Author Mike Oppenheimer writes:
The current conflict in the Holy Land originates in the spiritual realm, as those who worship another god attack God’s own choice to give the land to David’s descendants. Islam’s continual refusal to recognize and acknowledge Jerusalem as the city of the Jewish people fuels unending contention between the two. David founded Jerusalem on the ruins of a pagan city which his army had overcome, and the Jews (Hebrews) then lived there. The Muslims came in much later, building their mosque over one thousand years after David’s conquest and after the Israelites were removed from the land.
This removal did not change God’s mind on the matter of land ownership. When He said, “I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers” (Exodus 6:4), He meant it to be a binding word, one to last throughout all generations. …continue reading booklet…
The Word Like Fire 