. In 1915 there were just 83,000 Jews but this increased to over 6.2 million Jews in 2015. In Genesis 22:1-18 we read how God tested Abraham. He who was seated on the throne said, I am making everything new! Then he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true. Not a single city ever crowned the banks of the Jordan. Source: The Jordan river proper begins at the junction of four streams (the Bareighit, the Hasbany, the Leddan, and the Banias), in the upper part of the plain of Lake Huleh. If we are in the Millennium, the Rapture would have been long time ago. The descendants of Abraham formed a nation (Israel) around 1300 BC after their Exodus from Egypt to Canaan under the leadership of Moses, and in 1004 BC King David established Jerusalem as the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.Joshua 4:8 - And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.1 Samuel 31:7 - And when the men of Israel that [were] on the other side of the valley, and [they] that [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.Joshua 4:10 - For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.Joshua 22:11 - And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.Joshua 12:7 - And these [are] the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel [for] a possession according to their divisions;Ezekiel 47:18 - And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel [by] Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. The Jordan Valley, which follows the Jordan River descending into a gorge which continues to descend into the deepest land trench, 1300 feet below sea level.5 . Relief shown pictorially. See also Israels Borders in International Law. Has there been a change in rainfall? In 1967 the armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon (and later Iraq) attacked Israel, but were defeated in just six days despite the huge Arab superiority in armour, aircraft and troops. Of that day and hour no man knoweth is a Jewish euphemism for Rosh Hashanah. This is the severe persecution of Israel under the final world government and world ruler, link the time of Jacobs trouble (Jer 30.7). Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the [Dead Sea] eastward. Furthermore, the significant sign of Jesus coming is the gospel being preached to all nations (Matt 24:14) and as followers of Jesus he gave us a command to proclaim the Gospel to all nations in the famous great commission in Matthew 28:18-20 (note not a suggestion but a command and if we love Jesus we will obey his commands-John 14:15, 23, 15:16). They aim for a single state a Palestinian state. That left Israel in occupation of the Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, with its frontiers (excluding that of Egypt) still delineated by the 1949 armistice lines. But it does explain everyday experience. Turkey Day..if youre American you think of Thanksgiving because Turkey Day is a euphemism for Thanksgiving. The maps you can download below for free can be purchased in a book form here. As discussed, Israel failed and broke the contract, and so in the New Testament era the contract was offered to Gentiles namely the church. If you are so far stuck in negative thinking that you think God doesn't have a promised land for your life, go back and read Jeremiah 29:11. 4. Filmed on location in Israel, Faith Lessons is a unique video series that brings God's Word to life with astounding relevance. The current land disputes with Israel over the so-called occupied territories will be relatively short-lived. JUST COME HOME! In Egypt God is with Joseph and blesses him. Kind regards The twentieth century saw both the evangelization of the nations and Gods chosen people returning to Israel. This tiny war-ravaged and unpopular nation is predicted to be the ruling power of the future? 2Sa 10:17; 17:22 Thus there were two customary places at which the Jordan was fordable; and it must have been at one of these, if not at both, that baptism was afterward administered by St. John and by the disciples of our Lord. To the thirsty I will give water without cost from the spring of the water of life. 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