The question of who owns the land of Israel has been around for a very long time. However, when we study Genesis 15 we see our Lord God establishing His unconditional covenant with Abraham and his descendants. Genesis 15:18 says, "On the same day The Lord made a covenant with Abraham, saying 'to your descendants I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates.'"
Our Lord God gave the land from the "River of Egypt to the River Euphrates" to Abraham and his descendants through the lineage of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob or current day Jews. They have never occupied all this land but it is believed they will during the thousand year reign of Jesus Christ. Here is the question for this weeks message - Could This Happen Sooner?
The year 2017 is a Jubilee Year for the Jewish people. God instructed His people every 50th year to return land to its original owner. {Leviticus 25:8-10} Jews could mortgage land but on the first day of the 50th year of Jubilee it went back to its original owner.
Well, you might be thinking how could this possibly apply to Israel today? We need to look at some God directed events happening in the past where either the establishment of Israel was planned or the land expanded. In 1917, a Jubilee Year, our Lord God directed the British people through the Balfour Declaration to plan on returning the promised land to the Jewish people. Exactly 50 years later in 1967, a Jubilee Year, our Lord God returned East Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to Israel after what is known as the Six Day War.
All of this raises a very intriguing question! Is the year 2017, a Jubilee Year, another one when our Lord God will return portions of the Middle East to its original owners, the Jewish people? After all, large portions of the Middle East are part of the gift of land to God's covenant people in Genesis 15:18.
As Always, Be Prayerful And See What Our Lord Will Do!
May The Lord Bless You And Keep You This Day And Every Day,
Frank
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