Nuggets from "An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith" by Dave Hunt: "False Claims by 'Palestinians'"

Nuggets from “An Urgent Call to a Serious Faith” by Dave Hunt: “False Claims by Palestinians” -

There are two major topics of prophecy in the Bible: Israel and the Messiah who comes to Israel and through Israel to the world. There are hundreds of prophecies concerning Israel (God’s chosen people) that have been fulfilled, and many more are in the process of fulfillment, as we are witnessing in our day. The fulfillment of prophecies concerning Israel is found throughout vital parts of history acknowledged by the entire world.

According to the Bible, God gave the land of Israel exclusively to His chosen people, the Jews. It was specifically promised to the descendants of “Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” (Genesis:12:7And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
See All...; 13:15; 15:7, 18-21; 17:7-8, 19, 21; 26:3-5; 28:13; Exodus:6:4And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
See All...,8; 1 Chronicles:16:16-18 [16] Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; [17] And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, [18] Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
See All..., etc.). Israel was the new name given by God to Jacob, and it is from this name that the Promised Land derives its proper title to this day. The importance of these people can be seen in the fact that God tells Moses, “I am…the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob…this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations” (Exodus:3:6Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
See All..., 15). The Bible identifies God in this way 12 times, the number of the tribes of Israel. Another 203 times He is called “the God of Israel.”

Certain Arabs, who only within the last fifty years began to call themselves “Palestinians,” claim the land of Israel as the surviving descendants of its original inhabitants. That clearly fraudulent assertion is the basis for their intended displacement of Israel and causes the conflict in the Middle East.

These Arabs claim that they are descended from Ishmael, Abraham’s first son, and that therefore the Promised Land belongs to them. But Ishmael—even had there been a Palestinian people—was not a Palestinian. His mother was Hagar, the Egyptian maid (Genesis:16:1Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
See All...) of Abraham’s wife, Sarah, while Ishmael’s father was Abraham, who was from Ur of the Chaldees (Genesis:11:31And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.
See All...) – neither of them were Palestinians! When Abraham brought his wife, servants, and flocks into the Promised Land that God gave to him and to his heirs by an everlasting covenant (Genesis:13:15For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
See All...; 17:7, etc.), it was called Canaan and was inhabited by Canaanites (Genesis 12: 5-6; 13:7, 12, etc.). Arabs who make the impossible claim of descent both from Ishmael and from the original inhabitants of that land are simply lying.