Spiritual aspects of land

Scripture presents land in a spiritual perspective. The whole earth, once perfect but now contaminated by the fall, will one day be renewed. There will be a new heaven and earth where life is abundant and God’s presence is experienced for ever.

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Eden: the original good land Ge 2:8–9 Paradise lost: expulsion from the garden Ge 3:17–19 See also Ro 8:19–20 The promised land: an echo of Eden Dt 8:7–10 See also Ex 3:8; Ex 3:17; Ex 13:5; Le 20:24; Nu 13:27; Dt 6:3; Dt 11:8–12; Dt 26:9; Dt 27:3 The land of Israel after the exile Promise of a return…