Section 2 The Story Of Creation - 05 Life In Heaven
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Question: So, why didn’t you just say this, why did you have to mention the Sefer Yetzirah?

God’s answer:

The land of My people

Meaning: Heaven is the true Promise Land. In the New Covenant, God states: “I will be their God and they shall be My people.“

The physical counterpart (prefiguration) of this Promised Land is the land God promised to Abraham for his descendants, the Jews, the chosen people.

Question: What is the relationship of this statement with my question?

God’s answer:

Geographical boundaries

Meaning: A plane, as God defines, in Chapter 7: The Evolution of Fallen Man and Angels is: a world - It is a place that occupies space.

When God promised Abraham to give his descendants land, He defined the boundaries of this land. So likewise, the same concept is applied in describing Heaven but to also state that Heaven is an actual place.

“ In Genesis 15:18-21 the boundary of the promised land is clarified in terms of the territory of various ancient peoples, as follows:

On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates - the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."

The verse is said to describe what are known as "borders of the Land" (Gevulot Ha-aretz). In Jewish tradition, these borders define the maximum

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extent of the land promised to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob.

The promise was confirmed to Jacob at Genesis 28:13, though the borders are still vague and is in terms of "the land on which you are lying". Other geographical borders are given in Exodus 23:31 which describes borders as marked by the Red Sea, the "Sea of the Philistines" i.e. the Mediterranean, and the "River," (the Euphrates).

The promise is fulfilled at the end of the Exodus from Egypt.

Boundaries of the 'Promised Land' given in the Book of Numbers (chapter 34)

The South border. —(v. 3) "Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward : (v. 4) And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin : and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : (v. 5) And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea."

The Western border. —(v. 6) "And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border : this shall be your west border."

The North border. —(v. 7) "And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor : (v. 8) From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad : (v 9) And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazar-enan : this shall be your north border."

The East border. —(v. 10) "And ye shall point out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham : (v. 11) And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : (v. 12)

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