Whose Land Is It?
First of all, let's establish whose planet this is:
* "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."
Genesis 1:1
* "The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein."
Psalms 24:1
And it's quoted and repeated in the New Testament:
* "The earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness."
1st Corinthians 10:26
The Lord then claims ownership of the land of Israel:
* "So you shall know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion MY Holy Mountain. Then Jerusalem shall be holy, and no aliens shall ever pass through her again."
Joel 3:17
* "For on MY Holy Mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me…"
Ezekiel 20:40
* "For behold, in those days and at that time, when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of MY people, my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up my land."Joel 3:1-2
* "Yet I have set my King on MY Holy Hill of Zion."
Psalms 2:6
* "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all MY Holy Mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
Isaiah 11:9
To Whom Did God Give The Land Of Israel?
To Abraham
* "On that day the Lord made a COVENANT with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates."
Genesis 15:18
* "And I will establish my COVENANT between me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, ALL THE LAND OF CANAAN as an EVERLASTING possession; and I will be their God."
Genesis 17:7-8
Then to Abraham’s son Isaac:
* "And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and thou shalt call his name ISAAC; and I will establish my covenant with him for an EVERLASTING COVENANT, and with his seed after him."Genesis 17:19
* "But I will establish my covenant with ISAAC, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this season next year."
Genesis 17:21
* "...for IN ISAAC SHALL YOUR SEED BE CALLED."Genesis 21:12
And then to Isaac's son Jacob:
* "Remember his marvelous works which He has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth, O seed of Abraham his servant, you children of JACOB, his chosen ones!"
1st Chronicles 16:12-13
* "Then Jacob said to Joseph: 'God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, and said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people, and give this land TO YOUR DESCENDANTS after you as an everlasting possession.'”
Genesis 48:3-4
He Repeats To Make It Clear:
* "O seed of Abraham His servant, You children of JACOB, his chosen ones! He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant which he made with ABRAHAM, and his oath to ISAAC, and confirmed it to JACOB for a statute, to ISRAEL for an everlasting covenant, saying, 'To you I will give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance…'”
Psalms 105:6-11
Jacob's Name Changed To Israel:
* And He said, "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel...
Genesis 32:28
God Told Moses His Covenant Is With Israel:
* "Then the Lord spoke to Moses that very same day, saying: 'Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL as a possession…'”
Deuteronomy 32:48-49
The Borders of The Covenant Land:
* "On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates."
Genesis 15:18