The bible is very clear on the fact that the promise was fulfilled.
Most people (me too) when they read the bible "read into" (eisgesis) rather than "read out of" (exegete). This is something that we must be careful of.
I believe, as the scripture says, that the land promise recorded in Genesis has been fulfilled.
Joshua led the children out of the wilderness, over the Jordan and into the land of Canaan. After the conquest of Canaan, when they had settled in their respective allotments assigned to them in the land, Joshua told them that the promise God made to their fathers to give them the land had been fulfilled in the whole of it . . . no part of it failed.
Joshua 1:1-6
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses aide: 2 Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to themto the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphratesall the Hittite countryto the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.
NIV
Then read Joshua 21:43-45:
Joshua 21:43-45
43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. 44 The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them. 45 Not one of all the LORDs good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. NIV
Thus, every syllable that God had sworn unto their fathers concerning the possession of the land of Canaan was fulfilled. Joshua said that God gave the all the land that he had sworn to their forefathers.
Read another statement from Joshua:
Joshua 23:14
14 Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. NIV
Every promise has been fulfilled; NOT ONE has failed. What can I say? Do you say that the Holy Spirit here is wrong?
Do you say what about the larger land? Did Israel ever posses the larger land of Canaan? Well, the so-called larger land of Canaan would have to be a part of all the land, would it not?
Joshua said that God gave them ALL THE LAND that He swore to their fathers. Joshua said He gave them ALL -- nothing failed, not one thing --- they possessed it
What about the larger land? What did God say?
Genesis 15:18-21
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girga****es and Jebusites.
The next question would be did Israel posses it? Joshua said they did!
Joshua 21:43
43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.
If there was any land, which Israel did not possess, it was not a part of the promise, which God made to their fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
But Joshua foretold that neither the inheritance nor the possession of it would be permanent. He also said the inheritance and possession of it was conditional. He him:
Joshua 23:15-16
15 But just as every good promise of the LORD your God has come true, so the LORD will bring on you all the evil he has threatened, until he has destroyed you from this good land he has given you. 16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the Lords anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.
It can be readily seen that the possession of the land of Canaan by Israel was conditional. Furthermore, in Judges 2, we find that God commanded Israel to drive out all of the idolatrous nations from the land and to throw down their altars, but Israel did not obey this command. The altars of idols were left standing, and the idolaters were not driven out. Then God said to Israel:
Joshua 23:13
13 then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.
With these facts, you are ready to read Samuel for some later developments:
2 Samuel 8:3
3 Moreover, David fought Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control along the Euphrates River.
What is this that David was to do? David was to restore or recover What was David to restore or recover? He was going to recover his border. What border? At the river Euphrates!
This is the border of the larger land! How could David recover or restore something for Israel that they never possessed?
David did accomplish it:
1 Kings 4:21
21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomons subjects all his life.
There is that larger land of Canaan, the very boundaries named in its survey in Gen 15 from the river (Euphrates) unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.
Thats it and these passages tell us that David recovered or restored it, and Solomon, his son, reigned over it. Then again in 2 Chron:
2 Chronicles 9:26
26 He ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
The foregoing is enough but citing additional evidence to already sufficient proof, hear the eloquent Nehemiah say the last word on the subject:
Nehemiah 9:7-8
7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girga****es, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Here Nehemiah not only describes the land promise, but to make sure there is no mistake about it, he names the tribes that were mentioned in the initial survey.
Joshua said, through the Holy Spirit, ALL the promises have come to past,
Israel possessed it,
David recovered it to the extreme borders,
Solomin reigned over all of it.
Thats it! I believe it.
Your servant in Christ,
charlesj
Most people (me too) when they read the bible "read into" (eisgesis) rather than "read out of" (exegete). This is something that we must be careful of.
I believe, as the scripture says, that the land promise recorded in Genesis has been fulfilled.
Joshua led the children out of the wilderness, over the Jordan and into the land of Canaan. After the conquest of Canaan, when they had settled in their respective allotments assigned to them in the land, Joshua told them that the promise God made to their fathers to give them the land had been fulfilled in the whole of it . . . no part of it failed.
Joshua 1:1-6
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses aide: 2 Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to themto the Israelites. 3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. 4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphratesall the Hittite countryto the Great Sea on the west. 5 No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them.
NIV
Then read Joshua 21:43-45:
Joshua 21:43-45
43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there. 44 The LORD gave them rest on every side, just as he had sworn to their forefathers. Not one of their enemies withstood them; the LORD handed all their enemies over to them. 45 Not one of all the LORDs good promises to the house of Israel failed; every one was fulfilled. NIV
Thus, every syllable that God had sworn unto their fathers concerning the possession of the land of Canaan was fulfilled. Joshua said that God gave the all the land that he had sworn to their forefathers.
Read another statement from Joshua:
Joshua 23:14
14 Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. NIV
Every promise has been fulfilled; NOT ONE has failed. What can I say? Do you say that the Holy Spirit here is wrong?
Do you say what about the larger land? Did Israel ever posses the larger land of Canaan? Well, the so-called larger land of Canaan would have to be a part of all the land, would it not?
Joshua said that God gave them ALL THE LAND that He swore to their fathers. Joshua said He gave them ALL -- nothing failed, not one thing --- they possessed it
What about the larger land? What did God say?
Genesis 15:18-21
18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates 19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girga****es and Jebusites.
The next question would be did Israel posses it? Joshua said they did!
Joshua 21:43
43 So the LORD gave Israel all the land he had sworn to give their forefathers, and they took possession of it and settled there.
If there was any land, which Israel did not possess, it was not a part of the promise, which God made to their fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
But Joshua foretold that neither the inheritance nor the possession of it would be permanent. He also said the inheritance and possession of it was conditional. He him:
Joshua 23:15-16
15 But just as every good promise of the LORD your God has come true, so the LORD will bring on you all the evil he has threatened, until he has destroyed you from this good land he has given you. 16 If you violate the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, the Lords anger will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from the good land he has given you.
It can be readily seen that the possession of the land of Canaan by Israel was conditional. Furthermore, in Judges 2, we find that God commanded Israel to drive out all of the idolatrous nations from the land and to throw down their altars, but Israel did not obey this command. The altars of idols were left standing, and the idolaters were not driven out. Then God said to Israel:
Joshua 23:13
13 then you may be sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become snares and traps for you, whips on your backs and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land, which the LORD your God has given you.
With these facts, you are ready to read Samuel for some later developments:
2 Samuel 8:3
3 Moreover, David fought Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to restore his control along the Euphrates River.
What is this that David was to do? David was to restore or recover What was David to restore or recover? He was going to recover his border. What border? At the river Euphrates!
This is the border of the larger land! How could David recover or restore something for Israel that they never possessed?
David did accomplish it:
1 Kings 4:21
21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomons subjects all his life.
There is that larger land of Canaan, the very boundaries named in its survey in Gen 15 from the river (Euphrates) unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt.
Thats it and these passages tell us that David recovered or restored it, and Solomon, his son, reigned over it. Then again in 2 Chron:
2 Chronicles 9:26
26 He ruled over all the kings from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.
The foregoing is enough but citing additional evidence to already sufficient proof, hear the eloquent Nehemiah say the last word on the subject:
Nehemiah 9:7-8
7 Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; 8 And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girga****es, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:
Here Nehemiah not only describes the land promise, but to make sure there is no mistake about it, he names the tribes that were mentioned in the initial survey.
Joshua said, through the Holy Spirit, ALL the promises have come to past,
Israel possessed it,
David recovered it to the extreme borders,
Solomin reigned over all of it.
Thats it! I believe it.
Your servant in Christ,
charlesj