Good morning on this last Saturday of August. In today's blog we look at the descendants of Noah's son, Ham, who inhabited parts of Asia, Southern Europe, and Northern Africa. Here is where his descendants settled:
Cush - Southern Egypt, Abyssinia, Nubia, and Ethiopia
Seba - Sudan
Havilia - Yemen
Sabtah - East of Yemen
Raamah - Southwest Arabia
Sabtah - Eastern part of Persian Gulf
Nimrod - Mesopotamia, Asshur, Nineveh, and Babylon
Mizraim - Egypt and to its East
Ludim - North Africa
Anamim - Northern and Middle Egypt
Lehabim - Related to Libyans
Naphtuhim - Northern Egypt, Thebes, and Memphis
Pathrusim - Upper Egypt
Casluhim - Nile Delta in Egypt
Caphtorium - Nile Delta in Egypt
Phut - Egypt and Libya
Sidon - Phoenicia, City of Sidon
Canaan, Heth, Jubusite, Amorite, Girgashite, Hivite - All originally in parts of Palestine as Canaanites, Hittites, Jubusites, Amorites, Girgashites, and Hivites
Arkite - North of Sidon
Sinite - North of Lebanon
Arvadite - Island off coast of Phoenicia
Zemarite - West of Galilee
Hamathite - Upper Syria
As you can see, the descendants of Ham occupy a large part of the Table of Nations in Genesis chapter 10. In our next blog, (two weeks from today because of Labor Day weekend) we'll apply this Table to the Bible's prophecies yet to be fulfilled.
Tomorrow's sermon is entitled, The Focus of God's Purpose For Church. I'll look forward to seeing you there.
Mel Brown

Good morning! It is Saturday, August 22nd. In last week's blog we followed the descendants of Noah's son, Japeth, into their respective regions of settlement and identified their modern-day national and ethnic identities. These identities are especially important in Biblical prophecy because they enable us to identify the modern equivalents of these ancient peoples and show their roles in end-time events. This blog will focus on the descendants of Noah's son, Shem.
Elam - Settled in a portion of Persia, modern-day Iran, which bears his name
Asshur - Assyria
Arphaxad - Settled north and east of Nineveh. His lineage led to Abraham and the Jews. Other branches of his family were progenitors of Arab tribes who settled in Yemen, Arabia, Sheba, and Arabia Petraea
Lud - Settled in parts of Asia and Africa. Some made their way to Egypt
Aram - Inhabited a large portion of Syria and Mesopotamia, Arabia west of Babylon which is the location featured in the book of Job. Note that the word Aram is translated Syrian some 65 times in the Old Testament
Next week we'll look at the descendants of Ham and the following Saturday examine how all of this specifically relates to future fulfillment of prophecy.
Tomorrow's sermon is the final message in the prophecy series, Prophecy Update - 2009, and will focus on the Millennial reign of Christ, who will be there and what it will be like.
I hope to see you there.
Mel Brown

Good morning on this Saturday, the 15th of August. The table of nations in Genesis 10 provides the foundation for the understanding of the nations which will be involved in the prophetic events forecasted in the Bible. In our previous two blogs, we explained this important connection. Here is a list of the descendants of Noah's son, Jepheth and their modern identities as peoples and nations. In the coming weeks we'll do the same for the other sons of Noah.
Gomer - Eastern Germany, Ukraine, Crimea along Danube and Rhine
Ashkenaz - Scythian, Germany
Ripath - Unknown, Likely Russia
Togarmah - Turkey, Turkestan
Magog - Russia
Madai - Kurds, Medes
Jovan - Greeks, Hellenists
Elishah - Cyprus
Tarshish - Spain and beyond, England
Chittim or Kittim - Ionians, Greeks, Islands and Coasts of Mediterranean
Dodanim - Dalmatia, Southeastern Europe
Tubal - Toboksk, Russia
Meshech - Moscow, Russia
Tiras - Eastern Asia Minor, Russia
Tomorrow's sermon is Part 5 of Prophecy Update - 2009. I promise it will be an eye opener.
I hope to see you there.
Mel Brown

Good morning on this Saturday, August 8th. In Genesis chapter 10, a table of nations is provided which is the Biblical basis for the study of ethnology, the science of the division of human beings into races, origins, distribution, relations and characteristics. Researchers in linguistics, history, archeology, and anthropology have verified the accuracy of this record. The New Testament book of Acts tells us that from one blood God made every nation inhabiting the earth and determined the bounds of their habitation (Acts 17:26). Peoples were typically named for their ancient ancestor who settled them, i.e., Canaan the Canaanites, Israel the Israelites, etc. These origins are particularly important in identifying the nations mentioned in Biblical prophecy. The Genesis record lists a total of seventy sons which descended from Noah and his three sons. Shem and his descendants primarily were settled in the regions of the Middle East; Ham and his descendants primarily were settled in Northern Africa and the Middle East; Japheth and his descendants primarily were settled in Europe. From these regions their peoples migrated to other regions throughout the globe. Although their descendants have so intermingled with each other throughout the many ages which followed to produce the many peoples and nations found today, their original destinations and the nations which sprang from them provide an invaluable resource for students of the Bible, especially in the study of eschatology or things to come. Next week we'll delve deeper into the table of nations as they relate to prophecy. Tomorrow's message will be the fourth in the Prophecy Update 2009 series and is entitled, The Rise of the Antichrist. I'll look forward to seeing you there.
Mel Brown

Good morning on this first Saturday of August. The conflict between the Jews and Arabs has existed through many centuries. Last week's blog focused upon the origin of these ethnic groups through the linage of Abraham with the Arabs descending through Ishmael and his mother, Hagar, and the Jews descending through Isaac and his mother, Sarah. God promised that both would become great nations. In Genesis 10, a table of nations is presented as descendants of Noah and his three sons, Ham, Shem, and Japheth whom God told to "fill the earth." Seventy descendants of Noah's three sons are listed. In Genesis 10:15-19 the boundaries of the promised land are given as the descendants of Canaan are traced. The study of the descendants of Noah's sons is a branch of scientific and Biblical research called Ethnology from the Greek word ethnos which means nations and is a fascinating study involving the descendant's migration to different lands and regions and the nations which sprang from each part of the linage. Through the years I have extensively studied ethnology and related the findings to historical, theological and prophetic Biblical teachings. In next weeks blog, I'll discuss Genesis 10 and a table of nations as it relates to prophecy. I think you'll find it to be of particular interest as it relates to our prophecy update series in the Sunday sermons. Tomorrow's sermon is Anticipation of Armageddon. I hope you'll be there.
Mel Brown