Who’s Land Is It?

Lev 25:23
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

Lev 25:1-2
And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

At least 60 times in the Covenant Book of Deuteronomy God speaks to the young nation of Jews to go in and posses The Land that God has given to them!

God’s covenant with the Jews is predicated upon "The Land.” The sign of the Promise is The Land! God has given The Land as a sign of His promise to Abraham.

The Land is so important that God’s promise fails if The Land isn’t in the hands of the Jews!

1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

Gen 12:7
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Gen 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.

Gen 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:

Gen 26:3
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

Gen 28:15
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

Moses prayed unto the Lord God and said;

Ex 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

The total promised Land Border: Numbers 34:1-13

God said the Jews would be dispersed for a time.

Ezekiel said the Jews would be dispersed into all the nations and The Land would be desolate.

  • The worldwide dispersion began in the year A.D. 70 when the Temple was destroyed.
  • No one knew at that time how long the destruction would last.
  • In 136, the Roman army crushed a second revolt. This time Jerusalem was totally destroyed, at least a half a million Jews were killed, and the rest were sold into slavery. Rome changed the name of the area to Philestina.

This is where the modern name Palestine originated. The land of Palestine has always referred to the Jews! The warning and discipline of God was fulfilled. The Nation was destroyed and the Jews were scattered into all the world.

The destruction of the Nation remained for century after century with no end in sight. Empire after empire ruled the area, but there was always a small remnant of Jews living on The Land and especially in Jerusalem.