14 ¶And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and awestward:
Whenever I would read this, I would think that this is only for the 12 tribes, and for that time period. Maybe now I am trying to dig to deep of a well here, but could this be symbolically saying that the whole earth will belong to the children of Israel.
Before you go off and thinking that this whole earth cannot belong to the 12 tribes, let me explain in two points.
1. There is a whole Lost 10 Tribes, that most likely mingled with all sorts of people. Well, not most likely, they did. Does not that make them members of Israel.
2. Those who are baptized by the correct authority (by one who holds the priesthood of God) who are not literal descendents of Jacob (Israel) can be adopted into the tribe. The Lord wants everyone to be a member of the 12 tribes. The only way to be adopted is to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. By doing so, you accept the covenant and are adopted in, if you are already not a member.
So, the Lord loves everyone. He wants to give the whole human family this wonderful gift (earth) and he is preparing the means by which he can.
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