Hi, I'm Miss Minton, and welcome to this lesson on the promised lands.

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain the role and significance of the promised lands within the Abrahamic religions.

Now, let's have a look at our keywords for today's lesson.

We have covenant, descendants, and promised land.

Now, a covenant is an agreement between God and people.

Descendants are your children or any further generations of children that begin from them, and promised land refers to areas of land that was promised as part of the Abrahamic covenant.

Now, our lesson today will have two parts.

In the first part, we will look at the promise of land in the Abrahamic covenant, and in the second part, we will look at the significance of the promised lands.

So, let's get started with the first part of our lesson, the promise of land in the Abrahamic covenant.

Now, in the Abrahamic covenant, God promised Abraham land, and God actually instructed Abraham to travel to this land, which was known as Canaan.

So, let's check your understanding.

What was the name of the land that God told Abraham to travel to? A, Haran, B, Ur, or C, Canaan? Fantastic.

The correct answer is C, Canaan.

Now, when Abraham and Sarah reached Canaan, God said, "All the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever." And we find this in Genesis 13.

Now, a little bit later in Genesis, we actually see God reinforce this promise of land to Abraham, and God says to Abraham, "The whole land of Canaan where you now reside as a foreigner, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you, and I will be their God." Now, I'd like you to pause the video and either talk to a partner, talk to me, or have a think to yourself about what God is giving Abraham in this passage.

Off you go.

Well done.

So, God says to Abraham and his descendants that they will have everlasting possession of Canaan, so this means that God is giving Abraham and his descendants this land called Canaan.

Now, let's check your understanding.

Finish this sentence.

God said that Abraham and his descendants would have, A, temporary possession of Canaan, or B, everlasting possession of Canaan.

Well done.

The correct answer is B.

God said that Abraham and his descendants would have everlasting possession of Canaan.

Well done.

Now, God's promise of land to Abraham meant that Canaan became known as the promised land, but in the Old Testament and Torah, there is also mention of areas surrounding Canaan, suggesting that God actually promised multiple areas of land, and that's why sometimes we refer to the promised land as plural.

So, let's check your understanding.

Fill in the blanks.

God's promise of land meant that Canaan became known as the blank blank.

Fantastic.

The missing words are promised and land.

So, God's promise of land meant that Canaan became known as the promised land.

Okay, so it is time for a task.

Now, I would like you to have a read of the sentence stems, number one, two, three, and four, and I'd like you to use those sentence stems to explain how Canaan became known as the promised land.

So, pause the video and have a go.

Well done for your work during that task.

So, I asked you to use the sentence stems to explain how Canaan became known as the promised land.

Now, your response might look something like this.

For number one, God and Abraham made a covenant.

Number two, God instructed Abraham to leave his home and travel to Canaan.

Number three, when Abraham and Sarah reached Canaan, God told them they will have everlasting possession of Canaan.

And finally, number four, Canaan then became known as the promised Land.

So again, well done for your hard work using those sentence stems to explain how Canaan became known as the promised land.

So, let's move on to the second part of our lesson, which is looking at the significance of the promised lands.

Now, the Old Testament and Torah state that the promise of land was initially given to Abraham and was then reaffirmed with his son, Isaac, and then his son, Jacob.

This promise was then inherited by the 12 tribes of Israel, also known as the Israelites.

Now, in Genesis 26, it says that God said to Isaac, "I will give you all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham, your father." Now, I'd like you to pause the video and either talk to a partner, talk to me, or have a think to yourself, about what God is telling Isaac in this passage.

Off you go.

So, God is telling Isaac that He promises him land, just like how He promised his father, Abraham, land, and God's referring to this as an oath, which indicates that this is a very serious promise that needs to be taken very seriously by Isaac.

Now, in Genesis 28, we also learn about what God said to Jacob, Isaac's son.

And God said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham, your Father, and the God of Isaac.

The land on which you lie, I will give to you and to your offspring." Now here, God is speaking to Jacob and once again, reiterating this promise of land.

Now, why do you think that God makes this promise to Jacob? So, pause the video and either have a think to yourself, talk to a partner, or talk to me.

Off you go.

So, God makes this promise to Jacob because he is a descendant of Abraham, and if we think back to the promise initially made to Abraham, God made it very clear that this promise would extend to Abraham's descendants as well, which includes Jacob.

So, let's check your understanding.

True or false.

God reiterates the promise of land to Isaac and Jacob.

Fantastic.

That statement is true.

Well done.

Now, because this promise of land comes through Isaac and Jacob, and their descendants, many Jews view the promised lands as a divine gift from God and believe that the promised lands represent the fulfilment of God's promise to them as descendants of Abraham.

Now, the promised lands also hold religious and historical significance for many Muslims today, and the area is associated with many prophets within Islam such as the Prophet Ibrahim, Musa, and Isa.

These prophets all played a really important role in shaping Islam as we know it today, which is why the promised lands is also important for many Muslims. So, let's check your understanding.

The promised lands are associated with many blank within Islam.

Is the missing word, A, people, B, princes, or C, prophets? Well done.

The missing word is prophets.

So, the promised lands are associated with many prophets within Islam.

Well done.

Now, the promised lands do also have significance within Christianity, and this is because the promised lands are central to many narratives within the Bible, and they can help many Christians understand how God's plan for salvation has unfolded throughout their history.

Also, the promised lands are important for Christians because many key events in Jesus' life actually took place within these areas, and today, many Christians will actually go on a pilgrimage, a religious journey, to these parts of the promised lands.

So, let's check your understanding again.

Fill in the blanks.

The promised lands are important in helping Christians understand God's plan for blank.

Fantastic.

The missing word is salvation.

So, the promised lands are important in helping Christians understand God's plan for salvation.

Well done.

It's now time for a task.

So, I would like you to complete the table by explaining the significance of the promised lands for each of the Abrahamic religions, and these are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

So, pause the video and have a go.

Well done for your work during that task.

So, I asked you to complete the table by explaining the significance of the promised lands for each of the Abrahamic religions.

Now, your answers should look something like this.

For Judaism, many Jews view the promised lands as a divine gift from God that represents the fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham and his descendants.

For Christianity, the promised lands were central to many Christian narratives found in the Bible, and they are where many key events in Jesus' life took place, and for Islam, the promised lands are associated with many prophets who played a vital role in shaping Islam as we know it today.

So again, big well done for your hard work during that task.

We've now reached the end of our learning together, but before we finish up, let's recap some of the key things that we've learned this lesson.

So, we've learned that Abraham was promised land as part of his covenant with God.

We've also learned how the Old Testament and Torah states that Abraham and his descendants would have everlasting possession of Canaan.

Canaan then became known as the promised land, but the Old Testament and Torah do also mention surrounding areas too.

And finally, we learned that Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, regard the promised lands as significant for different reasons.

So, a big well done for all of your hard work during this lesson.

It has been a pleasure learning with you today.