The “promised land” as far as the believer is concerned, is the Kingdom of God on earth, with Jesus reigning from Jerusalem (Luke 1:32-33) with the help of his immortalised followers – the saints or believers. (Rev 5:10) This is the gospel or good news of which we read, in Acts 8:12 – the good news of [...]
Answers about Israel
The following nations are mentioned in the Bible as either to be driven out of the Promised Land by God or by the Israelites: Amorites Hittites Perizzites Canaanites Hivites Jebusites Girgashite See, e.g., Ex. 23:23; Deut. 7:1. Other territory and nations are mentioned in Joshua 13:2-6 (including the Philistines and the Sidonians). As it happens, [...]
When God brought Israel out of Egypt, he said that they would be a treasure and a holy nation to him, though only if they obeyed him (Exo 19:4-6). However, he still treated them as his chosen nation and made appeals to them which he did not make to the nations around. After they returned [...]
The star of David is not mentioned in the Bible. It seems that it began to be used as a symbol of Israel sometime during the middle ages. It was suggested as early as the 12th century that the star signifies the number seven (six points plus the centre). See the Wikipedia article Star of [...]
The meaning of the word “Jew” has changed over time, and we need to be careful in applying the meaning from one period to a passage written at a different period. Up until the exile, “Jew” meant somebody from the tribe of Judah. There are hardly any occurrences of this in Scripture; one exception is [...]
In this passage, Jesus was visiting Nazareth, the place where he had grown up. Everyone knew who he was and who his family was, and so they were amazed at how well he spoke. However, it seems they also expected him to do some powerful miracles to show that he really was important, and [...]
No. Part of the basis of salvation is faith in the Lord Jesus (John 3:16; Acts 4:12) so, to be saved, people — including Israelites — need to believe in him and what God did through him. Rom. 9:30-10:21 talks about this in some detail. (Also see, ‘Will God save Israelites simply because they are [...]
The following chart (from my book The Times: a Chronology of the Bible) shows some of the major events during this period and shows the period that Israel was in Egypt from 1656 BC to 1446 BC, or 210 years. Some of the evidence for these dates is given below. The date of the Exodus [...]
There’s no question that God could’ve destroyed the Canaanites directly. Some of the methods by which God destroyed people directly in the Bible: The ground swallowed them (Num 16:31-32) Plague (Exodus 32 : 35) Snakes (Num 21: 6) Kill directly (Num 8:17, Acts 5:5-10) But he chose not to do this to the Canaanites, in [...]
The person who asked this question also wrote: It is so hard to believe that if someone’s Grandfather was a wicked man, God would punish his grandchildren who love God. I do believe in the consequences of sin, but does God punish our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren for our sins? Well, God does say that [...]
