Americans do many things well: Space travel, radio and television transmissions, weather forecasting, computers, automobiles, jet flight, modern medicine, antibiotics. We have stopped polio in its tracks and rid the world of smallpox. But Ancient Israel did one thing better: RECORD KEEPING. The Bible includes the most detailed records of so many things. The writersContinue reading “What’s With All These Ancestors and Family Trees? Ezra 2:59-62.”
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ANCESTOR WORSHIP. Ezekiel 43:7,9.
There is an interesting line in Alex Haley’s novel ROOTS. When the author travels to West Africa, he discovers that the tribe of his ancestors requires children to be able to recite their ancestry to ten generations. But ten generations would include over a thousand people. It’s understood that children were memorizing only one branchContinue reading “ANCESTOR WORSHIP. Ezekiel 43:7,9.”
No One Will Remember You.
I watched a show by ancestry[dot]com. The host took people through their family trees. One had a cousin who had awarded to President Kennedy the keys to Mexico City. It was pretty amazing to see who they were related to—but also sad that it could be forgotten so quickly. And you and I have amazingContinue reading “No One Will Remember You.”
The Way of All the Earth.
When Joshua saw his death approaching, he said: “Behold, I AM GOING THE WAY OF ALL THE EARTH” Joshua 23:14. That puts it in perspective doesn’t it? Everything on earth dies. Every plant, animal, and person. We honor graveyards but sometimes I walk through a forest or pasture and wonder who may have died thereContinue reading “The Way of All the Earth.”
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