Did God promise His people land?

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What’s Your Question? for Sept. 15, 2010

God promised Abram’s descendants a land (Gen. 12:1; 15:7). Joshua said He gave all the land He promised (Josh. 21:43-45). Moses gave Israel three cities of refuge and said if God gave them all the land He promised to add three more (Dt. 19:1-10), which Joshua did (Josh. 20:7-9). Nehemiah said God performed His words because He is righteous (Neh. 9:7,8). Joshua said they would be removed from the land if they transgressed God’s covenant (Josh. 23:15,16). Their return to the land was conditioned upon obeying the Law of Moses (Dt. 30:9,10; Neh. 1:8,9). God’s special people today are those in Christ. The Old Law passed away, and the New abolished distinctions between Jew and Gentile (Eph. 2:11-16). Our blessings are in Christ, not in a special nation or land. “He is a Jew who is one inwardly” (Rom. 2:28,29).