And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
The words belong to Paul's Sabbath sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, spoken after the reading of the law and the prophets when the rulers of the synagogue invited a word of exhortation. There he reviewed the history of how the Lord had dealt with the Jews from their deliverance from Egyptian bondage onward. That review included His destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan and dividing their land to them by lot, allotting their land to Israel.
That history was traced forward to lead into the promise of a Saviour of the seed of David, a Saviour from David's line. That promised Saviour was proclaimed as Jesus, the Saviour of men and the Messiah of prophecy. That message about Jesus was offered first to the Jews and, when rejected, was carried without hesitation to the Gentiles as a light to the Gentiles unto the ends of the earth.
The words belong to Paul's Sabbath sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, spoken after the reading of the law and the prophets when the rulers of the synagogue invited a word of exhortation.
There he reviewed the history of how the Lord had dealt with the Jews from their deliverance from Egyptian bondage onward.
That review included His destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan and dividing their land to them by lot, allotting their land to Israel.
That history was traced forward to lead into the promise of a Saviour of the seed of David, a Saviour from David's line.
That promised Saviour was proclaimed as Jesus, the Saviour of men and the Messiah of prophecy.
That message about Jesus was offered first to the Jews and, when rejected, was carried without hesitation to the Gentiles as a light to the Gentiles unto the ends of the earth.