GOD's early ANGER

 

Ezekiel 25:17

King James Version

17 And I will execute 

great vengeance upon them 

with furious rebukes; 

and they shall know that I am the Lord, 

when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.

What makes GOD angry?

What incurs His wrath?

What actions of man elicit such?

Early on in Genesis, we know of two instances.

These changed man's life forever.

GOD commands Adam:

Genesis 2:15-17

King James Version

15 And the Lord God took the man, 

and put him into the garden of Eden 

to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, 

Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 

thou shalt not eat of it: 

for in the day that thou eatest thereof 

thou shalt surely die.

Adam and Eve's disobedience:

Genesis 3:11-12

King James Version

11 And he said, 

Who told thee that thou wast naked? 

Hast thou eaten of the tree, 

whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, 

The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, 

she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

GOD's reaction:

Genesis 3:22

King James Version

22 And the Lord God said, 

Behold, the man is become as one of us, 

to know good and evil: 

and now, lest he put forth his hand, 

and take also of the tree of life, 

and eat, and live for ever:

GOD's response:

Genesis 3:14-15

King James Version

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, 

Because thou hast done this, 

thou art cursed above all cattle, 

and above every beast of the field; 

upon thy belly shalt thou go, 

and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, 

and between thy seed and her seed; 

it shall bruise thy head, 

and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Genesis 3:16

King James Version

16 Unto the woman he said, 

I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; 

in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; 

and thy desire shall be to thy husband, 

and he shall rule over thee.

Genesis 3:17-19

King James Version

17 And unto Adam he said, 

Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, 

and hast eaten of the tree, 

of which I commanded thee, saying, 

Thou shalt not eat of it: 

cursed is the ground for thy sake; 

in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; 

and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 

till thou return unto the ground; 

for out of it wast thou taken: 

for dust thou art, 

and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 3:23-24

King James Version

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth 

from the garden of Eden, 

to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; 

and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden 

Cherubims, 

and a flaming sword which turned every way, 

to keep the way of the tree of life.

Families of Noah's sons disobedience:

Genesis 11:1-4

King James Version

11 And the whole earth was of one language, 

and of one speech.

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, 

that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; 

and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, 

Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. 

And they had brick for stone, 

and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, 

Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, 

whose top may reach unto heaven; 

and let us make us a name, 

lest we be scattered abroad 

upon the face of the whole earth.

GOD's reaction:

Genesis 11:5-6

King James Version

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, 

which the children of men builded.

6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

GOD's response:

Genesis 11:7-9

King James Version

7 Go to, 

let us go down, 

and there confound their language, 

that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad 

from thence upon the face of all the earth: 

and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 

because the Lord did there 

confound the language of all the earth: 

and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad 

upon the face of all the earth.

GOD is fair.

GOD is just.

GOD is loving.

GOD is generous.

GOD is merciful.

But man is disobedient.

We have been given everything.

But we want more.

We are ruled by our pride, greed, and lusts.

We have this great desire for power, glory, and might.

Elements that rightfully belong only to GOD alone.

Thus, all the trouble we've all been going through.

Accounting for divison among nations.

All the violence, all the wars, all the injustice.

All the unnecessary suffering.

Precisely why GOD sent JESUS.

That the Messiah may save us from the spirit of Satan in us.

Will anything every change?

It will, if we follow GOD's will.

It will, if we believe in JESUS.

It will, if we love GOD, and others.

We have SPIRIT and Scripture to guide us.

Scripture laid all the commands that please the LORD.

JESUS lived all those commands.

And taught us to do the same.

All we have to do is follow, and know the fruits of the SPIRIT.

GOD also appointed one man for all nations.

We shall see his roots on the next page.

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Babble from BABEL

 

Genesis 11:1

King James Version

11 And the whole earth was of one language, 

and of one speech.

Can you imagine there was once a time.

Wherein the WHOLE earth had ONE language.

And ONE speech?

But what changed all that?

Why is the world today of 195 nations?

And of 7000 languages?

That is too far a cry from how it once were.

A born again attributes it to GOD.

Wherein the people of the earth incurred His wrath.

Let Scripture recount the story:

Genesis 11:2-9

King James Version

2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, 

that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; 

and they dwelt there.

3 And they said one to another, 

Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. 

And they had brick for stone, 

and slime had they for morter.

4 And they said, 

Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, 

whose top may reach unto heaven; 

and let us make us a name, 

lest we be scattered abroad 

upon the face of the whole earth.

5 And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, 

which the children of men builded.

6 And the Lord said, 

Behold, the people is one, 

and they have all one language; 

and this they begin to do: 

and now nothing will be restrained from them, 

which they have imagined to do.

7 Go to, 

let us go down, 

and there confound their language, 

that they may not understand one another's speech.

8 So the Lord scattered them abroad 

from thence upon the face of all the earth: 

and they left off to build the city.

9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; 

because the Lord did there confound 

the language of all the earth: 

and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad 

upon the face of all the earth.

It was confirmed, too, from the previous post, this "division":

Genesis 10:21-25

King James Version

21 Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, 

the brother of Japheth the elder, 

even to him were children born.

22 The children of Shem; 

Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; 

Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; 

and Salah begat Eber.

25 And unto Eber were born two sons: 

the name of one was Peleg; 

for in his days was the earth divided; 

and his brother's name was Joktan.

That makes Shem and Peleg's time life-changing.

For much went on.

Not to mention the appearance of an Abram along the way.

Which further increased the nations in number.

But that's for another story.

First, we look into another instance.

Wherein man incurred GOD's wrath.

The earliest instance, in fact.

With GOD voicing a similar thought, and anger.

Changing man's life forever.

Please head to the next post.

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Sons of NOAH

 

Genesis 9:18-19

King James Version

18 And the sons of Noah, 

that went forth of the ark, 

were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: 

and Ham is the father of Canaan.

19 These are the three sons of Noah: 

and of them was the whole earth overspread.

We know who Noah's sons are.

But who were their offspring?

We've traced the lineage of Adam to Noah and his sons.

Now, we trace the sons of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Their offspring are known as "sons born after the flood".

Genesis 10:1

King James Version

10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, 

Shem, Ham, and Japheth: 

and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Sons of JAPHETH:

Genesis 10:2-5

King James Version

2 The sons of Japheth; 

Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, 

and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

3 And the sons of Gomer; 

Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.

4 And the sons of Javan; 

Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.

5 By these were the isles of the Gentiles 

divided in their lands; 

every one after his tongue, after their families, 

in their nations.

Sons of HAM:

Genesis 10:6-20

King James Version

6 And the sons of Ham; 

Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

7 And the sons of Cush; 

Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah:

and the sons of Raamah; 

Sheba, and Dedan.

8 And Cush begat Nimrod: 

he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord: 

wherefore it is said, 

Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.

10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, 

and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, 

in the land of Shinar.

11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, 

and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah,

12 And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: 

the same is a great city.

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, 

and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, 

(out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

15 And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth,

16 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite,

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

18 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: 

and afterward were the families of the Canaanites 

spread abroad.

19 And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, 

as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; 

as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, 

and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.

20 These are the sons of Ham, 

after their families, after their tongues, 

in their countries, and in their nations.

Sons of SHEM:

Genesis 10:21-31

King James Version

21 Unto Shem also, 

the father of all the children of Eber, 

the brother of Japheth the elder, 

even to him were children born.

22 The children of Shem; 

Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

23 And the children of Aram; 

Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash.

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; 

and Salah begat Eber.

25 And unto Eber were born two sons:

the name of one was Peleg; 

for in his days was the earth divided; 

and his brother's name was Joktan.

26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, 

and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: 

all these were the sons of Joktan.

30 And their dwelling was from Mesha, 

as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.

31 These are the sons of Shem, 

after their families, after their tongues, 

in their lands, after their nations.

Now, the very telling verse:

Genesis 10:32

King James Version

32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, 

after their generations, in their nations: 

and by these were the nations divided in the earth 

after the flood.

There was a time man had ONE language.

And ONE speech.

People understood each other easily.

Too easily, if anything.

Fueling pride in us.

And that's where our troubles continued.

The next post tells more.

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Noah curses CANAAN

 

Genesis 9:18

King James Version

18 And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, 

were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: 

and Ham is the father of Canaan.

It's a curious thing.

Why Noah cursed Canaan.

When it was Canaan's father, Ham, who transgressed.

This is the incident which happened:

Genesis 9:20-24

King James Version

20 And Noah began to be an husbandman, 

and he planted a vineyard:

21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; 

and he was uncovered within his tent.

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 

saw the nakedness of his father, 

and told his two brethren without.

23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, 

and laid it upon both their shoulders, 

and went backward, 

and covered the nakedness of their father; 

and their faces were backward, 

and they saw not their father's nakedness.

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, 

and knew what his younger son had done unto him.

Ham's transgression must have been extremely serious.

For Noah cursed Canaan, Ham's son:

Genesis 9:25-27

King James Version

25 And he said, 

Cursed be Canaan; 

a servant of servants shall he be 

unto his brethren.

26 And he said, 

Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; 

and Canaan shall be his servant.

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, 

and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; 

and Canaan shall be his servant.

That changed the life, lineage, and country of Canaan forever.

To better understand this, we look deeper into what this transgression may have been.

We look to TWO sets of verses for clues:

Genesis 9:22

King James Version

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 

saw the nakedness of his father, 

and told his two brethren without.

(What does "saw the nakedness of his father" mean?)

Genesis 9:24

King James Version

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, 

and knew what his younger son 

had done unto him.

(What did Ham do to Noah?)

Somehow, we got clues from Wikipedia*, with the telling verse:

Leviticus 20:11

Expanded Bible

11 If a man ·has sexual relations [L lies] 

with his father’s wife, 

·he has shamed 

[L exposing/revealing the nakedness of] his father, 

and both the man and his father’s wife must be put to death. 

They have brought ·it [L blood] on themselves 

[18:8; Deut. 22:30].

Following the thread of verses, we gather:

Leviticus 18:8

King James Version

8 The nakedness of thy father's wife 

shalt thou not uncover: 

it is thy father's nakedness.

Deuteronomy 22:30

King James Version

30 A man shall not take his father's wife, 

nor discover his father's skirt.

That source suggested that Ham may have had relations* with his father's wife, thus, he "saw the nakedness of his father".

Who was Noah's wife?

This is all the Bible mentions:

Genesis 7:5-7

King James Version

5 And Noah did according 

unto all that the Lord commanded him.

6 And Noah was six hundred years old 

when the flood of waters was upon the earth.

7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, 

and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, 

because of the waters of the flood.

It was further suggested that if this illicit union produced a child, then Canaan must have been that child.

Other researchers suggest Ham may have literally looked* upon the nakedness of his father, while Shem and Japheth avoided looking.

To make matters worse, Ham may have gossiped, or mocked, about it with his brothers.

I'm no scholar, merely following the threads SPIRIT leads me to explore.

My aim is to understand why Canaan, and the country named after him, has been cursed throughout, starting with Noah.

In a future post, we shall look into why GOD abhors the nations connected with Canaan.

That will be for a very interesting post.

Just so you know, Noah lived this long:

Genesis 9:28-29

King James Version

28 And Noah lived after the flood 

three hundred and fifty years.

29 And all the days of Noah 

were nine hundred and fifty years: 

and he died.

The next page tells us more about the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth -- the THREE sons of Noah.

*Wikipedia (check the "Voyeurism" and "Maternal incest" sections)

Related material:

The Canaanites

Curse of Ham

Curse of Canaan

Don Stewart :: Why Was Canaan Cursed Instead of Ham?

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The EVERLASTING covenant

 

Genesis 9:12-13

King James Version

12 And God said, 

This is the token of the covenant which I make 

between me and you and every living creature 

that is with you, for perpetual generations:

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, 

and it shall be for a token of a covenant 

between me and the earth.

After cleansing the earth from all wickedness, GOD makes a covenant with Noah.

The LORD uses a rainbow as "token of the covenant".

With the promise being:

Genesis 9:11

King James Version

11 And I will establish my covenant with you, 

neither shall all flesh be cut off any more 

by the waters of a flood; 

neither shall there any more be a flood 

to destroy the earth.

Genesis 9:14-17

King James Version

14 And it shall come to pass, 

when I bring a cloud over the earth, 

that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

15 And I will remember my covenant, 

which is between me and you 

and every living creature of all flesh; 

and the waters shall no more become a flood 

to destroy all flesh.

16 And the bow shall be in the cloud; 

and I will look upon it, 

that I may remember the everlasting covenant 

between God and every living creature of all flesh 

that is upon the earth.

17 And God said unto Noah, 

This is the token of the covenant, 

which I have established between me 

and all flesh that is upon the earth.

That's the covenant GOD made.

With "all flesh that is upon the earth".

One would think all went well for the sons of Noah.

Except for one day.

Wherein a curious incident involved Ham and his father.

Canaan, Ham's son, bore the brunt of Noah's curse.

This changed Canaan's lineage forever.

That's for the next post.

Related material:

GOD's RAINBOW

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The FAITHFUL Noah

 

Genesis 6:8

King James Version

8 But Noah found grace 

in the eyes of the Lord.

During the time of Noah, man's future was about to change.

Man had become wild, willful, and wicked.

That made GOD rightfully angry.

Something had to be done.

Genesis 6:5-7

King James Version

5 And God saw that the wickedness of man 

was great in the earth, 

and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart 

was only evil continually.

6 And it repented the Lord 

that he had made man on the earth, 

and it grieved him at his heart.

7 And the Lord said, 

I will destroy man 

whom I have created from the face of the earth; 

both man, and beast, 

and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; 

for it repenteth me that I have made them.

Genesis 6:11-12

King James Version

11 The earth also was corrupt before God, 

and the earth was filled with violence.

12 And God looked upon the earth, 

and, behold, it was corrupt; 

for all flesh had corrupted his way 

upon the earth.

But there was one man who was unlike everyone else.

Noah was faithful, just, and perfect.

He walked with the LORD.

Genesis 6:9

King James Version

9 These are the generations of Noah: 

Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, 

and Noah walked with God.

Apart from Noah, the LORD had had enough of man.

Genesis 6:13

King James Version

13 And God said unto Noah, 

The end of all flesh is come before me; 

for the earth is filled with violence through them; 

and, behold, 

I will destroy them with the earth.

Genesis 6:17

King James Version

17 And, behold, 

I, even I, 

do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, 

to destroy all flesh, 

wherein is the breath of life, 

from under heaven; 

and every thing that is in the earth 

shall die.

Only with Noah did GOD establish a covenant.

Genesis 6:18

King James Version

18 But with thee will I establish my covenant; 

and thou shalt come into the ark, 

thou, and thy sons, 

and thy wife, 

and thy sons' wives with thee.

The result of GOD's wrath?

Genesis 7:21-24

King James Version

21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, 

both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, 

and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, 

and every man:

22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, 

of all that was in the dry land, died.

23 And every living substance was destroyed 

which was upon the face of the ground, 

both man, and cattle,

 and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; 

and they were destroyed from the earth: 

and Noah only remained alive, 

and they that were with him in the ark.

24 And the waters prevailed upon the earth 

an hundred and fifty days.

What happened after the flood?

What did GOD do next?

A covenant was made.

Head over to the next page.

Related material:

GOD's WRATH

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GENERATIONS from ADAM

 

Genesis 5:1

King James Version

5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. 

In the day that God created man, 

in the likeness of God made he him;

Adam was the first man.

The Book of Genesis was clear on that.

After Adam, who were his children with Eve?

How old was he when he had his first child?

Again, Scripture's clear on that.

Such is GOD's book -- clear as His light of day:

Genesis 5:3-5

King James Version

3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Genesis 5:6-8

King James Version

6 And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos:

7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

8 And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.

Genesis 5:9-11

King James Version

9 And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:

10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters:

11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:12-14

King James Version

12 And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:

13 And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters:

14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died.

Genesis 5:15-17

King James Version

15 And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters:

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.

Genesis 5:18-20

King James Version

18 And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch:

19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died.

Genesis 5:21-24

King James Version

21 And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:

24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.

Genesis 5:25-27

King James Version

25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech.

26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.

Genesis 5:28-31

King James Version

28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

Genesis 5:32

King James Version

32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Able to digest all that?

Notice how Noah is the ninth generation.

In each generation, only ONE son was born.

With Noah, he had THREE sons -- Shem, Ham, and Japeth.

Very interesting, isn't it?

How the Bible's so detailed.

So pure, perfect, and precise.

Because it is of GOD.

Speaking of that which is of GOD, we look to Noah.

Why was he favored?

What did GOD ask him to do?

Turn to the next post, thanks!

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