The land of Israel
The land of Israel
Writter: Evangelos D. Kepenes (April 2, 2022, 20:10)
The land of promise
The Lord said to Abram “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.” (Gen. 12:1-2, 7, Acts. ch. 7)
When God brought Abraham's biological descendants to the land of promise, He set the boundaries of their abode and said to them:
“This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.” (Num. 34:12b)
God warned them many times:
"You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the people of Israel.” (Num. 35:34)
“O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord…” (Jer. 22:29)
But they disobeyed and went astray
“And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and its good things. But when you came in, you defiled my land and made my heritage an abomination. The priests did not say, ‘Where is the Lord? Those who handle the law did not know me; the shepherds transgressed against me; the prophets prophesied by Baal and went after things that do not profit.» (Jer. 2:7-8, 3:2)
So wrath gone out from the Lord
“At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged […] And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land .” (B’ Kings 24:14-15)
“And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.” (Ez. 12:19)
“Declare in Judah, and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, “blow the trumpet through the land; cry aloud and say, ‘Assemble, and let us go into the fortified cities.” (Jer. 4:5)
"Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.” (Jer. 6:19)
The book of Revelation refers to the destruction, burning, of Jerusalem and its Temple and the desolation of the Land of Israel.
“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his Son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”’ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized His servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and He sent His troops and destroyed those murderers and burned thier city." (Mat. 22:2-7)
“For in one hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off, and cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying, what city is like the Great City? And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, wherein were made rich all that had their ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.” (Rev. 18:17-19)
“Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride: for the land shall become a waste.” (Jer. 7:34, Rev. 18:23)
Conclusion
When God spoke eschatologically to Israel, with His Prophets, he had as reference the biological descendants of Abraham in whom there was no faith and the Land of Israel / the Holy Land / the Land of God and not all the dry land or all the world, as misinterpreted by the Religious people.
“And Iacob called for his sonnes, and sayde: Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes.” (Gen. 49:1 Bishops)
“For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.” (Deut. 31:29 Tanakh 1917)
“And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.” (Deut. 32:20)
Religious beliefs about the end of time, the destruction of the world, along with the reappearance of the historical Antichrist, but also the scientific eschatology for the death of the sun, are based on the ancient religions, the predictions of Phoebus Apollo, the Maya, Nostradamus and are anti-biblical.
Also the testimony in 130 AD of the "Christian" apologist and philosopher Justin, that God was delaying the end of the world because he wanted "Christianity" to become a world religion, is ridiculous and inherent position with Islam and the New world order