Fair point. So either God has planned on this earth realm to continue on for a looooooong time still to come, (which would really upset some people of certain eschatological views ,kek) or the promise was extremely hyperbolic.
It would be interesting to try and locate other instances in the Bible where God used such hyperbole to establish whether it's something consistant with how He operates. I am reminded of when Jesus said to cut off your arm / pluck out your eye, but this may be a spiritual cutting / plucking parabolic statement so idk for sure if it fits.
We could also examine the promise itself to try and better understand any linguistic nuances it may contain. In Hosea 1:10 it says
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
which might shine a bit more light on the statement, as it includes "which cannot be measured nor numbered"
Fair point. So either God has planned on this earth realm to continue on for a looooooong time still to come, (which would really upset some people of certain eschatological views ,kek) or the promise was extremely hyperbolic.
It would be interesting to try and locate other instances in the Bible where God used such hyperbole to establish whether it's something consistant with how He operates. I am reminded of when Jesus said to cut off your arm / pluck out your eye, but this may be a spiritual cutting / plucking parabolic statement so idk for sure if it fits.
We could also examine the promise itself to try and better understand any linguistic nuances it may contain. In Hosea 1:10 it says
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
which might shine a bit more light on the statement, as it includes "which cannot be measured nor numbered"