for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
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… eternal. It wasn't just for a specified time. God said in Genesis 13, he reaffirmed, Abraham, this land is going to be yours forever. Look at Genesis 13 verses 14 and 15. And the Lord said to Abraham, after Lot had separated from him, now I want you to lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward, from all the land which you see, I will give it to you and your descendants for how long? Forever. Let me tell you, forever is a long time. We have a hard time as mortal beings understanding what eternity is like. I came across these words from author Henry Willen Van Loom, who writes, high up in the north, in the land called Svithjah, there stands a rock. This rock is 100 miles high and 100 miles wide. Once every 1,000 years, a little bird comes to this rock to sharpen its beak. When the rock has thus been worn away, then only a single day of eternity will have gone by. …
… See, in Genesis 12, he gave him the reveal, but he said he didn't get it yet. So I'm going to revisit him and give him another reveal in Genesis 13, verse 15. He says, I am giving you this land, boy. as far as you can see to you and your descendants now let me stop right there he had no kids at this moment see how can i have a descendant and i'm barren god said i'm not looking at your barrenness i'm looking at my fruitfulness and my faithfulness and god will speak in the middle of situations that do not look right and he will speak to what it will be he said i'm giving this to you and your descendants as a permanent possession. And I will, he said, let me go, let me just tell you, cause you not believe in me. I will give you so many descendants. It'll be like the dust of the earth. They can't be counted. Go. No, no, this is what I want you to cause you don't believe me, huh? Go and walk through the land in every direction, North, South, East, and West. Just take a lap for I am giving it to you what happens when God says just walk in any direction it's yours you want the business walk in that direction it's yours I'm revealing to you you want your family he'll call it out every day it's yours you you want you he said I'm giving this to you …
… after Lot had parted from him, look around, look up, lift your eyes from where you are to the north, to the south, to the east, and to the west, all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever. I want to preach to you this topic, this message, this thought, a lot to lose. if you'd allow me, I wanna say a prayer over you here today. Jesus, in your name, we're so thankful for your presence. Lord, we're so thankful for your power, your spirit that we feel, your presence that calls us to more, that calls us to greater. I pray in this moment that you would help us to just open up our hearts and our minds and our spirits to receive the word that brings life to our spirit. We thank you for what you're doing in this place, what you're doing in this city, what you're doing in the lives and the hearts of families and people. We thank you for it in Jesus' name. …