Abram and Sarai Standing in the Fruitful Land of CanaanBible World
13:15Genesis 13:15
For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
The promise was given after Abraham separated from Lot, when Lot chose his own way and left him alone. God then promised Abraham and his descendants forever the whole land he could see, as an enduring inheritance and the whole country for his own. That land promise was joined to the assurance that his descendants would be too numerous to count, exceedingly numerous like the dust of the earth. It was given while Abraham had no son, with the assurance that his heir would be his own son and not his servant Eliezer. After receiving the promise Abraham settled at Hebron and was content with his simple life.
By this word God deeded the earth to Abraham and his children. They will come into possession of their inheritance only in the future, after the earth is purified and made new. Abraham owned none of the promised land of Canaan during his lifetime and had to buy a burial place for Sarah, but his lack of present possession did not cancel the promise, and he looked forward to immortal life on the earth made new as his home.
Abraham and his descendants are strangers and sojourners in this present world, which is not their lasting home, with their hope set on an inheritance in the renewed earth. Because the promised inheritance may be received in the future, believers can live now as pilgrims and strangers seeking God's city and expecting their lasting reward in eternal life rather than in present possessions.
The promise was given after Abraham separated from Lot, when Lot chose his own way and left him alone. God then promised Abraham and his descendants forever the whole land he could see, as an enduring inheritance and the whole country for his own. That land promise was joined to the assurance that his descendants would be too numerous to count, exceedingly numerous like the dust of the earth. It was given while Abraham had no son, with the assurance that his heir would be his own son and not his servant Eliezer. After receiving the promise Abraham settled at Hebron and was content with his simple life.
By this word God deeded the earth to Abraham and his children. They will come into possession of their inheritance only in the future, after the earth is purified and made new. Abraham owned none of the promised land of Canaan during his lifetime and had to buy a burial place for Sarah, but his lack of present possession did not cancel the promise, and he looked forward to immortal life on the earth made new as his home.
Abraham and his descendants are strangers and sojourners in this present world, which is not their lasting home, with their hope set on an inheritance in the renewed earth. Because the promised inheritance may be received in the future, believers can live now as pilgrims and strangers seeking God's city and expecting their lasting reward in eternal life rather than in present possessions.