The Land of Israel: A Picture of Your Life

The land of Israel is truly unique. Jeff explores the profound connections between the geography of Israel and our spiritual journey. Having visited Israel 69 times, he shares insights on how the diverse landscape of the Holy Land mirrors the ups and downs of our own lives.

Shownotes

bible references

Deuteronomy 11:10–12

“The land you are entering to take over is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come... It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.”

Ezekiel 20:6

“On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of Egypt into a land I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands.”

Exodus 3:8

“So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey...”

Deuteronomy 34

(Referencing Moses going up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, where God showed him the whole land.)

Genesis 12:10

“Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.”

Genesis 26:1

“Now there was a famine in the land—besides the previous famine in Abraham’s time—and Isaac went to Abimelek king of the Philistines in Gerar.”

Isaiah 7:21

(Referencing how after destruction, only milk-producing livestock would remain—symbolizing the loss of farming.)

Deuteronomy 20

(Regarding laws of warfare—do not destroy trees or salt fields.)

Deuteronomy 6

(Warning that prosperity in the land can lead to forgetting God and following other gods.)

Isaiah 9:1

“...but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan...”

John 9

(The story of the man born blind; Jesus says the blindness was not because of sin but to reveal the works of God.)

Philippians 4:10–13

“I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation... I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”