I gotta quiz question for you.
Besides Israel, which nation did the Hebrews always have a strong attachment to?
Let me give you a couple of hints.
It’s the land where Abraham came from.
It’s also the land where Abraham sent back his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac.
It’s also the place where Jacob fled to escape the wrath of his twin brother and would start a family there before moving back south to Canaan.
Any guesses?
If you said Mesopotamia, you got it, baby!
Mesopotamia has always been a linchpin nation for Israel.
But here’s the thing.
Mesopotamia is also a linchpin nation for the entire world!
Why?
Well, think about it.
After the Great Flood, where was the Ark’s final resting place?
It was on Mount Ararat in Meopotomia homies!
Every person alive today can count their earliest bloodlines back to Mesopotamia.
That’s right.
Mesopotamia represents the earliest homeland for every human being on the planet.
It represents our earliest common culture and language, going back to when the Lord decided to destroy the entire human race save for Noah and his family.
Onward.
During David’s rule, Assyria also already existed near Mesopotamia.
They were struggling to survive against the powerful Arameans.
Babylonia was also one of the kids on the block at this time.
Assyria wanted to show that Babylonia was an easier target by fighting hard against the Arameans and they succeeded to some degree.
Okay, let’s stop here for the takeaway.
There are two lessons to be gleaned here.
The first one is that this post is a reminder that we’re all interconnected as human beings.
It doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, yellow, purple, green, gray, or whatever.
Every one of us can trace our ethnic roots back to Mesopotamia.
The second takeaway is to underscore the importance of understanding what was happening with the nations surrounding Israel.
The geopolitical conflicts Israel faced in the past and that Israel is facing today are connected to the salvation of every human being on the planet.
Ya feel me?
since noah and his family was saved by GOD, and noah spent all, ALL those years building the ARK for him and his family and the animals, why when they exited the ark did not all the people on the ark keep GOD in their mind and ALL of them offer sacrifice to GOD, how was it that most of them forgot about what GOD did for them with the ark,how did they not keep GOD in the center of their lives when the family went off from where the ark landed…how could the CORE group flounder and NOT keep GOD in the center and fall away from GOD for the most part????? hope you sorta understand my overall question,thanks
That’s a good question, Tony.
I’m not sure I can answer it.
Why do so many people fall back into their old sinful lifestyles after being born again?
I guess it’s just the pull of the flesh that causes men to depart from the Lord over time if they don’t engage in consistent fellowship, prayer, and Scripture study.
Remember the Psalm 1:
Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
Be blessed.