It was the Sunday after Thanksgiving and the church was packed. “I pray that all of you had a very thankful thanksgiving.” Randy said as he got ready to deliver his morning sermon. Looking over the sanctuary he was pleased to see so many visitors but he was concerned that one family appeared to be missing but then, in came Stella Peterson yelling out “WHERE DID HE GO?”
“Why can't we
have a normal service around Thanksgiving.” Randy mumbled to
himself and then said, “Excuse me, Stella, but we are in the
middle...” “I AM NOT Stella!” Stella said interrupting him, “I
am your queen, Jezebel. Now you will tell me where Elijah went or
I’ll have your head cut off.” “Oh great.” Randy mumbled, “Why
are you pretending to be Jezebel?”
“How dare you
insult me.” Stella Said, “I never pretend. “Look around you,
Stella.” Randy said, “This is not Israel.” Looking around
Stella says “Where did they all come from and what are they doing
here in my court?” “This is not your court.” Randy said, “This
is a church and they are here to worship God.”
“WHAT!” Stella
yelled out, “Kill them all, we will serve Baal and Baal only.”
and then took off on the run. “WOW!” Randy said as he turned his
attention back to the audience, “She almost seemed to believe she
was Queen Jezebel. Anyways, back to this morning mess...” “Excuse
me!” sad Martha Peterson interrupting him mid sentence. “Have
you seen Stella?”
“You just missed
her.” Randy said, “She was in here pretending to be Queen
Jezebel.” “Jezebel?” Martha said, “Which way did she go? I’ve
got to catch her and get her back to the hospital.” “Hospital?”
Randy said, “What's wrong?” “ Last week she tried to sabotage
Harold’s lab that he had been using to make all those potions
with.” Martha answered, “And something went wrong.”
“What do you
mean?” Randy asked a bit concerned. “ She mixed a strange
concoction together.” Martha went on to explain, “And it exploded
all over her and Harold.” “Well she seemed her normal self when
she was here.” Randy said a bit confused. “I thought you said
she was pretending to be Jezebel.” Martha said. “Yeah,” Randy
confirmed, “But isn't pretending normal for her?”
“Normally yes.”
Martha said, But this time she’s not pretending. The explosion
messed up her mind and she really thinks she is Jezebel at least for
the moment.” What do you mean by that?” Randy asked. “Every
so often she starts thinking she’s someone else.” Martha told
him, “And she keeps wondering where everybody came form.”
“Oh.” Randy
said, “What about Harold?” “Last time I saw him he thought he
was Moses and he kept asking where all the people came from too, but
he’s still in the hospital.” Martha said. “well good luck
catching her.” Randy said and then turning to the audience he said,
“Let's all pray for Harold and Stella right now.”
Joshua said, "By
this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He
will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite,
the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the
Jebusite. Joshua 3:10 (NASB)
When
reading the above verse, one question you may ask yourself is “Who
are all these people?” followed by “How did they get there?”
Not only here but many times in the Bible names show up and you may
wonder the same things. Genesis 10 and 11 helps us to understand
some of where these people came from. Several of the names mentioned
in Joshua can be found in verses 15-17. Remember the Philistines and
the giant Goliath that David fought? You can find their origins in
these verses as well.
Wedged
into these list of names is a unique story. A story that tells us why
and how these peoples, these nations spread out.
Now the whole
earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated
from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled
there. And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks,
and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick for stone, and
bitumen for mortar. Then they said, "Come, let us build
ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us
make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the
whole earth." And the LORD came down to see the city and the
tower, which the children of man had built. And the LORD said,
"Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language,
and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that
they propose to do will now be impossible for them. Come, let us go
down and there confuse their language, so that they may not
understand one another's speech." So the LORD dispersed them
from there over the face of all the earth, and they left off building
the city. Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the
LORD confused the language of all the earth. And from there the LORD
dispersed them over the face of all the earth.
Genesis 11:1-9 (ESV)
People
were growing in numbers and they wanted to build a tower and city
toward heaven – not necessarily what they were supposed to be
doing. Therefore, God mixed up their languages and as a result they
quit and scattered.
We
are told in Acts 17:26 that God made from one man every nation of
mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their
appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation,(NASB)
We may not always want to
believe it but all the people on the earth are related to one man
through Noah to Adam. Science has even confirmed this even though
evolutionist like to spread out the time scale.
The
following link is a great article covering the origins of nations and
how the grandsons of Noah spread out from the tower of Babel
- http://creation.com/the-sixteen-grandsons-of-noah
Here's
Something To Ponder
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Are you able to trace your lineage back to one of these?
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Are you willing to believe we all came from one man?
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