I HATE TO WAX NEGATIVE, but we live on a DEATH PLANET. MY concern is WHY? HOW could God’s creation of earth, humanity, the animal kingdom, all the beauty, the wonder, the mystery, and potential of life go so WRONG?
WHY IS MANKIND SO SELF DESTRUCTIVE?
NOT CONSIDERING THE DEATH TOLL ACCUMULATED in ancient times, and beginning with modern times, (say 1500 to present) what do we see?
1470 – 1574 – The Mediterreanean War – Death Toll 900,000 to 1,000,000
I will highlight only the most deadly wars. The historical record is loaded with DEATH, I WON’T SHOCK YOU WITH IT.
World War 1- 1914 – 1918 – Death Toll – 16,000,000 to 40,000,000+
The Spainish Conquest of The Aztec Empire – 1519 – 1632- Death Toll 24,300,000+
World War 2- The deadliest war in world history – 1939 – 1945 – 80,000,000
OK, let’s cut to the chase because I want to make my point. The history of war is available for you to research on your own. I guess we must mention Stalin, Pol Pot, Hitler, and the conquest of the Ming Dynasty 25,000,000 deaths. I must also mention that 10 of the deadliest wars in history began with China. Dating back to 1200 -1300 B.C. and forwarding up until the present, the wars must be in the thousands. So let’s move on.
I sincerely hope that all readers of this post will see the revelation knowledge that is provided. I believe this revelation knowledge came to me through the study of many great scholars. I would mention mainly for this post, Michael Heiser, his book ( THE UNSEEN REALM), as you will see. I will tie in a mostly overlooked or misinterpretation of scripture, being Psalm 82. This will lead into what really happened at the Tower of Babel and its continuing effect on humanity.
SO, WHY ALL THE DIVISION, WAR, AND DEATH THROUGH HISTORY?
Look at Psalm 82. Recommend using the ESV.
Psalm 82: God [elohim] stands in the divine assembly; he administers judgment in the midst of the gods [ elohim]. Notice the Hebrew wording. The word elohim occurs twice in this short verse. Other than YHWH, it’s the most common word used in the Old Testament for God. Truly understanding Hebrew grammar, it must be noted that the second use of the word elohim must be “translated as plural.” The first use of the word ” elohim” is singular and OK.
There it was in plain sight: The God of the Old Testament was part of an assembly – a pantheon – of other gods. What might this do to our theology? Have we always been taught that any other “gods” referred to in the Bible were just idols? It seems this explanation does not make sense. ( Let’s be clear) The God of Israel isn’t part of a group of idols. It’s not easy to picture God running around with other real gods. This is the Bible, not Greek mythology. But there it is in black-and-white, the text has us by the throat, and we should’nt ignore it. In understanding this verse in Psalm 82, we can still believe in the uniqueness of the God of the Bible and embrace the deity of Christ. But if we’re being honest when we affirm inspiration, then how we talk about those and other doctrines must take into account the Bible text. Paraphrased Michael Heiser, THE UNSEEN REALM PGS- 11-13.
Let’s proceed and tie in The Tower of Babel revelation and how it relates to my topic of division and death on planet earth. There are real answers if we seek them.
The Tower of Babel Revelation. Stay with me, please.
Genesis 11: 1- 9: Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. And as people migrated from the east, they found a plane in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And they had brick for stone, and they had tar for mortar. And they said, “Come let us build ourselves a city and a tower whose top reaches to the heavens. And let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Then Yahweh came to see the city and the tower that humankind was building. And Yahweh said, ” Behold they are one people with one language and this is only the beginning of what they will do. So now nothing that day will intend to do will be impossible for them. Come, let us go down and confuse their language there so that they will not understand each other’s language.” So Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth, and they stopped building the city. Therefore, its name was called Babel, for Yahweh confused the language of the whole earth, and there Yahweh scattered them over the face of the whole earth. ( Notice the plural exhortation, as in Genesis 1:26.) ” Let us go down and confuse their language.” As in Genesis 1:26, the plural announcement is followed by the actions of only one being, Yahweh; ” So Yahweh scattered them.”
Is there more to read about? Most people would stop here. This is because other Old Testament passages that speak of this event tend to be omitted from the discussion. The most important of these is Deuteronomy 32: 8-9 (ESV): When the Most High gave to the nation’s ‘their inheritance’ (don’t miss this) when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. But the ‘Lord’s portion’ is ‘his’ people, Jacob his alloted heritage. Deuteronomy around me 32:8- 9 describes how Yahweh’s dispersal of the nation’s at Babel resulted in his DISINHERITING those nations as his people. [ Friends, are you getting the meaning of this?] This is the Old Testament Equivalent of Romans 1:18 – 25, a familiar passage wherein God gave [ humankind] over to their persistent rebellion, Yahweh, in effect, decided that the people of the world’s nations were no longer going to be in relation to him, he would begin anew. He would enter into covenant relationship with a new people that did not yet exist: Israel.
So what happened to the other nations? What does it mean that they were appointed as an inheritance according to the number of the sons of God? As odd as it sounds, the rest of the nations we’re placed under the authority of members of Yahweh’s divine council. The other nations were assigned to “lesser elohim“ as a judgment from the most high, Yahweh. Remember Psalm 82?
Deuteronomy 32: 8-9 God apportioned or handed out the nations to the sons of God, Here we are told God “allotted” the gods to those nations. God decreed in the wake of Babel that’s the other nations he had forsaken would have other gods besides himself to worship. It’s as if God was saying, “If you don’t want to obey me, I’m not interested in being your God – I’ll match you up with some other god.” Psalm 82, where we began our discussion, echoes this decision. Psalm 82 has Yahweh judging other elohim,sons of the Most High, for their corruption in administering the nations. The psalm ends with the psalmist pleading, “Rise up, O God, judge the earth, because you shall inherit all the nations.
Friends, this is a critical study and , When we understand what happened at the beginning in Genesis and Deuteronomy, we can understand the confusion of our modern-day world. We can understand the wars throughout history. We can more easily see that we are in the last days and the culmination of this age. Now, we can understand how most or all of the world has stood and stands against the nation of Israel. God, YHWH “runs the whole show” but lesser elohim run all other nations, thus the ancient and ongoing battle for control of the earth. Don’t be distracted by “the spirit of lawlessness” of this age. We will not begin to understand the truth through our government, the media, or any social platforms. The natural mind of man can not rise to the occasion and plan of God. Also, know that now is Satan’s season, but it will not last much longer. This is all for now. Credit to Michael Heiser, comments and development by me, Frankie The Earthman.
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