MEMBER BLOG TAG: abraham
| Tuesday, April 21, 2009 11:15AM | | | | Not the "Promised" Land | Tags: Shlomo Sand, Palestine, Israel, Abraham, covenant
| | | | Although popularly know as the “promised” land, Palestine is more accurately described as the “covenant” land (Gen. 12:1-4, 13; 15:18; 17:1-14, Ex. 23:31-33). A promise is giving one’s word that one will do, give or accept something. A covenant is an agreement between at least two persons, each promising to do, give or accept something. Yahweh will be their God if they will be his people. The promise is always conditional. God promised a land to Abraham and his descendants on certain conditions including, in the covenant with Moses, to make no treaties with neighbors and no intermarriage. If Abraham’s children did those things the covenant was broken (Lev. 18: 24-28).
Eventually Israel was divided into the Northern Kingdom (Israel) and Southern Kingdom (Judah). Israel was... | | | | | |
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