The Land Belongs to Israel



Genesis 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.

Genesis 13:15
"For all the Land which thou seest to thee will I give it and to thy seed forever."

Genesis 17:8
"And I will give unto thee and thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession and I will be their God."

Joshua 1:6
"Be strong and of a good courage, for unto this people shall thou divide for an inheritance the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them."

Judges 2:1
"And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim and siad, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brough you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you."

Genesis 15:7
"I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees to give thee this land to inherit it" v18: "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..

Genesis 28:4
"And {[God] give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham." (to Jacob)

Genesis 26:3,4
"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; 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven and will give unto thy seed all these countries: and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;.

Zechariah 2:12
"And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again..
FOOTNOTES

  • All quotes from The Holy Scriptures: King James Version
  • 1Photo Credit #1: www.photoatlas.com (Altavista Image Search)
  • 2Photo Credit #2: www.imagesoftheworld.com (Altavista Image Search)
  • 3Photo Credit #3: www.imagesoftheworld.com (Altavista Image Search)
  • 4,5Photo Credit #4,5: Photos of Mt. Meron and Carmel by K.
  • 6Helphand helphand@oregon.uoregon.edu Found on:
  • 7:http://home.rc.edu/students/lrowe/Luke/Israel.html