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Acts 9:15 ‘…But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel…’ AKJV
Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…’ AKJV
Romans 10:9 ‘…that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved…’ AKJV
Jesus, as we begin this new series, allow the reader the opportunity to search Your Word and find the questions that may have been troubling them for many years. Allow our hunger for Your Word to take over for us and keep us glued to the pages You have set before us. We love You Jesus. Amen.
The Bible verses we’re going to use this morning are:
2 Timothy 2:15; Genesis 6:10, 11:1, 11:9, 12:1; Joshua 24:2; Genesis 35:2.
As I was lying in bed the other night, about to fall off to sleep, the last thought that flashed through my mind was I needed to remember for the next morning, where was the first reference of the word Jew, Jews, Jewish nation or Judaism written in our Bibles.
When I awoke the next morning, I went directly to my laptop and opened it up and searched online, looking for the answer to my question that I had asked myself, the night before.
That question that I has asked myself has turned into this short series, we’re going to begin this morning.
By using a general timeline of biblical history, my intention is to portray the life that God has set forth in front of us, for us ALL to see, written in His Word.
I’m not looking to explain some belief that is celebrated in a man-made religion or practiced in a man-made church, but instead I want to find what God wants from us.
Maybe one of the more powerful verses found in the written Word is found in 2 Timothy.
2 Timothy 2:15 ‘…Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth…’ AKJV
I think the key words in this verse is rightly dividing the word of truth.
Very often in my study, I read and quote from the King James, not because there are those out there in this world, that vocalize that the KJV should be the ONLY version of the English Bible that is read from … my ONLY question to that remark is where did God tell us that? What Book, chapter and verse has that point been made?
And the easy answer is that God never told us anywhere, that we were to only study from the KJV. This is nothing more than a man-made, made up rule that certain people want all people to do to be saved.
The same way that the Orthodox Jews, the Sanhedrin, the Sadducees and the Pharisees wanted ALL Jews to abide by their rules and regulations and not listen to the man known as Jesus.
The same way that the Jews were telling the Gentiles they couldn’t be saved if they didn’t keep the commandments.
These are nothing but man-made rules that some human being wants to impress on you … WHY??? … I cannot speak for these individuals.
All I can say is we are lucky that God is going to judge us for how we abide by His rules and forget about being misled by these ill advised human beings that think they are something important.
Read your Bible and listen to the words that God has given to each one of us, in His Word.
Follow what God wants for us, so we can escape the future of torment and destruction that has been plainly portrayed to us in the Word of God.
I don’t want to act like a magician and magically produce times, dates and events for the reader. I truly hope to show exactly what has been written in the Word of God.
I don’t intend on being flagrant, just copying Bible verses taken from the Word of God, I simply wish to portray what God has given us in His Word.
I believe the Bible is showing us, that it is separated into more divisions than just the OT / NT.
I believe the Bible is showing us, four divisions that it should be sectioned up into.
#1-One people
#2-OT (the history of Israel, the Jewish nation)
#3- NT for the Church of God, the Body of Christ.
#4-Tribulation and the Kingdom.
Now, divisions #2 and #4, are ONLY for the Jewish nation. The seven years of Tribulation are the remaining seven years of punishment that God put on the Jews for their failure to allow the land to rest every seventh year. This is written about in Daniel 9, under Seventy Weeks.
I am going to repeat this belief of mine in all of the upcoming lessons in this series.
I am going to use it as a starting point for each lesson.
This morning, in this lesson, I am going to focus on, #1 – ONE people.
The Creation of Adam and Eve has been given the date of occurring around 4004 BC (A number that is normally ascribed to this time period by many).
Another time, also popular among many, is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, that occurred around 30 AD (some will quote 33 AD).
Now I am purposely rounding the numbers off because I am not trying to be exact, I am simply trying to establish a basic timeline.
Around 2500 BC, there was the Great Flood.
Approximately 1500 years after Adam, was the flood.
Noah came out of the ark with his wife and their three sons: Shem, Ham and Japeth (Genesis 6:10 ‘…And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth…’ AKJV), along with each sons wife; a total of eight people.
All that remained from creation, alive and on earth, were these eight individuals. Everything came from them.
Around 2100 BC, the event at the Tower of Babel took place.
From the eight up to the tower of Babel, there was only ONE group of people. There was no Jewish nation, no Gentile nation; there was no individual, separate class of anyone, there was only ONE group of people, mankind.
Genesis 11:1 ‘…And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech…’ AKJV
It was from the result of what occurred at the tower, that God split mankind up into different groups.
Genesis 11:9 ‘…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…’ AKJV
If we continue in Genesis 11:10 through 11:32, the reader is shown the family line of Shem, one of Noah’s sons.
After this episode that occurred at the tower of Babel, there was complete silence between God and those that remained on this earth, that He had scattered throughout the land, until Abram is picked by God in Genesis 12:1.
Genesis 12:1 ‘…Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee…’ AKJV
The makeup of mankind, at this time period when God selected Abram, was very much steeped in idolatry.
Joshua 24:2 ‘…And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods…’ AKJV
But the earliest we hear of idols is in Genesis 35:2, when the first mention of idols are talked about in the Bible.
Genesis 35:2 ‘…Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments…’ AKJV
This first part of this series, which I’ve tried writing on this morning, was still in the old testament, however I hope I have shown the separation of ONE PEOPLE.
Next week, when we start back up, we will begin in #2-OT (the history of Israel, the Jewish nation).
Until next week, let me suggest to you that you read more about Genesis 1:1 through Genesis 11:32. Study what God wants for us to know, so you are familiar with ‘one people.’
I will be back next Wednesday.
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Jesus, keep us all safe and allow our hunger to continue to keep us in Your Word so we can learn more of what You desire for us to know. I love You Jesus. Amen.
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