The Tower of TragIrony

“The Tower of TragIrony”: When we come to the Tower of Babel account in Genesis 11:1-9, we are astounded by the simplicity, compactness, and depth of the story. Unfortunately, along with the Fall and the Flood, this incredible tragedy is relegated to the nursery and stories simply for children. What is God telling us in [...]

Clans, Languages, Lands and Nations

Genesis chapter 10 presents us with what is known as the Table of Nations. Dr. William F. Albright, the renowned biblical archaeologist and linguist, has this to say about Genesis 10: “It stands absolutely alone in ancient literature, without a remote parallel, even among the Greeks,…. The Table of Nations remains an astonishingly accurate document.” [...]

What Ham Saw

Immediately after the Flood and the righteous offering of Noah in thanksgiving and recognition of God’s sovereignty and grace, we run head-on into one of the most mysterious and often misunderstood passages of the Bible. In this passage of Genesis chapter 9 we have an act by the youngest son of Noah, Ham, which resulted [...]

God Promises (Genesis 8:20-9:17)

We come to the end of the Flood narrative in the book of Genesis (Genesis 8:20-9:17) where God makes a promise to himself and a covenant with all the creatures of the earth never to destroy the Earth by flood again. We also have recorded the first burnt offering made by man-kind toward God, which [...]