- God is in the process of getting back all of His Promised Land.
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Genesis 26:2–3. And the Lord appeared to [Abraham] and said . . . “Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and your offspring* I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham, your father.
- From the biblical promise God made in Genesis 17:8 and Exodus 3:8 to give the land of Canaan to Abraham and his descendants. God, your God, will restore everything you lost; he’ll have compassion on you; he’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered and bring you back to the land your ancestors once possessed. It will be yours again.
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Isaiah 42:4. He will not falter or lose heart until justice prevails throughout the earth. Even distant lands beyond the sea will wait for his instruction.
- Get back, Israel, get back to where you once belonged, in the Promised Land.
- God’s Biblical promises to the Jews:
- God’s promise to Israel was first laid out in Genesis 12:1-3).
- The Abrahamic Covenant. God and Abraham entered a covenant in which God promised many descendants, a blessed nation, and a Promised Land. (first laid out in Genesis 12:1-3).
- The Mosaic Covenant: See Exodus 19 and 24. This is the covenant God established with the people of Israel at Mt. Sinai after he led them out of Egyptian slavery. With it, God supplies the Law meant to govern and shape the people of Israel in the Promised Land.
- The Davidic Covenant. Two Samuel Seven. This is the covenant where God promises a descendant of David to reign on the throne over the people of God.
- The New Covenant. Throughout the Scriptures, God indicates He will prosper the people of Israel: “The LORD remembers us and will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel” (Psalm 115:12).
- Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22:14-23. Jeremiah’s promise of rescue and renewal of the exiled people of God in Babylon.
- God’s final promise to Israel is found in Exodus 6:7, “I will take you as my people, and I will be your God.
- God also promises that the Messiah will come out of Israel, out of the kingly Davidic line. (Isaiah 11:1, Genesis 3:5, Isaiah 7:14).
- . Gentiles are welcomed into the family of God through faith in Jesus. (Matthew 8:5-13). To the Jews, the message was that Gentiles were now included among the people of God, and fellowship with your ethnicity does not give you a preferred status before God. The wall of Gentile exclusion has been torn down. Since God has accepted the Gentiles, you should, too.
- Romans 10:9-10. “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”