Where should the borders of the State of Israel be? What is it entitled to or does it believe it is entitled to? A hot topic. Just as the Palestinians are 100 percent convinced that the Jews will destroy the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount as soon as they get the chance (and then build their own temple there), so are the political leaders in the Middle East convinced that the Jews want to push the boundaries until Israel encompasses all of Greater Israel. The Israeli politicians can shout out loud that that is nonsense, but the Arabs do not believe that.
God’s Land
About four thousand years ago, the Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, promised the territory of the State of Israel to Patriarch Abraham and his descendants as an “everlasting possession”, even under oath. Through his sons Isaac and Jacob, this land promise continues until the present time. Abraham had other sons, such as his eldest son, Ishmael, from whom the Arabs descend. They call themselves Adnanites, after Ishmael’s grandson. Arabs include those who call themselves Palestinians. The Arabs today own a much larger tract of land than the Jews plus an enormous amount of oil and other riches, but the patch of land called Israel is begrudged.
This article firstly outlines how God expresses himself time and again in the Bible about His connectedness with the ‘land’, in fact God’s land. The rest of the world belongs to the nations, but this belongs exclusively to God. From here his plan of redemption is being accomplished. God’s kingdom begins as a small stone, but according to Daniel’s prophecy, and will become a mountain that encompasses the entire earth. (Dan. 2:32-35)
