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England = Just the part of the island that is England.

Genesis 10:1-32 NKJV

1/ Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah:

Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And sons were born to them after the flood.

2/ The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3/ The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4/ The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5/ From these the coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

 

[In Biblical tradition, Japheth is considered to be the progenitor of European, and some Asian, peoples.

In medieval Europe various nations and ethnicities were given genealogies tracing back to Japheth and his descendants. Gomer, the eldest among Japheth’s seven sons was referred to as “standing for the whole family” by the Jewish Encyclopedia, that is the warlike supporter and ally of Chief Gog of Magog {Russia}, on his quest to destroy Israel

{also according to the Bible see -  Ezekial chapter 38}.

REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #125 "THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON"

The name Gomer means "complete or finish," that is, the filling up of the measure of idolatry, or ripeness of consummate wickedness.   

The Historian Josephus placed Gomer and the "Gomerites" in Anatolian Galatia {modern day Turkey}: "For Gomer founded those whom the Greeks now call Galatians, but were then called Gomerites." Galatia in fact takes its name from the ancient Gauls (Celts) who settled there. The Cimbri were a tribe settled in Denmark ca. 200 BC, who were variously identified in ancient times as Cimmerian, Germanic or Celtic. In later times, some scholars connected them with the Welsh people, and descendants of Gomer. According to tractate Yoma, in the Talmud [Talmud: the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara.

{While Christians can certainly study the Talmud for detailed background information of early Jewish culture, we should not ever take it as inspired Scripture. Karaite Jews do not follow the Talmud or rabbinic teachings at all but only the Hebrew Bible.}, 

There are two versions of the Talmud: the Babylonian Talmud (which dates from the 5th century AD but includes earlier material) and the earlier Palestinian or Jerusalem Talmud.].Gomer is  identified as the ancestor of the Gomermians, modern Germans. The Germans, from which the majority of the Western European nations such as the French, Spanish, and the Celtic people are descended, are said to have started from Gomer, the same seed that produced Nazi Germany. 

The Armenians, a nation found in eastern Turkey have long claimed that they are of the House of Togarmah, a son of Gomer. Armenians are dwellers in the Caucasus and the Armenian Highland. Caucasus is located at the boundaries of Europe and Asia and is referred to as the Aryan Highland or the “Fatherland of Aryan Peoples”, many of which falsely believed, and some still today, believe themselves to be a superior race.

 6/ The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 7/ The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. 



 The names of Ham's children are also used to denote geographical places: Mizraim (Egypt),

ANCIENT EGYPT

Reference: online internet search for "Nabta Playa" and online Wikipedia Encyclopedia 

Uncovering compelling new evidence, Egyptologist Robert Bauval and astrophysicist Thomas Brophy present climatological, archaeological, geological, and genetic research supporting a hugely debated theory of Black African origins to the Egyptian civilization. Building on extensive studies done in the last 4 decades, the authors show how the early Black African culture known as the cattle people not only domesticated cattle, but also possessed sophisticated knowledge of astronomy,

created rock art at Gilf Kebir and Jebel Uwainat, 

had trade routes as far as the Mediterranean, central Africa, and the Sinai,

• The ancient peoples of the Sahara imported domesticated animals from Asia between 6000 and 4000 BC. 
• In Nabta Playa by the end of the 7th millennium BC, prehistoric Egyptians had imported goats and sheep from Southwest Asia.  
• Foreign artifacts dating to the 5th millennium BC in the Badarian culture in Egypt indicate contact with distant Syria. 
• In predynastic Egypt, by the beginning of the 4th millennium BC, ancient Egyptians in Maadi were importing pottery as well as construction ideas from Canaan.

and constructed vast megalith calendar circles at Nabta Playa over 8000 years ago.

^^^^Above: The Nubian Pharaohs: Black Kings of the Nile^^^^   

25th Dynasty royal monumental statues from Doukki-Gel {an important archaeological site in Sudan which houses the ruins of two ancient cities of Ancient Nubia}.

vvvvvBelow: taken from Wikipedia, is a year 2001AD photograph by BN Chagny, owned by Francis Geius, showing an arial view of the Nubian/Kushite Pyramid ruins at Meroe.vvvv   ^^^^During the Meroitic period, over forty queens and kings were buried here.

vvvvPictured below: A representation of the way the ancient Nubian/Kushite city Meroe might have looked like in it's glory days.vvvvv  

 Kush {Cush}, son of Ham, originally founded the southern extent of archaic Egyptian civilization.

The twenty-fifth dynasty originated in Kush, or (Nubia), which is presently in Northern Sudan. The city-state of Napata was the spiritual capital and it was from there that Piye (spelled Piankhi or Piankhy in older works) invaded and took control of Egypt.



About Piye from Wikipedia the free Encyclopedia: 

• Piye (once transliterated as Piankhi 721 BC) was a Kushite king and founder of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt who ruled Egypt from 747 BC to c. 722 BC. He ruled from the city of Napata, located deep in Nubia, modern-day Sudan. Piye adopted two throne names: Usimare and Sneferre.
• Piye's son: Pharaoh Taharqa {Biblical Tirhaka or Tirhaqa, Manetho's Tarakos, Strabo's Tearco)
• 
  
•  was a pharaoh of the Ancient Egyptian 25th dynasty and king of the Kingdom of Kush, which was located in Northern Sudan. Died: 664 BC, Thebes, Egypt  Parents: Abar, Piye, Uncle: Shabaka,

Pictured below: Granite sphinx of Taharqa from Kawa in Sudan

Taharqa was described by the Ancient Greek historian Strabo as having "Advanced as far as Europe", and (citing Megasthenes), even as far as the Pillars of Hercules in Spain. In biblical depictions, he is described as having helped the Hebrews living in Jerusalem, during the reign of King Hezikiah/13th King of Judah as they are being besieged by Assyrian King Sennacherib (Isaiah 37:8-9, & 2 Kings 19:8-9). Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush/Ethiopia, was marching out to fight against him. The kings of Ethiopia and Egypt joined together against the king of Assyria because of his oppression of other countries.    

HOWEVER, ALL OF THE GLORY, HONOR AND PRAISE BELONGS TO GOD FOR SAVING JERUSALEM AND KING HEZIKIAH/13th KING OF JUDAH, FROM SENNACHERIB KING OF ASSYRIA!!! {SEE ALL OF ISAIAH CHAPTER 37, AND ALL OF 2 KINGS CHAPTER 19.}

• Shabaka: Pharaoh Neferkare Shabaka was a Kushite pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt,  Died: 702 BC, Place of burial: El-Kurru.

   Kush or Cush (Ethiopia -  During Classical Antiquity, the Kushite imperial capital was at Meroe. In early Greek geography, the Meroitic kingdom was known as Ethiopia.)

[THE ETHIOPEDIA-FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA FOR ETHIOPIA, GIVES A LIST OF RECORDED ANCIENT ETHIOPIAN KINGS, QUEENS, & KINGDOMS; BEGINNING WITH ,THE YEAR 4470 BC THROUGH MORE MODERN TIMES ENDING IN 1930 AD..

MANY OF THE ANCIENT DESCENDANTS OF HAM, AS WELL AS SHEM, SPOKEN OF IN THE BIBLE, GREATLY INTERMINGLED PLUS INTERMARRIED, AND LAID FOUNDATIONS TOGETHER IN THE LAND OF ANCIENT ETHIOPIA.

HOWEVER, JUST AS EVERY GREAT NATION AND PEOPLE FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME TO CURRENTLY; ALL GREAT NATIONS AT THE PINNACLE OF THEIR GOD-GIVEN SEASON OF POWER, REBELLED AGAINST GOD WITH IDOL WORSHIP, SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SELF-EXALTATION, WHICH BROUGHT THE WRATH OF GOD UPON THEMSELVES.

THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE IS USED TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOD HAS DONE AND WILL DO TO GREAT AND MIGHTY EXALTED NATIONS THAT TURN AGAINST HIM.  

Ezekiel 30:3-12 NIV- 3/For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near—a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. 4/ A sword will come against Egypt, and anguish will come upon Cush {Ethiopia-KJV}. When the slain fall in Egypt, her wealth will be carried away and her foundations torn down. 5/ Cush {Ethiopia-KJV} and Libya, Lydia and all Arabia, Kub and the people of the covenant land will fall by the sword along with Egypt. 6/ “‘This is what the Lord says: “‘The allies of Egypt will fall and her proud strength will fail. From Migdol to Aswan they will fall by the sword within her, declares the Sovereign Lord. 7/ “‘They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will lie among ruined cities. 8/ Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I set fire to Egypt and all her helpers are crushed. 9/ “‘On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten Cush {Ethiopians-KJV} out of her complacency. Anguish will take hold of them on the day of Egypt’s doom, for it is sure to come. 10/ “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “‘I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 11/ He and his army—the most ruthless of nations—will be brought in to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. 12/ I will dry up the waters of the Nile and sell the land to an evil nation; by the hand of foreigners I will lay waste the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken. 

 Biblical Kush included southern Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa and the western and eastern coastal areas of the Red Sea. Later, in the time of Sargon the Great (Nimrod), they controlled commerce on the Tigris River and then the Euphrates River. Kushite rulers controlled the water systems such as oases and wells, and built shrines and temples on the Nile, Jordan, Euphrates and Tigris Rivers.]

The Kushites are the Nilo-Saharan peoples of the ancient Afro-Asiatic world. They include red {reddish brown}, black and brown Nubians, pre-dynastic lower Nilotes, and the Ainu/Annu. Among them were Biblical Father Abraham's Horite ancestors who descended from Kush. They were priests known in the ancient world for their purity of life;

 and are the

earliest known astronomers who looked for a righteous ruler that would overcome death and lead them to immortality.

MATTHEW 2:1, 2, 10, 11 KJV

1/ NOW WHEN JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM OF JUDAEA IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING, BEHOLD, THERE CAME WISE MEN FROM THE EAST TO JERUSALEM, 2/ SAYING, WHERE IS HE THAT IS BORN KING OF THE JEWS? FOR WE HAVE SEEN HIS STAR IN THE EAST AND HAVE COME TO WORSHIP HIM. 

  11/ AND WHEN THEY WERE COME INTO THE HOUSE, THEY SAW THE YOUNG CHILD WITH MARY HIS MOTHER, AND FELL DOWN, AND WORSHIPPED HIM: AND WHEN THEY HAD OPENED THEIR TREASURES, THEY PRESENTED UNTO HIM GIFTS; GOLD AND FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH.

Their Messianic expectation predates Abraham.

According to Biblical Apocrypha and writings from Anthropologist Alice C. Linsley: Horite belief in a deified Son who would embody kindness and unite all people, found fulfillment in JESUS CHRIST, the divine Son of the Virgin Mary; daughter of the priest of Joachim of the line of Nathan;  descendant of Horite ruler priests. Nathan is mentioned to be the son of King David and the brother of Solomon, in 2nd Samuel 5:14, 1st Chronicles 3:5, & 14:4. 

Nathan

• Prince of Israel
• House of David
• Father: King David
• Mother: Bathsheba
• Religion: Judaism 

The Horites were ethnically Kushite.

The ancient expectation of a divine royal son who would overcome death is found only among the Horite priests, the Virgin Mary's ancestors. Nekhen in Sudan is the oldest known Horite temple (3600 BC). Here is where we find the beginnings of Messianic expectation. 

  Jesus Christ is the fulfilment of the promise made to Abraham's Horite ancestors in Eden {Genesis 3:15}, THE SEED OF THE WOMAN.

REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #137 "GENESIS 3 "BEGUILED"

John 8:56-57 NKJV 

JESUS speaks in John 8:56, & 58 below:

56/ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57/ Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”  

  

Could it be that Father God allowed Abraham to "TIME TRAVEL",

or spiritually "travel in time" in order to see the Day of the promised Messiah Jesus, fulfilled on Earth? 

John 8:56 * Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 

THE ESTIMATED TIME BETWEEN ABRAHAM AND JESUS' DAYS ON EARTH ARE SOMEWHERE AROUND 2,000 YEARS

 Linguistic and archaeological evidence supports the biblical picture of Abraham's ancestors coming from the Upper Nile region that was part of Kush. In ancient inscriptions from Africa and Central Asia the Kushites were called many names including Kush, and Ethiopian. In Sumerian inscriptions they are called Meluha-Kasi. 

Biblical Father Abraham 

{see Genesis 17:3-5 KJV},

Abram was a descendant of Shem. God our Heavenly Father changed his name from Abram to Abraham. He resided most of his life in Egypt, Canaan and Arabia. The lines of Ham and Shem  intermarried so, their descendants would have had similar skin tone.

REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #139 "GENESIS 5 - THE GENERATIONS OF ADAM" 

^^^^Above: Semitic tribe asks permission to enter Egypt^^^^

Mural from the tomb of Khnumhotep II (c. 1890 BC) at Beni Hasan, Egypt, depicting a group of visiting nomadic traders from Syria-Palestine/Canaan. These travelers are widely believed to have been Hebrews, the chosen children of God, before they were enslaved in Egypt .

{Exodus 9:1 KJV - 1/Thus saith the LORD {YAHWEH/JEHOVAH} God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.}.

 BELOW: ANCIENT KINGDOM OF KUSH MAP

The Kingdom of Kush or Cush was an ancient African kingdom situated on the confluences of the Blue Nile, White Nile and River Atbara in what is now the Republic of Sudan. 

Damot {shown on map above} was a medieval kingdom in what is now Ethiopia, and neighbour to the Ethiopian Empire.

 The Blemmyes were a nomadic Nubian tribal kingdom that existed from at least 600 BC to the 8th century AD. They were described in Roman histories of the later empire. From the late 3rd century on, along with another tribe, the Nobadae, they repeatedly fought the Romans. They were said to live in Africa, in Nubia, Kush, or Sudan. Linguist Penelope Aubin notes, "In Demotic sources Blemmyes {on the map above} are called Brhm while in classical sources they are the Blemmyes, ancestors of the modern Beja." In ancient Egypt the Beja were called "Medjayu." These metalworking nomads from the eastern Nubian desert were recognized for their military skills. They served as mercenaries in the Egyptian army and policed the desert in the late Old Kingdom.



Beja of Sudan dark red skin tone

 In Antiquity, The Greek geographer Strabo describes the Blemmyes as a peaceful people living in the East Desert near Meroe.

Biblical Sheba {on the map above} and Nubians Linked   

German archaeologists working in the Ethiopian highlands have identified the remains of settlements from the first millennium B.C. that show cultural and religious connections between Southern Arabia and East African settlements. Excavations and surveys focused on the ancient towns of Yeha and Wuqro indicate that this region in the northern Abyssinian highlands was on the ancient trade routes and connected to the ancient Axum, city of Ethiopia.  Since 2008, archaeologists excavating at Yeha and surrounding sites have uncovered buildings, burials and pottery that indicate Ethiopian-Yemen connections. 

Much of the information directly above was obtained from: jandyongenesis.blogspot.com, writings by anthropologist Alice C. Linsley, a precious sister in Christ Jesus who applies anthropology to the Bible.

 Put (Libya), and Canaan (Palestine);

[Canaan was the seed of Ham cursed by his grandfather Noah. Canaan was later annihilated by the seed of Ham's brother Shem.

Shem, whom with his brother Jappeth, covered the sins of their naked drunken father Noah, and their sexually undisciplined, disrespectful brother Ham, after the flood. See Genesis 9:20-27.].

 

Shem's descendants later became the Hebrew Israelites/CHOSEN CHILDREN OF GOD, and Canaan Land became THE LAND OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL.

Ham's son Cush fathered Nimrod. Nimrod built  great, highly advanced cities. The descendants of Ham, so-called the black race, were the first people to rule the world after the flood.

 



Genesis: 8-10 * 8/ Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9/ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord.” 10/ And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel,

 

{Babel is the name used in the Hebrew Bible for the ancient city of Babylon. It is the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia whose ruins lie in modern-day Iraq 59 miles southwest of Baghdad.

Outside of the most sinful reputation given it by the Bible {we will discuss these sins against God in depth at a latter time}, the city is known for:

Its impressive walls and buildings,

Its reputation as a great seat of learning and culture,

The formation of a code of law which pre-dates the Mosaic Law,

 

 OUR HOPE OF GLORY JESUS CHRIST, IS COMING BACK SOON TO JUSTLY RULE AND REIGN ON EARTH!!!





Because of Hammurabi's reputation as a lawgiver, his depiction can be found in several U.S. government buildings. Hammurabi is one of the 23 lawgivers depicted in white marble bas-reliefs in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. A frieze by Adolph Weinman depicting the "great lawgivers of history", including: 

• Menes (c. 3200 B.C.) First King of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt. He unified Upper and Lower Egypt under his rule and is one of the earliest recorded lawgivers. Menes is shown in the frieze holding the ankh, an Egyptian symbol for life.

 >MENES

• Hammurabi (c. 1700s B.C.), an Amorite, is the 6th King of Babylon. He is known for the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest known legal codes.

 >THOUGHT TO BE THE BUST OF HAMMURABI

• Moses (c. 1300s B.C.) Hebrew Prophet of God, lawgiver, and judge of the Israelites. Mosaic Law is based on the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament. Moses is depicted in the frieze holding two overlapping tablets, written in Hebrew, representing the Ten Commandments. Partially visible from behind Moses’ beard are Commandments six through ten.  

• Solomon (c. 900s B.C.) Hebrew King of Israel and renowned judge. His name, meaning “figure of the wise man,” has become synonymous with “judicial wisdom.”   

and others, are on the south wall of the U.S. Supreme Court building some of which we will name and show later.



Seeing true to life images and scenarios of the people and places written about in the Bible, makes it so much more interesting and exciting to study.

PICTURED ABOVE: 2nd century FRESCO OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST WITH HIS DISCIPLES, IS AN ARCOSOLIUM OF THE CRYPT OF AMPLIATUS IN THE CATACOMBS OF ST. DOMITILLA IN ROME.  AMPLIATUS WAS A ROMAN CHRISTIAN MENTIONED BY THE APOSTLE PAUL IN THE BIBLE @ ROMANS 16:8. 

ROMANS 16:8 NIV
8/  Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.

 

Learning the truth and getting understanding of God's Word is so wonderful!!!

SEE WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #124 "FREED BY THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH-JESUS"

 It sheds light on mistakes of individuals and nations, made in the past, and helps us to be or become better people and nations now and in the future. We see in the Bible, a deadly mistake of every so called great people and nation is, that they exalted themselves over each other and GOD!!!

Review Weekly Bible Study #10 "7 Deadly Sins" 

Acts 10:34-35 KJV

34/ Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
35/ But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

                        ^^^Above: The bas-relief of Hammurabi^^^                          at the United States Congress is a sad, misleading depiction of the black man Hammurabi.

                         ^^^Hammurabi, frieze in the courtroom of  the United States Supreme Court {done in white marble but colorized here for the purpose of seeing it more clearly} 

^^^The Hebrew Prophet Moses, follows Hammurabi

in the frieze at the U.S. Supreme Court. 

 In the part of the U.S. Supreme Court Lawgivers frieze pictured above, First is: 

• Menes,(c. 3200 B.C.) First King of the first dynasty of ancient Egypt and one of the earliest recorded lawgivers .  
• Then Hammurabi, Ammorite (c. 1700s B.C.) 6th King of Babylon; He is known for the Code of Hammurabi, one of the earliest known legal codes.
• Then Moses  (c. 1300s B.C.) Hebrew Prophet of God, lawgiver, and judge of the Israelites. Mosaic Law is based on the Torah, the first five books of the Old Testament in the Bible. 

  

TODAY, WE AS CHRISTIANS, THANK GOD OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THE OLD TESTAMENT MOSAIC LAW THAT GIVES US GUIDANCE TO LIVE ACCORDING TO GOD'S MORAL STANDARDS. WE ALSO PRAISE AND THANK GOD FOR HIS NEW TESTAMENT WORD OF GRACE AND MERCY, THAT GAVE US JESUS WHO EMPOWERS US BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO KEEP GOD'S LAWS.

BELOW: SEE OUR FAITH STATEMENT #6 WHICH IS ALSO LISTED ON OUR "ABOUT US " PAGE.

FAITH STATEMENT #6

6. WE BELIEVE that salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone.  No ordinance, ritual, work, or any other activity on the part of man is required in order to be saved.  This saving grace of God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, also sanctifies us by enabling us to do what is pleasing in God's sight in order that we might be progressively conformed to the image of Christ. John 1:12-13; 6:37-44; 10:25-30; Acts 16:30-31; Romans 3-4; 8:1-18, 31-39; 10:8-10; Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12-13; Titus 3:3-8; 1st John 1:7-10. 

THE ENTIRE HUMAN RACE, WHETHER COMING FROM

,

IN AND OF OURSELVES WITHOUT THE AID OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ARE NOT ABLE TO ALWAYS KEEP ALL OF GOD'S LAWS ALL OF THE TIME; 

Isaiah 64:6 NKJV
6/ But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags;

 

BUT IN CHRIST JESUS, THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD,

 WE ARE FORGIVEN AND SET FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH WHEN WE CONFESS OUR SINS AND REPENT {TURN AWAY FROM WRONG DOING}. 

 1 John 1:6-10 NKJV

6/ If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7/ But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
8/ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9/ If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10/ If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

  REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #82 "FREE IN JESUS"

 

  

[The following excerpts are from the writing,"Did Moses copy the Law from the Code of Hammurabi?" @ gotquestions.org.

Hammurabi was a Babylonian king who reigned from 1795 to 1750 B.C.. About 300 years or so after Hammurabi, around 1440 B.C., Moses recorded the Law for the Israelites. The differences between Mosaic Law and the Hammurabian Code are equally significant. For example, the Law of Moses went far beyond the Code of Hammurabi in that it was rooted in the worship of one God, supreme over all {Deuteronomy 6:4-5}. The moral principles of the Old Testament are based on a righteous God who demanded that mankind, created in His image, live righteously. The Law of Moses is more than a legal code; it speaks of sin and responsibility to God. The Hammurabian Code and other ancient laws do not do this.

The Code of Hammurabi focused exclusively on criminal and civil laws and meted out harsh, and sometimes brutal, punishments. The Law of Moses provided justice, but it also dealt with spiritual laws and personal and national holiness.

{Psalm 33:12 Lexham English Bible (LEB)  * Blessed is the nation whose God is Yahweh, 

'FOR THE NAME OF GOD/YAHWEH-YHWH, SEE WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY # 55 "VICTORY IN JESUS" '}

As a result, the Mosaic Law dealt with the cause of crime, not just its effects. The Mosaic Law elevates the value of human life, and its whole tenor is more compassionate than that of the Hammurabian Code. The spiritual dimension is what makes the Law of Moses unique.]

Joshua 24:1-14 NKJV
The Covenant at Shechem

1/ Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. 2/ And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods. 3/ Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. 4/ To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountains of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. 5/ Also I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to what I did among them. Afterward I brought you out.
6/ ‘Then I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. 7/ So they cried out to the Lord; and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, brought the sea upon them, and covered them. And your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. Then you dwelt in the wilderness a long time. 8/ And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who dwelt on the other side of the Jordan, and they fought with you. But I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land, and I destroyed them from before you. 9/ Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose to make war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. 10/ But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he continued to bless you. So I delivered you out of his hand. 11/ Then you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho. And the men of Jericho fought against you—also the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. But I delivered them into your hand.

 12/ I sent the hornet before you which drove them out from before you, also the two kings of the Amorites, but not with your sword or with your bow. 13/ I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat of the vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.’

14/ “Now therefore, fear the Lord, serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord! 

 Romans 3:30-31 NKJV

30/ since there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. 31/ Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary,

we establish the law.

2 COMMANDANTS OF JESUS 

MATTHEW 22:37 thru 40 NKJV
37/ Jesus said to him, You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38/ This is the first and great commandment. 39/ And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40/ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. 

Review Weekly Bible Study

#101 "GOD IS LOVE"

LOVE GOD & EACH OTHER  

  

Galatians 5:14 CEV

All that the Law says can be summed up in the command to love others as much as you love yourself.

Matthew 5:18-19 NKJV 

18/ For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19/ Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 NKJV
9/ The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10/ and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11/ And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12/ that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.



REVELATION 22:18-19 NKJV

18/ For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;

19/ and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

 

 

The "Hanging Gardens of Babylon" which were man-made terraces of flora and fauna, watered by machinery; cited by Herodotus as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

• {Herodotus was a Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria, and lived in the fifth century BC'}



The "Tower of Babel" which the Hebrews claimed the city was named for the confusion which ensued after God caused the people to begin speaking in different languages so they would not be able to complete their great self-willed tower to the heavens.



Erech,

 {Erech-part of Nimrod's Kingdom-Genesis 10:10, Sumerian Uruk, Greek Orchoë, modern Tall al-Warkāʾ, is an ancient Mesopotamian city located northwest of Ur (Tall Al-Muqayyar) in modern day southeastern Iraq. The site has been excavated from 1928 onward by the German Oriental Society and the German Archeological Institute. Erech was one of the greatest cities of Sumer and was enclosed by brickwork walls about 6 miles (10 km) in circumference. Within the walls, excavations traced successive cities that date from the prehistoric Ubaid period, perhaps before 5000 bc, down to Parthian times (126 bc–ad 224). Urban life in what is known as the Erech–Jamdat Nasr period (c. 3500–c. 2900 bc) was one of great prosperity. Gold, silver, and copper were skillfully worked, and seals and amulets reflected a brilliant miniature craftsmanship. This period is more fully illustrated at Erech than at any other Mesopotamian city.}

 

Accad,

(also spelled “Akkad”)

Accad, in the land of Shinar, was also one of the cities of Nimrod’s kingdom (Genesis 10:10). 
Accad is also the name of the country of which this city was the capital, namely, northern or upper Babylonia.
The Accadians who came from the “mountains of the east,” where the ark rested, after the flood, attained to a high degree of civilization. In the Babylonian inscriptions they are called “the black heads” and “the black faces.” They invented the form of writing in pictorial hieroglyphics, and also the cuneiform system in which they wrote many books partly on papyrus and partly on clay. First the Cushites, afterwards the Semites invaded and conquered this country, then the Accadian language ceased to be a spoken language, but it continued to be studied by the educated classes of Babylonia.



 and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

 

Calneh, also called Calno, Isaiah 10:9 and Canneh, Ezekiel 27:23, was one of Nimrod's cities, Genesis 10:10, and afterwards called Ctesiphon; it lay on the east bank of the Tigris opposite Seleucia, twenty miles below Bagdad. Ctesiphon was a winter residence of the Parthian kings. 

 

11/ From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12/ and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).



{KJV says "the same is a great city".}

Nineveh was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area was settled as early as 6000 BC.

Jonah 1:1-2 NKJV

1/ Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2/ “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.”  

Jonah 3:1-3 NKJV

1/ Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, 2/ “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” 3/ So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three-day journey in extent.

A large portion of ancient Ninevite tablets brought to light by Oriental research, consists of parallel translations from Accadian into Assyrian. These tablets in a remarkable manner illustrate ancient history. Among other notable records, they contain an account of the Creation which closely resembles that given in the book of Genesis, of the Sabbath as a day of rest, and of the great flood and its cause.  



  13/ Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14/ Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines and Caphtorim).

15/ Canaan begot Sidon his firstborn, and Heth; 16/ the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite; 17/ the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite; 18/ the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed. 19/ And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza;

 From Wikipedia

• The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a pene-exclave region of Palestine on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km border. 

 About Palestine

• The region is also known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land or Promised Land. 
  
• Situated at a strategic location between Egypt, Syria and Arabia, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics. The region has been controlled by numerous peoples, including Ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Ancient Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, the Sunni Arab Caliphates, the Shia Fatimid Caliphate, Crusaders, Ayyubids, Mameluks, Mongols, Ottomans, the British, and modern Israelis and Palestinians.
• The boundaries of the region have changed throughout history. Today, the region comprises the State of Israel and Palestinian territories. 



 then as you go toward

Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. 20/ These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.



The cursed Canaanites built the immoral homosexual cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, that were later destroyed by God.

  



  

21/ And children were born also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder. 

From Wikipedia, About Eber: 

• Eber is an ancestor of the Hebrew Israelites, according to Genesis 10:21-24 and 1 Chronicles 1:17-27. 
• He was a great-grandson of Noah's son Shem
• He was the son of Shelah, a distant ancestor of Abraham. 
  
• He was the father of Peleg born when Eber was 34 years old, and of Joktan. 
• According to the Hebrew Bible, Eber died at the age of 464 years old (Genesis 11:14-17) when Jacob was the age of 20.
• The Hebrew Calendar synchronises this date with 1817 BCE.
• A number of medieval scholars such as Michael the Syrian {Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church, in office 1166–1199}, Bar Hebraeus {Gregory Bar Hebraeus (1226 – 30 July 1286) was a bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church in the 13th century. He is noted for his works addressing philosophy, poetry, language, history, and theology; he has been called "one of the most learned and versatile men from the Syriac Orthodox Church". Throughout his life, he was often referred to by the Syriac nickname Bar. This nickname refers to his Jewish background, which means 'Son of the Hebrew'. His father was a Jewish physician named Aaron. The name Bar refers to the place of his birth as well, ʿEbrā, where the old road east of Malatya (modern Turkey, now in the province of Elazig) towards Kharput and Amida (Mesopotamia) (modern Diyarbakır) crossed the Euphrates.}, and Agapius the Historian {10th-century Arabic Christian writer and Bishop}, mentioned the prevailing view, that the Hebrews had received their name from Eber, while also pointing out that according to others, the name "Hebrew" meant "those who cross", in reference to those who crossed the Euphrates river with Abram from Paddan Aram to the land of Canaan.

AGAIN

HOLD THIS THOUGHT:

JESUS CALLED HIMSELF OUR FRIEND {JOHN 15:15 KJV} & BROTHER IN THE FAMILY OF GOD!!! 

22/ The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. 23/ The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24/ Arphaxad begot Salah, and Salah begot Eber. 25/ To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 26/ Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27/ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28/ Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29/ Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30/ And their dwelling place was from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31/ These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations. 32/ These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

 BELOW SEE A CURRENT MAP OF SOME MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES SETTLED BY SHEM  

 

ALL NATIONS  STEMMED FROM



 REMEMBER:

• JESUS CHRIST THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, CALLED HIMSELF OUR FRIEND {JOHN 15:15 KJV} & BROTHER IN THE FAMILY OF GOD!!! 

 

•  WE ARE ALL ONE FAMILY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST!!! No Big I's and little U's. {REVIEW WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #17 "SPIRITUAL GIFTS"} Although we are on different levels of comprehension of the scriptures, we are all equally loved by God our Heavenly Father. 
• WE ARE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS RELATED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS!!!
• BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS WE ARE ALL SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE ONE AND ONLY MOST HIGH GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER!!!

 A SON OF GOD IS NOT A GENDER BUT

A POSITION IN GOD'S FAMILY; THEREFORE, SONS OF GOD

ARE BORN AGAIN MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS

WHO BELIEVE IN AND FOLLOW

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST;

THE ONE AND ONLY MESSIAH OF

ALL THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD!!!

SEE WEEKLY BIBLE STUDY #29 "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN"

  

BLACK, BROWN, RED, YELLOW, & WHITE, ALL  ARE BEAUTIFUL & PRECIOUS IN GOD'S SIGHT!

  

 End Times Scripture

2 Peter 2:4-9 NKJV 

Doom Of False Teachers

4/ For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5/ and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; 6/ and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, makingthem an example to those who afterward would live ungodly; 7/ and delivered righteous Lot, who was oppressed by the filthy conduct of the wicked 8/ (for that righteous man, dwelling among them, tormented his righteous soul from day to day by seeing and hearing their lawless deeds)— 9/ then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust under punishment for the day of judgment, 

 Jude 1:4 {Amplified Bible} AMP

4/ For certain men have crept in stealthily [gaining entrance secretly by a side door]. Their doom was predicted long ago, ungodly (impious, profane) persons who pervert the grace (the spiritual blessing and favor) of our God into lawlessness and wantonness and immorality, and disown and deny our sole Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

Jude1:5-7 NKJV

Old and New Apostates

5/ But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. 6/ And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7/ as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

 

 

 Matthew 11:20-24 NKJV 

Woe to the

Impenitent Cities

20/ Then He [JESUS] began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent: 21/ “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22/ But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. 23/ And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24/ But I say to you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for you.”

 



JESUS LOVES YOU!