God’s Holy Land (Numbers 34:50–34:29) - Numbers Exposition

The land of Israel is of deep interest to Christians, and rightly so. At the same time, many Christians over-emphasise the “holy land,” forgetting that, under the new covenant, that piece of real estate is nothing special. While Numbers 33:50–34:29 focuses attention on the holy land, it is important for new covenant believers—Jew and Gentile—to understand that Christians should think less about the land of Israel and more about the true Israel of God (Galatians 6:16) and the promise that the true Israel will inherit the earth. We will study these verses together under four broad headings: 1. It was a Bad land (33:50–56) 2. It was a Bordered Land (34:1–15) 3. It was a Blessed Land (34:16–29) 4. Conclusion: There is a Better Land