Would someone here have any of these? I’m looking for maps of the land God promise Abraham and a map of the land Israel has today. In today’s time. Thanks
Hi,
Sime Bibles have maps in them.
You should also be able to Google the map you have need for. I have used it in the past and found what I was looking for there. I hope this helps.
Blessings
Welcome Jeff!
The maps attached below show present day Israel. The outline in red is what is called -the promised land- that God defined.
Welcome to the forums Jeff.
I most recently purchased the English Standard Version of the Bible.
I took a Quick Look for elements I expect in a study Bible when I realized, “oh ya! Maps!”
I love the maps in my ESV.
I’m guessing you had a reason for asking?
God’s promise to Abraham had three elements (Gen 12:1):
I will give you Land
I will make you a great nation (many descendants)
I will bless you and make you a blessing to others
As noted, the first component of the covenant was land. Real land. It wasn’t some sort of allegory or spiritualized concept. Abraham was a real man and God promised him his own territory. But it was land that already belonged to others. It was occupied by Canaanites and it was known at the time as the land of Canaan. The land in question extended also into Egypt.
In verse 18 of that same chapter we read:
“To your descendants I have given this land from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.”
Without question, the land is a literal land—a chunk of real estate with property lines.
While the promise was made to Abraham, the promise was for his descendants. Those children that would come directly from his loins, and become that promised ‘great nation.’
It was a promise that was to be fulfilled in the future-- to that great nation that would be created in a biological sense. And it was also a promise that came with conditions, and it’s these conditions that answer the question you didn’t ask, but might wonder about…
Thanks, Dogmun. I love studying the Bible. I have a lot of study bibles and might have this one,
I knew God had promise Abraham the land, and Moses was the one to get Israel there, But didn’t because He disobey God. Then Joshua was the one who led them into the promise land. I was just looking for the maps of land (area) that God promise Abraham and the land they have today in comparison to what God had promise. Thanks for replying. Dogmun sent me the maps.
From looking at those maps it’s readily apparent that the nation of Israel has never seized or occupied the whole of the land that God promised to them. Some would say that it’s a promise that is yet to be fulfilled at some future date. Others might point out that the promise was conditional, and came with a requirement that Israel never met-- that being the command to drive out all the nations and utterly destroy them— a benchmark that Joshua fell short of.
Deut 7-
1The Lord your God will bring you into the land. You are going to enter it and take it as your own. He’ll drive out many nations to make room for you. He’ll drive out the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. Those seven nations are larger and stronger than you are. 2The Lord your God will hand them over to you. You will win the battle over them. You must completely destroy them. Don’t make a peace treaty with them. Don’t show them any mercy. 3Don’t marry any of their people. Don’t give your daughters to their sons. And don’t take their daughters for your sons. 4If you do, those people will turn your children away from serving the Lord. Then your children will serve other gods. The Lord will be very angry with you. He will quickly destroy you. 5So here is what you must do to those people. Break down their altars. Smash their sacred stones. Cut down the poles they use to worship the female god named Asherah. Burn the statues of their gods in the fire. 6You are a holy nation. The Lord your God has set you apart for himself.
I went to the Bible Book Store one day, and bought a book of Bible maps. I don’t know that the one I bought is the best one. Checking out the Bible Book Store may be something to think about. It is nice to have all those maps towards learning Bible geography.
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I bought the Complete book of Nelson maps, and it is a good one. Thanks!
Joshua 11:23 KJV
So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
I think that over time the land that God promised, looks like Joshua took the whole land God had promised, but over time some of that land was taken back through wars. I might be wrong. But I know that Israel will process the land at the end that God has promise. I love studying scriptures and learning. I 'm thankful this site and chatting with others. This is the way we learn.Thanks for replying!
Hi Jeff-- I can understand why you would think that…
*“So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lᴏʀᴅ had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Thus the land had rest from war… *
So the Lᴏʀᴅ gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it. And the Lᴏʀᴅ gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the Lᴏʀᴅ gave all their enemies into their hand. Not one of the good promises which the Lᴏʀᴅ had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass.”
Those two verses alone would lead us to believe that Israel had taken full possession.
But later-- as Joshua’s life comes to an end, we read these>>>
The Lᴏʀᴅ said to [Joshua], ‘You are old and advanced in years, *and very much of the land remains to be possessed.’”
“But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites.”
“Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out. . . but they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer.”
“But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canannites persisted in living in that land.”
Thanks. Very interesting. I’ll read the rest of this. And Study more. Thanks for your answer.
Just so you know, past and recent reconfigurations of Abrahams promised land doesn’t really matter because the Jews as a nation were finished in 70 AD. Today in Israel , 97 percent of people living there are not true Jews for 2 reasons. First, the descendants of Abraham that belong to Jesus are the descendants referred in the bible. 2nd reason is Israel creation in 1948 had nothing to do with the real Jews but are Kazarians, and other diverse groups from the north near Russia. The promise of God to redeem his chosen looks so much different that what is going on.