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Nov. 25, 2022
No More Famine in the Land
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all encountered famine in the Promised Land. It was a difficult land that required faith to enter and faith to remain. It was also a land set aside for a specific people and only when they took possession of it would it flourish. The good news is the Jewish people are back in their land and the desert is blooming, the vineyards are becoming world renown, and an abundance of food is being sold abroad. The Land and people are united again!
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No More Famine in the Land (Out of Zion Episode #153)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, I am in the land of Israel and I have great news to share.
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It is flourishing.
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It hasn't always been this way and it's almost as though that the people that were designated
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to inhabit this land when they were not in it, it in a way died.
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But they're back home now and the land is flourishing.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional.
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And I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your
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very busy week.
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You know, we're reading through the Torah and this week we're reading Genesis 25 verse
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19 through 28 verse 9.
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And we read the story of how Rebecca was barren.
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And so her husband Isaac prayed to the Lord and she became pregnant with twins.
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And she knew something wasn't right within it's as though they were struggling.
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And the Lord said that she had two nations inside of her.
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And after they were born they continued to struggle.
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And we've read the story of how Jacob and Esau struggled with each other and Jacob the
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younger it was prophesied would be the leader.
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And sure enough Esau sold his birthright to Jacob and then Jacob took the blessing of
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the firstborn.
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So in the midst of the story of the struggle between these two brothers is the story of
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a famine.
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And I find it so interesting.
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You know when Abraham entered the land by faith the land that God had promised to him
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he encountered famine and he had to go to Egypt in order to survive.
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And here Isaac is encountering famine.
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So he goes down to the Philistine area.
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And we're going to read in a few weeks how there was another famine in the time of his
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son Jacob.
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So isn't this interesting wouldn't you expect that if God had given you a promised land you
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don't expect to go there to starve, right?
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And it's interesting that it's a land that required faith to enter it.
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Abraham had to have faith to enter the Israelites had to have faith in order to go in and possess
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the land.
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But it also required faith to remain in the land.
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It wasn't necessarily an easy land.
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And because of that it was a testing ground of one's faith.
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But there's another reason why it was difficult.
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It's because it had not yet been taken possession by the people that God had designated that
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land to belong to.
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It was their inheritance.
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It was their gift and they had not yet taken possession.
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But once they did take possession of the land and they lived according to God's ways and
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God's law the land flourished.
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Well they were taken into exile long story but during that time of exile the land became
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completely barren.
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I talk about this in other podcasts so I don't have time today to explain the ends and the
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00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,520
outs of it.
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But when the Jewish people began returning to the land in the 20th century, 19th century
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they began to plant it and they turned it into the most amazing flourishing land.
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Jewish people who had been so persecuted that they weren't allowed to even own land in other
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countries.
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They didn't have farming skills yet they came here and they loved the land and they tended
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to it and they used innovation and technology to where today their apple orchards can produce
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ten times more apples than an orchard in Russia.
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Their milk cows are producing more milk than any other cows in the world.
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The desert is blossoming and blooming.
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They are leading the world in water conservation.
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It's truly amazing and it's because the land's owners are back in the land and it's flourishing
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and it is blossoming.
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So with that I want to wish you a Shabbat Shalom and I hope you're enjoying the view
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behind me of the beautiful land of Israel.
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Shalom.
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Shalom.
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Shalom.
00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,920
Well, I am in the land of Israel and I have great news to share.
2
00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:08,160
It is flourishing.
3
00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:14,060
It hasn't always been this way and it's almost as though that the people that were designated
4
00:00:14,060 --> 00:00:19,000
to inhabit this land when they were not in it, it in a way died.
5
00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:23,880
But they're back home now and the land is flourishing.
6
00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:26,760
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional.
7
00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:32,360
And I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your
8
00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:34,200
very busy week.
9
00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:39,680
You know, we're reading through the Torah and this week we're reading Genesis 25 verse
10
00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,280
19 through 28 verse 9.
11
00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,200
And we read the story of how Rebecca was barren.
12
00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,120
And so her husband Isaac prayed to the Lord and she became pregnant with twins.
13
00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:57,760
And she knew something wasn't right within it's as though they were struggling.
14
00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,960
And the Lord said that she had two nations inside of her.
15
00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,920
And after they were born they continued to struggle.
16
00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:12,080
And we've read the story of how Jacob and Esau struggled with each other and Jacob the
17
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,440
younger it was prophesied would be the leader.
18
00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:23,280
And sure enough Esau sold his birthright to Jacob and then Jacob took the blessing of
19
00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,400
the firstborn.
20
00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:31,800
So in the midst of the story of the struggle between these two brothers is the story of
21
00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:32,800
a famine.
22
00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,360
And I find it so interesting.
23
00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:40,120
You know when Abraham entered the land by faith the land that God had promised to him
24
00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:46,400
he encountered famine and he had to go to Egypt in order to survive.
25
00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,000
And here Isaac is encountering famine.
26
00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:52,320
So he goes down to the Philistine area.
27
00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:57,960
And we're going to read in a few weeks how there was another famine in the time of his
28
00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:00,080
son Jacob.
29
00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:05,640
So isn't this interesting wouldn't you expect that if God had given you a promised land you
30
00:02:05,640 --> 00:02:09,200
don't expect to go there to starve, right?
31
00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:15,440
And it's interesting that it's a land that required faith to enter it.
32
00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:21,320
Abraham had to have faith to enter the Israelites had to have faith in order to go in and possess
33
00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:22,320
the land.
34
00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:25,680
But it also required faith to remain in the land.
35
00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,880
It wasn't necessarily an easy land.
36
00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,040
And because of that it was a testing ground of one's faith.
37
00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,520
But there's another reason why it was difficult.
38
00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:43,560
It's because it had not yet been taken possession by the people that God had designated that
39
00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:44,800
land to belong to.
40
00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:46,680
It was their inheritance.
41
00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:50,360
It was their gift and they had not yet taken possession.
42
00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:56,040
But once they did take possession of the land and they lived according to God's ways and
43
00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,320
God's law the land flourished.
44
00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:05,960
Well they were taken into exile long story but during that time of exile the land became
45
00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,400
completely barren.
46
00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:14,120
I talk about this in other podcasts so I don't have time today to explain the ends and the
47
00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:15,520
outs of it.
48
00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:23,480
But when the Jewish people began returning to the land in the 20th century, 19th century
49
00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:32,280
they began to plant it and they turned it into the most amazing flourishing land.
50
00:03:32,280 --> 00:03:38,000
Jewish people who had been so persecuted that they weren't allowed to even own land in other
51
00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000
countries.
52
00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:45,280
They didn't have farming skills yet they came here and they loved the land and they tended
53
00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:52,600
to it and they used innovation and technology to where today their apple orchards can produce
54
00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:58,720
ten times more apples than an orchard in Russia.
55
00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:04,720
Their milk cows are producing more milk than any other cows in the world.
56
00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,680
The desert is blossoming and blooming.
57
00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,280
They are leading the world in water conservation.
58
00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:19,840
It's truly amazing and it's because the land's owners are back in the land and it's flourishing
59
00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:22,200
and it is blossoming.
60
00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:27,760
So with that I want to wish you a Shabbat Shalom and I hope you're enjoying the view
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00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:31,360
behind me of the beautiful land of Israel.
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Shalom.
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Shalom.
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Shalom.
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