The Genesis Question – p. 177

The Origin of Nations –The Tower of Babel
– God changed everyone’s language so that they couldn’t
understand each other.

People were landlocked; so, he allowed ice to form, get
colder, then got warmer on the land bridge (hunter gather people, games) and it
warmed up enough so that the seas rose and they were cut off.  Bering Strait.  Strait in Australia.

The English Channel is not
as difficult to cross because not that cold.

Asian Indonesia, Australia—could cross the
water because it wasn’t that cold.

The land masses are all inhabitable by people.  They survive by wearing clothes.

The North Pole is not a land mass—it’s just
ice.  With all the modern
technology, it is too cold at times in Antarctica
to even get in and out.  It is not
fit for people to live.  The Eskimos
don’t live at the North Pole—just in the Arctic Region.

p. 181 – The Origin of Races

Noah drank some wine, got drunk, went into his tent and went
to sleep.  Noah’s son, Ham,
saw him and made fun and called others to look at him.  The other sons held up a sheet to cover
their father.  The next morning Noah
found out and put a curse on Ham.
This has nothing to do with a particular race being punished.

God must have changed DNA a little bit—such as skin
color or hair texture.  The Bible
doesn’t say anything about a race being punished for what they did.  God wanted to spread the people out all
over the Earth.

“If you choke the Bible hard enough, you can make it
say anything you want it to say.”
That doesn’t mean that it said or meant that.

During the Civil War, religious people used the notion that
people with dark-colored skin were meant to be slaves.  It was just an excuse for one group of
people to oppress another group of people.
It doesn’t have anything to do with what the Bible said.

In the Sudan,
one tribe disliked another tribe and killed one million people.

Paul stated that everything that he suffered in life was
nothing compared to what he had for his future because he had accepted Christ
as his savior.

Lazarus had a rough life.  He’s been with Jesus for 2000
years.  The rich man had
everything.  He’s been in hell
for 2000 years.

Job said, “Even if you kill me, I’ll still trust
you.”

God looks at the future and to eternity.  He is preparing us for that through all
the things that we go through.
We’re going through the fire so that we will be fit to judge
angels, etc. in God’s Kingdom in the future.  What we think is important and what God
thinks is important are two different things.  He thinks the relationship you have with
Him is the most important thing to him.
Not the suffering that you go through.  If bring up a child without any
discipline and give them everything they want, they’ll be spoiled.  That’s how God treats us.  You should bring up a child to work and
earn what he gets; then he will be worth something.  That’s what God is doing with us.