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Originally Posted by Nell
How long it applies? That question can be rephrased “When did it stop ‘applying’?” If indeed it did..."stop applying".
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This presumes that the real question is not "to whom did this apply?" And, in addition, then ask "is there a basis to apply it to anyone else?"
Cahn would say "yes." But he says yes because he seems to presume that it is simply so. He does not provide any basis that I have been able to ascertain that makes his "yes" anything but a fantasy.
This is where everything seems to go off the rails. The fact that it was said to Israel seems to be presumed to be either a general command to all nations (whether or not they even acknowledge God a lot, a little, or none at all), or to certain nations who manage to get themselves a covenant with God like Israel had.
And as God did not state that the whole earth should leave their fields fallow every 7th year, it would seem that it was initially only applicable to Israel.
So we are back to the question of whether a man, a group of men, or even a large number of the general population of a secular nation can do anything that creates a covenant with God like was made between God and Israel.