All the land between the two red lines is God’s land promised to Israel…
Moses speaks to Israel about what God instructed him to say, “…you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has CHOSEN YOU to be a people for Himself, a SPECIAL TREASURE ABOVE ALL THE PEOPLES who are on the face of the earth.” (Deut. 14:2)
Why did God choose Israel? “For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has CHOSEN YOU to be a people for Himself, a SPECIAL TREASURE above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you BECAUSE YOU WERE MORE IN NUMBER than any other people, for you were the LEAST OF ALL PEOPLES; but BECAUSE THE LORD LOVES YOU, and because He would KEEP THE OATH which He swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. “Therefore know that the LORD your God, HE IS GOD, THE FAITHFUL GOD WHO KEEPS COVENANT AND MERCY FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS with those who love Him and keep His commandments…” (Deut. 7:6-9)
Abraham was extremely faithful to God, remember he took his knife and was about to slay his son Isaac, (Gen 22:1-10) God said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that YOU FEAR GOD, since YOU HAVE NOT WITHHELD YOUR SON, your only son, from Me…the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, and said: “By Myself I HAVE SWORN, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— (#1) blessing I WILL BLESS YOU, and (#2) multiplying I WILL MULTIPLY YOUR DESCENDANTS as the stars of the heaven and the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants SHALL POSSESS the gate of their enemies.” (Gen. 22:12, 15-17) It says in Hebrews, that by “TWO IMMUTABLE THINGS (#1&2), in which it is IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.” (Heb. 6:18)
God gave this promise to Isaac, “Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I GIVE ALL THESE LANDS (From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates), and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will GIVE TO YOUR DESCENDANTS ALL THESE LANDS; and IN YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED; because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge…” (Gen. 26:3-5)
-Bill Stockham