The Biblical Truth About Israel’s Land |Did God Still Keep His Word?

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The video transcript explores the biblical perspective on why Israel currently faces turmoil in its land, arguing that the situation is a direct result of disobedience rather than a failure of God's promises. The speaker clarifies that while the people of Israel did not drive out all the inhabitants as commanded by Moses and Joshua, this was due to their own refusal to act rather than God withholding His word. According to the discussion, God had already given them victory over their enemies and provided them with the land, but Israel chose to intermarry with and associate with the remaining nations instead of removing them. Consequently, God declared that these enemies would remain as a permanent snare, trap, and source of persecution for Israel, effectively turning what should have been a blessing into a curse due to their lack of faithfulness. The speaker emphasizes that the scope of the land God promised was far larger than modern borders, stretching from Iraq into Iran and covering Syria and beyond, yet Israel failed to possess even the portion they were given. The argument posits that if Israel had fully obeyed the command to drive out these nations, many of today's geopolitical conflicts and hostile groups would not exist. Instead, by choosing coexistence with those who rejected God, Israel invited ongoing oppression and spiritual danger. The transcript illustrates this principle through historical examples, such as King Saul's failure to completely destroy the Amalekites, which led to long-term consequences for his lineage and nation, demonstrating that disobedience often results in delayed but inevitable punishment that affects future generations. Furthermore, the discussion addresses the apparent contradiction in the Book of Judges regarding whether Israel served God during Joshua's lifetime. The speaker explains that while the people were still technically serving Yahweh through sacrifices and offerings, their hearts had already begun to turn toward other gods once Joshua died. This gradual decline into idolatry set the stage for the cyclical pattern described in Judges: periods of peace followed by rebellion, oppression by enemies raised up by God, repentance, and deliverance by a judge. The core theme identified is that Israel consistently failed to do what God told them to do, leading to a recurring cycle where their disobedience invited foreign powers into the land to punish them until they cried out for help again. In conclusion, the video asserts that the current state of affairs in Palestine and Gaza is not evidence that God broke His promise, but rather a fulfillment of His warning regarding the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness. The speaker argues that God gave Israel everything they needed to succeed, but their decision to associate with other nations meant they forfeited that blessing. This biblical truth serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of obedience and warns that when people choose their own ways over divine instruction, they invite trouble upon themselves and their descendants. Ultimately, the message is one of accountability, suggesting that resolving these modern conflicts requires understanding the spiritual root causes found in the Old Testament narratives where faithfulness was the condition for enjoying the fullness of God's provision.

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Yeah, that's true. Okay, here's my other question. Uh, earlier you started about you were talking about Israel and its rebellion and why they are >> in um the state that they're currently in with people in Palestine and Gaza and whatnot. >> It was interesting because last night I was reading uh and Joshua and something caught my attention. Now, I know that uh the people of Israel um in the Old Testament, they didn't take they didn't drive out all the people that they were supposed to drive out like [clears throat] uh Moses told them to. They entered married and everything that Moses told them not to do. >> They ended up doing >> and they didn't take all the land, which is why they're are in the turmoil that they're currently in right now. However, in Joshua uh 21st verse 41 and 42 um about 43 and 44. >> Joshua, hold on. I spelled Joshua wrong. I spelled Joshua J O H. I don't know why I spelled it Joshua. What' you say? 21 and what? >> Uh 21 43 44. >> Okay. >> Well, 43 to 40. We can say to 45. >> Okay. So, so it says, "Thus the Lord gave all to Israel all the land that he swore to give to their fathers." This sentence was a bit Well, I'm not too sure how to feel about that because technically they didn't take all the land. >> Mhm. >> So, I'm not sure if I'm misreading it. >> No, you're not. You're not. Um and at the end of uh uh 40 45 it says uh all all came to pass. Not one word uh of all the good promises that the Lord had made to the house of Israel had failed. All came to pass. >> But we [clears throat] know that they didn't take all the land. >> Correct. >> So what all came to pass here? >> By the way, do you know what all the land of Israel looks like? Well, I've seen a map. >> Now, it's not the map that we see. If if you were to see the the true map that God has given them, it stretches past Iraq into Iran, all of Syria, a little further north and a lot further south. It's a it's the the land that God gave is is enormous. Question, because let's not say what it didn't say, >> okay? God said, "I I've given you all the land. If they don't take it all, does that mean God didn't give it to them?" >> Yeah. >> Okay. And [clears throat] he says, "Everything that I've said has not failed." Does that mean that because they don't do or accept what God has given that God has failed? >> No. So all the enemies that are in the land, he says here, "And none of all their enemies stood before them. The Lord gave all their enemies into their hand." But the enemies were still there. As a matter of fact, they're here to this day. Well, God, we got a problem cuz that don't seem right until we figure this out. You were told to go and drive them out. Let me ask you a question. When they did try to drive them out, did any of them defeat Israel? >> Uh, no. >> You're talking about their enemy. No. >> Yeah. Anytime that they try to drive them out, they they succeeded. Right. >> So God is saying, "I've given them into your hand. Now go drive them out." >> Because you don't drive them out didn't mean that I failed. It meant that you didn't do what I told you. Listen, I've already given you the victory. I've already here here is a check to go pay all your bills. I've given it in your hand and you don't go pay all your bills. You have See, I've given you this money. You have no more debt. And now you don't take it and go pay your bills. >> Okay. One more thing in judges uh chapter chapter one >> uh it says well it's in verse 20 27 it talks about how for the canon the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land it's talking about how they could not drive them out >> so technically the people of Israel they tried to drive the Canaanites out >> remember what he says to Joshua afterwards you guys what they started doing was they they they be they became complacent and they did not drive them out and so God was angry with them. And so um where's this text at? Let me see. It's it's actually in Joshua. Um I want to say it's Joshua chapter 4. Uh hold on. At a after a while, God says they're going to be forever. Let me find this. Um, >> be able to find it too. >> Hold on. Got type better. Uh, let's see. Joshua. Or is it J Joshua 23? I'm sorry. Joshua 23. But there's somewhere else. Another passage. Okay. >> Yeah, Joshua 23. Yeah, Joshua 23. Let's go to Joshua 23. >> All right. >> And let's read that. See, I have a portion to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes with all the nations which I have cut off from the Jordan. uh the Lord your God will thrust them out from before you and drive them from before you and you will possess their land. So he's telling them what he's going to do, right? And then let me go further. Joshua, I think it's it's further down in 23 uh verse 12. I think it's verse. Let's let's scroll down some more. Um here it is. For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you and intermar with you, intermar with them, so that associate with them, and they with you, know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you. But they will be a snare and a trap to you and a whip on your side and thorns in your eyes until you perish from this good land." So what did Israel do? Not what God told them to do. They went in and they sometimes they would push them out of the land, but most often they would, you know what, hey, you seem like a nice person. You want to stay here with us? God says, "Drive them out." Now, if the people would have converted and followed after God, different story. But they would not. And so God wants them out. Get out of the land. But because you didn't, now they will be here forever. So he gave them into his hands. But after their disobedience, God says, "Now, I'm I'm no longer going to drive them out of the land on your behalf. They will be here forever. As a matter of fact, I'm going to use them to persecute you in the future. Now, I'm going to punish them later also, but I'm going to use your disobedience to punish you." And so God, it keeps showing up that when you don't do what God tells you to do, it's going to come back on you. But not just on you, but also your descendants. Think about King Aag when God tells Sam I mean Saul to drive drive them kill them uh him his wife his children all the babies all the animals and he doesn't well the kingdom is now taken away from Saul given to David but also if we go a few hundred years further a an Agite is still there who hates the Jews that is Hmon he wants to kill Mori and Esther and all the Jews if he would have done what he was supposed to do, then that wouldn't have shown up. If Joshua and the children of Israel would have done what they were supposed to do, there would be no more. There'd be no Gaza, no Hamas, no Hezbollah, no West Bank, no Golden Heights. It would be them in that land. And not just that, but there would be no Iraq, no Iran, no Syria, no Jordan. All of those places would be all of Israel. but because you didn't, they'll be in the land and they will be, as he says, a snare uh and a trap to you and a whip on your side and thorns in your eyes. So, he gave them the land. He gave them possession. All they had to do was do it. But for whatever reason, they decided, you know what? We want to stay with you. We like you guys. We want to marry you guys. As a matter of fact, we'll even take your guys as our god. >> Okay. >> So, he did give them. They just didn't follow through. >> Okay. Thank you. One last bit. dog. You asked a whole bunch of questions. You're lucky or you're young, but go ahead. [laughter] >> Go ahead. >> You what? >> I said, "You're lucky you're young." I I tend to let younger folks ask more questions, but go ahead. [laughter] >> It's the LA It's the last one, but it's in the same thing. So in Judges 2 um Judge chapter 2 verse 6 when it's when it's talking about the death of Joshua somewhere there it says um but it was talking about the angel of the Lord came and he was rebuking the people of Israel saying that uh you didn't follow after God and they started weeping and a little bit further down it says that Um, and uh, I think everybody served uh, served Yahweh during the lifetime of uh, Joshua. I'm trying to find the exact verse, but I know it's in Judges chapter 2 verse 6-10 should be here. And all the people, yes, uh, verse 7. And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlive Joshua. >> So my question now I've heard someone say that they believe this part right there is a bit uh it could be sarcasm because we know that the people were uh rebellious during the time of Joshua. But here it's saying that uh all the people serve the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of of the elders who outlive Joshua. >> So I'm trying to figure out which is which. >> How does that how does that work with considering everything we just said? >> Yeah. >> So what they didn't do was they didn't go after when Joshua dies what happens? They start they start having a serious idol party. They start going after other gods and other and so what does God do to punish them? What does God do in the book of judges to punish them for going after other gods? Soon as Joshua dies, what does he do? What does God do? >> Uh they started getting attacked >> by who? Those very same people there, he raised them up and then the people cry out and then God raised up a judge to deliver them. >> Yes. And they did. >> And so the theme of the book is these cycles. the cycles start taking place in in uh in Judges, but it started by their first disobedience in Joshua in the book of Joshua because when you got there, you didn't do what you're supposed to do, including Joshua. And so there were a few, but all of them didn't. And because you left them there, even though you left them there, they were still um willing to serve God. They So this is it isn't sarcasm. No, they were serving God um to an extent. >> Um these were still people who needed sacrifices and offerings. These were people who were still ungodly um who needed to be repentant, who needed to come back to the Lord, who had to keep giving their offerings, things like that. So that hadn't changed. But what happened after that was they started going fully and wholeheartedly after other gods. So much so that even when the nation splits later in a few hundred years, when the nation splits later after their kings, what do they start doing? They even erect a whole another god and no another altar, another temple. Um, so [clears throat] the groundwork for that started here. So what you're going to start seeing is this theme. And by the way, this theme that you see starts really from Genesis where you see people of God and people who are not of God. And the people who are not of God do their own thing. They have their own gods, their own ways. They go after their own um ideas and ideals. And so you'll keep seeing this back and forth all throughout scripture. And it starts in Genesis. Uh you'll see it even with the people of God, with the children of Israel. You'll see it even with the different nations, the northern and the southern kingdom, and even the southern kingdom, which is a better representation of of Israel and of God. They're still horrible, and they still need um to be helped. But all you're all we're seeing is playing out is that they didn't do they disobeyed God though God had given them everything they needed. Um and they started going after other gods. Um they were restrained to some degree during Joshua's day. But when Joshua died, hey, it's a party. When the cats away, the mice will play. And so Joshua's dead. Now let's go. So as you start reading Joshua, like you said, what do they start doing? Going into gross idolatry. And God raises up um someone to come and attack them, oppressors. And then God brings as they cry out, God uh raises a judge, a deliverer. And so so the theme of the book is these cycles over and over and over and over again. That's Israel, by the way. It's kind of like us as well. >> Okay. Amen. >> Yes. Well, thank you for taking the time. And I have a bunch of questions, but I have to let you go.