10.25.25 ~ My Three Sons
Good morning!
Shabbat shalom!
When I was growing up, back when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a little more than 29 years ago (lol), There was a TV show titled "My three sons." Within the same era, there was another program called "The Brady Bunch," blending two families of three boys and three girls. In this week's torah portion, Noah/Comfort, The genealogy of Noah’s family is given with his three sons. However, there is something very strange that addresses his genealogy. Let me share the verse with you and ask you, the inquiring mind question, what is different about this genealogy?
The majority of people, who read the Bible, know Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). But the Torah hints that he had three other offspring, ones you won’t find on this family tree. Huh?
These are the generations/toldot of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. (Gen. 6:9)
In this passage, the Hebrew "generations" is the Hebrew word toldot, which usually means descendants or offspring. For instance, towards the end of this week's Torah portion, we read these of the generations of Shem (Gen. 11:10). Immediately following us a list of Ham's descendants...the pattern repeats with Abraham‘s father saying now these are the generations of Teruah (Gen. 11:27); Followed by a list of his children. The same goes for the list of the sons of Ishmael in Genesis 25, etc.
However, in the case of the Bible‘s description of Noah and a few other selected individuals, rather than listing his children, his character traits are listed. The scripture appears to be emphasizing more than his literal offspring, the very ones that would re-populate the world after the flood; Noah’s legacy was to be found in his character. The scripture list, three offspring of Noah, his righteousness, his blamelessness, and his relationship with God.
In last night’s Zoom call we examined Hebrews 11:7 where Noah, being warned of God of things to come, that we’re not yet, moved with fear, built an Ark to the saving of his family… The steady elevated Noah in our minds and it made for a humbling comparison in our own lives on how, with the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, the majority, if not all of us, are incredibly high underachievers when it comes to our spiritual journey; Which produced a very humbling and sober reality. The study concluded with very pertinent details on the unified effort of the people, under Nimrod‘s leadership, to maximize the people's one/echad language and one/echad speech to make bricks brick, burn burn them, build a city and a tower and make a name for themselves lest they be scattered across the face of the Earth. It was eerily reminiscent of what’s going on in Countries around the world. This too was humbling and sobering, but then again as Yeshua Said, "as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the son of man" (Lk. 17:26, 28).
But what about these three sons? Why weren’t any sons listed immediately? Could these be the three sons he never had, but yet they were his three sons because they came directly from his life?
If I was going to list my genealogy, I would share with you my three children and my eight grandchildren. But this morning, I asked myself the question with the children, "righteousness, blamelessness, and walking with God", would these three "children" be offspring from my life that individuals could see?
Tomorrow morning, Lord willing, will examine these three sons more thoroughly.
For today, As we are one week away from Satan’s highest holy-day of the year, I find myself asking the Question,: am I, like Noah, building an ark to the saving of HIS house? And who is HIS house? Was it Noah’s own personal house? Was it God‘s house? The answer is: yes.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Heb.11:7)
Let me challenge you before we do our Zoom call this morning at 8 AM Eastern standard time 699-858-9149 to examine your life on this beautiful Shabbat, and with the same mercy that God was showing to the tower builders, in the days of Nimrod, allowing them years to pursue their own dreams, knowing that God is showing the same mercy to you and me, what kind of legacy are we leaving behind? Are you an ark builder? Are you just conforming to the bricks around you?
Shabbat shalom
When I was growing up, back when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a little more than 29 years ago (lol), There was a TV show titled "My three sons." Within the same era, there was another program called "The Brady Bunch," blending two families of three boys and three girls. In this week's torah portion, Noah/Comfort, The genealogy of Noah’s family is given with his three sons. However, there is something very strange that addresses his genealogy. Let me share the verse with you and ask you, the inquiring mind question, what is different about this genealogy?
The majority of people, who read the Bible, know Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth (Gen. 5:32). But the Torah hints that he had three other offspring, ones you won’t find on this family tree. Huh?
These are the generations/toldot of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God. (Gen. 6:9)
In this passage, the Hebrew "generations" is the Hebrew word toldot, which usually means descendants or offspring. For instance, towards the end of this week's Torah portion, we read these of the generations of Shem (Gen. 11:10). Immediately following us a list of Ham's descendants...the pattern repeats with Abraham‘s father saying now these are the generations of Teruah (Gen. 11:27); Followed by a list of his children. The same goes for the list of the sons of Ishmael in Genesis 25, etc.
However, in the case of the Bible‘s description of Noah and a few other selected individuals, rather than listing his children, his character traits are listed. The scripture appears to be emphasizing more than his literal offspring, the very ones that would re-populate the world after the flood; Noah’s legacy was to be found in his character. The scripture list, three offspring of Noah, his righteousness, his blamelessness, and his relationship with God.
In last night’s Zoom call we examined Hebrews 11:7 where Noah, being warned of God of things to come, that we’re not yet, moved with fear, built an Ark to the saving of his family… The steady elevated Noah in our minds and it made for a humbling comparison in our own lives on how, with the Holy Spirit dwelling within us, the majority, if not all of us, are incredibly high underachievers when it comes to our spiritual journey; Which produced a very humbling and sober reality. The study concluded with very pertinent details on the unified effort of the people, under Nimrod‘s leadership, to maximize the people's one/echad language and one/echad speech to make bricks brick, burn burn them, build a city and a tower and make a name for themselves lest they be scattered across the face of the Earth. It was eerily reminiscent of what’s going on in Countries around the world. This too was humbling and sobering, but then again as Yeshua Said, "as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the coming of the son of man" (Lk. 17:26, 28).
But what about these three sons? Why weren’t any sons listed immediately? Could these be the three sons he never had, but yet they were his three sons because they came directly from his life?
If I was going to list my genealogy, I would share with you my three children and my eight grandchildren. But this morning, I asked myself the question with the children, "righteousness, blamelessness, and walking with God", would these three "children" be offspring from my life that individuals could see?
Tomorrow morning, Lord willing, will examine these three sons more thoroughly.
For today, As we are one week away from Satan’s highest holy-day of the year, I find myself asking the Question,: am I, like Noah, building an ark to the saving of HIS house? And who is HIS house? Was it Noah’s own personal house? Was it God‘s house? The answer is: yes.
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. (Heb.11:7)
Let me challenge you before we do our Zoom call this morning at 8 AM Eastern standard time 699-858-9149 to examine your life on this beautiful Shabbat, and with the same mercy that God was showing to the tower builders, in the days of Nimrod, allowing them years to pursue their own dreams, knowing that God is showing the same mercy to you and me, what kind of legacy are we leaving behind? Are you an ark builder? Are you just conforming to the bricks around you?
Shabbat shalom
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