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