Scripture is very clear that they – Israel, are God’s chosen people and they are the ones God bound Himself by covenant promise. Three thousand, seven hundred years ago God promised Abraham favor and blessing. God promised to multiply his offspring and to make him a great nation with a great name, Most importantly, by God’s own covenant promise He gave Abraham the territorial rights to a very specific region of land. This land was given to Abraham and his offspring by God – and Abraham and his descendants have occupied the land in some form or another – they have been there since God delivered it to their hands. What if you left your house for a month – when you came back someone else had moved and now said the home belonged to them. Whose house, whose land is it?
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Why is Israel Important to the World?
As tensions escalate, many are asking “why is Israel is important to the world”. There are centuries old keys that unlock this ancient mystery. It starts with this Bible verse in the Book of Genesis:
“On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”
Genesis 15:18-21 ESV