There is so much confusion in the media today about Israel's right to the land. Yes, I can bore you all with Israelite's "occupation of Jerusalem" predating Mohamed by a millennia. And yes Muslims will point to the horrors of the Crusades and how they were stripped from Jerusalem by the Christians which was a catalyst for what we are experiencing today both with terrorism in American and in Israel (as well as the rest of the world).

Well, "Attention all Judeo-Christian Bible believers." Does God lie? Do we believe him when he makes a promise?

Here is God's promise. Genesis 15:17-21 and I quote (NIV), "When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking fire pot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces. On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram (later changed to Abraham) and said, 'To your descendants I give this land, from the River (Wadi) of Egypt to the Great River Euphrates, the land of the Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.'"

OK, let's take a look at Galatians 3:16-18. (V16) The promises were spoken to spoken to Abraham and his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to his seeds," meaning many people but "and to your seed," meaning one person who is Christ. (V17).

What I mean is this: The Law, introduced 430 years later (note-this is a direct reference to Moses canonizing this Genesis account of "the promise to Abraham"), does not set aside the covenant previously established by God and thus do away with the promise. (V18) For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise (in other words, it would be "conditional"); but God in His grace gave it to Abraham through a promise. (Which is unconditional).

Now then, turn with me to Hebrews 6:13-18. (V13) "When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for Him to swear by, He swore by Himself, (v14) saying, 'I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.' (A direct reference to Genesis 22:17, again part of "The Promise" to Abraham) (V16). Men swear by someone greater than themselves... (V17) Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, He confirmed it with an oath. (V18) God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie."

So I guess the question for anyone who believes the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, is this: Where is this land that is referenced in Genesis 15 by all these tribes with "ites" at the end of their name that God unconditionally promised to Israel?

Ken Tamplin is a film & TV music producer living in Newport Beach, California. He has many award winning records and has done many scores for motion pictures and television. You can reach him at kentamplin@adelphia.net