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promise. He allowed old Abraham to have children who would become the Jewish people who would dwell in the land of Israel and produce a special seed, a Messiah.
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed . He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed ,” that is, Christ (Gal. 3:16).
Supernatural Proof
Israel is the Promised Land because it is — you guessed it — land promised by God. If you want supernatural proof that God exists, consider the Jewish people and the land of Israel.
In a.d. 135, the Romans booted the Jews out of the land of Israel. The Jews did not return to live in the Promised Land until 1948. For 18 centuries, the Jews were without a homeland, yet they remained a people. No nation has ever survived without a homeland for more than a few generations. It is a miracle that the Jews remained a people for over eighteen hundred years as a disbursed people. That is a good old-fashioned miracle.
Have you ever met a Hittite, Girgashite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite, or Jebusite? Nope. Those nations disappeared when they were invaded and lost control of their land. Yet the Jews remain a people despite the fact that they were without a homeland for centuries. Why? Because God promised Abraham that there would always be a land, nation and a seed.
Making Babies
God gave Abraham this three-fold promise despite the fact that Abraham was beyond childbearing years and the land was occupied by pagan nations. God was faithful to His word and miraculously gave Abraham a son (Isaac) who had a son (Jacob) who had 12 sons, including a boy named Donny Osmond, aka, Joseph.
Joseph’s 11 brothers were a tad jealous of their braggart brother and they dumped him into a well and told their dear ol’ dad (Jacob) that Joseph, his favorite, was dead. With brothers like that, who needs sisters?
Joseph was rescued out of the well and brought to Egypt where he was tossed into a jail, interpreted some dreams and became Pharaoh’s right-hand man. Because of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams, he informed Pharaoh that a famine was on the way and he encouraged the Grand Poobah to store up grain for the coming food shortage. Pharaoh thought Joseph was pretty nifty, so he made the Dream Interpreter his right-hand man.
In the meantime, the famine hit the land where Joseph’s brothers were living and they skedaddled to Egypt to find some food. Surprise — they appeared before their brother, Joseph, and a tearful reunion ensued.
The brothers stayed in Egypt with Joseph and got busy making babies. Lots and lots of babies. No, seriously, like, homeschool family amounts of babies. As the years rolled on, Joseph, the brothers, and the friendly pharaoh died, leaving the Jewish people in Egypt under a not-so-nice pharaoh who enslaved them.
That is how the Jews ended up as slaves in Egypt for four hundred years. For the next four centuries the Jews worked and multiplied. A lot.
The next time you hear someone complain about the minimum wage, just remind them of the Jewish wages in Egypt: nothing. Four centuries of harsh labor, squalid conditions, and frustration. The heart cry of the enslaved Jews had to have been, “When will God make good on His covenant promise to Abraham and give us a land?”
Finally, God sent the Jews a deliverer named Charlton Heston who led the children of Israel into the Promised Land.
Unfortunately, the journey was a bit of a nightmare. The Jews had a tendency to complain about their circumstances and they lacked faith that God would indeed bring them to the Promised Land. That brings us to the wilderness and a jaw-dropping courtroom drama.
A Wilderness Courtroom Drama
The Jews just crossed through the Red Sea, courtesy of a pretty impressive miracle. God parted the water and brought the Jews through the sea while drowning the bad guys. Top that, Hollywood!
Then
Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed . He does not say, “And to seeds,” as referring to many, but rather to one, “And to your seed ,” that is, Christ (Gal. 3:16).
Supernatural Proof
Israel is the Promised Land because it is — you guessed it — land promised by God. If you want supernatural proof that God exists, consider the Jewish people and the land of Israel.
In a.d. 135, the Romans booted the Jews out of the land of Israel. The Jews did not return to live in the Promised Land until 1948. For 18 centuries, the Jews were without a homeland, yet they remained a people. No nation has ever survived without a homeland for more than a few generations. It is a miracle that the Jews remained a people for over eighteen hundred years as a disbursed people. That is a good old-fashioned miracle.
Have you ever met a Hittite, Girgashite, Amorite, Canaanite, Perizzite, Hivite, or Jebusite? Nope. Those nations disappeared when they were invaded and lost control of their land. Yet the Jews remain a people despite the fact that they were without a homeland for centuries. Why? Because God promised Abraham that there would always be a land, nation and a seed.
Making Babies
God gave Abraham this three-fold promise despite the fact that Abraham was beyond childbearing years and the land was occupied by pagan nations. God was faithful to His word and miraculously gave Abraham a son (Isaac) who had a son (Jacob) who had 12 sons, including a boy named Donny Osmond, aka, Joseph.
Joseph’s 11 brothers were a tad jealous of their braggart brother and they dumped him into a well and told their dear ol’ dad (Jacob) that Joseph, his favorite, was dead. With brothers like that, who needs sisters?
Joseph was rescued out of the well and brought to Egypt where he was tossed into a jail, interpreted some dreams and became Pharaoh’s right-hand man. Because of Joseph’s ability to interpret dreams, he informed Pharaoh that a famine was on the way and he encouraged the Grand Poobah to store up grain for the coming food shortage. Pharaoh thought Joseph was pretty nifty, so he made the Dream Interpreter his right-hand man.
In the meantime, the famine hit the land where Joseph’s brothers were living and they skedaddled to Egypt to find some food. Surprise — they appeared before their brother, Joseph, and a tearful reunion ensued.
The brothers stayed in Egypt with Joseph and got busy making babies. Lots and lots of babies. No, seriously, like, homeschool family amounts of babies. As the years rolled on, Joseph, the brothers, and the friendly pharaoh died, leaving the Jewish people in Egypt under a not-so-nice pharaoh who enslaved them.
That is how the Jews ended up as slaves in Egypt for four hundred years. For the next four centuries the Jews worked and multiplied. A lot.
The next time you hear someone complain about the minimum wage, just remind them of the Jewish wages in Egypt: nothing. Four centuries of harsh labor, squalid conditions, and frustration. The heart cry of the enslaved Jews had to have been, “When will God make good on His covenant promise to Abraham and give us a land?”
Finally, God sent the Jews a deliverer named Charlton Heston who led the children of Israel into the Promised Land.
Unfortunately, the journey was a bit of a nightmare. The Jews had a tendency to complain about their circumstances and they lacked faith that God would indeed bring them to the Promised Land. That brings us to the wilderness and a jaw-dropping courtroom drama.
A Wilderness Courtroom Drama
The Jews just crossed through the Red Sea, courtesy of a pretty impressive miracle. God parted the water and brought the Jews through the sea while drowning the bad guys. Top that, Hollywood!
Then
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