Knowing The Word in Genesis 13:14-18, The Promise of Land

14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, 15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever. [The promise is made even more explicit. To this day, some Jews use this promise of why Israel belongs to them and to them only. Should Christians believe this promise is still in effect? The answer is “no” because the promised land is fulfilled in Jesus. Jesus is the one who dwells with us and in us through his Spirit.] 16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted. 17 Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” 18 So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord. [Here in this location the central episodes in chapters 14-19 are set, all the patriarchs are buried, and a place of worship is created.]