Tag: rebellion
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A Darkness You Could Feel – Exodus 10:19-22
Exodus 10:19-22 And the Lord turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. And the Lord said…
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Who Gets to Set the Terms? – Exodus 10:8
Exodus 10:8 And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God: but who are they that shall go? Pharaoh sounds softer here at first. He says, “Go, serve the Lord your God,” but then immediately reveals that he is still trying to stay in…
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Rolling Through the Nations – Genesis 14:5-7
Genesis 14:5-7 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the wilderness. And they returned, and came to En-mishpat,…
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Government and Rebellion – Genesis 14:3-4
Genesis 14:3, 4 All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer… … and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. The vale of Siddim is identified here as the salt sea, what we know as the Dead Sea in the southern part of Israel.…
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A Tower and a Name – Genesis 11:4
Genesis 11:4 And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. Now the real heart of Babel comes into view. It was not just about…
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The Reach of Rebellion – Genesis 10:11
Genesis 10:11 Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah. The picture keeps getting bigger. Nimrod is not just a local troublemaker. His influence spreads. The language here points back to him going out and extending what he started. He is connected not only with Babylon, but…
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From Gateway to Confusion – Genesis 10:10
Genesis 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Now we begin to see what Nimrod was building. It was not just influence. It was a kingdom. And the first city named is Babel. Originally, Babel carried the idea of Bab El, the…
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Hunting Souls – Genesis 10:9
Genesis 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. This verse is not painting Nimrod as some rugged outdoorsman who happened to be good with a bow. The sense here is much darker. He was a mighty hunter against the Lord.…
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The Rise of a Rebel – Genesis 10:8
Genesis 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. Now a man steps onto the stage whose name says a lot before he ever does anything. Nimrod means rebel. And that is exactly what he becomes. He is not just another name in the genealogy. He stands out…
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Love Must Be Chosen – Revelation 20:7-8
Revelation 20:7-8 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth… Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. This is…
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Two Cities – Revelation 17:5
Revelation 17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. The Bible could almost be called the story of two cities. One is Jerusalem, the city of God.The other is Babylon, the city of rebellion. Those two cities keep showing up all…
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Tongues at Babel, Tongues in Babylon – Revelation 16:10
Revelation 16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast and his kingdom was full of darknessand they gnawed their tongues for pain. Now the judgment falls directly on the throne of the beast, on the center of his power, on the very kingdom that promised light, wisdom, and…
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When Worship Turns – Jude 6
Jude 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. Jude now moves to his second example, and it is a staggering one. Not only can the delivered fail to keep themselves in the…