DIOCESE OF PASIG

LAND IN THE BIBLE

A Biblical History
 Goal: Genuine Land Reform

Objective:

The Listeners will be grateful to God for the LAND

we have in the Philippines and become consciously
aware of our responsibility to care, protect, and
defend Mother Earth.
 1. GENESIS: Account of Creation
(Gen 1:1-31)

• The Story of Creation:

 THE SEVENTH DAY (Gen 2:1-3)

GOD rested on the Seventh Day:

• Make Holy the Sabbath Day (Divine Rest)

• Man created on the 6th day BUT for the 7th Day
• The SUNDAY Rest
• The FAMILY Day with the LORD
 2. GENESIS 12: God’s promise to
Abraham

Gen 12:1-3
• God promises Abraham 3 Things:

1. A Land
2. A Nation / Kingdom
3. Multiple Blessings, Multiple Descendants
 3. EXODUS EVENT

• Exodus 1-4: GOD chose Moses to lead His people out of Egypt

• Exodus 5-15: God brought the Israelites out of Egypt

(Egypt = Land of Slavery)

• Numbers 26-36: Israelitic People were prepared to enter the

Promised Land
 4. THE CONQUEST

Land of Canaan: “A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey”

• (Canaan = Land of Blessings…)

• Inhabitants: Mesopotamians, Moabites, Canaanites,
Midianites, Abimelech, Ammonites, Philistines,
Amorites, Jebusites, etc…
The Land of Canaan:
• Approximately 50 x 150 miles
• Influential Land Bridge
• Four Ecological Zones converge
5. JOSHUA: To Conquer Canaan

Moses asked Joshua to conquer the Land of

Canaan
• To become the Land of Israel
• Entering the Land (Joshua 1:1--5:12)
• Conquering the Land (Joshua 5:13—12:24)
• Dividing the Land (Joshua 13—21)
• Rest in the Land (Joshua 22—24)
• Israel’s Occupation of Canaan:
The Prologue (Judges 1:1—3:6)

• Israel’s Occupation of Canaan:

The Epilogue (Judges 17—21)

• Israel – The Twelve Tribes

• Division of the Land (Joshua 13—

22)

• Levites no share but 48 Cities

The Twelve Tribes of Israel
6. The PRESENCE of GOD in our LANDS

• A) “Theophania” = Theophany

• B) “Epiphania” = Epiphany

• C) “Diaphania” = Diaphany
 7. Our LANDS Today…

• Territorials
• Jurisdictions
• “Haciendas”
• Agricultural
• Industrial
• Residential
• Zonings
 8. Our LANDS in the Philippines
• Lands of Native Filipinos
• The Aetas, Negritos, Tausogs,
Tinggians,
• Mangyans, Manubos, Eskayans, etc…

• Land Grabbing: Multinationals The

Landed

Spratley’s
Panatag Shoal?
West Philippine Sea, etc.
9. SYSTEMS OF LAND
MEASUREMENTS

• Spanish Survey
• Cadastral Survey
• Per Hectare
• Per Acres
• Per Square
Kilometers
• Per Square Meters
• Per Can
• Per Pot
 10. OUR RESPONSE

OUR RESPONSE: Care for Mother Earth

• Waste Disposal
• Recycling
• Fight Illegal Loggings
• Fight Illegal Mining
• Forest preservations
• Preservations of Natural Resources