Was Walvoord Correct in His Assessment of the Land Promise? Most of the focus of the church on Israel involves the land promise made in Genesis 12:7.  As the late Dr. Walvoord remarked in His book, Prophecy, 14 Essential Keys to Understanding the Final Drama:  “The giving of the land to Abraham’s descendants has become a watershed in the study of prophecy, p. 39-40. The tendency has been to deny this is a literal promise. For Walvoord, every mention of the land God promised Abraham literally included the area from the river of Egypt to the River Euphrates, per Gen. 15:15–18). He contended ...