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REMOVE ALL

REMOVE ALL

Law and order are essential for the well being of men everywhere. Judicial systems may vary from place to place but they function to make judgments, to keep order and restore order when it is broken. What is criminal may be different from nation to nation. But what nation does not hinder deter crime. What nation does not punish criminals?

A crime is committed. The body is discovered. The evidence is collected. The investigation is conducted. The suspects are identified and one or more arrested. The indictment is brought, the charges are made formal, and the trial begins. The evidence is brought. The witnesses are questioned. The summations are made. The jury is sequestered to make their finding of guilt or innocence. The finding is presented to the judge. The judge validates the judgment. The innocent is set free. For the guilty a sentence is given. 

Why must we go to so much trouble in these matters? To maintain order. To deter crime. Yes. But because the  verdict will require a sentence and the sentence will change the course of a guilty party's life, we take great pains to determine guilt or innocence beyond the shadow of a doubt. 

Doubt.

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διακρίνω

diakrinō

Thayer Definition:

1) to separate, make a distinction, discriminate, to prefer

2) to learn by discrimination, to try, decide

2a) to determine, give judgment, decide a dispute

3) to withdraw from one, desert

4) to separate one’s self in a hostile spirit, to oppose, strive with dispute, contend
5) to be at variance with one’s self, hesitate, doubt

Doubt is a serious problem. Absolute certainty about almost everything seems impossible. Yet...

God is a judge. He is the judge, one could say he is the judge of judges. His judgment is righteous and it is flawless. God is the eyewitness. Men want to remove all doubt. Men do not want to punish the innocent. God does not need to remove doubt because He has none.  And the most amazing thing is that God who judges guilt with 100% precision is the most merciful judge of all.

John 3:17  God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him.

Is this too simplistic? I don't think so. But why is it important? God has revealed himself to man. Do we doubt that this is so? If we do are we not actually calling God a liar? We know God as creator. We know Him as the Truth. The very doubt that Satan whispered into Eve's ear has caused every sin and crime ever committed. "Has God said...?"

Yes. He has said. And we should not doub anything that He said or ever will say.

John 14:6

Jesus replied (to doubting Thomas), "I am the way, the truth and the life. No man can come to the Father except by me."

John 8:31-32 

Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

Matthew 21:21-22 

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

James 1:5-8 

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

God has one plan. Do not doubt it. Go and sin no more.

Ezekiel 18:25-32 (ASV):

25.Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

26. When the righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth therein; in his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

27. Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

28. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

29. Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

30. Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord Jehovah. Return ye, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

31. Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

32. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live

What goin' on...

What's goin' on... The crux of the matter is this: The Jews are GREATLY loved by God because of the faithfulness of their patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and too many more to name here. It is this people, this nation, this family of Israel whom God birthed and shepherded, it is they to whom He gave the Messiah Yeshua (Christ Jesus), to redeem them and save them, and so too, all of the nations who believe Him.

Romans 12:17-19 (ASV)
17 Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, be at peace with all men. 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Paul wrote that around the year 60 AD. But the prophets, [Mat 5:17 Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfil]... the prophets wrote before this, and will we hear them?

Isaiah 34:8 (KJV)
8 For it is the day of the LORD'S vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.

Isaiah 63:4 (KJV)
4 For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

Micah 5:15 (KJV)
15 And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.

We see today enormous pressure put on Israel that they might finally turn to Jesus, their Christ, as their God, Anointed Messiah King, Lord and Savior, something they have resisted for nearly 2000 years. God is moving heaven and earth for the Jews and all mankind. Be sure to be on God's side.

Romans 11:25-36 (ASV)
25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in; 26 and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins. 28 As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of. 30 For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, 31 even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. 32 For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all. 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and unto him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. Amen.
Isaiah 43:1-28 (ASV)
1 But now thus saith Jehovah that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed thee; I have called thee by thy name, thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am Jehovah thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour; I have given Egypt as thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in thy stead. 4 Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life. 5 Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; 6 I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth; 7 every one that is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yea, whom I have made. 8 Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified; or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and I have saved, and I have showed; and there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and I am God. 13 Yea, since the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who can hinder it? 14 Thus saith Jehovah, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. 15 I am Jehovah, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. 16 Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; 17 who bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched as a wick): 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now shall it spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beasts of the field shall honor me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen, 21 the people which I formed for myself, that they might set forth my praise. 22 Yet thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. 23 Thou hast not brought me of thy sheep for burnt-offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not burdened thee with offerings, nor wearied thee with frankincense. 24 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices; but thou hast burdened me with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins. 26 Put me in remembrance; let us plead together: set thou forth thy cause, that thou mayest be justified. 27 Thy first father sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. 28 Therefore I will profane the princes of the sanctuary; and I will make Jacob a curse, and Israel a reviling. Isa 44:1-8 (ASV) 1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant, and Israel, who I have chosen: 2 Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and streams upon the dry ground; I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: 4 and they shall spring up among the grass, as willows by the watercourses. 5 One shall say, I am Jehovah's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto Jehovah, and surname himself by the name of Israel. 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God. 7 And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have I not declared unto thee of old, and showed it? and ye are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? yea, there is no Rock; I know not any.

Proverbs 14:1

 

The land of PROMISE.

The land of PROMISE.

No one can expect heaven without God's free gift. It will matter not at all to those who refuse the gift of eternal life if God gives the land to the Jews or not.  What the future holds for the Jews and the land is God's doing. So what is God up to regarding Israel today? Why the controversy of Zion?  Isa 34:8

The covenant of the land is a guaranteed and unilateral covenant, a gift and a promise that the land will belong to the Jews for 1000 generations. If a generation is only TEN years this promise is enforce for 10,000 years!

“O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance:” (Psa 105:6-11, KJV)

God  does command Abram "walk before me, and be thou perfect." But God does not say "if you do this  I will give you the land of Canaan."  The command precedes the promise and gift of the land.  There is no IF / THEN. God is essentially saying "Do this and I will..."  He is not saying..."If you will do this then I will... " The IF / THEN covenant comes later  via Moses to Israel. Israel was exiled temporarily from the land but restored from Babylon after 70 years. She was exiled in 70 AD because she rejected her Messiah. But this again is not a recinding of the promise  of the land now only around 4000 years old.

“For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.” (Rom 11:15-16, KJV)

No one, Jew or Gentile, will enjoy the gifts and inheritance is given by God to them in except they have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  This is the issue and the resolution of the controversy of Zion (the land) and the Jews cannot be separated. 

No one in heaven's eternal comfort will be unhappy if God keeps his promise of the land to Abraham and his descendants. Hell will likely be eternally bitter over the matter.  Instead of judging Israel's inability to walk today before God blameless we might do well to remember the impossibility of inheriting any gift, promise or reward from God while in the condemnation of unbelief.  John 3:18 -21. 

God did not send Jesus into the world to condemn it but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.” (Rom 1:16-17, KJV)

Make sure your righteousness is of faith trusting God's word and promises. 

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All Day Long

All Day Long

A friend of mine who came to faith as a young adult told me that every Sunday all the churches are mystically joined in unity. That was around 1977 and he was and elder in the small "charismatic" congregation I was part of. He is now a member of an Orthodox congregation. At the time he told me that I was impressed that he was right. But today I have a slightly different viewpoint. 

Around 1989 attending a "pentecostal" congregation I learned a song sung in the Sunday worship services.

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 

Friday,  Saturday and all day Sunday

Ain't it grand to be a Christian, ain't it grand.

It was song with great joy.  But I was disturbed by it. All day Sunday? Not all day Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday?

So my question now is this:  are all the different church congregations and denominations mystically joined only on Sunday? Is Sunday the only day that I'm a Christian all day long? 

“For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known. But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.” (1Co 13:12-13, ASV)  

"contrite"

"contrite"

1. https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=contrite&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1

2. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1792/kjv/wlc/0-1/ 

3. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1793/kjv/wlc/0-1/

4. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1794/kjv/wlc/0-1

5. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h1790/kjv/wlc/0-1/

6. https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h5223/kjv/wlc/0-1/

Attached pics are screen shots from the corresponding 

blueletterbible URLs above.

Pic 1. shows the verses in which the word contrite is used in the KJV via a search on the blueletterbible.org website. 

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Pics 2, 3, 4& 5 show the different Hebrew words translated as contrite. Pic 6 shows the root word for H1792, H1793 and
H1794. Pic 7 from e-Sword

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In Psalm 34:18 we see contrite as H1794. In Isaiah 57:15 we see contrite as both H1793 and H1792. In Isaiah 66:2 contrite is H5223.  I note words seen in the pics: crushed, broken, shattered, smitten and dejected.  Is there a case for "depression" as not being the evil condition we think it is? Sadness, mourning and grief were no stranger to Jesus. He was broken and crushed. 

Pic. 7 is taken from the e-Sword Bible. Notice the word "bruise" is H1792 !   If it pleased the LORD to bruise Jesus could it be that it may please the LORD to bruise me? 

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A final link:
https://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-10.htm

From David Guzik's Commentary on Blue Letter Bible and e-Sword, also phone app called Enduring Word

 Romans 8:17

4. (17) The benefits and responsibilities of being God’s children. In 645

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

a. And if children, then heirs: Because we are in Christ, we have the privilege of relating to the Father as Jesus does. Therefore, we are heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.

i. Being a child of God also means having an inheritance. In Luk 18:18 the rich young ruler asked Jesus, “what must I do to inherit?” But the rich young ruler missed the point because inheritance is not a matter of doing, it is a matter of being - of being in the right family.

b. If indeed we suffer with Him: Because we are in Christ, we are also called to share in His suffering. God’s children are not immune from trials and suffering.

c. If indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together: In fact, our sharing in present suffering is a condition of our future glorification. As far as God is concerned, it is all part of the same package of sonship, no matter how much our flesh may want to have the inheritance and the glory without the suffering.

I am R U?

 

God's Land Promised to the Jews

  God's Land Promised to Israel   

“O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it. And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.” (Psa 105:6-15)

"I will make of thee a great nation..."

"a thousand generations..."

How long is a generation? It is said to be 30 to 40 years, the period of time that elapses between one's birth and the birth of their children. If it is 30 years, God's land is promised to the "great nation" of Abraham, Isaac and Israel for 30,000 years!  

 “Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee: and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing: and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that  thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed. So Abram went, as Jehovah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Shechem, unto the oak of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him. And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.” (Gen 12:1-8)

“Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom. Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly. And Jehovah said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward: for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then may thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it. And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.” (Gen 13:12-18)

“After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house in mine heir. And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness. And he said unto him, I am Jehovah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? And he said unto him, Take me a heifer three years old, and a she-goat three years old, and a ram three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not. And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him. And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full. And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces. In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.” (Gen 15:1-21)

“And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.” (Gen 17:1-8)

“And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. And Jehovah appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.” (Gen 26:1-5)

“And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. And he dreamed; and behold, a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it. And, behold, Jehovah stood above it, and said, I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;” (Gen 28:10-13)

“And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.” (Gen 35:9-12)

“All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus it was with all these cities. So Jehovah gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not aught of any good thing which Jehovah had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.” (Jos 21:41-45)

“O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth. He hath remembered his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; When they were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it. And they went about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.” (Psa 105:6-15)