Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan and made his offspring many. I gave him Isaac ...
Joshua 24:3
Joshua 24 is a brief summary of the first six books of the Hebrew Bible ... the Old Testament. This summary speaks of Israel, Abraham's family. It begins by mentioning Abraham who lived 2000 BC and God promised him a gift of land for his family. As always God kept, and still keeps, his promise. But the fulfillment of his promise to Abraham was not fulfilled until around 1300 BC when his descendants entered the "promised land". Although waiting 700 years for a promise to be kept in the human family is 'forever' I suppose when you have an everlasting life like God 700 years is like taking a deep breath.
In this I am assured that in God's timeline God continues to eventually keep his promises.
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