23The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
Principal #1: not sold permanently, could only be leased and to be returned in the Jubilee. The lease could be bought out at anytime by a relative, kinsman.
Principal #2: It is Mine! The land in Israel belongs to the Lord!
Principal #3: You are but foreigners and residents, (strangers and sojourners). The Lord was reminding the Israelites their real home was in heaven with Him, even as Christians are reminded today because scripture says:
Hebrews 11: 13All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
2 Corinthians 5: 1For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down (that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.
The older I get the more I look forward to my eternal, heavenly home!
Do you look forward to a eternal, heavenly home?
Blessings, David
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