The land belongs to Christ
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: Genesis 15:18
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:16
Fulfillment
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. John 3:35
The land was never given to Israel to own. Because of God's promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob they were given the right to live in the land, if they obeyed God's voice
The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine; for you are guests and resident aliens with me. Leviticus 25:23
Satan is the author of the lie that Israel was given title deed to the land
Oh and BTW, God "gave" Nebuchadnezzar pretty much the whole near East and everything and everyone in it.
Dan 2:37 - Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
Dan 2:38 - And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
But....not by EVERLASTING covenant. And not to his DESCENDANTS in their GENERATIONS.
Gen 15:18 - On the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates—
Gen 17:7 - “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.
And I do agree with you. Occupying the land was predicated upon belief and obedience. Which of course is precisely the reason that the Sons of Jacob, the descendants of Abraham shall indeed INHERIT the LAND as a possession FOREVER. For they, the NATION, shall enter into the New Covenant in contrition and belief and mourning....and be REDEEMED by their Kinsman Redeemer Jesus Messiah.
Jeremiah 31 - "At the same time," says the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."
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Jer 31:11 - For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, And ransomed him from the hand of one stronger than he.
Jer 31:33 - “But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Jer 31:35 - Thus says the LORD,
Who gives the sun for a light by day,
The ordinances of the moon and the stars for a light by night,
Who disturbs the sea,
And its waves roar
(The LORD of hosts
is His name):
Jer 31:36 - “If those ordinances depart
From before Me, says the LORD,
Then the seed of Israel shall also cease
From being
a nation before Me forever.”
Jer 31:37 - Thus says the LORD:
“If heaven above can be measured,
And the foundations of the earth searched out beneath,
I will also cast off all the seed of Israel
For all that they have done, says the LORD.