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The Bible does not really provide an answer, but archaeologists and historians do. The Hebrew people did not really come from Ur in southern Mesopotamia, travel to the land of the Canaanites, then spend four hundred years in Egypt, until they eventually conquered Canaan as promised by God. The Hebrew people were themselves a breakaway Canaanite people who began to settle the Canaanite hinterland around 1250 BCE. Later Hebrews, not knowing their real origins, simply created the legend of military conquest. God chose the land of Canaan, or at least part of it, because his people were already there.
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∙ 7y agoInteresting question.. Why did the Israelites feel so strong about the promised land?
You will find your answer written in Genesis 17 where the promise of that land was given to Abraham as a covenant made between Abraham and our Father. That covenant passed from Abraham to Isaac, and would have passed from Isaac to Esau, but Esau sold it to his younger brother Jacob - Israel. It would later pass from Israel to the younger of Josephs sons Ephraim (Genesis 48).
Further you will discover in Jeremiah 24 that Judah (one of the 12 tribes of Israel) was prophesied to return to that land. An event which came true in 1947-48 when the state of Israel came into being.
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∙ 11y agoBecause God promised it to the Israelite (Hebrew) forefathers, Abraham (Genesis ch.12, 13, 15 and 17), Isaac (Genesis ch.26), and Jacob (Genesis ch.28). See also Exodus ch.3 and 6, in which God repeats this promise in the time of Moses.
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∙ 7y agoBecause God promised it to Abraham and his Israelite descendants.
- Genesis 13:14-17 And the Lord said unto Abram... "Lift up your eyes, and look...northward and southward and eastward and westward. All the land which you see, to you I will give it, and to your seed forever...Arise, walk through the land..for unto you I will give it."
- Genesis 17:8,18,19 "And I will give unto you (Abraham), and to your seed after you...all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. ...And Abraham said unto God: 'would that Ishmael might live in Your presence!' And God said: 'No; Sarah shall bear you a son; and you shall name him Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.' "
- Genesis 21:2,3,12 "And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son...And Abraham...named his son Isaac....And God said unto Abraham...'through Isaac shall it be called your seed.' "
- Genesis 26:1-3 "And Isaac went unto Abimelech...And the Lord appeared to him, and said...'Sojourn in this land...unto your seed I will give all these lands.' "
- In Genesis ch.25: Isaac has two sons, Jacob and Esau. In Genesis 28:13,14: "And behold, the Lord stood beside him (Jacob), and said: 'I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your (grand)father, and the God of Isaac. The land on which you are laying, to you I will give it, and to your seed...and you shall spread to the west, east, north, and south.' "
- Genesis 35:9-12 "And God appeared unto Jacob...and He called his name Israel...And God said unto him...'the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed.' "
- Exodus 3:7,8 "And the Lord said (to Moses): 'I have seen the affliction of My people in Egypt, and ... I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land...unto the place of the Canaanites...' "
- Numbers 33:51-54 "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say....'unto you I have given the land to possess it; and you shall inherit the land' "
See also:Jewish history in Israel
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∙ 7y agoBecause the concept and the promise came from God Himself (Genesis ch.15, 17 and 28). See also:
Importance of Israel to the Jews
Is Israel still under God's protection today?
Where does it say in the Torah that Israel is a Jewish birthright?
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∙ 15y agoAccording to the Bible, it was the land that God had promised to Abraham.
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∙ 14y agoThe land was called this because it belonged to the Canaanites.
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∙ 11y agoBecause he was all lazy
And because he said he wanted to leave
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∙ 10y agoThey say that because they think since nobody has done wrong and all they do is right to please the Lord they decide to call it the Promised Land or The Holy Grounds.
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Why did the Israelite's feel so strong about the promise land?
Interesting question.. Why did the Israelites feel so strong about the promised land? You will find your answer written in Genesis 17 where the promise of that land was given to Abraham as a covenant made between Abraham and our Father. That covenant passed from Abraham to Isaac, and would have passed from Isaac to Esau, but Esau sold it to his younger brother Jacob - Israel. It would later pass from Israel to the younger of Josephs sons Ephraim (Genesis 48). Further you will discover in Jeremiah 24 that Judah (one of the 12 tribes of Israel) was prophesied to return to that land. An event which came true in 1947-48 when the state of Israel came into being.
Do the Jews feel they are destined to inherit Israel?
yes. God promised Abraham, the father of Israel, that the land was his. Therefore, since God promised Abraham that his seed would inherit, Jews believe that Israel is theirs based on God's promise. Either they inherit, or God is a liar, take your choice. The land grant was never recinded.
Why did the Israelites feel so strongly about the promising land?
The Israelite were glad as they were going to a land promised by God to Moses as the Promised Land. which they could have as their very own. after centuries of slavery and forty years of wandering.Likely because it's the land promised to them from the Most High, being His Holy land for His chosen people.It was important because God promised that land to the Israelites. And He never broke His promise.The Israelites didn't feel that strongly about the Promised Land at first. They, primarily, went along for the ride that God forced them into.They never would have left Egypt if God had not stepped into their affairs when He did, and brought about a series of events that, virtually, destroyed the Egyptian economy... and got them "kicked out."If you read the account... they bickered and complained from the outset about the way things were going at every turn."In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." (Ex.16:2-3 NIV)Yes, they were told that they were going someplace that God had in mind for them. But they didn't know where it was... and, if they had to [which they did have to]... all they wanted was to get there... FAST!They were, above all else, people, like you and I -- impatient; and they loved their comfort zones [even if it was a "zone" of slavery, with which they had generations of familiarity, nonetheless].When they finally got the report from the spies they sent in to recon the land... they balked, and were afraid to go in.So, FEAR, was the strongest emotion they felt regarding the Promised Land. Fearful to freely take what God was giving to them.After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness as punishment for their faithlessness... the faithless ones had died off, and their children went in... a little more in tune with God's commands... a little more experienced... and a little more subdued.The "strong feeling" they had about the Promised Land by then, was one of; "I'm ready to leave the wilderness... and settle down in some kind of permanent residence -- even if we have to obey God to get it."Joshua was in charge, now... and the Israelites were arrayed for battle."...Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land of the LORD your God is giving you for your own. But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said... 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land... all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers..."...Then they answered Joshua, 'Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses... Only be strong and courageous!'" (Joshua 1:11-18 NIV)The Israelites had "no place else to go," except back into the wilderness, to wander forever. So, they could begin to "trust in the LORD their God"... or perish in the desert.Those were their choices... and the only "strong feelings" they had about the Promised Land was to overcome their fears and trust in the Power that led them that was greater than themselves.The Israelites were, above all else, people. Scared people... who happen to be Abraham's children... whom God promised to watch over and prosper -- if they would obey Him."Be strong and very courageous [in the midst of your fear and dread; emphasis, mine]. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified [even though that is your natural inclination - emphasis, mine]; do not be discouraged [though discouragement lies before you], for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'" (Joshua 1:7-9 NIV)The Israelites were shaking in their boots at the prospect of the war before them. Their strongest feelings were terror and fear... the emotions that they were told to keep in check.They had seen the results of their parents' disobedience forty years earlier... and they knew how a repeat of that would go. So, they were determined to try to overcome their fears... and try this "obedience" thing.The worst thing that could happen is that they would be killed... and out of their misery, if things didn't work out.The best thing was that the LORD their God would cause them to prosper... and be successful [the same things that everyone around the world wants].A home, property and your own land, is what some people call "the American Dream," today [or maybe, yesterday. Times change... dreams can be so elusive... and they vary from generation to generation... and from individual to individual].But, if there was "strong feeling" about the Promised Land with the Israelites... it had to come AFTER the ordeal that lay before them at the outset -- removing the pagan nations from it, who occupied the land at the moment.They had to overcome the same dread at which their parents balked forty years earlier. THAT was their "strongest feeling"... until the LORD their God would clear out the pagan nations who lived in their Promised Land.Once their mission was complete... they received their inheritance. But, even then... before their human emotions [strong feelings] could set in -- they were reminded of their "responsibility" to the LORD their God:"Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan."But be VERY CAREFUL to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT and the LAW that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to Love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to Obey His Commands, to hold fast to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:4-5 NIV)This "formula for prosperity and success" [obedience to God's laws] wasn't as "strongly felt" by the Israelites as was the profound emotion of the sudden material acquisition of their new homes and property took their hearts.It was prosperity that that generation "fought for"... and won. The strong feelings about which later generations would not feel so strongly... and tend to take for granted [like people anywhere in the world would do, whose nation is blessed by God; for example, the latter generations of the United States of America who were born into prosperity, who didn't have to struggle for it].But, even some in THAT generation immediately failed to comply with God's "formula for success":"So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses. When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan." (Joshua 22:10 NIV)So, began the era of the "Judges"... the bloodiest book in The Bible, as the people's "strong feelings" [carnal human emotions] led them from one bloody ordeal to another, only to be rescued by isolated instances of "obedience to the LORD."The Israelites were, and are, first and foremost, people. People's strongest feelings lie with themselves... personal interest in their own well-being... their own children and families. Worldly concerns weigh on people, and "obedience to God" [the command to love one another] is not high on one's priority list.The Israelite's "strong feelings" about the Promised Land, which they now had acquired, were selfish ones [like anyone else, to this day]."At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance. In those days Israel had no king [only God's laws to guide them]; EVERYONE DID AS HE SAW FIT." (Judges 21:24-25 NIV)
Why think the Israelites felt so strong about a Promise Land?
The Israelite were glad as they were going to a land promised by God to Moses as the Promised Land. which they could have as their very own. after centuries of slavery and forty years of wandering.Likely because it's the land promised to them from the Most High, being His Holy land for His chosen people.It was important because God promised that land to the Israelites. And He never broke His promise.The Israelites didn't feel that strongly about the Promised Land at first. They, primarily, went along for the ride that God forced them into.They never would have left Egypt if God had not stepped into their affairs when He did, and brought about a series of events that, virtually, destroyed the Egyptian economy... and got them "kicked out."If you read the account... they bickered and complained from the outset about the way things were going at every turn."In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, 'If only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." (Ex.16:2-3 NIV)Yes, they were told that they were going someplace that God had in mind for them. But they didn't know where it was... and, if they had to [which they did have to]... all they wanted was to get there... FAST!They were, above all else, people, like you and I -- impatient; and they loved their comfort zones [even if it was a "zone" of slavery, with which they had generations of familiarity, nonetheless].When they finally got the report from the spies they sent in to recon the land... they balked, and were afraid to go in.So, FEAR, was the strongest emotion they felt regarding the Promised Land. Fearful to freely take what God was giving to them.After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness as punishment for their faithlessness... the faithless ones had died off, and their children went in... a little more in tune with God's commands... a little more experienced... and a little more subdued.The "strong feeling" they had about the Promised Land by then, was one of; "I'm ready to leave the wilderness... and settle down in some kind of permanent residence -- even if we have to obey God to get it."Joshua was in charge, now... and the Israelites were arrayed for battle."...Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land of the LORD your God is giving you for your own. But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said... 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land... all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers..."...Then they answered Joshua, 'Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so will we obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses... Only be strong and courageous!'" (Joshua 1:11-18 NIV)The Israelites had "no place else to go," except back into the wilderness, to wander forever. So, they could begin to "trust in the LORD their God"... or perish in the desert.Those were their choices... and the only "strong feelings" they had about the Promised Land was to overcome their fears and trust in the Power that led them that was greater than themselves.The Israelites were, above all else, people. Scared people... who happen to be Abraham's children... whom God promised to watch over and prosper -- if they would obey Him."Be strong and very courageous [in the midst of your fear and dread; emphasis, mine]. Be careful to obey all the law My servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go."Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful."Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified [even though that is your natural inclination - emphasis, mine]; do not be discouraged [though discouragement lies before you], for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.'" (Joshua 1:7-9 NIV)The Israelites were shaking in their boots at the prospect of the war before them. Their strongest feelings were terror and fear... the emotions that they were told to keep in check.They had seen the results of their parents' disobedience forty years earlier... and they knew how a repeat of that would go. So, they were determined to try to overcome their fears... and try this "obedience" thing.The worst thing that could happen is that they would be killed... and out of their misery, if things didn't work out.The best thing was that the LORD their God would cause them to prosper... and be successful [the same things that everyone around the world wants].A home, property and your own land, is what some people call "the American Dream," today [or maybe, yesterday. Times change... dreams can be so elusive... and they vary from generation to generation... and from individual to individual].But, if there was "strong feeling" about the Promised Land with the Israelites... it had to come AFTER the ordeal that lay before them at the outset -- removing the pagan nations from it, who occupied the land at the moment.They had to overcome the same dread at which their parents balked forty years earlier. THAT was their "strongest feeling"... until the LORD their God would clear out the pagan nations who lived in their Promised Land.Once their mission was complete... they received their inheritance. But, even then... before their human emotions [strong feelings] could set in -- they were reminded of their "responsibility" to the LORD their God:"Now that the LORD your God has given your brothers rest as He promised, return to your homes in the land that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side of the Jordan."But be VERY CAREFUL to KEEP THE COMMANDMENT and the LAW that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to Love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to Obey His Commands, to hold fast to Him and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul." (Joshua 22:4-5 NIV)This "formula for prosperity and success" [obedience to God's laws] wasn't as "strongly felt" by the Israelites as was the profound emotion of the sudden material acquisition of their new homes and property took their hearts.It was prosperity that that generation "fought for"... and won. The strong feelings about which later generations would not feel so strongly... and tend to take for granted [like people anywhere in the world would do, whose nation is blessed by God; for example, the latter generations of the United States of America who were born into prosperity, who didn't have to struggle for it].But, even some in THAT generation immediately failed to comply with God's "formula for success":"So the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in Canaan to return to Gilead, their own land, which they had acquired in accordance with the command of the LORD through Moses. When they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan." (Joshua 22:10 NIV)So, began the era of the "Judges"... the bloodiest book in the Bible, as the people's "strong feelings" [carnal human emotions] led them from one bloody ordeal to another, only to be rescued by isolated instances of "obedience to the LORD."The Israelites were, and are, first and foremost, people. People's strongest feelings lie with themselves... personal interest in their own well-being... their own children and families. Worldly concerns weigh on people, and "obedience to God" [the command to love one another] is not high on one's priority list.The Israelite's "strong feelings" about the Promised Land, which they now had acquired, were selfish ones [like anyone else, to this day]."At that time the Israelites left that place and went home to their tribes and clans, each to his own inheritance. In those days Israel had no king [only God's laws to guide them]; EVERYONE DID AS HE SAW FIT." (Judges 21:24-25 NIV)
Was Jericho the first city the Israelites conquered?
The biblical answer is yes: Jericho was the first city the Israelites conquered.However, archaeologists say that there was no city at Jericho between the fifteenth and eleventh centuries BCE; therefore there was no conquest of Jericho. Israel Finkelstein said, "Today more than 90% of scholars agree that there was no Exodus from Egypt, 80% feel that that the Conquest of the Land did not take place as described in the Bible ..."
What is the strong connection people feel toward the area in which they live?
strong connection that people feel toward their region
How would crusaders feel on the way to the holy land?
crusaders would tend to feel sick , anxious ,scared and fear because they don't know what could happen to them . some strong crusaders would feel brave but most crusaders were criminals and peasants
What led to Palestinian conflict?
Briefly, the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Britain, the colonial power at the time, promised this in exchange for help during World War One. Similar promises were also made to the Arabs for their help during the same conflict, which is why it's sometimes called 'The twice-promised land'. Both sides feel the land is theirs and so far, no compromise solution to share it has been acceptable to either.
How strong is the force of gravity on Uranus?
good an strong why you want a feel?
How to feel physically strong and overcome weakness?
To feel physically strong, and to overcome weakness, you need to work out regularly and eat healthy.
Is it easy for really strong people to feel pain?
No because they have lots of work out and muscles are really strong. It's possible for strong people to feel pain but not that easy. They drink milk makes it even harder for them to feel pain.
What type of breeze do you feel at the beach?
during the day you feel a sea breeze, during the night you feel a land breeze
