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We Learned About God’s Grace As He Renewed Creation.
We Learned About Blessing And Curse Of Sons Of Noah.
Noah And Ham Both Fell Into Sin.
The Hope After The Flood Quickly Faded.
God Promised To Be With Noah And His Family.
Two Of Three Sons Were Respectful To Noah.
Those Two Sons Will Be Blessed By God.
Today: Filling The Earth. Key Takeaway: Evidence Of God's Guardianship Over His Chosen People.
The Last Two Lessons In The Next Two Weeks:
Apostasy Interrupted.
Lineage Of Life.
Now, Why Spend Time With A Passage Like This?
Verse 32 Sums It Up:
This Is The List Of The Families From Noah’s Sons.
They Are Arranged According To Their Nations.
From This Family Came All The People Of The Earth.
IT IS:
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD.
HELPFUL TO REALIZE AND ACCEPT THESE FACTS.
We Study Facts Concerning The Word Of God.
We Study Facts Concerning The Truth About Life.
INTRODUCTION:
A. All People Groups Came From The Three Sons Of Noah.
Chapter 10: Panoramic View Of The Beginning Of Nations.
Biblical And Secular Archaeologists Agree:
The Middle East Is Rightly Called THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION.
B. The Nation Israel Was Elected As The Instrument Of Redemptive Blessing To The World.
So, The Nation Needed To Know Where They Originated.
Israel Might Know How To Act Toward Them Other Nations.
This Is The Primary Reason For Giving The Table Of Nations.
NOTE:
Incomplete Facts Cause Difficulty Tracing Nations Beginning.
But Enough Evidence To Make SOME Conclusions.
History Has Confirmed This Distribution Of Mankind.
It Is Exactly As The Bible Says.
THE TABLE OF NATIONS AFTER THE FLOOD:
NATIONS GROW AND SPREAD:
Noah Has Died And So Moses, By Inspiration Of The Holy Spirit, Begins A New Section In History.
THE REVELATION OF GOD’S WILL AND GOD’S WORD:
LIMITED AND FOCUSED ON THE DESCENDANTS OF SHEM.
DESCENDANTS OF SHEM WOULD BECOME THE HEBREW PEOPLE.
There Are Thousands Of People Groups Now Days,
ALL GROUPS ORIGINATED FROM NOAH AND HIS SONS.
I. THE GENEOLOGY OF JAPHETH (10:2-5):
Japheth Was Given Intellectual Favor.
The People Of Japheth: Gifted In Philosophy And Intellect.
The Widest Geographical Distribution Of The Three Families.
Most Americans Are From This Line.
A. Generally Speaking These People Went Into Europe And Asia:
One Group Settled In India And The Other In Europe.
Together They Form What Is Known As The Indo-European Family Of Nations.
B. Japheth Has Seven Sons:
Magog: Founded The Northern Barbarian Hordes Now Russia.
Madai: Easily Identified As The Medes And Persian Empire.
Tubal: Migrated Into Modern-Day Turkey.
Meschech: Also Migrated Into Modern-Day Turkey.
Tiras: Probably The Ancestor Of The Aegean People.
Gomer: Settled In The Balkan Area Migrated To Germany.
From Gomer, Came The Word Gaul.
From The Gauls: The Early Families Of Western Europe.
Consequently Most Of The Americas Until Recently Were Ancestors Of Gomer (Who Was The Son Of Japheth).
Javan: Unquestionably The Ancestor Of The Greeks Who Settled Around The Black Sea.
II. THE GENEOLOGY OF HAM (10:6-20):
Ham Was Given The Art Of Technical Proficiency.
The People Of HAM: The Technicians Of Mankind.
Showing An Amazing Adaptability In Our World.
A. Generally Speaking These Peoples Moved Into Egypt, Africa And Canaan:
Perhaps The Darker Skinned People.
Particularly Gifted With Technical Proficiency.
Great Adaptability To Primitive Conditions.
All The Great Early Civilizations Were Thru Ham.
Egyptians, Babylonians, Mayans, Aztecs, Sumerians.
B. Ham Had Four Sons:
Mizraim: A Clear Reference To Egypt.
Phut: Associated With West Egypt And North Africa.
Cush: Associated With Southern Arabia And Ethiopia.
Cush Had A Son Named NIMROD:
Nimrod Was A Descendant Of Ham Thru Cush.
So, Nimrod Would Have Been A Grandson Of Ham.
So, Nimrod Would Have Been A Great Grandson Of Noah.
Nimrod: Means: Let Us Rebel.
He Was A Mighty Hunter To His People.
Nimrod Was A Mighty One On The Earth.
Nimrod Had A Great Influence On Mankind.
Nimrod Was A Kingdom Builder.
People Followed Him.
He Build And Founded At Least Two Great Cities:
The City Of Babel And The City Of Nineveh.
Nimrod WAS NOT A Godly Man.
He Was In Rebellion Against God.
He Was Leading People Astray.
He Was Also Very Influential.
He Was Very Wealthy And Powerful.
He Was The Arch-Apostate Of The World After The Flood.
NOTE:
Nimrod Founded A Religion:
A Religion That Was Anti-God.
A RELIGION BASED UPON HUMAN WORKS AND HUMAN ACHIEVEMENT.
Canaan: His Descendants Are Associated With Area Around Palestine.
The Sons Of Canaan Are Also Identified.
These Tribes Occupied The General Area Of Palestine.
III. THE GENEOLOGY OF SHEM (10:21-31):
Shem Was Given The Religious Primacy Of Mankind.
The Semitic Peoples Develop The Spiritual Life Of Mankind.
The Semitic Peoples Have Come The 3 Major Religions:
JUDAISM, ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY.
A. Generally These Peoples Settled In The Middle East:
B. Shem Is Said To Be The Father Of The Children Of Eber:
From Eber Comes The Word Hebrew.
Abraham Was Six Generations After Eber.
So, Eber Is The Forefather Of Abram.
So, Abram Was An Eberite Or Hebrew.
His Sons Settled In Southern Mesopotamia, Assyria, Nineveh, Asia Minor and Syria.
THE EMPHASIS IN GENESIS FROM THIS POINT:
ON SHEM'S LINE. THIS IS THE LINE OF MESSIAH.
NOTE:
God's Word Begins To Focus On A Portion Of Humanity: To One Family: The Family Of Shem.
In Genesis 11:10, The Bible Begins To Narrow The Focus Even Further : One Man, Abraham.
Then, After Abraham, God's Word Begins To Broaden Out: To All His Descendants Of Abraham.
The Rest Of The Bible Is All About The Children Of Abraham, Both Physically And Spiritually.
SO, NOT ONLY:
THE HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF NOAH'S SONS.
THE EXPLANATION HOW THE NATIONS BEGAN.
It Is The Very Word Of God.
It Shows Us That We Can Trust Him.
It Shows He Has A Plan,
It Shows We Have A Place In That Plan.
God Cares About All Peoples.
God Cares Even Those Who Are Far Away From Us.
How Focused Are We On The Mission Of The Church?
Are We Prompted To Share The Gospel To Every Nation?
A BIG MISTAKE THAT SO MANY MAKE:
FAILING TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENCES WHICH EXIST IN MANKIND.
PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT BUT THAT IS NO SIGN OF SUPERIORITY.
MISUNDERSTANDING SUPPOSED SUPERIORITY OF MANKIND.
THIS IS BASIC TO UNDERSTANDING THE PEOPLES OF THE EARTH.
Goodness Is Better Than Greatness.
Grace Is Better Than Gold.
Eternal Pleasure Is Better Than Earthly Pleasure.
Your Walk With The Lord Is Worth It.
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