Ancient Sacred Borders and the Modern State of Israel

In Bible times people believed that land was owned by the deity they worshiped and that the land borders were sacred. We read in Leviticus, “The land shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for your are strangers and sojourners with Me” (Leviticus 25:23).

Joel writes, “For behold, in those days and at that time, when I bring back the captives of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land” (Joel 3:1-2).

This is why God instructed the Hebrews not to move boundary markers (Deuteronomy 19:14).  To remove the covenant landmarks and divide the land was not just an attack against the people, but more importantly, against the deity the people worshiped.  It was the way the enemy showed that their god was greater.

We must have this knowledge to be able to understand the ancient biblical context of God’s warning in Zechariah 12:3, “And it shall happen in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a very heavy stone (boundary marker of God’s territory) for all peoples, all who would heave it away (divide Jerusalem) will surely be cut in pieces (cursed for attacking the sacred covenant land), though all nations of the earth are gathered against it.”

As long as our beloved America continues to pressure Israel to divide up God’s sacred land, including Jerusalem, we can expect America to continue to implode from within at an accelerated rate of decline followed by collapse and chaos of all of our systems. Our only hope is to return, tesuvah, to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and stand unwavering with Israel.