The Sanhedrin ruled that the Jewish people are now clearly in the prophesied third inheritance of the land, the first being by Joshua, the second after the Babylonian exile. The third inheritance refers to the prophesied return of the Jews from the exile that followed the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans in 70 CE. Jewish tradition holds that this return will usher in the building of the Third Temple, the return of the Davidic Dynasty, and the messianic era. Unlike the returns from the previous exiles, the third return is supposed to be final.
Following that decision, the Sanhedrin also issued a ruling that “declared sovereignty over the territories of the Land of Israel that the State of Israel has not declared sovereignty over.”
“That is, over the territories of the Land of Israel in the areas that are currently called: Judea, Samaria, the Jordan Valley, Syria, Lebanon, and all territory between the River of Egypt and the Great River Euphrates that the People of Israel occupy and the State of Israel does not immediately declare sovereignty over.”
This definition is consistent with the geographic boundaries of the land promised to Abraham in Genesis:
“On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram and said, “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.” Genesis 115:18-21
It is also consistent with the description of the borders described in Deuteronomy:
“Every place where you set your foot will be yours: Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea. Deuteronomy 11:24
“Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. Deuteronomy 1:7
The Sanhedrin emphasized that they do not reject the authority of the current government. “The current State of Israel is a blessed step, perhaps a catalyst, to a proper Torah-based government,” the Sanhedrin explained.





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