(31-33) Boundaries of Israel's inheritance.

a. From the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River encompasses a huge portion of land, one that Israel has never fully possessed.

i. God may grant, but we must possess; He withholds our possession of many things until we will partner with Him in bold faith and obedience.

ii. We have been granted every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ; but will only possess that which we will partner with Him in faith and obedience to receive.

iii. God is not an indulgent, spoiling father, pouring out on His children resources, blessings, and gifts they are not ready to receive or be responsible with.

b. Through lack of discernment, Israel did end up making a covenant with some of the people of the land (Joshua 9). There is no area of the law that Israel - or anyone - has ever kept perfectly.