106 The Lord Divides the Land

The Lord now addresses Ezekiel with information concerning the plot of land east of the Mediterranean Sea that the twelve tribes will inherit. This land is what has been promised by God to the patriarchs. The first land promises to Israel were given to Abraham, the first Hebrew, as part of the divine covenant that God made with him (beginning in Genesis 12:1-3). The covenant was then by ratified by human oath (Genesis 17). The fact that Israel will possess the Land of Eretz Israel is well documented in Scripture. The Messianic Kingdom boundaries are the same as promised to Abraham in the covenant that God made with him. The map in the notes provides a rough approximation of the Messianic Kingdom property that Israel will receive. It has to be approximate because the geographic changes to the earth as well as the seas will probably change this somewhat.