Abram The Promised Land

The books of both Joshua and Judges provide an oversight into conquest and occupation of the Promised Land. Initially, when God promised Abraham land for he and his descendants it seems all that is required of the Israelites is to comply with the covenant (Tullock & McEntire, 2012, p. 96).

About 500 years after the death of Abraham, his descendants through Isaac were living in Egypt as slaves. Genesis 37 to 50 tells the story of how this came about. The 10 oldest sons of Abraham's grandson Jacob disliked their younger brother Joseph so much that they found a way to sell him to traders who in turn sold him to an Egyptian officer as a slave. In his new land, Joseph went through a series of ups and downs and eventually became the prime minister of Egypt, the highest official under the king. God enabled Joseph to foresee an approaching time of famine, and used him to store up food and then distribute it during the famine. His political position made it possible for him to settle his father's family in Egypt's most fertile territory. Here they prospered for many years. However, the time came when the leaders of Egypt began to view the rapidly growing Israelite community as a threat. As a result, they made slaves of the Israelites, treating them with ever-increasing harshness. Finally, desperate because the descendants of Jacob continued to multiply, they issued an order that all their male babies be destroyed at birth. The first 12 chapters of Exodus tell the story of how the Lord responded to the cries of His people. He miraculously provided Moses to be their leader, sent 10 plagues on the Egyptians, helped the Israelites celebrate their first Passover, and led them out of the land of bondage. It appears that as they left for Canaan, they had no

Abraham's son, Isaac had a son, Jacob, also known as Israel. In this way the descendants of Abraham came to be known as the Israelites. God promised the Israelites he would care for them as long as they obeyed God's laws.

A promise of land to Abraham. A look at the expanse of the land blessing, from God`s call to Abraham. Emphasis is placed on the amount of land and how for how long Abraham would receive it. Genesis 13:16- I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone could count the dust, then your

This theme is particular important in the passage of the Covenant with Abram. The deity said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites” (Genesis 15:18-21). These were the words of the Covenant, a promise that all of Abraham’s descendants would be well taken care of and given a great amount of land. This was the great reward that the deity had told Abraham about. Abraham was worried that any reward would be worthless since he had to children of his own.

Moses: Israel is the promised homeland for the Jewish. Jerusalem in, particular, has the Temple Mount there that used to be two Jewish temples. The Holy land is the land that our faith was born, it is not strange that it is important to us.

God gave this land to Israel, the land He had promised their ancestors. They took possession of this land and also went to live there. God gave the Israelites rest on all sides. None of their enemies survived. All of God’s promises to Israel were fulfilled.

The covenant was the Moses’ people will follow the 10 Commandments and they would be God’s ‘Chosen people’, will protect and look after them. Give them water, food ext. God also said that he will give them the Promised Land.

God brought Abraham and his family to the land of Canaan. He protected Sarah from the Pharoh of Egypt. He fulfilled his promise to give Sarah a son, despite her age, who He would build his covenant through. God answered Abraham’s prayers to spare Lot from the destruction which overtook Sodom and Gomorrah. In asking Abraham to sacrifice his heir, and beloved son, Isaac, God asked Abraham to give back to Him the greatest blessing God had given to Abraham. God rescued Isaac, and from Abraham’s decision of obedience and surrender, God declared that He would indeed make Abraham the father of many nations! God chose to make a covenant with the family of Abraham. The need for a direct descendant such as Isaac to carry this covenant onto future generations was essential to the narrative of the Old Testament, and laid the foundation for Christ to come and become the Savior of Israel for all

Abraham was chosen and given the land of Canaan as an inheritance for his offspring (Genesis 17:8; Deuteronomy 7:7-8; 1 chronicles 16:16-22, 26; Acts 7:5, 7; Hebrews 11:8-9). After the Israelites descendant of Abraham have serve Africa Egypt for 400 years with hard labor, before

Moses, born as an “Israelite” and raised as an Egyptian, leads them out of Egypt and back to Canaan, in 1446BC. On their way back to Canaan, which takes 40 years the “Israelites” receive from God through Moses the Ten Commandments, Code of the Covenant, the Levitical Laws and construct a Tabernacle.

The Abrahamic covenant is God’s assurance to make Abraham’s name great, but eventually make His name greater. The main promises associated with the Abrahamic covenant are “I will give all these lands”, “I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky”, and “through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed” (Niehaus, 251-52). This covenant was significant

The concept of land in the Old Testament is of extreme importance and constantly mentioned throughout the various books in the scripture. It is quite shocking the way we view land today compared to the way that it is explained by God in the scripture. While man may have various misconceptions about land, even about how land is portrayed in the Old Testament, it is God who dictates to man regarding this subject. Three important facets of land that are portrayed in the Old Testament are that land is an inheritance, land is to be shared with all of humanity, and land can be both a gift and a curse depending on the ability of the people to follow God’s commandments.

There are three main covenants in the Old Testament. The first covenant is the Abrahamic Covenant. God promised Abraham that he would be the father of a great nation (Genesis 12:2). God also promised him the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:7; 17:8), He

Taking the Promised land was a fulfillment of the promise that the Israelites spent forty years yearning for. The book of Joshua describes the time the Joshua takes over leadership of the Israelites after Moses has died, “Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them” (Joshua 1:6 NIV) He leads them across the Jordan river and begins seven years of conquest and seven years of settlement in the Promised land. During this time, the Israelites rained down judgment and defeat more than thirty kings. This time, would be one of the best times to live in compared to being in exile