Genesis 15:18-21 “The History of Modern Israel”

Genesis 15:18-21 the land now occupied by 18 So the L ORD made a covenant with Abram that day and said, “I have given this land to your descendants, all the way from the border of Egypt to the great Euphrates River— 19 the land now occupied by the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

Genesis 13:14–15 (NLT) After Lot had gone, the L ORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west. 15 I am giving all this land, as far as you can see, to you and your descendants as a permanent possession.

Genesis 17:7–8 (NLT) “I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you. 8 And I will give the entire land of Canaan, where you now live as a foreigner, to you and your descendants. It will be their possession forever, and I will be their God.”

Genesis 26:2–6 (NLT) The L ORD appeared to Isaac and said…I hereby confirm that I will give all these lands to you and your descendants, just as I solemnly promised Abraham, your father.

Genesis 28:13–14 (NASB95) the land on which you lie in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. And behold, the L ORD stood above it and said, “I am the L ORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you (Jacob) and to your descendants. 14 “Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

At that time the Romans dubbed it "Palestine" to erase the memory of its Jewish heritage and to insult the Jews, for Palestine is the Latin word for Philistine, the ancient enemy of Israel.

“Western” Wall circa 1910

The Balfour Declaration The Balfour Declaration was a letter dated November 2, 1917 from the British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, to Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British Jewish community, for transmission to the Zionist Federation.

Foreign Office November 2nd, 1917 Dear Lord Rothschild, I have much pleasure in conveying to you, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to, and approved by, the Cabinet. "His Majesty's Government view with favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.“ I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. Yours sincerely, Arthur James Balfour

Dr. Weizmann was a Russian Jew who had migrated to England where he had become a professor of chemistry. During World War I he greatly aided the British when he developed a synthetic form of acetone which was essential in the manufacture of cordite explosive. Some historians have suggested that this contribution to the British war effort is what prompted the Balfour Declaration.

Mr. Balfour Visits Jerusalem

San Remo Conference

The British Mandate was formalized in September 1922 by the Council of the League of Nations. They gave approval for a Jewish national homeland in Palestine. This Mandate enabled the changing of the terms of the Mandate in the territory east of the Jordan River. Britain, under Colonial Secretary Winston Churchill, activated this option and cut away 77% of the original mandated area for the Jews and created a new country called Trans-Jordan, later called Jordan!

September 1922

"... the Mandate implicitly denies Arab claims to national political rights... the mandated territory was in effect reserved to the Jewish people for their self- determination and political development..." Prof. Eugene V. Rostow

Nazi Germany

1939 “McDonald White Paper” In the 1939 White Paper, the limitation on Jewish immigration was made permanent: seventy-five thousand Jewish immigrants would be allowed to enter Palestine over a five year period. The policy therefore repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain's commitments under the League of Nations just at the time of greatest need for a sanctuary for Jewish refugees.

The Grand Mufti visits Hitler

The Holocaust

Isaiah 66:7–9 (NLT) Who ever heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? “Before the birth pains even begin, Jerusalem gives birth to a son. 8 Who has ever seen anything as strange as this? Who ever heard of such a thing? Has a nation ever been born in a single day? Has a country ever come forth in a mere moment?

But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, her children will be born. “No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” says your God. But by the time Jerusalem’s birth pains begin, her children will be born. 9 Would I ever bring this nation to the point of birth and then not deliver it?” asks the L ORD. “No! I would never keep this nation from being born,” says your God.

Hurva Synagogue Arch

Green Line Borders 1949

Genesis 17:20–22 (NLT) As for Ishmael, I will bless him also, just as you have asked. I will make him extremely fruitful and multiply his descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year.”

Political Map of the Middle East Today

Israel Today Israel in New Mexico

“Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Romans 11:11-33 Please Turn In Your Bible “Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 29 For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.”