Meditations

Open line program on March 4, 2023 hour 2.

Listener:

Good morning Michael, thank you for taking my call. About the land that God promised Abraham and his descendants, when are they going to possess that land and will they possess that land throughout eternity?

Michael Rydelnik:

Well, first of all, they possess it right now, but not all of it. When we read in Genesis 15, the land promise there and you see the boundaries, it start from Wadi El-Arish called the river of Egypt, in the northern part of the Sinai Peninsula, just south of the land, and it continues all the way up through Lebanon, Syria up until you get the river Euphrates, in Iraq and so ultimately, the land will be much larger but right now, God has granted the title deed of the land of Israel to the people of Israel and as a result they are in that land right now, every time God brings it back, it’s under His sovereign will, He is the one who has granted the land to the Jewish people, ok?

Listener:

Ok but I was wondering when is Israel going to get the rest of it, the remaining land.

Michael Rydelnik:

When Jesus returns, He’s going to establish His kingdom and that’s what their boundaries will be. One day in the future, ok?

Listener:

Thank you!

Genesis 15

¹⁸ On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying:

“To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— ¹⁹ the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, ²⁰ the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, ²¹ the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.” -nkjv

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:

¹⁹ The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

²⁰ And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

²¹ And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. -kjv

¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,

“To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹ the land of the Kenite, the Kenizzite, the Kadmonite, ²⁰ the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Rephaim, ²¹ the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.” -nasb

¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— ¹⁹ the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, ²⁰ Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, ²¹ Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” -niv

Note:

This is the view of the Dispensationalist.