Sweet Beulah
Land
Background from the OT:
various…Genesis, Exodus, prophets, etc., focus: Isaiah
62:4-5
Biblical references to the Holy Land
Abram dwells in the Land
of Cannan (Gen 11:31)
Joseph stolen away out of
the Land of the Hebrews (Gen 40:15)
Moses and the Land of
the Palestina following the Red Sea crossing (Ex 15:14)
Saul and Jonathan in the Land
of Israel (1 Sam 13:19)
Isaiah's prophecy of
destruction by Assyria over the Land of Immanuel (Is
8:8)
Isaiah's prophecy of return
to the land called Beulah (Is 62:4-5)
Hosea's prophecy of
Israel's removal from the Lord's Land (Hos 9:3)
Zechariah's prophecy of
Israel's return to the Holy Land (Zech 2:12)
Paul refers to Abraham's
dwelling in the Land of Promise (Heb 11:9)
God takes a special interest in His
Land
God calls it "my
land"
Jeremiah 2:7,
7:15
Ezekiel 45:5,
45:7
Hosea 8:1
Joel 3:2
Joel's prophecy of
destruction
The coming Army
-- Joel 2:1-11
Call for
repentence -- Joel 2:12-17 (special note on 2:13)
Restoration of
the land -- Joel 2:18-27
Beulah Land as a Type for the
Covenant of Christ
Jerusalem pictured as a
bride (Is 62:4-5)
Hephzibah means
"my delight is in her"
Beulah means
"married"
Jesus prepares a place for
his bride (John 14:1-3)
The bride meets the groom
Rev 21:1-2
Rev 21:9
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