Genesis 13:8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herd-men and thy herd-men; for we be brethren.
The tensions that flare up, ever so often, between North, and South Korea are about real estate. The current efforts underway to colonize the moon and other planets, is about real estate. Again, when you see Hedge funds buying up large swaths of land and homes, so that would-be homebuyers get the short end of the stick, by being priced out and being forced to rent, the bottom line is about real estate. Again, the very first verse in the Bible where it says that God created the earth, is about real estate.
The back and forth between Abraham’s herdsmen, and Lot’s shepherds was about real estate, and if that issue had not then been diffused by the kindness of Abraham, the story would have had a very different ending. Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt, because of her real estate. Back in the days when the Philistines and the Amalekites invaded Israel, they would capture those territories that belonged to them and in some cases, they would make them tributary to those kings who had subjugated them.
It was most often about real estate. The promised land was about real estate. When the 12 spies were sent to spy out the land of Canaan, they brought back samples of the natural resources and products of the land to confirm their need to go and conquer it because God had promised them the real estate of Canaan. Again, when satan tempted Christ in the wilderness he offered Him real estate in exchange for worship.
Luke 4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!