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My commentary suggests that this chapter is a genealogy plus an atlas plus a history book. “We’re watching
the movements of people and nations in the ancient world.” Many times we can’t determine where some of
these old nations were located. “Over
the centuries, nations can change their names, move to different locations, modify
their languages, and even alter their racial composition through intermarriage.”
It also finds several things of significance:
n Jehovah
God is the Lord of the nations. God gave
the nations their inheritance and determined the times before appointed, and
the bounds of their habitation… Jehovah is the God of geography and of history;
He is in control.
n All
nations belong to the same human family.
God made us all “of one blood” and no race or people can claim to be superior
to any other race or people.
n God
has a purpose for the nations to fulfill.
Just as He used Israel, He also used Egypt, Babylon, Assyria,
Media-Persia, and Rome to accomplish His purposes.
n God
is concerned for all the nations. The
Bible expresses a universal vision that all nations of the earth come to know
God and serve Him.
Father, Your Wisdom and
sovereignty shine forth here as You direct these families to the places You’ve
appointed for them as they became nations.
I thank You for Your wisdom and sovereignty as You shaped and pruned my
own family tree, grafting in my two sons and their families, helping us to
become one family in You.
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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