19 - Genesis 10:1-32 - God and His Love for the Nations - 04.28.24

INTRODUCTION "Jews are not people; they’re animals.” Adolf Hitler

“It's not a person, just a clump of cells” Abortionist

"Slaves are not people” Slave Owners

Every time we want to justify oppression, injustice, and corruption, we detach ourselves from the person or group of people we want to harm, or even take advantage from.

Sin creates barriers among different people, languages and countries. But God, is persevering in showing his beauty, greatness, diversity, through every people, nations, ethnicity and language in the world. Sin will not hinder the plans of God.

After the Generations of Noah, we see that God creates Nations from them. Even though sin is a reality in the world, God continues with His plan to bless the Nations through His son Jesus Christ.

Let's read verse 1 and verse 32:

v.1 "These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem Ham and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.”

v.32“These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, in their nations, and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.”

Let's pray.

CONTEXT

We have just read the first and the last verse of the chapter that we will study today.

As we delve into the genealogies of the sons of Noah, our goal here is to see God's love towards the Nations of the world.

A commentator said, “The theological value of the Table [of the Nations] is that is affirms Israel as part of one world governed by one God.” Waltke p.174

5 OBSERVATIONS BEFORE WE START EXPOUNDING THE TEXT

OBSERVATION 1 - The Table of Nations is a “horizontal” genealogy rather than a "vertical” one in chapter 5 for example (From Adam to Noah).

Basic framework of the Table

Benê ("the sons of”) appears 12x in Hebrew (vv. 2-4, 6-7, 20-23, 29, 31-32)

Yalad ("fathered") (NIV: "was the father of") - vv. 8, 13, 15, 26

It seems that Moses is using ancient table to clarify which of Noah's descendants would experience blessing and which ones would experience cursing. Thus most of the expression “fathered” pertain to the Canaanites or the Hamites.

“To see which neighbors would face blessing and which ones cursing, Isreal need only to consult this table.” The Bible Knowledge Commentary

OBSERVATION 2 - Chapter 11 happens before Chapter 10.

Chapter 10 is Chronologically after the episode of Chapter 11, which we will learn next week. Verse 20 "These are the sons of Ham, by their clans, their languages, their lands, and their nations.” Which means that the division of languages had already happened.

This is not uncommon writing, specially for Moses. For example, in Genesis chapter 1 Moses described how the world was created, then, in chapter 2 he beautifully emphasizes how God created the man and the woman. It works like a flashback or something similar.

OBSERVATION 3 - It is not easy to preach/teach on Genealogies, but it is extremely necessary and important for the church.

As we preach Expository Preaching in Lectio Continua, we cannot skip a challenging text like this one today. We must emphasize the importance of this kind of teaching to the health of the church. Preaching continually through the Scriptures will help the church grow in learning from the sufficient and infallible word of God in parts that, for our generation may seem unnecessary. However, as we preach on this Genealogy we get to learn how the Scriptures are beautiful and we are allowed to know and love more of our God through a text full of names. (70 to be exact)

OBSERVATION 4 - Importance of Genealogies in general.

How important are Genealogies? What is the Purpose of having Genealogies in the Bible? (Broad question to genealogies in General)

1- It shows the development of Redemptive History

2- It shows the fulfillment of God's Promises

3- It registers the line from the "the seed of the woman” to our LORD JESUS.

3.1 - There are no Genealogies after Jesus.

Peoples and Nations come from Noah. No other ancient culture produced that catalog.

OBSERVATION 5 - Why this genealogy? What did Moses want the people of Israel to know?

What's the goal of this text today? What are we to expect from it?

MAIN IDEA: As God unfolds His plans for the world we see that Nations come from Him and they will serve the purpose of portraying His beauty, diversity, and ultimately His glory! (Through the offspring of Japheth, Ham, and Shem)

Reasons for writing this genealogy:

1- To show UNITY among all these peoples in the world. They all come from Noah.

2- To show the Sovereignty of God over all the Nations

3- To show the fulfillment of God's blessing when they left the ark in Genesis 8

Moses writes the names of 70 persons/people/nations

70 expresses totality. People of Israel who came to Egypt and were received by Joseph (70 people)

4- To show who are and where do the enemies of Israel come from. Benê and Yalad. The sons of Ham.

5- The most important reason is that Moses wants to prepare us to the Appearance of Abram, who soon will become Abraham. That's why he finishes with the line of Shem.

PROPOSITION Afirmação Teológica (A.T.) + Sentença Transicional (S.T.) + Palavra Chave (P.C.) God knows and loves all the Nations (PC) of the world

O. I. - What did Moses want to tell the Israelites when he wrote The Table of the Nations? O. T. - We will first look at how Japheth, plays his part in that story

I. Japheth - God KNOWS the Nations (v.1-5) READ vv.1-5

Argumentation

v.2 Sons of Japheth - Asia Minor and Europe (basically). Moses mentions 7 peoples that come from Japheth, then he writes the sons of Gomer (1st) and Javan (4th).

Gomer - This reffers to the later Cimmerians, North of Black Sea. Moses reveals the names of his three sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

There's no interaction with the people of Shem.

Magog - Lydia

Madai - Northwest of Iran

Javan - Ionian Greeks. Moses also mentions the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarnish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

Tubal - Tubal are often mentioned with Meshech (Ezekiel 27:13; 38:2)

Meshech - People of Phrygia

Tiran - Sea Peoples, some commentators would connect them to the people that eventually settled in Italy.

Isaiah 42:4 “He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law.”

Nations - It is the first time we see the word NATIONS in the Scriptures.

A Secular person has no epistemological basis to defend the value of human life. If there is no God, and we all come from the evolution of cells, why would it be necessary to fight racism, slavery, and any other kind of social oppression?

Illustration: I remember what it was like to go grocery shopping with my mother. I would always pick the best yogurt, shampoo, tooth paste, the best brand of my favorite food.

What happened when I got married? I don't actually need this $8 deodorant. There's no shame in buying your deodorant at Dollar Tree.

When is your turn to pay… You think in a different way and your life changes, your financial habits might change. First you don't care about where the money come from right? That is why it does not affect us as much.

Application We are invited to read this text about Japheth and see ourselves in it. Let me persuade you that you are actually in the text. And then, hopefully your life will be different.

We come from Japheth Spiritually.

When you see in the biblical narrative that virtually most of the descendants of Japheth will eventually be the Gentiles in the New Testament, the ones that Paul went to preach in his three mission trips. We are the people that was not part of the chosen Nation in the Old Testament, and yet, God was thinking of ONE people. We are the Israel of God that Paul mentions in Galatians chapter 6. God knows his People and we were chosen before the foundation of the world and God chose us to come from Japheth.

O. T. - We just heard about Japheth, how can we learn about Ham and see the heart of God for the Nations?

II. Ham - God has a HEART for the Nations (v.6-20).

READ vv. 6-20

Argumentation * The 4 Sons of Ham. Noah's youngest son who was cursed for seeing his father nakedness. Moses spends more time showing this group. It seems that he wants Israel to know who they are going to deal against and from where they originally come from.

v.6 sons of Ham - Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Canaanites. Virtually all Israel's enemies come from Ham.

Cush - Nubia and Northern Sudan - the countries bordering the southern Red Sea.

Mizraim (CSB, KJV)- Egypt (ESV)

Put - Lybia

Canaan - Southern Syria, Phoenicia and the whole of Palestine west of Jordan.

The 5 Sons of Cush and 2 Sons of Raamah

v.7 sons of Cush - Most settled in South Arabia

Seba - northern Africa Isaiah 43:3 “For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.” Seba is the ancient capital of Ethiopia.

Havilah - Southwest Arabia

Sabtah - South Arabia.

Raamah - region of Najran (also South Arabia)

Sabteca - Unknown area of South Arabia

Sheba - This is a region in South Arabia that probably had commercial colonies in North Arabia

Dedan - North Arabia.

The Biography of Nimrod fathered by Cush. Which means that Nimrod came from Cush, not necessarily Cush was his father. (vv.8-12)

v.8 Nimrod - His name means “He shall rebel” (chapter 11)

mighty man - In Hebrew "tyrant" which makes the connection Nimrod to the infamous tyrants of chapter 6.

v.9 mighty hunter before the LORD - this phrases serves as a superlative, which means that Nimrod was a hunter great to be feared.

v.10 shows their political prominence for building cities after the flood.

Babylon (CSB) - Babel (ESV) - It was the antithesis to Jerusalem, Spiritually and politically. In Israel's time, Babylon was what Rome was to the middle ages.

Erech - Southern Iraq where the archaeologists situate the birth of civilization. Ezra 4:9–10 Mentions that inhabitants of this area were deported to Samaria by the Assyrians.

Accad - unknown

Calneh - Mentioned in Isaiah and Amos 6:2 “Pass over to Calneh, and see, and from there go to Hamath the great; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms? Or is their territory greater than your territory,”

Shinar - the whole land of Mesopotamia

v.11 - Assyria - Who were the cruelest conquerors in ancient history. They were the destroyers of Israel's northern kingdom.

Nineveh - Northern Iraq

Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, Resen - All in the area of Nineveh

* The 7 sons of Egypt

v.13 Ludites - North Africa

Anamites, Lehabites, Casluhites - Unknown

Naphtuhites - Norther Egypt

Pathrusites - Southern Egypt

Caphtorites - Cretans

Philistines - In the end of the time of the judges and beginning of the monarchy, they were probably the number one enemy of Israel.

* The Eleven Descendants of Canaan and Their Land

Israel are all ears to Moses. They are extremely interested in what he has to say about the Canaanites because they are about to war against them.

v.15 Sidon - This is Canaan's firstborn, located in Sidon.

Hittites - The Hebrew literally reads Heth, probably the ancestor of the biblical Hittites, one of the progenitors of Jerusalem (Ezek. 16:3). In the patriarchal period the Hittites live in Judah's territory, especially around Hebron (see Gen. 23). Their immorality repulses Isaac and Rebekah, but Esau intermarries with them (Gen. 26:34-35; 27:46).

v.16 Jebusites - These are the pre-Israelite inhabitants of Jerusalem (Judg. 19:10-11; 2 Sam. 5:6-9).

Amorites - According to Ezek. 16:3, the Amorites were the other progenitors of Jerusalem. They were scattered throughout Israel's hill country on either side of the Jordan (Num. 13:29). At the time of Jacob, they are found in Shechem (Gen. 48:22) ; at the time of Moses, in Transjordan from the Arnon to Mount Hermon (Deut. 3:8) and from the wilderness to the Jordan (Judg. 11:22); at the time of Joshua, in five towns of Judah (Josh. 10:5); and in the next generation, in three towns (Judg. 1:35). In the period of the judges, they also reside in Gilead (Judg. 10:8).

Girgashites - This is a little-known Canaanite tribe (see Gen. 15:21; Deut. 7:1; Josh. 3:10).

v.17 Hivites - Part of the Canaanite population and uncircumcised (Gen. 34:13-24), they were at Shechem (Gen. 34), Gibeon (Josh. 9:1, 7), Lebanon (Judg. 3:3), and near Mount Hermon (Josh. 11:3; 2 Sam. 24:7).

Arkites - Identified with Tell 'Arqa, northwest of Tripoli.

Sinites - Inhabitants of a city-state south of Ugarit in Phoenicia.

v.18 Arvadites - Inhabitants of Ruad, a North Phoenician island town.

Zemarites - They are located approximately 12 miles south of Arwad (in Syria).

Hamathites - These are inhabitants of modern Hama, the ancient Syrian city on the Orontes River. It marked the northernmost boundary of the land of Canaan (Num. 34:8; Josh. 13:5; 2 Sam. 8:9-10; 1 Kings 8:65; 2 Kings 14:25-28). scattered. This key word foreshadows the punitive judgment on the tower builders in Act 2.

v.19 borders of Canaan - The territory connects Egypt with Mesopotamia. The border extends from Sidon in the north to Gaza in the south. From there it extends to Sodom and Gomorrah east or southeast of the Dead Sea.

Gerar - This is modern Tell Abu Hureira, 11 miles southeast of Gaza, or Tell esh-Sheri'a, west of Beersheba.

Gaza - Modern Gaza.

Sodom, Gomorra, Admah and Zeboiim - Southeast of the Dead Sea. Gen 19 When the LORD rains fire and brimstone upon them.

Lasha - Dead Sea region

Illustration The narrator paces off the Canaanite border because it is this land that the Lord will dispossess for Israel.

Gen. 15:18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates,

There is a more detailed description in Num. 34:2-12;

Ezek. 47:15-20; 48:1-28).

When you're in debt what is the first thing you need to know to solve your problem?

You need to know how much you owe.

If your car does not work you must find out what the problem is in order to solve it.

How can you fix a problem without knowing there is one? That seems obvious right?

What about the generation we live in?

Only 28% Gen Z (ages 15-25) attend church ONCE a month.

Source: (Walton Family Foundation and Murmuration in conjunction with SocialSphere) https://www.christianpost.com/news/only-28-of-gen-z-attends-church-at-least-once-a-month-survey.html

What do you do when you say: “Jesus is the answer!” and they say, "What’s the question?”

There is no presupposition, no belief in sin. How can you preach the Gospel to a society that does not believe in sin?

What is the Good News and Bad News of the Gospel for this generation?

The problem is that is not what people say today, that the meaning of life is to be good like they did in the past. However, what people say today is that the meaning of life is to be FREE to be myself.

What’s the Gospel look like there?

1- Bad news: The meaning of life is to be free, but you’re not. Why aren’t you free? You don’t feel free. I know that.

Whatever you live for is like your god… and you’re more like a slave.

What does it mean to be yourself? To have an identity. None of this is working.

2- Good news: There is One master who can satisfy you. That is one identity that is not created by the ups and downs of performance, and it is called Justification by Faith alone, being united with Christ. Did you know that there is such freedom like that?

Application

We are not called to drive our enemies from a land. We advance in the kingdom of God through the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In Luke 10 Jesus sends the 70 (or 72) to proclaim the Good News of the Gospel. Do you see how this revelation of God is different in the Old and New Testament?

God has a heart for the Nations. They were dispersed because of sin, God will turn that to his own Glory!

All peoples, tribes, nations, and tongues will come before Him to give Him Glory.

And because God loves the Nations so do we.

III. Shem - God has a PLAN for the Nations. (v.21-32)

READ vv.21-32

Argumentation v.21 the father of all the children of Eber - It seems that Moses wants to emphasize the connections between Shem and Eber.

the elder brother of Japheth - the Hebrew in this phrase is ambiguous, that is why some preachers and commentators would say that Shem is the oldest because to the firstborn of Noah the promise of the savior from the seed of the woman will come. Even though there is a principle of the firstborn, in practice that is not what happened. Cain was not the one, it was Seth, then Isaac, who was Sarah's first born but not Abraham's, then Jacob instead of Esau etc… Other preachers and commentators would say that Japheth was the oldest. We do not have to state that today. What is important is that is from Shem that the elect line is presented.

Shem - represents the elect line and is probably the great-great-grandfather of Eber. Genesis 11:13–14 see

Eber - There is an accentuation to Eber in the text. Moses mentions him out of order, he repeats his name as son os Shelah and as father of Peleg and Joktan, and also by saying that Shem is "the father of all the children of Eber”

v.22 Elam - Southwestern Iran Isa 11:11, Genesis 14:1 “In the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,” (When Abram rescues his nephew Lot), Ezra 4:9.

Asshur - The land o Assyria comes from him. Genesis 2:14 “And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.”

Arphaxad - His lineage is explained in Chapter 11 but place is unknown

Lud - Lydians - Asia Minor

Aram - Refers to the whole kingdom of Aramean tribes in Syria and Mesopotamia. There is a relation of Arameans to Kir in Amos 9:7.

v.23 sons of Aram - the patriarchs have close relation to them although little is known about them.

Genesis 25:20 “and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.”

Deuteronomy 26:5 ““And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and populous.”

Uz - The head of the Aramean tribe. Uz is the homeland of Job, some suggestions are that it is in the east of the Jordan (Edom) but it is not certain.

Hul, Gether - Unknown

Meshech - northern Mesopotamia

v.24 Shelah - It means "sprout, branch, descendant” - uncertain identity

Eber - Adjectival form “Hebrew” comes from his name. “This last descendant of God's blessing before narrator divides Shem's lineage probably gives his names to the patriarchs and to Israel.”

Genesis 14:13 “Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.”

Genesis 39:14 “she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.” (Potiphar's wife about Joseph)

Genesis 40:15 “For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.””

Exodus 3:18 “And they will listen to your voice, and you and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt and say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now, please let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’”

That is why he is a very important name in the text.

Also from Shem = Shemites, Judah = Jews, Jacob (Israel) = Israelites.

v.25 Peleg - First mentioned of Eber's two sons. His name means "division”, which means that he probably prophecies the dispersal of the nations at Babel . (It is likely to be something like Lamech prophecies about Noah who would bring rest to the world). Gn 5:19 , but it also may separate the elect from the nonelect line.

earth was divided - this is a difficult term. Some would translate that this was a cataclysmic event happened on the earth and separated the tectonic plates. Continents Brasil - Africa… etc etc…

This interpretation is difficult to sustain because the context does not gives us that reference. So I believe that the best interpretation for it is the division of the peoples of the nations from Chapter 11. Psalm 55:9 “Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.” the same word is used here.

Joktan - Second mentioned of Eber's two sons. The Aramaic meaning of his name is "watchful”, he is the forefather of tribes in Arabia. Which is a contrast to his brother's line (Peleg), that leads to Abraham.

*Shem's Sons by Eber through Joktan: Fourteen Names (10:26 - 30)

26. Almodad - Ancestor, region, or tribe in Yemen.

Sheleph - A Yemenite tribe.

Hazarmaveth - The south Arabian region Hadramaut.

Jerah - Location unknown.

v.27 Hadoram - Arabian tribe.

Uzal - Traditionally the pre-Islamic name of Sana'a, capital of Yemen.

Diklah - South Arabian oasis meaning "palm-land."

v.28 Obal - Between Hodeida and Sana'a in southwest Arabia.

Abimael - Unidentified

Sheba - This is probably the same location as Seba of Gn 10.7.

v.29 Ophir - Situated between Sheba and Havilah in southwest Arabia and with gold in its wadis (Job 22:24), it possibly included the coast of Africa opposite, the land of Punt in Egyptian sources.

Havilah - This is probably the same location as the Havilah of 10:7.

Jobab - Located in southern Arabia;

v.30 The territory in which they lived - The reference to the region of Joktan's sons shows the importance of the Shemites to the narrator.

from Mesha - Territory in North Arabia, far south of Hadramaut.

in the direction of Sephar - This is probably in a city in Oman or in Yemen.

Conclusion to Act I, Transition to Act 2 (10:32)

v.32 the sons of Noah - Inclusio language that is referring to verse 1 and transitioning to chapter 11.

spread abroad on the earth - There is a shift here, where in verse one Moses said "Sons were born to them after the flood”, and in verse 32, he says that "these nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood.”

Illustration

Our Human Hearts will always try to dethrone God and follow our own desires.

When Israel asked the prophet Samuel to choose a king like the other nations, their sin was that they wanted that instead of God. God wanted them to have a king, but a king after His own heart. However, the Israelites wanted a king that they could manipulate, a king that they could tell him what to do.

Our God is not like that.

Our text is showing the connection of Shem to Abram. The elect people through which God would bless ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.

Psalm 96 is a psalm of Yahweh’s kingship or enthronement (see note on 93:1). In it, the psalmist calls all the earth to declare Yahweh’s excellence (vv. 1–3). He encourages Israel to tell the surrounding nations—and the entire created world—of Yahweh’s worthiness (vv. 4–6), which will draw them to worship the true God (vv. 7–10). The psalmist concludes by describing the earth’s joyous anticipation of Yahweh’s rule being fully established over everything (see vv. 11–13 and note).

John D. Barry et al., Faithlife Study Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012, 2016), Psalm 96:1–13

Psalm 96:1–13 (ESV)

1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song;

sing to the Lord, all the earth!

2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name;

tell of his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the nations,

his marvelous works among all the peoples!

4 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;

he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,

but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Splendor and majesty are before him;

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

ascribe to the Lord glory and strength!

8 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;

bring an offering, and come into his courts!

9 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness;

tremble before him, all the earth!

10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!

Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved;

he will judge the peoples with equity.”

11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

12 let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

13 before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Application

We have just read about God, who is Sovereign over all the earth!

Tell me something: Where is Rome? Babylon? The Assyrian Empire? Kings, Rulers, Tyrants…

They're all gone! Our LORD lives forever!

The Lord we serve has dominion and authority over EVERYTHING!

I want you to see that our faith, our Christianity is infinitely superior to our citizenship on this earth.

They wanted to make Jesus king.

The disciples in John 6:15 “15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.”

When Jesus was being crucified he said, John 18:36 “36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.””

He meant that his authority does not come from this world but from the Father.

And then in Matthew 28:18–20 “18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””

Oh Dear church! Listen to me! I am saying these things because I love you.

Please do not relate the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to politics. Do not even think about saying that there's a spiritual responsibility to vote in this or that candidate for president.

Yes, you should vote, yes, you should vote against abortion. I am not saying that Christians are not to care and fight for these things, but please, hear me!

“God Bless America Bible"”

There's a bible now that includes the constitution of the United States, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and the Pledge of Allegiance, and there's an American Flag in front of it.

Can't you see how blasphemous that is? It's a ploy.

The Gospel is not American Gospel, it's not Brazilian Gospel!

It's the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Psalm 96:11-13, again!

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;

let the sea roar, and all that fills it;

12 let the field exult, and everything in it!

Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy

13 before the Lord, for he comes,

for he comes to judge the earth.

He will judge the world in righteousness,

and the peoples in his faithfulness.

CONCLUSION When Hitler says that Jews are animals and not people we are to reject every word of this sentence because every person was made in the image of God.

We reject that because it's against our God.

And then in Matthew 28:18–20 “18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.””

The greatest privilege we have today is knowing that our Lord Jesus comes, from the historical line of Shem, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David… He comes to the world, dies in our behalf, and know everything that we are and that we have is to live for His glory.

Matthew 13:44–46 “44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, 46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”

This is what we live for! The kingdom of God! Seek first the Kingdom!

God's Sovereign, God's Faithful!

May God bless us, May God Bless his church in America in this important year for the nation.

May we live for our Lord Jesus in everything that we do.

Amen.