Why was the ancient God so “cruel”?

  The following conversation is fictitious as presented here, but it is based on many actual conversations and exchanges in which I have participated over the years. “Arnie‘s” responses would represent my own under similar circumstances. Arnie: How’s it going, Joe? Where do things stand in your spiritual search since we last talked? Joe: Well, some things […]

The Table of Nations: Genesis Chapters 10-11

  The Table of Nations: Genesis Chapters 10-11 This information from Genesis 10 is tabulated below: Genesis Chapters 10 and 11 constitute what is known as “The Table of Nations” in the Bible. The text is as follows, These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth; sons were born to […]

AMORITES

am’-o-rits; Amorites (‘emori, always in the singular like the Babylonian Amurru from which it is taken; Amorraioi): 1. Varying Use of the Name Explained 2. The Amorite Kingdom 3. Sihon’s Conquest 4. Disappearance of the Amorite Kingdom 5. Physical Characteristics of the Amorites The name Amorite is used in the Old Testament to denote (1) […]

Moabites – Encyclopaedia Britannica

Moabites,  member of a West-Semitic people who lived in the highlands east of the Dead Sea (now in west-central Jordan) and flourished in the 9th century bc. They are known principally through information given in the Old Testament and from the inscription on the Moabite Stone. The Moabites’ culture is dated by scholars from about the late 14th century bc to 582 bc, […]

MOAB; MOABITES

mo’-ab, mo’-ab-its (Moab, mo’abh, Moabite Stone, M-’-B; Greek (Septuagint) Moab, he Moabeitis, Moabitis; Moabite, mo’abhi; Moabites, bene mo’abh): 1. The Land: Moab was the district East of the Dead Sea, extending from a point some distance North of it to its southern end. The eastern boundary was indefinite, being the border of the desert which […]

The Moabites

The Moabites were descendants of Lot, Moab being the son of Lot and his older daughter. [Ammon was the son of Lot with his younger daughter, thus the Ammonites. The Edomites were descended from Esau, the son of Isaac. The Amalekites were descended from Eliphaz, a son of Esau.] Geography of Moab The territory of […]

The Canaanite’s

Note By RaymondTheBrave:- I want to post items on each tribe of people (normally ite’s) to outline what we know about each tribe to help understand why God either directly or using the Israelites to completely destroy them. It is important to understand that all children under the age of accountability would not be held accountable for […]