![]() God’s covenant with David was that his line would never die out and that David’s heir would sit on the throne of Israel forever (2 Samuel 7:16). The current Israeli state may be a step in this direction, but they still do not possess the boundaries God laid out. In addition, the covenant God made with Abraham was that he and his descendants would have the land forever (Genesis 13:15 17:8 Ezekiel 16:60). Although he did reign from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates, he did not hold the area from Mount Hor to Hazarenan (Numbers 34:7–9)-into present-day Lebanon and Syria. Not even Solomon ruled over this particular area (1 Kings 4:21–24). But Israel has never possessed the specific boundaries that God promised in Genesis 15:18–20 and Numbers 34:1-12. Several hundred years after Abraham, Joshua led the Israelites to claim ownership of the Promised Land. ![]() God has already fulfilled the personal aspects of the Abrahamic Covenant Abraham did go to the Promised Land, he did have many descendants, and he is the forefather of many nations. The Palestinian Covenant, also called the Land Covenant (Deuteronomy 30:1-10) ![]()
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