The Bridge Church of the Nazarene
Sunday, March 14, 2021
Aloha, Bridge church ohana! We are now meeting at Wellspring Covenant Church building at 99-900 Iwaena Street, near Halawa District Park on Sundays from 1 pm - 2:15 pm. We look forward to seeing you in person! For those who can't make it at this time and location, we will broadcast church service online on Sunday afternoon at 1 pm at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bridgenaz/. Please join us for worship, prayer and a message from Pastor Michael! Mahalo and God bless!
Locations & Times
The Bridge
1298 Kukila Pl, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA
Sunday 1:00 PM
Sermon Title: Once Upon A ____
11:1 The whole land was of one language and of one speech. 2 As they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there. 3 They said to one another, “Come, let’s make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole land.” 5 Adonai came down to see the city and the tower that the children of humanity built. 6 Adonai said, “Look, one people, and one language for them all, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them that they intend to do. 7 Come, let’s go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.” 8 So Adonai scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the land. They stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Adonai confused the language of all the land. From there, Adonai scattered them abroad on the surface of all the land.
What Kind of Tower? A Ziggurat.
2 Things
1.This is the “Table of Nations,” and is divided into 3 parts by Noah’s sons (Shem, Ham, and Japheth); and,
2.This is not a genealogy.
1.This is the “Table of Nations,” and is divided into 3 parts by Noah’s sons (Shem, Ham, and Japheth); and,
2.This is not a genealogy.
Gen 10:1-32
10:1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 From these, the islands of the nations were divided in their lands, each after his language, after their families, in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham were: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamahwere: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod.
He began to be a mighty one in the land. 9 He was a mighty hunter against Adonai. Therefore, it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter against Adonai.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13 Egypt became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines descended), and Caphtorim. 15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. 19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
21 Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the land was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the land after the flood.
10:1 These are the generations of the sons of Noah and of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
2 The sons of Japheth were: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Javan were: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 5 From these, the islands of the nations were divided in their lands, each after his language, after their families, in their nations.
6 The sons of Ham were: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 7 The sons of Cush were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamahwere: Sheba and Dedan. 8 Cush became the father of Nimrod.
He began to be a mighty one in the land. 9 He was a mighty hunter against Adonai. Therefore, it is said, “like Nimrod, a mighty hunter against Adonai.” 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 Out of that land he went into Assyria, and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah, 12 and Resen between Nineveh and the great city Calah.
13 Egypt became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 14 Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines descended), and Caphtorim. 15 Canaan became the father of Sidon (his firstborn), Heth, 16 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 17 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 18 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad. 19 The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon—as you go toward Gerar—to Gaza—as you go toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim—to Lasha. 20 These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
21 Children were also born to Shem (the elder brother of Japheth), the father of all the children of Eber. 22 The sons of Shem were: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. 24 Arpachshad became the father of Shelah. Shelah became the father of Eber. 25 To Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the land was divided. His brother’s name was Joktan. 26 Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 29 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. 30 Their dwelling extended from Mesha, as you go toward Sephar, the mountain of the east. 31 These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from these in the land after the flood.
Word of the Week
Presentism:The act of judging past actions by the standards of the present
(Iconoclasm: Rejecting past things based on the standards of the present.)
Presentism:The act of judging past actions by the standards of the present
(Iconoclasm: Rejecting past things based on the standards of the present.)
The Bottom Line
Get out of the way. Let God catch you.
Get out of the way. Let God catch you.