you
you you
you
you you
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invite your aunt or invite
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It's going to be a lot of fun
and you can ask my wife about any of those
details. We have our men's conference
coming up May 20th through the 22nd
as well. It's going to be a lot of fun
and we're going to have a
good time. Please make sure to put
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conference so please try to get
your signed up and
so I make sure I have everybody on there.
It is completely free
and we want everybody to participate.
Also, we have the
Ard Morical Massilling Marathon as well as
July 3rd.
Also, I don't have it on here
but May
16th
May 16th
Pastor Joe Jones from
Shield of Faith Baptist Church is going to be preaching
for us. Both services
and so that's really exciting.
He's a hard guy to get
scheduled to come preach and so
he's got lots of things going on but we're going to
be really blessed to have him come out here
and he's going to be preaching for you guys and so
make sure to
welcome him and
I think I'll
even be here too for that service
but just let's definitely
be really hospitable
to him as he comes and
preaches for us. Also, a
couple other reminders. Please don't allow
your kids to congregate at the front door just for safety.
Also, please don't
leave your children in the building alone without
a parent present. Also,
please don't bring any toys to church
and if your children
are being a distraction
try to please deal with them as quickly
as possible. That's pretty much all
I had for announcements. Let's go
and go to our third
song 471 Cleanse Me
471
Cleanse Me
471
on the first
Search me
oh God
and know my heart
today
try
me oh Savior
know
my thoughts I pray
see
if there be
some
wicked way
in me
cleanse me
from every sin
and set
me free
I
praise the
Lord for
cleansing me
from sin
fulfill
thy word
and make
me pure within
fill
me
with fire
where once I
burned with shame
grant
my desire
to magnify
thy name
Lord
take my
life
and make it
holy
thine
fill my
poor heart with
thy great love
divine
take
all my will
my passion
self and pride
I
now surrender
Lord in me
abide
O
Holy Ghost
revival
comes from thee
send
a revival
start
the work
in me
the
need
thy word
declares
thou wilt
supply our need
for
blessing now
O Lord
I humbly
plead
All the offering plates have been passed
around turning your Bibles to Genesis
Genesis chapter 10
The Bible reads
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah
Shem, Ham, and Japheth
and unto them were sons
born after the flood
the sons of Japheth, Gomer
and Magog, and Madai
and Javan, and Tubal
and Meshach, and Tiras
and the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz
and Riphath, and Togarmah
and the sons of Javan
Elisha, and Tarshish, and Kidim
and Donadim. By these
were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands
everyone after his tongue, after their
families and their nations
and the sons of Ham, Cush, and
Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan
and the sons of Cush
Seba, and Havilah, and
Saptah, and Rehama
and Saptakah, and the sons of
Rehama, Sheba, and Dedan
and Cush begat Nimrod
he began to be a mighty one in the earth
he was a mighty hunter before the Lord
wherefore it is said
even is Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord
and the beginning of his kingdom was
Babel, and Eric, and
Akkad, and Calneh in the land of
Shinar. Out of that land
went forth Asher and builded Nineveh
and the city of Rehoboth
and Calah, and reason between
Nineveh and Calah the same as a great
city. And Mizraim begat
Ludim, and Annamim, and
Lieben, and Naphtahim
and Pathrasim, and
Kaslehim, out of whom came
Philistim, and Kaftarim
Canaan begat Zayd and his first
board and hand, and the Jebusite
and the Amorite, and the Gergesite
and the Hivite, and the Archite
and the Sinai, and the
Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite, and afterward
where the families of the Canaanites spread
abroad. And the border of the
Canaanites was from Zayden as thou comest
to Gerar unto Gaza, as thou
goest unto Sodom and Gomorrah,
and Admah and Zeboam
even unto Lachath.
These are the sons of Ham after their
families, after their tongues, in their countries
and in their nations.
Undeshem also the father of all the
children of Eber, the brother of Japheth
the elder, even to him were children
born. The children of Shem,
Elan, and Asher, and Arphaxad,
and Lud, and Aram,
and the children of Aram, Uz,
and Hull, and Gethur, and Mash.
And Arphaxad begat Selah,
and Selah begat Eber,
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.
And Joktan begat Almodad,
and Shellef, and Hazar-maevith,
and Jeera,
and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,
and Obal,
and Abimeel, and Sheba,
and Ophir, and Havilah,
and Jobab. All these
were the sons of Joktan.
And their dwelling was from Misha, as thou
goest unto Siphar, a mount of
the east. These are the sons of
Shem after their families, after their tongues,
in their lands, after their
nations. These are the families of the
sons of Noah after their generations and their
nations. And by these were the
nations divided in the earth
after the flood. Let's bow our heads for a
word of prayer. Father,
I pray now that you would fill
Pastor Shelley with your spirit and
just give him clarity of mind, Lord,
as he teaches us tonight.
And also, Lord, I pray that you would help us
to pay close attention to the
sermon so we can learn more about
Genesis chapter number 10.
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
So we're in Genesis chapter
number 10, and
it's kind of another setup chapter where
we're introduced to a lot of different names
of a lot of different people.
And I kind of made a little bit of a chart
here just to kind of help you as we
go through some of these names, just so you can kind of
see the different families that
the Bible is laying out
and how they're described. But the Bible
reads in verse number 1, Now these are the generations
of the sons of Noah, Shem-ham, and Japheth.
And unto them were sons born
after the flood, the sons of Japheth,
Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz,
and Riphath, and Togemaw,
and the sons of Javan, Elisha,
and Tarshish, Kitum, and Dodanum.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles
dividing their lands, every one after
his tongue, after their families in their
nations. And so the Bible
first gives us the lineage
of Japheth, and Japheth
kind of has several different
sons here that are mentioned,
seven that are mentioned,
and then it also gives further generations
from Javan
and Gomer. And it says
very clearly in verse number 5,
By these were the isles
of the Gentiles divided
in their lands, every one after
his tongue, after their families
in their nations. Now,
Genesis chapter number 10 is
speaking with hindsight,
or it's speaking with the foreknowledge
of the reality that
these generations,
as they become divided,
eventually the languages are going to
change. And chapter number 11 goes
into that detail, talks about how
the earth used to be one language,
but it ended up being
divided at the tower of
Babel. But what's
interesting here is that
through this family, or this group of
families here,
is where we get the term Gentiles
and how they have the Gentiles
of the islands. And it's
interesting because if you look back at chapter
number 9, look at what it says
in verse 25, the Bible reads,
And he said, Cursed be
Canaan, a servant of servants
shall he be unto his brethren.
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God
of Shem, and Canaan
shall be his servant. God shall
enlarge Japheth, and he
shall dwell in the tents of
Shem, and Canaan
shall be his servant.
So this is
interesting because Noah ends
up awaking from his wine, he
knows what his younger son had done unto him,
and that was Ham specifically,
and immediately
curses Canaan.
Now, there's one instance
of he's not afraid of the reprobate doctrine,
number one, he just instantly curses
Canaan. Now, Canaan is
a specific descendant of Ham,
but what's interesting is he's giving
a prophetic message here.
What's interesting is when he was
saying this, there was something prophetic
in nature about the statements that he's
making. One of the things he's making here
though is about Japheth as well, and he's saying
Japheth is going to be enlarged. So
one thing that we can tell is that through
this prophecy, the descendants of
Japheth are going to be a large
multitude, it's going to be a large
number of people, and that's exactly
what we see in the Bible. We see
the Gentiles and these nations
as very large nations
inhabiting a large portion
of the world. In fact, a lot of these
isles, this would be what we think of
as Crete, and
we think of all the different areas that Paul
went through as he was traveling,
and he's traveling through these different isles
and he's going to parts of Greece
and all the different parts of what's modern day
Turkey, known as Asia
in the Bible.
But this is where the majority of the Gentiles
settled, is they settled towards
Europe, towards Greek, towards
modern day Turkey. There is some
that kind of went a little bit north
and a little bit east of the Middle East as we would
call it, but this is where we get
that broad umbrella of Gentiles
and what's interesting here is he says
he shall dwell in the tents of Shem.
Now there's a lot of ways we could
look at that and possibly
interpret it, but
I believe that it's in reference to
what the Bible is constantly hammering
throughout about the Gentiles
is a picture of the Gentiles
getting saved.
Think about it, the tents of Shem, Shem is where we're
going to get the lineage of
Jesus Christ, it's where we're going to get
the children of Israel, it's where we're going to get
Abraham and Isaac and all
that lineage and God's
children and eventually
it's saying that Japheth is going to dwell in
the tents of Shem, meaning what?
They're going to come under the umbrella, the tabernacle
the house of Shem
and Shem is
basically the one that's
the follower of God and
blessed be the Lord God of Shem. Look at what it says in verse 26
and it said blessed be the Lord God of Shem.
So we see who God's with, God's like
blessing Shem and we see God
is kind of favoring towards Shem
and his descendants all throughout the
Old Testament but eventually Japheth
is going to dwell in the tents
of Shem and I believe that's a prophetic
picture of the Gentiles and how they're
going to end up getting saved. Now go to Isaiah
chapter 66
and the first time we were mentioned
Gentiles is here in Genesis chapter
10 where we have this family, we have this lineage
we have this group of people, a large group
of people
and what's interesting is
the prophecy and historicity
of the Bible. The Bible
is a perfect
storyline for all of
history. If anybody
studies history they're going to realize
all the narratives of the Bible are exactly
what happened. We see the same lineage
we see the same people, groups
I mean even your
hardened atheist
evolutionary
believers they'll say well they descended
from a common ancestor
around the Middle East section and it's like
yeah, Noah
Noah and his sons is
where everybody came from
and obviously they were in the mountains of
Ararat but they did populate
the entire world that we have today
and there's prophetic
symbolism in the sense that God
knows the future and he can tell you
everything that's going to happen. He can tell you
hey this huge group of Gentiles
that's going to be wicked and they're going to be a
big multitude eventually they're going to dwell
in the tents of Shem. Eventually
they're going to get saved. Look at Isaiah 66
verse 19
and I will set a sign among them
and I will send those that escape of them
unto the nations to Tarshish
Pol and Lud
to draw the bow to two
to draw the bow to Tubal
and Javin
to the isles of far off
that have not heard my fame
neither have seen my glory and
they shall declare my glory
among the Gentiles. So notice
there's a prophecy in Isaiah
of what? Of the
gospel of the fame
of God going out unto the
Gentiles where they have not heard
okay. Now notice it says a
couple names here very specifically
we have Tubal. Now who's
Tubal? Tubal is right there
on your chart in the Japheth right?
And you also have Javan
and we see through there
we have Javan, we have Tarshish
is one of the sons of Javan
so he's pointing to these Gentile
nations that are going to exist in
the future and
they're going to go to the isles that are far off
someone's going to declare the glory
of God. Verse 20
and they shall bring all your brethren for an offering
unto the Lord out of all nations
upon horses and in chariots and in
litters and upon mules and upon
swift beasts to my holy mountain
Jerusalem sayeth the Lord as the children
of Israel bring an offering and a
clean vessel into, notice this
the house of the Lord
and I will also
take of them for priests and
for Levites sayeth the Lord. So
notice he's saying hey you're going to go to the
Gentiles you're going to bring them back
to Jerusalem they're going to be
in the house of the Lord and in fact
even of them
I'm going to pick of them
priests and Levites
for me
that to me pictures what?
them dwelling in the tents of what? Shem
them coming to Jerusalem
and being priests unto him a picture
of the fact that Gentiles are going to
be saved and that Gentiles
are going to be the servants and priests of the Lord
go if you went to Matthew chapter
number 12 go to Matthew chapter number 12
everything as far as a timeline
of the Bible is already
known at the very beginning
Christ is the Alpha and the Omega
he's the beginning and the end
everything in the Bible has already been settled
everything's going to happen exactly
as Christ laid out and the
whole plan of the Bible is always
for Christ it was always his
death-bearing resurrection and
through that all families
of the earth will be blessed when we get to Genesis
chapter number 12 we'll see that Abraham
was given the Gospel, Abraham was
preached the Gospel and that through
his seed all families
of the earth would be blessed
and he didn't say just your family
specifically like you and your
Isaac and whatever he's talking about
every nation because when you read it
in the New Testament it will literally say
every nation meaning every single
person on this earth is
blessed through the seed of
Abraham and we know that's coming through Shem
and that Japheth
will dwell in the tents of Shem
look what it says in
Matthew 12 verse 17
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet
so Isaiah is how you say
Isaiah
saying behold my servant whom I have chosen
my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased
I will put my spirit upon him
and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles
he shall not strive nor cry
neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets
a bruised reed shall he not break
and smoking flax shall he not quench
till he shall send forth judgment
unto victory and in his
name shall the
Gentiles trust
now think about the
incredible aspect of this
at this point in time
Jesus Christ
is dwelling amongst
the children of Israel
and at this point
in time no Gentiles
are Christian no
Gentiles are worshipping
and serving the true God
they're given to idols
they're gone away to false gods
I mean when they go to Athens
and Paul is preaching to those in Athens
he's saying you're praying to the unknown God
him I declare unto you
so he's not saying hey let me tell you all
about Jesus that you already know everything about
he's like let me declare to you
the unknown God
and in fact Paul was going to preach
where Christ had not been preached before
not going and laying down a foundation
that's already been laid
but going out and preaching Christ crucified
and preaching you know something that
never really heard before
but think about this
the entire Old Testament even going all
the way back to Genesis chapter
number 10 and Genesis chapter number 9
is telling you there's going to be all
these group of people this is where they're
going to live and eventually
they're going to trust in the God of the Bible
they're going to be part
of this religion think about
that type of a statement to me imagine if I
got up and said everybody in North Korea is going to
become a Christian
like that would be a pretty bold statement wouldn't it
I mean to just say like something just
so radical or something like
to make such a proper proclamation
but not only that to make a proclamation
about a country that doesn't even exist
yet or a country that doesn't even
hasn't even been established yet
or to know that it's even going to last that
long necessarily you don't know that the Gentiles
are going to last that long necessarily
but see God does and God
can see the future and so God's already
telling you hey the Gentiles are
going to trust in this gospel
the Gentiles are going to trust in this Savior
and isn't don't we have evidence
of that today I mean look who
trusted in Christ it was the Gentiles
I mean Christianity is the
number one religion on the planet
and who embraced it more
the Jews or the Gentiles
the Gentiles didn't didn't they
very obvious go to Colossians chapter 1
go to Colossians chapter 1
how can you deny
the incredible prophecy
of the Bible this is not even just a prophecy
about Jesus Christ himself specifically
this is just in general about the gospel
this is just in general about the historicity
of how the Gentiles are going to trust in
God and we have these
delineations and these nations already laid out
and it's exactly what happens
throughout history
Colossians chapter 1
look at verse 25
where have I made a minister
according to the dispensation of God
which is given to me for you
to fulfill the word of God
even the mystery
which hath been hid
from ages and from generations
but now is
made manifest to
his saints to whom God
would make known what is the riches
of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles which
is Christ in you the hope
of glory whom we preach
warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom
that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus where unto
I also labor
striving according to his working which worketh
in me mightily now this is a
super powerful portion of scripture
the apostle Paul is
in a Gentile church or at least
writing to a Gentile church writing to the
church at Colossae writing to these
Colossians and
he's telling them hey
for generations for
ages the Bible said the
Gentiles are gonna trust in the Lord
the Gentiles are gonna dwell in the tents
of Shem somehow the Gentiles
are gonna get saved and now
it's being made manifest
now you're seeing the evidence of the
Gentile you're seeing the Romans and you're
seeing the Corinthians and you're seeing the
Grecians and you're seeing all of these
Gentiles the Thessalonians you're
seeing all these Gentiles that were led away
with dumb idols are now believing
on the Lord Jesus Christ
and he's saying it's something nobody can figure out
nobody knew that was gonna happen but we're
witnessing it right now
it's happening before our eyes the Gentiles
are trusting in Christ
this is incredible when you
understand the prophecies that were made
all the way back to Genesis 9 all the way
back to Genesis chapter number 10 hey there's
gonna be the Gentiles they're gonna dwell
in the tents of Shem they're gonna trust
in the Lord we see this constant
theme throughout the Old Testament but one
could look at the Bible and scoff and say
oh when are the Gentiles gonna trust in the Lord
oh now
and we see that it was manifested
we see that it was witnessed and the
mighty power of God to
make such prophecy to make
such proclamation and it come to
pass exactly as he described
you go back if you went to Genesis chapter number 10
again Genesis chapter
10 is a foundation Genesis chapter
number 10 is establishing certain roots
certain nations certain
events that are gonna happen and what I
like to think of Genesis chapter 10 is this is a
foreshadowing of
everything that's gonna happen it's a foreshadowing
of the world
as how it's gonna be established and the
nations that are gonna exist and what those
nations are gonna be like and the things
that they're going to do now look
at chapter 10
verse 6 and of the sons
of Ham Cush and Mizraim
and Foot and
Canaan and the sons of Cush
Sheba and Havilah and Sabta and Rehama
and Sabtika and the sons
of Rehama Sheba and Dedan and Cush begat
Nimrod he began to be a mighty
one in the earth he was a mighty
hunter before the Lord where for it is
said even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter before the Lord
and the beginning of his kingdom was
Babel or Babel
and Erech and
Akad and Calni in the land of Shinar
now we're getting
to a completely different lineage we're
now going into Ham
and we have not gotten the entire
lineage of Ham finished
yet he kind of gives us a little
bit of information about someone
called Nimrod now that's usually
not a positive thing you can call someone Nimrod
you kind of call him an idiot or a fool or whatever
but Nimrod according to the Bible
is considered mighty
what does that mean it just
means that he's a very strong powerful
individual okay that's what
it means by the fact that he's mighty
it does not mean he's good or bad
it's just simply denoting his attributes
is the fact that he's strong that
he's powerful okay that could be
good or he could be good or bad
however we understand
being of the lineage of Ham
he's not good okay the descendants
of Ham are very wicked they're very
evil and Nimrod is
actually a foreshadowing of something as well
just like the Gentiles and what we had in
Genesis chapter 9 is a foreshadowing of them getting
saved Ham is
a picture and Nimrod here is a picture of
the Antichrist okay
now let me give you
a few things to think about here
it says that the beginning of his kingdom
was what was Babel
and Erech and Akad in the county in the
land of Shinar okay
now Shinar
is the location of this
place look at Genesis chapter number
11 for a moment
and look at verse number 1 the Bible says
and the whole earth was of one language and
one speech and it came to pass as they journeyed from
the east they found a plane
in the land of Shinar
and they dwelt there and they said one to another
go to let us make brick and
burn them thoroughly and they
made brick for stone and slime had
day for mortar and they said go to
let us build us a city in a tower
whose top may reach into heaven and
let us make us a name
lest we be scattered abroad from upon the face
of the whole earth and the Lord came down to see
the city in the tower which the children of men
builded 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
now I'll be covering Genesis chapter
11 in the future but I want to point out a few things
here first of all
the location is very interesting
when we consider
the foreshadowing
that's going on here it says that it's
Babel now there
is a future
location that's called
Babylon in the Bible where Nebuchadnezzar
is dwelling
go if you went to Daniel chapter number 1
go to Daniel chapter number 1
and Babylon
in the Bible is a picture
of a future coming
kingdom that's going to be extremely
wicked and evil it's of
the devil and it's
called Babylon
you know the great it's the
mystery Babylon it's the horror
ok
well there was a literal Babylon
Babylon was a literal city
and we kind of have the
foreshadowing here with Babel ok
and it said that it was
in the land of Shinar now look at Daniel chapter number 1
look at verse number 1
and he brought the vessels into the treasure
house of his god so notice
where they built the tower of Babbel
is in the land of Shinar notice
when they have Babylon where are they at
they're in the land of Shinar
again that's not a coincidence
that you have this exact same location
you have the same formation
of the name and in fact I believe in
Hebrew Babylon is literally BABEL
it's Babel ok so we have
that same root word we have that same
foundation now
let's think about some of the aspects
of this right we don't think just about
the location but we think about Babylon
Babylon is where everyone
was gathered together in a sense because
Nebuchadnezzar went and defeated
every single kingdom and he brought
of the best of every
single nation unto himself and
you kind of have this culmination of all
different nations all gathered together
in Babylon now
if you think about the story of Daniel eventually
he creates a
false image a false god
that every single province
of every single nation all have to come
and they all have to worship
and you kind of have this multi gathering
multi nation everyone's
gathered together worshipping this false image
and all these things are foreshadowing
a bigger event which
is the Antichrist himself
which the Antichrist is
going to have a similar
clumping of people where it's going to be everybody
go if you would to Revelation
chapter 17
go if you would to Revelation chapter 17
let me show you how it's similar
when we have Mystery of the Babylon
in the future and we have the Antichrist
and we have everything that's being set
up here now Revelation chapter 17
is a chapter of the Bible that's
really giving us a lot of information
specifically about this spiritual
Babylon and
he's going to talk a lot about it look at chapter
17 verse 5 and upon her forehead was
a name written Mystery
Babylon the great the mother
of harlots and abominations of
the earth so we have a
Babylon described here and
this is more of a spiritual
picture of locations
that have existed throughout time
and in some places they're the same
because we have the land of Shinar here in the
Tower of Babel we have the Babylon in the same
land of Shinar
but throughout history you know as
you study this it's very clear that Babylon
could potentially be in different locations
and it's really just the essence
of the fact that it's a
culmination of all
nations it's the picture of
all authority and power on the earth
at one time where there's
basically everybody's gathered together
you have a particular person in charge
you have Nebuchadnezzar
you have Nimrod and the future
you're going to have the Antichrist as a
singular power of authority
a singular power of head
and Babylon is going to be
a part of this now what is
Babylon? Look at verse 15
he says this, and he saith unto me the waters
which thou sawest, because the Bible talks about Babylon
being a many waters, he says the waters
which thou sawest where the horse sitteth are
peoples and multitudes
and nations and
tongues so again we have a culmination of
everybody so in the
Tower of Babel it's everybody
Babylon with Nebuchadnezzar it's everybody
we have in the future it's
everybody so again we have these same
kind of elements shaping
and forming obviously at the Tower
of Babel they only speak one language
but again you can kind of see
how at Nebuchadnezzar even though
it was different people from different groups they
probably had a way to communicate with each other
it may have been they figured out a lingua
franca you know lingua franca
in the sense that they had some kind of language
where they could all kind of communicate through
they could all kind of talk and even
today whenever nations
and groups of people are kind of gathering together
usually they pick some kind of a language
that they're all going to communicate with
English the lingua franca
of today you know it used to be Greek
at times sometimes it was Roman
but
we kind of have that same picture of all these
people gathered together
now go back to chapter 13
go back to chapter 13
and
let's look at another verse here
we think about the Antichrist and we think about
these foreshadowing and all these events that are going to happen
Revelation 13 look at verse 7
and it was given on them to make war with the saints
and overcome them and power
was given him over all
kindreds and tongues and nations
so in the future
the coming future Babylon
with the beast
who is in charge of everything that's going on
he is literally going to have
power over the entire earth
Nebuchadnezzar had
power over the entire earth
Nimrod you have to understand
he is mighty in the sense
that he is at the culmination of
power he's over everyone everyone's
gathered together everyone's in the same area
and Nimrod is exerting that
power having that authority
and you know what God doesn't want
for all the power and authority of man
to be culminated in a singular leader
this is all of this is foreshadowing
the Antichrist and every time you have
it he tries to break it up and divide
people again because he doesn't want
that power to exist
the only time it's going to exist and work well
is when Christ is at the helm of that
who's the king
now we've kind of talked about
a few things the location
we talked about how everyone's
kind of gathered together
look at Revelation chapter 6 now
here's another foreshadowing
aspect of Nimrod
is the sense that Nimrod is considered
a mighty hunter
okay well
and he was specifically yeah a hunter
right look at Revelation chapter 6 verse 1
and I saw when the lamb opened
one of the seals and I heard as it were
the noise of thunder one of the four
beasts saying come and see and I saw
and behold a white horse and he that
sat on him had a bow and
a crown was given unto him and he went
forth conquering and to
conquer now I believe
you know in studying this this is most
likely the Antichrist that we're looking at
someone who's going for the notice he has
a bow now when we think of a hunter
what do we kind of picture you know some
guy with a bow going out and fighting
hunting and doing these things and notice
he's going to conquer and to conquer look
Nimrod is a mighty hunter
okay meaning he's very good
at war he's very good at
fighting or whatever and we have
that same picture of an
Antichrist where there's going to be someone
who's very strong very powerful
gathering everyone
together okay
and they're going to have this you know
one world government it's going to
happen so how do you know that
Genesis chapter 10 it's
already been foreshadowed just like the Gentiles
getting saved was already foreshadowed
hey the Antichrist has been foreshadowed
all throughout the Bible as well
all kinds of different examples so
many different people have pictured him why
it's going to happen and you know
it's a lot greater to witness the Gentiles
getting saved than the Antichrist coming into power
but both are true and both
are going to happen and Genesis chapter
10 is an incredible chapter where it's foreshadowing
all these different events that are
going to happen in the future go back
if you would to Genesis chapter
10
so
Japheth good
prophecies Ham bad
prophecies okay
and a lot of Ham is going to be more
spiritual as we get later throughout the Bible
because most of his physical sins are going to be wiped
out and destroyed
now it's interesting here in
verse number 11
it says out of that land went forth
Asher and builded Nineveh
and the city of Rehoboth
and Calah and reason
between Nineveh and Cali
the same as a great city now
it again it kind
of took a break in the very
specific lineages and was
giving us just a little bit of extra information
talking about Nimrod and then again
verse 11 it's saying
out of that land meaning
out of what Babel and
out of Shinar somebody
else went forth Asher
and builded Nineveh
now what's interesting about Nineveh
is this would be where
the Assyrians are and
as you study the Bible there's seven
mountains or seven
kingdoms that are
essentially considered you know
these foreshadowings
of that final kingdom that's going to come
and we know through Daniel
four of those very specifically because
we have Babylon which is one of them
then we have the Medo-Persians then we have
the Greeks then we have the Romans
but he's saying that there's
five there's one that
is there's five that used to be as far
as those mountains those kingdoms there's one that is
and there's one that's coming and then
out of the seventh will be the eighth which
is the Antichrist
but that would mean there was four before the Roman Empire
because the one that is at the time that was
written would be the Roman Empire
and then as you go backwards you have the Greeks
then you have what the Medo-Persians
then you have the Babylonians but you'd have
two more before that
and I would submit to you that I personally believe
that those other two would be the Egyptians
and then it would be the
Assyrians okay
now what's interesting is that coming out
of Babel you have
Nineveh which is going to be potentially
that first kingdom again so we see that
Babylonian spirit traveling
from Babel
to what? Assyria
where the next place is that it's going to
exist then you have
obviously Egypt eventually becomes that
one world power through Joseph and the book of
Genesis then eventually you're going to have
it become Babylon
the Medo-Persian Empire
the Greeks and then
Rome and then
USA I don't know alright well
hey I heard that they're going to make Washington
DC its own state
that might change a few things
talk about a place that should get
nuked I mean hey
I mean go look at Washington DC
I mean it's literally got a pentagram
with the White House at the tip of
that upside down star
it wouldn't shock me if that is the place
that it's talking about where Mystery
Babylon exists
I mean think about all the evil and wicked
and it's talking about God's
people getting out from her it's like yeah
if that becomes it's own little nation
state or whatever get away from that
as quickly as you can
that's a different
sermon alright
but what's interesting is Asher
now Asher is not of Ham
okay and if you look at your chart
you'll notice that Shem
has Elam, Asher, Arphaxad, Lot, and Aram
so Asher is actually of Shem
and he
gives us that lineage
a little bit further down look at verse 22
and the children of Shem, Elam, and Asher
and Arphaxad, Lot, and Aram so
Lot of Ham
now I think that's an important note because
when you think about Ham, Ham is almost always
cursed, damned, and destroyed
and nothing positive for them
but Asher being of Shem
Nineveh is not exactly the same boat
because go if you would to Jonah for a moment
go to Jonah
and notice that Nineveh does not have the same
fate necessarily as
some of these other descendants of Ham
and everything like that
but that does not mean they're not wicked
look at Jonah chapter 1 verse 1
the Bible says
so notice Nineveh is very wicked as well
and look the Gentiles are very wicked
hey even of Shem we have lots of wickedness
even the Jews
it's not like wickedness
is only Ham
it's only Canaan or only these people
wickedness is all mankind
there's not a just man upon the earth that doeth good
and senteth not
everyone's a sinner, but some people are
sinners exceedingly before the Lord
that's where you get Ham and his lineage
but Nineveh is
prophesied of and it's kind of mentioned here in Jonah
look at Jonah chapter 3
I'm not going to preach the whole story of Jonah
but look at what it says in verse number 2
rise, go unto Nineveh
that great city and preach unto it
the preaching that I bid thee
so Jonah rose and went unto Nineveh according to the word of the Lord
Nineveh was an exceeding great city
of three days journey
the city was so large it would take three days to walk
from one end to the other
it says in verse 4
now this is interesting because Nineveh
ends up being
saved physically
from the destruction that Jonah has preached
against them from the Lord
and the fact that they believe God
indicates to me that many people may have even gotten saved
in this experience
and so they
do have some redemption here
go to Nahum chapter 2
go to Nahum chapter number 2
however, at the end of the day
it's going to share the same fate
as a lot of these other nations
and the fact that it's going to eventually be
wiped out and completely
destroyed, Nahum chapter 2
look at verse number 8
and Nahum has a lot of interesting prophecy here
but it's telling us that Nineveh is of old
now that's an interesting statement, why?
because we can go all the way back
to Genesis chapter number 10
where it's telling us Asher came out of the
tower of Babel, out of the land of Shannar
and built Nineveh and so it's a very
old city, it's a city of antiquity
it's a city that existed for a very
long time
God gave them eventually a chance of repentance
but they're called the
bloody city, they go back
they continue to be wicked, they continue to reject
the Lord and we see the long suffering of
God eventually runs out for Nineveh
and look at chapter 3 verse 7
when shall I seek comforters
so eventually Nineveh is going to be destroyed
and here's the reality
everyone's going to get what's coming to them
every city, every
area, every nation that rejects
the Lord, that wants nothing of the Lord
will eventually come to naught
will eventually be destroyed and wiped off
the base of the map no matter what its
history is, go back to Genesis chapter
10 again, go back to Genesis chapter 10
so we have the foreshadowing of Nineveh coming out of Babel
but to me that would predict
it's an inevitable failure, it's an inevitable
doom and destruction, we see that happening
eventually in Nahum
we don't have these cities anymore
we don't have Nineveh
we don't have Babylon
why? they were destroyed, they were decimated
look at chapter 10 verse 13
and Mizraim begat
Ludim and Anamim
and Lehabim and
Natufim and
Pathrusim and Castluhem
out of whom came Philistim
and Caphtorum, now
what's interesting is we
have this other lineage where we eventually
get the Philistim which would
be Philistines
think of the word I am is just being
plural, okay, because that's kind of the plural
and so we have the Philistines which
we know throughout the Bible are enemies
of the children of Israel, they're constant
enemies, they're constantly fighting
the Philistines and they're coming from what? from Ham
again, okay
now look at chapter verse 15
and Canaan begat Sidon
is first born in Heth
and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the
Gergashite and the Hivite and the Archite and the
Sinai and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the
Hamathite and afterward where the families
of the Canaanites spread abroad 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 Zeboam even unto Laish
now when we think about the
Philistines and the Canaanites
they basically inhabit
the land and the area where the children
of Israel are going to dwell
you have basically the land that's
tucked up very closely to
the sea, this is going to be the land
of the Philistines, okay
where they're very close to the ocean there
and then basically
that's where you have Gaza, okay, you have the
Gaza Strip and you have this little area
okay, that's where the Philistines are
located kind of by the sea
and then everything kind of to the
east of that and a little bit north of that
all the way up to Zidon, which in the Bible
it's worded Z-I-D-O-N
and S-I-I-D-O-N here
that's going to be the whole area
of where the children of Israel are going to dwell
and you have the Philistines and the Canaanites
and if we remember Genesis
chapter number 9, the Canaanites
were going to be servants
cursed be Canaan, he said he was going to be a
servant unto whom? unto Shem
now go if you would to Joshua chapter 17
go to Joshua chapter 17
again, everything's being foreshadowed here
everything's being described exactly
what's going to happen, we learn about
all these nations, where they came from
where their lineage is from
and these things are very important
Joshua chapter 17, look at verse 13
yet it came to pass when the children of Israel
were waxed and strong that they put
the Canaanites to tribute
but did not utterly drive them out
now the Canaanites were supposed to be destroyed
they were supposed to be wiped off the face
of the map, they were supposed to be completely
and utterly killed
by the children of Israel
yet they did not do it, they did not
follow God's commandments, at times
they made treaties with them
at times they just were too
weak, they decided not to take
over all the land and so they ended
up living with them and when
they were following God's commandments they were doing
that which is right, the Canaanites were
tributes unto them and the same was
the Philistines, the Philistines are subject to
them when the children of Israel are following the Lord
then when the children of Israel are not following the Lord, especially
the book of Judges, the Philistines are in control
and so you kind of have this tug of war
throughout the Bible, through the book of
Judges, through the book of Joshua
yet when they follow God's commandments
they are in control
go to Zephaniah chapter number 2
Zephaniah chapter number 2
again, incredible prophecy when you think about
how God is telling you all the things that
are going to happen and then they happen
exactly as he described them
there is no prophecy of the Bible that is
not fulfilled exactly as God
had described it, now there are some
prophecies that have not yet come to pass
however, everything
that has been described
as being fulfilled up to this point
has been filled exactly as the
Bible has described it
millions of prophecies really
I mean I'm sure there's millions if we could truly understand
all the Bible, understand everything that's
being communicated here and
it's truly incredible
but when we think about the
Canaanites, we think about the Philistines
they hate the Lord, they despise the Lord
they are going to eventually be wiped out
look at Zephaniah chapter 2 verse 3
the nation of the
Carathites
the word of the Lord is against you O
Canaan, the land of the Philistines
I will even destroy thee
that there shall be no
inhabitant, now something you have to understand
about God and you have to understand about the Bible
is God's punishments
when they are not executed by
man, God will still do
it, okay
and some people, they don't understand this but it's
like hey, if someone is guilty of murder
and man does not
put him down, God does not
kill him according to the law of God
God will make sure to take care of that person
God is going
to have his vengeance, God is going to have
his justice, he is the perfect judge
he is the perfect king, he is the perfect ruler
and while we should execute his law
we should execute his judgments to the best of our ability
when we fall short
God will make sure there is recompense
now it was the children of Israel's
job to wipe out
every single Canaanite
to wipe out all of the Jebusites
and all the Arvidites and to get rid of
the Philistines, okay
but they failed, but here is the thing
God is still going to do that
God is still going to wipe them out and you say when did that
happen, well he used Nebuchadnezzar to do it
and we have to understand about the minor
prophets, the majority of them are
prophesying before Nebuchadnezzar
Isaiah is prophesying before Nebuchadnezzar
the coming of Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah is prophesying
before Nebuchadnezzar and what Nebuchadnezzar
does is he literally wipes out
every single nation
and then he has Jerusalem last
Jerusalem is like kind of last, you have Egypt too
but you kind of have like everybody but
Jerusalem and Egypt and then he finally
destroys Jerusalem and then eventually
destroys Egypt as well
but everyone comes under the yoke
of Nebuchadnezzar
and Nebuchadnezzar is truly going to wipe out
the Canaanites and wipe out
the Philistines where they are no longer
a people, they are no longer a nation
you don't have these nations in the future anymore
you might have remnants of
people that, you know, Simon the
Canaanites mentioned in the New Testament
and that could be a reference to the fact
that he lived from Canaan and he's probably
because he's a descendant of the Canaanites
I believe that's what the Bible is teaching there
but again you don't have this group
all gathered together in one nation again
because God has wiped out
that nation
look what it says, go back to Genesis
chapter 10 for a second
we have to understand is that God
has cursed Ham
and his descendants and he's cursed
Canaan and Canaan is truly cursed
and they're truly going to get what's coming to them
now what's the foreshadowing of this?
well the foreshadowing of this is the fact that the
wicked will be
destroyed and eradicated in the future
through the coming of
Christ, through the millennial reign
of Christ and through the eventual battle
of Gog and Magog, God will
destroy all of the wicked
all of those that are cursed of the Lord
will be destroyed, will be wiped out
and will no longer inhabit the earth
only the righteous
will inhabit the earth
only God's people will come
back and inhabit the earth
and so that's why God a lot of times
is telling us to get a looser grip
on the things of this world
because it's like hey eventually
we'll get the earth back
eventually you'll get to dwell here
eventually you're going to be in control
eventually you're going to be the ones ruling on this earth
they only have a temporary
residence here
they only have a temporary authority
and eventually they'll be destroyed, wiped out
never to inhabit the earth again
whereas we're coming back
we're getting it back
we have nothing to worry about
verse 20 the Bible says these are the sons of Ham
after their families, after their tongues, in their countries
and in their nations
and now the sons of Ham were cursed
and it's very important to understand
the fact that the Bible teaches
generational curses
it teaches national curses as well
go over to Exodus chapter 20
now this is the portion of the Bible
that we've been memorizing
Exodus chapter 20 the 10 commandments
and in the 10 commandments God
gives a very strong warning to those
that would break his commandments
Exodus chapter 20
look at verse 5
now it's in reference to
making graven images with verse 4
but then in reference to the fact
that you shouldn't make the graven images
it elaborates in verse 5
now it says in verse 6
and showing mercy
unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments
so God says
if you hate me
if you reject me
if you don't follow my commandments
not only will I punish you
I'll punish your children
not only will I punish your children
I'll punish your children's children
to the third and to the fourth generation
and in fact
I'm not just going to punish you for your sins
I'm going to punish you for your father's sins as well
so it's this compounding interest
problem
and if anybody knows anything about compounding interest
this is like compounding iniquity
in the sense that you're going to literally
reap the consequences
of your father's wicked sins
and in fact we see this constantly throughout the Bible
we even see this when it comes to some of the
kings of Israel and kings of Judah
where they have a very wicked father
you know, Ammon
or they have Manasseh
and we see the punishment of Manasseh actually comes back
on generations way down the line
the punishment of Manasseh
it skipped over
Josiah because he was righteous
but then it hits real hard on Zedekiah
and it's real hard on those other descendants
why? because they didn't follow God's commandments
and here's the thing
when you don't follow God's commandments
you can have a harsh punishment
a harsh judgment come upon you
that's why it's so important
to embrace his mercy and his grace
go to Exodus chapter 34
go to Exodus chapter number 34
now some people get confused
human government
from a human government perspective
you know, I'm not supposed to
punish a child for his father's sins
right?
if a dad goes out and commits murder
I'm not going to punish the child for murder
okay? from a human government perspective
that does not mean
that from God's perspective
and reality
the child will not suffer the consequences
of his father's actions
and in fact, even by the father being punished
that's going to be a consequence to that child
okay? and God also teaches
that the iniquity of the fathers
he can even punish to that child
and to that child
and to the children after that
and so that's why you see nations and countries today
that hate God
that reject the gospel of Jesus Christ
that want nothing to do with Christianity
I mean, they're beyond
curse today
they have so much evil
and so much oppression
and so much horrible things that are happening to them
because their fathers hated God
and their fathers hated God
and when you see a nation and you see a group of people
that just hate God and they hate God
and they hate God and they hate God
I mean, we're talking about severe
punishment that will happen
to these nations
and God is not going to just let it go
the Canaanites might have gotten away with it for a while
that was because God was waiting
to allow the children of Israel
to come in and to take that wealth over
you know, the wealth of the sinners laid up for the just
he was going to come in and he was going to wipe them out
he was just placating them
being long suffering to them
to allow the children of Israel to come in
and to take that possession
and when we see nations today
that are super wicked, that are super evil
God is delaying that punishment
for a very specific reason
but it's not that the punishment won't come
look what it says in Exodus 34 verse 6
and the Lord passed by before
and proclaimed
the Lord, the Lord God
merciful and gracious, long suffering
and abundant in goodness and truth
keeping mercy for thousands
forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin
and that will by no means
clear the guilty
visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children and upon the children's
children unto the third
and to the fourth generation
meaning what?
you need to accept God's grace
you need God's forgiveness
and look, he's very long suffering
he's abundant in goodness and truth
but he will not clear the guilty
it's not like
oh you forgot about me
oh I kind of got away with it
nope, he will punish
and his punishment is far reaching
go back to Genesis chapter 10
Genesis chapter 10
so you have to understand that there can be a
generational curse that comes upon people
and when they forget the Lord
the nations going to be turned into hell
all the nations that forget me are turned into hell
all the nations that forget God
are turned into hell
why? because when you hate God
and you hate his commandments
you will be punished and look, he's the God of the whole earth
it's not like
Ham gets a pass
like why? I rejected the Lord, he's not my Lord
it's like no, he's the Lord period
you know, some people are like, you have to make Jesus
the Lord of your life, he's the Lord of your life
whether you like it or not
hey, Jesus Christ
is the Lord of Richard Dawkins
Jesus Christ is the Lord
of Jeffrey Dahmer
of Joe Biden
because he's the King of King and the Lord of Lords
hey, he's the King
of China
he's the King of North Korea
you can't make him the Lord
he is the Lord, you moron
what you have to do is accept
his grace, what you have to do is accept
his mercy by believing in the sacrifice
of his son
and when you don't, those generations
are cursed
and they're going to be destroyed
and there's only evil and destruction
awaiting for them, and we look at the world today
it's no different
there are spiritual Canaanites today
when we look at the world today, there are certain nations today
that have rejected the gospel
they hate the Lord Jesus Christ and they're doomed
they're cursed
and they're just waiting for judgment
and it will come
he's by no means clearly guilty
no one is going to get away with anything
now when we
make another transition here
we've talked about Japheth, we've talked about Ham
now we make another transition into Shem
verse 21, the Bible says
On Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber
the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born
the children of Shem, Elam and Asher
and Arphaxad and Lut and Aram
and the children of Aram, Az and Hul
and Gethur and Mash
and Arphaxad begot Selah and Selah begot Eber
and on Eber were born two sons
the other one was Peleg, for in his days was the earth divided
and his brother's name was Joktan
and Joktan begot Al-Modad and Shelef
and Hazar-Maveth
and Jeera
and Hadaram and Uzil and Diklah and Obel
and Abimeel and Sheba and Ophir
and Havilah and Jobab, all these were the sons of Joktan
and the dwelling was from Misha
as the Goeth and Asifar
a mount of east
these are the sons of Shem after their families
after their tongues and their lands
after their nations
it's not giving us a complete
and replete list of genealogy
and we have to understand
when you look at our chart
you kind of have there on the Shem side
on the left side you have Peleg and Joktan
Peleg's genealogy
is going to be finished in chapter 11
because we're going to have Peleg, Reu
and then we're going to get the lineage of Jesus Christ
and Abraham and everybody
that goes along with that lineage
so this is basically just giving you everybody else's
lineage
one thing you can think about
is the fact that this is the generation
of the sons of Noah
and Noah, if you look at the little chart
I have on the left hand side
Noah lives to the year 2006
and basically
if you look at
where everybody is born at
that would lead you all the way up to
even Terah
which is right before Abraham
so it would make sense that
all of these generations are basically in the lifetime
of Noah
that we're basically getting
these generations and these genealogies
and it's kind of giving us this
and then we get into chapter 11
it's going to lead us into
Terah which goes into Abraham
and then we leave Noah
we leave anything about Noah and we go into Abraham
we focus in on Abraham
and his lineage
but these are the sons of Shem
it says in verse number 32
these are the families of the sons of Noah
generations divided in the earth after the flood
so we have a lineage
and basically you have Japheth
which is kind of going towards Europe
Shem which is kind of Middle East
heading towards Asia
and you have Ham which is kind of Middle East
heading towards Africa
and that's basically how the earth started after the flood
and you see that dividing and spreading
throughout history
now
we kind of talked about generations
and when we talk about Shem
let's say in this sermon
we obviously have Peleg
it talks about the earth being divided in his days
let's talk about languages, families, tongues
after the Tower of Babel
and we'll kind of get into that story
next week
but this is giving us generations
and it's giving us families
go to Deuteronomy chapter 7 for a moment
and I want to finish with this thought
we have a lot of foreshadowing
and we have a lot of talk about generations
and the reality is
you know
we all live in a particular generation
we all have our calling in life
and we're set into a particular generation
and there's all kinds of different generations
that have existed before
and even potentially generations that will exist after us
but God's commandments are the same
and he shows mercy
under the generations that love him
and he gives iniquity
he punishes the iniquity of the fathers
upon the generations that hate him
and it's very important that we understand this
now I read for you a little portion
I didn't pick it out
but we're talking about in Zephaniah
the destruction of the Canaanites
it talked about the Lord's people
seeking for refuge
in the day of judgment
or when the Lord's wrath has come
and the reality is sometimes you live in a generation
where everybody's wicked
everyone's evil
but God's people can still find refuge
can still be protected during that ultimate destruction
of the evil generation
it says in John 7
know therefore that the Lord thy God
he is God the faithful God
which keepeth covenant mercy with them that love him
and keep his commandments to a thousand generations
and repay them that hate him to their face
to destroy them
he will not be slack to him that hateth him
he will repay him to his face
notice again
God hammering the idea
of either receiving God's mercy
or being repaid to your face
go over to Luke chapter number 1
go to Luke chapter number 1
now we have to understand is that
the generation that lives today
and the generation that we are in
and you could argue that we have a few different
generations if you want to say
baby boomers or millennials
or gen z or that
sometimes the Bible is also
encompassing larger spans of time
we're all alive together
in a similar generation
this generation is very wicked
this generation hates the Lord
now based on all the history
what happened to the Canaanites
destroyed
what happened to the Philistines destroyed
what happened to the Ninevites destroyed
so
it should be no shock to us
or revelation
this generation is going to be destroyed
there is a huge judgment coming to this generation
and every generation before us
that was super wicked
every nation that hated God
destroyed
the Babylonians destroyed
the Medo-Persians destroyed
the Grecians destroyed
the Romans destroyed
there's never been a generation
there's never been a group of people
there's never been a nation that just mocks at God
spits in the face of God
that does not get destroyed
wiped out
decimated
completely everything paid to their face
so what does that mean?
well it means this
America is going to be judged
very harshly by God
and we have
one of two options
either A, we're Babylon
or we're not
it's pretty simple
if we're Babylon then that
judgment is going to come at the coming of Christ
and in fact
actually a little bit afterwards
it will be destroyed
but
America will be utterly destroyed
and decimated at some point
because we cannot continue to
spit in the face of God
breaking his commandments
hating the Lord but God's people can be saved
through that
in both scenarios
whether it's Babylon or not
so for us it doesn't matter
it doesn't matter if America is Babylon
it doesn't matter how wicked they get
God will destroy them
so we have to embrace his mercy and grace
and pray that we'll have refuge
when that judgment comes because it's coming
in fact I think it's already here in some degree
I mean our nation is so stupid
it has to be a judgment from God
and in fact I was just thinking about this
this is just anecdotal
but I'm like if you can accept
the double masking
and all the vaccine propaganda
and everything CNN says
I feel like accepting the anti-crisis is a step up
I mean the stupidity factor
is so low
the willingness for people to just embrace lies today
is so high
I'm just thinking like
the strong delusion feels like it's here
I mean the thing that people believe today
the lies that are being spread
and people just embracing them today
I mean I don't think it's going to take much at all
but who knows
you know just like plenty of times
in the past people thought the anti-crisis
was around the corner
why not?
what I do know is that judgment is pending
for the United States
his wrath is building and I don't know
when he's going to release it but it seems like
it's going to be soon
now that could be because he's going to destroy us
and create another nation that will eventually be Babylon
or it could be that we are that Babylon
we're just waiting for the devil
to you know
do his thing
but look at Luke chapter 1 verse 48
the Bible says this
for you that is mighty have done to me
great things
and holy is his name
and his mercy is on them that fear him
notice this from generation to generation
so those who fear the Lord
have God's mercy
they endure
their children endure
they are blessed of the Lord
but the ones that hate God
he's going to pay it to their face
and we've seen Christianity go through everything
hey Christianity's gone through all of these empires
hey Christianity's gone through all of these nations
hey Christianity just keeps surviving
but you know what keeps failing
the nations that hate God
the other religions
the other civilizations
but you know what God's people will come through
the gospel of Jesus Christ
will triumph through
no matter what
go to Luke chapter 11
what you have to ask yourself is this
what am I going to do in this generation
what was Noah in his generation
he was a preacher of righteousness
to that evil generation
what are you going to do when you have the Canaanites
and the Philistines
hey be a Joshua
be someone who stands for the truth
hey what about Babylon
be a Daniel
be a Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
and preach the truth
stand for the truth even if nobody else will stand
and notice throughout history
it's only a few that are truly willing to stand
it's always a remnant
it's always a small group of people
it's always the Jeremiah
it's always the Daniel
it's always the Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
it's always the apostles
that are having to stand
through the great tribulation
great men of God come out of great persecution
look what it says in Luke chapter 11 verse 29
when the people were gathered thick together
he began to say this is an evil generation
they seek a sign
and there shall no sign be given it
but the sign of Jonas the prophet
for as Jonas was a sign of the Ninevites
so shall also the son of man be to this generation
the queen of the south
shall rise up in the judgment
with the men of this generation
for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon
and behold a greater than Solomon is here
the men of Nineveh
shall rise up in the judgment
with this generation
and shall condemn it
for they repented at the preaching of Jonas
and behold a greater than Jonas is here
now think about this
all the generations of the past
even wicked generations
even sinful generations
hey the people of Nineveh
they're gonna be like how could you believe
you know Joe Biden's the official president
why did you get triple mask
they're gonna be like hey
it was obvious the truth
and you say yeah but everybody in this generation
doesn't believe it
who cares how stupid they are
who cares how foolish they are
you know there's no excuse
for not believing the truth
I don't care how wicked the generation is
I don't care how evil the world is
hey whenever there's Solomon
go listen to Solomon
hey whenever Jonah comes in town
and starts preaching follow Jonah
hey when Jesus Christ shows up
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and you know what there's gonna be generation
after generation after generation
some worse than others
you don't get to decide that
you get to decide what you do in that generation
and we've already seen the writing on the wall
we already see what's gonna happen
we already know what's gonna happen to the evil generations
and notice what he's trying to get across
to these people verse 33
no man when he hath lighted a candle
put it in a secret place
neither under a bushel
but on a candlestick
that they which come
and may see the light
we have the greatest truth
in the world today
the gospel of Jesus Christ
nothing else even makes sense in this world today
the Bible is the only thing
the Bible is the only truth today
and we should never be ashamed of the truth today
we shouldn't be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ
we shouldn't be ashamed
for anything that we believe today
hey no dogs allowed
is a sticker on the front window
I'm not ashamed of that
and notice
when we have the truth
when we have the light
oh let's hide that
that's a little bright
nope we put it on a candlestick
so that when people come in they can see that light
you know there could be a temptation
for me to say this
hey if I preach all of the Bible
our church will never run thousands
but
if I kind of dim it a little bit
if I preach just the popular sections
we could bring more people in
maybe if I water the gospel down a little
maybe if I just say
just accept Christ in your heart
and repent of your sins
repent of your sins
what does that mean
in your heart do what's right
if I just kind of give lip service
maybe I could get a lot of people in
but you know what
I don't want to see how many people I can get in
I just want when someone comes in
to have the brightest light shining
and you know what
if it's just Jeremiah at church fine
if it's just Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
let's go
we shouldn't dim the light today
we should put the light on the candlestick
let your light so shine
that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father which is in heaven today
hey you live in a generation
we all do
and guess what this is an evil generation
this is a wicked generation
you know what it should not cause us
to dim our light
we need to turn our light on as bright
as possible so that when people
come in they can be refreshed
with the truth of God's word today
we already know the writing on the wall
we already know what's going to happen to the wicked nations
to the evil nations
we already know the anti-crisis is going to come
and you know what I don't want my light
to be dimmed
because I'm afraid of this evil generation
you know if God be for us
who can be against us
we already have the writing on the wall
blessed be the God of Shem
and you know what we need to
embrace the truth today
and not be ashamed
and be a bright and shining light
and get as many people in the truth as possible
look our truth is so bright
I don't know how anybody doesn't accept it today
we should be on fire
going out there getting people and dragging them in
and getting to hear the truth today
because there's so much lies
we should be standing in sharp contrast
of the world
thank you Heavenly Father
for this great chapter of the Bible
and for giving us the end and the beginning
so we can understand everything
there's so much truth that you give us in the word of God
I pray that we not be ashamed of your word
and this evil and adulterous generation
that we would not be afraid to be a bright
and shining light
we know the end from the beginning
we know what's going to happen to these wicked nations
and all those that hate God
and I pray that you would just motivate us
to try and drag as many people in as we can
to the truth
that they could believe in the Lord Jesus Christ
and that they could accept your mercy
because we understand that you will repay the evil and the wicked
in Jesus' name we pray
amen
alright for our final song we'll go to song
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sweet hour of prayer
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sweet hour of prayer
that calls me
from a world
of care
and bids me
at my
father's throne
make all
my wants
has often found relief and oft escape the tempter's snare by thy return sweet
hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer thy wings shall my
petition bear to him whose truth and faithfulness engage the waiting soul to
bless and since he bids me seek his face believe his word and trust his grace
I'll cast on him my every care and wait for the sweet hour of prayer sweet hour
of prayer sweet hour of prayer may I thy consolation share tell from Mount
Pisgah's lofty height I view my home and take my flight this robe of flesh shall
drop and rise to seize the everlasting prize and shout while passing through
the air farewell farewell sweet hour of prayer god bless you are dismissed
you