BRAGADAYJAH 27

After men were scattered throughout the earth, the Bible gives detailed accounts of the offspring of Shem over a period of several hundred years leading to the birth of Abraham, whom the bible calls the father of the Jewish nation. It is to be noted that the first eleven chapters of the Book of Genesis have to do with the Origination of the Nations, that is to say, all people that on earth dwell, came directly through Adam and Eve initially, continuing down to Noah before the flood, and after the flood, through Noah’s three sons Shem, Ham and Japheth until the birth of Abraham. Accordingly, we say that those first eleven chapters deal with, and show the source, origination, of every nation on earth. We may also see in those chapters three especial purposes namely, (1) the Historical Purpose, which shows that the origin of all men began in the garden of Eden and shows also that God created all men as well as the entire world of beast, insects, birds, and fishes as well as heaven and earth; (II) the Doctrinal Purpose, that God as the father of all men has the ultimate power, rule and control over all the earth and the affairs of men. That in dealing with the earth he has the power to do his own will. To send floods and end floods, to interfere with and stop, or prevent the doings of mankind, and to frustrate their designs at his pleasure; and (III) the Christological Purpose; that Christ came into the picture of God’s administration from the very beginning. That He, Christ had a hand in the creation, (sic) “and God said,” the Word, and it was so, and God said, “Let us create” and it was so, and God’s declaration to Adam and Eve, “I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; He shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise His heal.” More