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 Why is land so important, outside the realm of just having a place of your own? We all strive to have a home, and most want their own, a place they can call home. The Spirit will always push us (Christians) towards a home in heaven, as we are just pilgrims passing through. However, there will always be a pull from our flesh (carnality) to find a place called home.

Let’s go back to the beginning, not the beginning of time but the beginning of God singling out a man with whom he makes a covenant.  Abraham (originally Abram) lived in Ur of the Chaldeans, an ancient city in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq). This was his original homeland.

God called Abraham to leave Ur and later Haran (a city in modern-day Turkey or northern Syria) to go to a land that He would show him (Genesis 12:1). Abraham travelled with his family from Ur to Haran, where they stayed for some time before continuing his journey to Canaan, as instructed by God.

What Land Was He Given?

God promised Abraham and his descendants the land of Canaan (modern-day Israel and Palestine). This was reaffirmed multiple times in God's covenant with him (Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:14-17, Genesis 15:18-21). The specific promise in Genesis 15:18 states that his descendants would inherit the land "from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates."

Let us pause for a second as I want us to consider God and His authority.

·        In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. He spoke the creations into being. Mull on that.

·         He separated the earth from heaven with an expanse

·        Water and dry land were given their rightful place; we have the seas and the earth as he had commissioned so many years ago. It wasn’t some big bang, an explosion without order that created the universe. I am fascinated when I see brilliant men with such brilliant minds that store so much information and general scientific knowledge but believe in “a big bang theory”; "Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools." (Romans 1:22) – this verse is often used to describe people who claim intellectual superiority or moral insight but, in doing so, reject true wisdom—especially divine truth—and end up embracing foolishness instead. Not on a carnal level but rather the blind leading the blind and both will suffer in hell. Blind to the gospel, the help line for all who repent and believe.

·        God then specifically brings forth seed and vegetation “according to its kind and bearing fruit according to its kind”. Specifically, it highlights the point of a seed according to its kind, and then the animals, birds and fish of “its kind”. In other words, this dispels the theory of evolution over billions of years. A chihuahua did not originate from a wolf.

 

·        Subject: God's Creation "According to Its Kind" vs. Evolutionary Theory

Evolutionary theory, especially Darwinian evolution, proposes that all living organisms share a common ancestor and that new species emerge over long periods through gradual changes (mutation, natural selection, etc.). This process implies a continuum of change, where one "kind" can slowly transform into another over time.

In contrast, the biblical model implies:

• Fixed boundaries: "Kinds" were created distinctly, with the ability to reproduce within their category but not evolve into fundamentally different kinds.
• Purposeful design: God made each creature intentionally, not by random mutation or natural selection.
• No common descent: Humanity, for instance, is created uniquely in the image of God, not as a product of earlier species.

Creation “according to its kind” upholds a model of life with divinely established limits, whereas evolution suggests an ongoing transformation across those boundaries.

·         The biblical viewpoints to intelligent design and order, while evolution relies on randomness and natural processes.

·          For those who hold to the authority of Scripture, this phrase serves as a clear rebuttal to the idea that all life evolved from a common ancestor.

·        He then created man in his image and his likeness, male and female, he created them. The account in Genesis is very detailed.

So, with that now established and with the conflict in the Middle East, it is far more rooted than just a simple skirmish about some dirt. It’s a war or an angelic proportion of God against Satan. Although it is no match, the creator against the created, it still needs to play out. And this is why we are now witnessing a wrestle for the land, specifically, that region.

 

May the peace of God settle you

 

Signing out

 

Tyrone