In the case of the Canaan Sanctuary also, God is waiting for the most appropriate time and for our aroma of longing to be filled. |
The fact that they were in Jerusalem made it the holy city, Canaan the holy land. |
It grew up in the effort to conquer Canaan against what we thought was an ocean of idolaters and the effort to survive the Roman Empire. |
Its history began around 2000 B.C., when Semitic Amorites settled around the Jordan River in the area called Canaan. |
The land of Canaan was the land of milk and honey, but it was the land where farming was possible only when it rained at the proper time. |
Joshua and the Israelites had made an impressive beginning of their conquest of Canaan. |