Continuing the thought from post 41 on Ezk 37
Next Promise : They shall dwell in the Land given unto Jacob forever !
Ezk 37:25
25And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.
What Land is this ? Is this the piece of dirt over in the middle east ? No its not. This is the land that God promised Abraham of which Isaac and Jacob were heirs of the same promise !
Heb 11:8-10
8By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9By faith
he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
The Land these Heirs looked for was a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God, not men..
Also about this land we read in
Heb 11:13-16
13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off[by Faith], and were persuaded of them, and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
16But now they desire a better country,
that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
The Land was a heavenly Land, not of this earth..It was the possession of the everlasting Canaan
Gen 17:8
8And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee,
the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
This is the Eternal state here
Matt 8:11
11And I say unto you,
That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
Yes, the Land is the Kingdom of heaven. Many from the east and west shall sit down with them. Thats because they too shall be gathered from the east and the west as predicted here:
Ezk 37:21
21And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold,
I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Every side denotes the east and the west too..
Isa 43:5
Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring
thy seed from
the east, and gather thee from the west;
Gal 3:29
29And
if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Those who belong to Christ are heirs of the same promise that Abraham, Issac and Jacob was here
Heb 11:9
9By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles
with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
The Land is the Kingdom of Heaven, not palestine in the middle east..
Now can this apply to believers in Christ, the seed of Abraham ? Yes it can and it does..