Thursday, December 14, 2006
Nations (Pre-flood)
The majority of your history books will start this way:
Early man started his life hunting wild game. In family groups the tribes would move from area to area chasing their prey while foraging for edible plants. Eventually the climate would improve and man would throw off his nomadic ways and settle down. Small towns would develop as agriculture became more advanced. Then man would domesticate wild animals.
All of these ideas come from a handful of fragmented bones and a few broken pots. However, I lay before you a theory: an unsatisfying theory to most historians. My theory is that the first civilizations will always remain hidden. We only have one source of mankind in the pre-world-flood world: chapters 1 to 8 of Genesis.
These chapters paint a different picture of the first humans. First, the first humans were fully dressed.
“The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21)
Secondly, civilization appears to be quiet developed as early as the second generation of mankind. Simultaneously, Abel was herding a flock while Cain worked the soil. And someone who works the field is less likely to be nomadic. Furthermore, after killing Abel, Cain picks up and moves to the land of Nod and starts building a city.
“Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.” (Genesis 4:17)
However, not everyone in Cain’s family desired to settle down. One of his descendants, Jabal, was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. Furthermore, Jabal’s brother Jubal was the father of those who play the harp and flute. What is more shocking is what their cousin Tubal-Cain did for a living. Tubal-Cain forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron (Gen. 4:22).
And if that is far from the common theories, how about this one: a man inspired by God created a ship that was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
Early man started his life hunting wild game. In family groups the tribes would move from area to area chasing their prey while foraging for edible plants. Eventually the climate would improve and man would throw off his nomadic ways and settle down. Small towns would develop as agriculture became more advanced. Then man would domesticate wild animals.
All of these ideas come from a handful of fragmented bones and a few broken pots. However, I lay before you a theory: an unsatisfying theory to most historians. My theory is that the first civilizations will always remain hidden. We only have one source of mankind in the pre-world-flood world: chapters 1 to 8 of Genesis.
These chapters paint a different picture of the first humans. First, the first humans were fully dressed.
“The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.” (Genesis 3:21)
Secondly, civilization appears to be quiet developed as early as the second generation of mankind. Simultaneously, Abel was herding a flock while Cain worked the soil. And someone who works the field is less likely to be nomadic. Furthermore, after killing Abel, Cain picks up and moves to the land of Nod and starts building a city.
“Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.” (Genesis 4:17)
However, not everyone in Cain’s family desired to settle down. One of his descendants, Jabal, was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. Furthermore, Jabal’s brother Jubal was the father of those who play the harp and flute. What is more shocking is what their cousin Tubal-Cain did for a living. Tubal-Cain forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron (Gen. 4:22).
And if that is far from the common theories, how about this one: a man inspired by God created a ship that was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
# posted by Wesley Son of Cornelius @ 10:49 PM 
