Whose Land? Whose Promise? Quotes

“The connection between covenant fidelity and the promise of land is evident throughout the Torah (the five traditional books of Moses). Possessing the land was contingent on Israel’s consistently living by God’s righteous standards.10 One of the most surprising discoveries for me was how rarely this theme is sounded by evangelical writers.”
― Gary M. Burge, Whose Land? Whose Promise?:: What Christians Are Not Being Told about Israel and the Palestinians

“Our excitement at living in “the last days” has led us to overlook some devastating facts about our faith, the Middle East, and what God would have us do. In some cases, we have not been told things, important things, about life as it really is in the Middle East.”
― Gary M. Burge, Whose Land? Whose Promise?:: What Christians Are Not Being Told about Israel and the Palestinians