Wednesday, June 1, 2011

WEDNESDAYintheWORD: "Nations & Pride" -Bob Caldwell

GENESIS


 

Nations & Pride

 

http://www.ccboise.org/Portals/0/images/DailyDevo/DailyDevoKeyIcon.jpg 11:4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

After listing the origins of the people groups that migrated throughout the world, we are told why they did. It was rooted in the collective pride of a society that sought to exalt itself above God. It had gotten to the point that they felt they “could reach to the heavens.” They believed nothing could stop their rise to glory and self-idolatry. God in His mercy brought down their pride and scattered them. And so He has done throughout the ages.

Every great empire upon the earth has fallen. It’s God’s mercy.

Whether in politics, entertainment, sports, war, or religion, the insensitive self-exalting force of power has left its painful trail of sorrow. This poison of prideful self-exaltation was the source of Satan’s fall, and the same passion that poisoned Adam and Eve. An unseen virus that can take the most beautiful thing God has given us and turn it into an ugly monster.

Therefore, seek to mix humility with each ounce of privilege and success you’re given. The humility of Christ is a sure cure for this poison of pride driven by the hideous thirst for power at any cost. Hear and see Jesus as one who said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matt. 11:28-29).

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Genesis 10:1-11:9 http://www.ccboise.org/Portals/0/images/DailyDevo/DailyDevoBibleIcon.jpg Nations Descended from Noah

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.

The Sons of Japheth (Verses 2-5)

v. 2 Japheth – This son of Noah had seven sons, but only two of the sons, Gomer and Javen, have their descendents listed.

Gomer – The first son of Japheth, his early descendents spread north and west of the Black Sea, north of the Euphrates River in Armenia, and eventually into Europe.

Magog – the second son of Japheth. The Scythians and Tartans found their roots in Magog. They lived north of the Black Sea and settled in much of what is present-day Russia. The people of Magog will play a part in end-time events (Ezekiel 38-39).

Madai – The third son of Japheth, this descendent produced the people of Media, who spread into Persia and became a part of the population of India. The wise men (Magi) who sought Jesus were from Media.

Javan – The fourth son of Japheth produced the Ionians who lived in the northern and western regions adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea. From them came the Greeks.

Tubal – The fifth son of Japheth, represents the people who settled in eastern Asia Minor around Turkey and migrated into what are present-day Russian states. Tubal is often associated in scripture with Meshech. They are referenced in Ezekiel 38:2-3, as participants in end-time events.

Meshech – The sixth son of Japheth, he produced the people referred to as Mosochi who settled in Turkey and migrated into what are present-day Russian states. They are identified as the founders of Moscow.

Tiras – The seventh son of Japheth has been identified with Thracians and the Etruscans who lived in what is present-day Italy.

v. 3 Ashkenaz – From the line of Gomer. All indications point to this people settling north of the Euphrates River in what is Armenia. Some migrated into Germany.

Riphath – From the line of Gomer, most likely this group ended up in Europe.

Togarmah – From the line of Gomer, settled in Turkey and Armenia and some migrated to Germany.

v. 4 Elishah – the son of Javen. From him came the people who populated Cyprus, Sicily, and southern Italy. They were producers of high quality blue and purple clothing (Eze. 27:7)

Tarshish – The son of Javen, these people lived on the coast of Spain.

Kittim – The son of Javen, these people inhabited the island of Cyprus.

Dodanim – The son of Javen, these people settled on the island of Rhodes (1 Chron. 1:7).

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.

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, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 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).

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; 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.

Sons of Ham (Verses 6-21)

Ham – One of the sons of Noah, his descendents have been linked with Oriental, African, and Canaanite people.

Cush – the first son of Ham. Five of Cush’s sons are recorded in this account. Cush is the same as Ethiopia in the Bible. Part of his descendents migrated from Ethiopia, in Northern Africa, to the Far East and others to the Mideast and Arabia.

Mizraim – This second son of Ham, in Hebrew his name means Egypt, and identifies him with that region of Northern Africa.

Put – The third son of Ham, his descendents settled in Africa, mostly in Libya or present-day Somalia.

v. 6 Canaan – The fourth son of Ham, his family settled in the land of Canaan which later would be called Palestine.

v. 8 Nimrod – The descendent of Cush, the son of Ham.

v. 9 mighty hunter – A phrase used by people to distinguish the power Nimrod possessed. In light of the large area he ruled, to be called a “mighty hunter” most likely referred to his power over people.

before the Lord – This verse does not mean he lived acceptably before the Lord, but that he did what he did in defiance in the sight of the Lord (Gen. 11:9).

v. 10 Babel – Called Babylon at a later date, came to be known as a place that represented a godless empire and religion (Josh. 7:21; Is.13; Is.47; Dan. 4:30)

Accad – located on the Euphrates River in Northern Babylonia

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

v. 22 Asshur – The Assyrians who settled in northern Mesopotamia came from this family line.

Arphaxad – There is no current information on the development of this family or his son Shelah (v. 24).

Lud – This group became the Lydians that settled in Asia Minor.

Aram – His family settled in northeast Palestine.

v. 23 Uz – This was the homeland of Job and most likely part of the Arabian desert. Uz was a son of Aram.

Hul and Gether – These people were both identified with the Aramean and Syrian area, also sons of Aram.

Meshech – This son of Aram has been linked to the region that is present-day Lebanon.

v. 25 Peleg – A son of Eber, (v. 21, 22) from whom came the Hebrew people.

earth was divided – This may refer to the scattering of the people after the tower of Babel, or to a major cataclysmic event that actually divided a major land mass or continent.

Joktan – Listed after Joktan are 13 of his descendents who all are identified with Arabian people (v. 26-29).

v. 30 their dwelling place – The boundaries of the territory of the Shemites identified with Sephar and Mesha is uncertain. However, it is safe to say this area was within Southern Arabia.

Genesis 11 The Tower of Babel

1 Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. 2 And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. 3 Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. 4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”

CHAPTER 11

Tower of Babel (Verses 1-9)

v. 1 one language – This was the result of the close link to Noah, who obviously passed on his language to what was initially a close network of people.

v. 2 Shinar – This was the region that Nimrod had selected to begin the building of the first empire after the Flood. (Gen. 10:8-11)

v. 4 a city – The intentions of Nimrod and those who followed him were to establish a central point of power to then rule over the smaller surrounding communities.

Tower – These were also referred to as ziggurats. This was the first of other ziggurats that were built in the Middle East in ancient times. They were considered staircases to heaven. Some that have been located by archeologists include: The House of the Seven Guides of Heaven and Earth at Borsippa, The House of

the Foundation – Platform of Heaven and Earth at Babylon, and The House of the Mountain of the Universe at Asshur. At the top of these towers were zodiacs, which ancient cultic priests used to give birth to astrology.

in the heavens – This was the beginning of false religious systems. Revelation 17:5 refers to this or “Mystery Babylon, the Great, The Mother of Harlots and Abominations of the Earth.” There is much evidence to support the view that the various false religious concepts and gods throughout the world find their roots in Babylonian religions.

v. 5 Lord came to see – This is a way of describing God’s actions in human terms, often referred to as “anthropomorphic.” God obviously is fully aware at all times about all things. This type of language is sometimes used to relate the actions of God to what would make sense from the perspective of ancient humanity.

v. 6 nothing…will be withheld – God knew that the combined efforts of these people would enable them to violate God’s command to Noah to send out his families to replenish the whole earth. This developed civilization, so early in man’s history, would be detrimental to this purpose.

v. 7 confuse their language – How God did this miracle is not stated, only that He began a separation between humanity through language barriers that has resulted in over 3,000 languages and endless dialects.

v. 9 Babel – This word means “the gate of God” in the Babylonian tongue, but “confusion” in the Hebrew language.

scattered – They now return to what God had commanded to Noah, to replenish the whole earth.


 

 

 

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(UN)NATURAL: THE ETHICS OF TRANSGENICS

by Steve Elwart, Senior Analyst Koinonia Institute		  

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:11,12 (KJV)

God is the author of all life. It was He who created every kind of thing, living and non-living. He designed every living thing, using the building blocks of DNA. This begs the question, “Is it right for Man to be modifying God’s design with Genetic Engineering (GE)?”

Some would say that using biotechnology to modify the basic components of human life is an abomination. Using Genetic Engineering (GE) to alter a species is a violation of God’s order of things. Others would say that GE is actually complementing God’s design, something Man has been doing for thousands of years.

What Is Genetic Engineering?

Genetic engineering is the collection of techniques used for different purposes: to isolate genes; to modify genes so they function better; to prepare genes to be inserted into a new species; and, to develop trans-genes.

The process of creating a transgene includes isolating a gene from the tens of thousands of other genes in the genome1 of a species. Once that gene is isolated, it is usually altered so it can function effectively in a host organism. That gene is then combined with other genes to prepare it to be introduced into another organism, at which point it’s known as a transgene.

A transgenic organism, sometimes called a chimera,2 is one that contains a transgene introduced by techno-logical methods rather than through selective breed-ing.

Transgenics

Transgenics allow scientists to develop organisms that express a novel trait not normally found in the species; for example, a type of rice known as golden rice has elevated levels of vitamin A. Scientists have also developed sunflowers that are resistant to mildew and cotton that resists insect damage. Possible transgenic combinations can be broken down generally into three categories:

1) plant-animal-human combinations;

2) animal-animal combinations; and

3) animal-human combinations.

An example of a plant-animal-human transgenic combination would be one in which the DNA of mouse and human tumor fragments is inserted into tobacco DNA. The harvested plants contain a potential vaccine against non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.3

Other transgenic plants have been used to create edible vaccines. By incorporating a human protein into bananas, potatoes, and tomatoes, researchers have been able to create prototypes of edible vaccines against hepatitis B and cholera.4 The vaccines are proving to be successful in tests on agricultural animals and humans.

GE in the Supermarket

Recombinant DNA technology, or gene-splicing, has been used for a number of years now to supplement our diets. Most of the corn, soy and canola grown in the U.S. is genetically engineered with molecular techniques.

More than 80% of the processed food in our super-markets contains ingredients from genetically engineered crops. In North America alone, there are currently more than four dozen GE foods and crops being grown. Consumers have eaten more than three trillion servings of food that contain ingredients from genetically engineered plants.

The Chinese are investing heavily into biotechnology research to increase their crop yields. The government has focused on their internal priorities to in-crease domestic yields at lower costs to farmers.

Genetically engineered pest-resistant cotton, for ex-ample, comprises nearly half of all cotton grown in China, and the savings in pesticide and fertilizer applications have cut costs by 28 percent and raised the average small farmer’s annual income by $150, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of California at Davis and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dangers of GE

The problem with GE is that this biotechnology can quickly run afoul of the Law of Unintended Consequences. GE foods are viewed by many as inherently unpredictable and dangerous for humans and for the future of sustainable and organic agriculture. As Dr. Michael Antoniou, a British molecular scientist points out:

...gene-splicing has already resulted in the unexpected production of toxic substances...in genetically engineered bacteria, yeast, plants, and animals, with the problem remaining undetected until a major health hazard has arisen.

Opponents fear GE foods could trigger the emergence of new diseases due to the use of viruses and bacteria to modify some GE foods. These new diseases could be resistant to antibiotics. GE foods:

• Raise the risk of developing cancer;

• Trigger food allergies as a result of a food that causes allergies in some people being placed in an-other organism;

• Harm the ecosystem by removing a pest that could be an important source of food for another animal; and

• Can be toxic to an organism and lead to its extinction.

It took a Chernobyl in the Ukraine and a Fukushima in Japan for people to understand the unrealized dangers in nuclear energy production. Is it possible that the ecological implications of genetically modified organisms will remain unaddressed for many years and that only God’s design itself—not its scientists’ perceptions—will one day reveal the true impact of GM organ-isms on the environment?

Recent experiments in the UK have shown that the GM crop plants tested for survival in the wild were no better adapted than non-GM crop plants. However, there is some concern that transgenes in GM plants may spread to other wild plants and create weeds that are more difficult to control.

This danger has been recognized. It is considered unwise to introduce herbicide tolerant genes into rice where red rice is a weed and into sorghum where Johnson grass (Sorghum halepense) is a weed. Outcrossing to these important weed species could invalidate the use of herbicides to control them.

Higher Life Forms

While there are concerns about genetically engineering crops, there are further concerns about genetically engineering higher life forms.

This year, scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows. The result has been for the cows to produce milk that have the same properties as human breast milk.

Researchers believe that the milk from these cows will serve as an alternative to human breast milk and baby formula, which is seen as inferior to mother’s milk.

 

The genetically modified cows are not without problems. Researchers accept the fact that the technology used to genetically modify the cows can affect the development of the cloned animals. In this case, the cows suffered a 38% mortality rate within six months of their birth.

Critics of the technology are very concerned that the cause of their deaths are unknown and there are no estimates to the risks of whatever killed the cows being passed onto the humans that drink the milk. Helen Wallace, director of biotechnology monitoring group GeneWatch UK, said:

We have major concerns about this research to genetically modify cows with human genes. Ethically there are issues about mass producing animals in this way.

A Slippery Slope

Besides the obvious clinical problems with GE in plants and animals, there are ethical ones as well. Many people ask where all this will lead. A major objection to Genetic Engineering is that once you design a new genetic makeup for plants and other forms of life, there is no logical place to stop.

Even if the intent at first is to correct a genetic defect, once that is done, there is no logical reason to avoid using this technology for eugenic5 purposes. Few would disagree that diabetes, cancer and sickle-cell anemia are diseases worth eradicating, but what is to keep us from saying that color blindness, left-handedness, or small stature are “disorders” to be corrected by GE?6

Modifying God’s Creation

There is the moral question of whether man has the right to tamper with the natural order of things. God gave man dominion over “fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”7 The question today, though, is does that give Man the right to modify God’s creation?

One of the greatest fears raised about genetic engineering comes for the concern for those who do not “measure up” in the Brave New World. If we can modify children to avoid certain inherited traits, will those same traits become future liabilities?

Will having red hair (or no hair for that matter) make you a “second-class citizen”? Will people with be-low average IQs now be expendable? Will they be forced to undergo forced sterilization as has happened in the past? Above all, who will be given the authority to decide these things? Will we cede these choices to the government as we have so often recently? These are very disturbing and very real possibilities.

While sounding like something out of science fiction, these types of decisions are being practiced today in regard to the unborn among us.

 If an unborn child has a debilitating genetic defect, the mother is strongly encouraged to abort the child. Not only can pressure to abort be applied by the doc-tor and the family and friends of the pregnant woman, but social sanctions can be imposed to do the same.

Professor Allen Verhey, who teaches Christian Ethics at Duke University, wonders if health insurance plans in the future will refuse to pay for the care of a Down syndrome child whose problems could have been predicted and prevented by abortion.

Suggestions along this line are already being made and are a real danger in socialized medicine.

In support of such policies, in January 1978, Sir Francis Crick, codiscoverer of DNA and a Nobel laureate, was quoted in the Pacific News Service as saying:

...no newborn infant should be declared human until it has passed certain tests regarding its genetic endowment and that if it fails these tests it forfeits the right to live.8

Another issue concerns the “dignity of persons.” GE involves experiments and procedures that can be detrimental to the health and even life of an individual. It is therefore argued that any procedures that would violate the freedom, dignity or integrity of persons are wrong.

Examples of these procedures would be the commercial use of embryos, the mixing of human and non-human genetic material, and cloning. As theologian Carl Henry says about appropriate uses of these technologies:

Whatever tends to overcome what would be deterioration in the created order and seeks to restore what God purposed in Creation is on far safer grounds than all kinds of novel and experimental enterprise.9

These procedures can tend to dehumanize Man by reducing him to nothing more than a complex of chemicals. Even now, unborn children are called “tissue.” They are no longer recognized as human beings.

Also, as we learn more about the architecture of man, we find that our physical makeup is governed by more than a single gene that can be turned on or off like a light switch. They are complex in and of them-selves and are dependent on a host of environmental factors.

A Call for Ethics

So where does this leave us in regard to the morality of Genetic Engineering? As in many things, some uses of GE may be moral and others immoral. The technology per se is not immoral any more than the Inter-net or television is immoral. It is Man’s use of it and his motivation that is at issue.

If we attempt to thwart God’s power for our own personal gain, then the use of genetic engineering cannot be condoned. Also, for whatever reason, if the use of the technology is for eugenic purposes or to create biological weapons, it is clearly immoral.

As Christians we must be the “Watchmen on the Wall” in regard to the use of this technology. We should question—loudly—technology and techniques that might lead to hasty or untested results. We need to provide a moral compass to assure that the results of genetic engineering do not degrade the integrity of Man nor make a mockery of God’s creation.<<<

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Any questions or comments can be directed to:

Steve.Elwart@studycenter.com.


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WEDNESDAYintheWORD: "Matthew 25:29" -Mike MacIntosh


For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Matthew 25:29

 

On March 26, 1994, Ronald Opus jumped from the top of a ten-story building, intending to commit suicide. He died that day, but not from the ten-story leap. As he fell past the 9th floor, his life was interrupted by a shotgun blast passing through a window, which killed him instantly.

Neither the shooter nor the deceased was aware that a safety net had been installed just below the 8th floor to protect building workers. Were it not for the gunshot, Mr. Opus would have lived.

Here's what happened. An elderly man and his wife, who had been arguing vigorously, occupied the 9th-floor room where the shotgun blast emanated. The man had been threatening his wife with the gun, and became so upset that he pulled the trigger and missed his wife completely. The pellets went through the window, striking Mr. Opus.

Bizarrely, the elderly man told authorities that it was a long-standing habit of his to threaten his wife with an unloaded shotgun, but that he never had any intent to kill her. Someone else, he insisted, had loaded the gun.

And sure enough, a witness confirmed that the couples' son had done so. An investigation found that the old lady had cut off her son's financial support, and that the son had loaded the gun, knowing his father's propensity to threaten her with it. He wanted his mother dead. But it doesn't end there.

Authorities determined that the son would be guilty of murder, even though he had not actually pulled the trigger.

After all, the blood of Ronald Opus was on his hands. But as the investigation continued, authorities were shocked to find that the son was, in fact, Ronald Opus. He had become despondent over his failure to engineer his mother's murder, and had jumped off the ten-story building, only to be killed by the shotgun blast passing through the 9th-story window.

Ronald Opus had actually murdered himself.

Unbelievable. When I heard that story, I thought, "What a waste!" Here was a man who valued life so little -- his mother's life, his father's life, and his own life -- that he actively pursued death. He tried to kill not only his mother, but himself.

He had been given the greatest resources available -- life, family, health -- and in squandering his family's lives, lost his own. He held such little value in that which he had been given that he murdered the last resource that ultimately mattered to him: himself.

You know, the way we treat our resources says a lot about what we value. We don't squander that which we hold dear. We don't let go to waste that which holds potential. Jesus tells the parable in Matthew 25 of a master who gives his three servants a measure of money. The first two servants invest the money, and make the master a profit.

But the third servant does nothing with it. And without notice, the master takes the money from the third servant, giving it to the servant who had more. Why? Because the third servant didn't value the little he'd been given. Sure, he says he did, but he sat on it. Maybe he didn't realize its potential to grow. Maybe he didn't care, or was afraid. Whatever the case, the master took the money away. You see, if we truly value the resources God has given us, we will use them. If we hold dear our life, our family, our health -- we will do everything we can not only to preserve them, but to invest in them.

No doubt, God has given us amazing resources. Do you realize the value of your breath? Of your family? Of God's Word? Of His power to work in and through you?

 

Today, don't squander God's blessings.

 

Don't sit on the gifts he's given you. Actively invest in them, grow them, and realize their potential. May we become people who appreciate and use the awesome resources God has given us!

 

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