It was raining and the traffic was on the go as I returned from our weeekly Bible study and prayer breakfast. Most of us in the meeting are retired and not out trying to earn money to buy property or to acquire a retirement nest egg. We gather to praise the Lord, to have a Bible lesson and for prayer. We are looking forward to the dwelling place that Jesus is making for us.
When radio was our entertainmernt I remember sitting on the floor as a boy listening to a very interesting radio program entitled "Favorite Story." One progtam I remember was of a man who was to be given all the land that he could walk around in one day. He started out early in the morning walking and running to encompass as much land as he could walk around before sunset. He was greedy and ambitious. As the story continues it is almost sundown and the man is returning to his starting place. A nartrator finishes the story. "The only land this man will need is six feet". (He was dead.)
Abraham was given great wealth and covenant promises from the LORD. The Covenant was unconditional, He was promises a multitude of descendants and he was promised land, the promised land of Israel.
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:
Abraham himself never had yet acquired the promised land. The only land that he had in the land that is now called Israel, was a burial place. Just how much land did God promise to Abraham and Israel?
You can see by the map showing the boundries that Israel is to have a much larger area of land than it currently holds. When you see politicians trying to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel, they usual ask them to give up land. God gave them the land and his word is not broken.
2 comments:
Amen.
Awesome!
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