Egypt Babylon Egypt: Land and Seed Issue. Study 32
30/06/20
And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. - Revelation 6:4
Too much blood has been spilt over land, can peace in Israel and Palestine ever be archived? Now back to history...
When the children of Israel were set free from Egyptian bondage, they were promised a "land flowing with milk and honey", one would assume that this land was unoccupied but "giants" possessed the land. Why was the "chosen" race more entitled to land than the Cannanites? Why did God sanction the annexation of lands for the benefit of His people? Is land acquisition through conquest justifiable? The other issue we cannot ignore is regarding the seed issue. In the spiritual, the everlasting gospel teaches us that there should be enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15), why is it that the seed of the minority multinationals is being allowed to patent indiginous seeds and make them extinct? The seeds of these serpents is as dangerous to black lives as "racist police", as they are responsible for causing death by starvation in Africa and beyond. Where is the remnant of the indigenous people's seed, why are these multinational companies allowed to destroy these monuments of life? One may have the land but with the expensive lab doctored seeds the production of food is impeded and Africa remains with hunger. So land without the access to seed is unsustainable freedom, this world is so corrupt to give such unprofitable freedoms. The oppressed need only to look for a better country whose Maker is fair, and will give us inheritance in the earth made new, we are promised that we shall plant the good seed on our lands and harvest them. As a youth in Zimbabwe, I witnessed the beginning of the land acquisition from white minority farmers to majority "black farmers". The issue of land ownership is without doubt in the heart of freedom, after 1980 independence, few whites owned vast amounts of land, sometimes these children of colonial Rhodesia owned by theft inheritance more than two or more farms or ranches. The violent dispossession of these farmers led to the crippling of the country, which "miraculously" transformed from "breadbasket to basket case". The prosperity of the former captives was found in the everlasting gospel, otherwise the land of the giants would consume them, sometimes we reason that unless the Cannanites taught them their methods of land management, the "free" would starve. This assumption is demeaning, the "free" are capable of adapting to different methods of agriculture otherwise the land of "milk and honey" would become their desert of abject poverty.
Scripture reading:"For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. - Hebrews 11:10
When Adam and Eve imbibed the seed of the serpent, they lost their beautiful land and by promise the Second Adam who was the seed of the woman overcame the union of the State, The False Church and their false prophets, His Seed will overcome the oppressors restore to us the lost Eden and dominion. The germination principle in each seed planted in our soil will determine the harvest, summer is nigh!
The heritage that God has promised to His people is not in this world. Abraham had no possession in the earth, “no, not so much as to set his foot on.” Acts 7:5. He possessed great substance, and he used it to the glory of God and the good of his fellow men; but he did not look upon this world as his home. The Lord had called him to leave his idolatrous countrymen, with the promise of the land of Canaan as an everlasting possession; yet neither he nor his son nor his son’s son received it. When Abraham desired a burial place for his dead, he had to buy it of the Canaanites. His sole possession in the Land of Promise was that rock-hewn tomb in the cave of Machpelah. PP 169.3
"To whom the land belongs is the impetus for the dominion, the seed determines it's sustainability" TP Ziyambi [2020]. What I mean by my statement is that the everlasting gospel restores the land, the seed determines whether you will keep your ownership of it. How will the small scale farmers and their indigenous seed survive the competition of these abnoxious patented multinational seed which demands vast agricultural space, some lawyers and finance?
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: - Genesis 12:1
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. -By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: -For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Hebrews 11: 8-10
Relying upon the divine promise, without the least outward assurance of its fulfillment, he abandoned home and kindred and native land, and went forth, he knew not whither, to follow where God should lead. - PP 126.2
It was no light test that was thus brought upon Abraham, no small sacrifice that was required of him. There were strong ties to bind him to his country, his kindred, and his home. But he did not hesitate to obey the call. He had no question to ask concerning the land of promise—whether the soil was fertile and the climate healthful; whether the country afforded agreeable surroundings and would afford opportunities for amassing wealth. God has spoken, and His servant must obey; the happiest place on earth for him was the place where God would have him to be. - PP 126.3
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. - Genesis 12:5
For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; - Deuteronomy 8:7
The place where they first tarried was Shechem. Under the shade of the oaks of Moreh, in a wide, grassy valley, with its olive groves and gushing springs, between Mount Ebal on the one side and Mount Gerizim on the other, Abraham made his encampment. It was a fair and goodly country that the patriarch had entered—“a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; a land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey.” Deuteronomy 8:7, 8. But to the worshiper of Jehovah, a heavy shadow rested upon wooded hill and fruitful plain. “The Canaanite was then in the land.” Abraham had reached the goal of his hopes to find a country occupied by an alien race and overspread with idolatry. In the groves were set up the altars of false gods, and human sacrifices were offered upon the neighboring heights. While he clung to the divine promise, it was not without distressful forebodings that he pitched his tent. Then “the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land.” His faith was strengthened by this assurance that the divine presence was with him, that he was not left to the mercy of the wicked. “And there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.” Still a wayfarer, he soon removed to a spot near Bethel, and again erected an altar, and called upon the name of the Lord. - PP 127.2
There is an interesting similarity between Abraham’s experience in Egypt and that of his posterity, centuries later. Both went down into Egypt on account of a famine, and both sojourned there. Through the manifestation of divine judgments in their behalf, the fear of them fell upon the Egyptians; and, enriched by the gifts of the heathen, they went out with great substance. - PP 131.2
Unless we truly understand that The Promised Land is not an earthly utopia that requires militancy and the spilling of blood, we will be bitterly disappointed when the sword of flesh fails to bring us peace and happiness we violently pursued.
Heathen nations had reproached the Lord and His people because the Hebrews had failed to take possession of Canaan, as they expected, soon after leaving Egypt. Their enemies had triumphed because Israel had wandered so long in the wilderness, and they had mockingly declared that the God of the Hebrews was not able to bring them into the Promised Land. The Lord had now signally manifested His power and favor in opening the Jordan before His people, and their enemies could no longer reproach them. - PP 486.1
The Hebrews had entered Canaan, but they had not subdued it; and to human appearance the struggle to gain possession of the land must be long and difficult. It was inhabited by a powerful race, who stood ready to oppose the invasion of their territory. The various tribes were bound together by the fear of a common danger. Their horses and iron battle chariots, their knowledge of the country, and their training in war, would give them great advantage. Furthermore, the country was guarded by fortresses—“cities great and fenced up to heaven.” Deuteronomy 9:1. Only in the assurance of a strength not their own could the Israelites hope for success in the impending conflict. - PP 487.1
One of the strongest fortresses in the land—the large and wealthy city of Jericho—lay just before them, but a little distance from their camp at Gilgal. On the border of a fertile plain abounding with the rich and varied productions of the tropics, its palaces and temples the abode of luxury and vice, this proud city, behind its massive battlements, offered defiance to the God of Israel. Jericho was one of the principal seats of idol worship, being especially devoted to Ashtaroth, the goddess of the moon. Here centered all that was vilest and most degrading in the religion of the Canaanites. The people of Israel, in whose minds were fresh the fearful results of their sin at Beth-peor, could look upon this heathen city only with disgust and horror. - PP 487.2
The Israelites gained the victory over their enemies by their own power; the conquest had been wholly the Lord’s. It was to be impressed upon Israel that in the conquest of Canaan they were not to fight for themselves, but simply as instruments to execute the will of God; not to seek for riches or self-exaltation, but the glory of Jehovah their King. - PP 491.2
Study to be continued...
Tarisai P Ziyambi
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