Journey of the Sons
of God to the Promised Land
Today’s Focus: The
Spirit of Moab - History of Moab
Scripture: Genesis
11:27; 19:37,38
Greetings Sons of
God:
We will look at the
spirit of Moab and see how it comes against the church and the building of the
House of God in the Earth. Now we know
that God hides wisdom in names so let’s examine what the meaning of Moab is:
Moab:
What father?
Moab was not only the name of a place but the
name of a person. Moab was the firstborn
son of Lot. Understanding biblical
principles of families we know that sons are a product of their ancestors.
Genesis
11:27: Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor and
Haran; and Haran begat Lot
So we see that Lot is the nephew of
Haran. Now Haran died when Lot was a
very young boy and so Lot became an orphan (critical point) at a very young
age. Lot then goes with his uncle Abram
and they set off on their journey.
Eventually to make a long story short, Lot’s herdsmen and Abram’s
herdsmen do not get along and for the sake of peace they go off in different
directions (Genesis 14:8-18) Of course, Lot ends up in Sodom and Gomorrah and
Abraham intercedes for Lot’s safety and as the come out of Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot and His two daughters go up into the mountains to stay. Now right here I want to point out some
critical points:
1.
Lot was an orphan at a young age but
even under the care of Abram, Lot never saw Abram as his father. No where in scripture will you find that Lot
sees Abram as his father. This is
critical.
2.
Lot had no sons, just daughters.
With those two points it brings us to Genesis
19 and the meat of our story. Genesis
19:30 starts with Lot’s daughter realizing that their father has no son to
carry his name and so they devise a plan to get him drunk with wine, sleep with
him and bare him a son. They pull the
plan off and the two daughter become pregnant and bore Lot a son each:
Genesis
19:37-38: And the firstborn bare a son and called his name Moab: the same is
the father of the Moabites unto this day.
And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the
same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day
Remember God hides wisdom in names: Moab means “What Father?” and Benammi means “Son of the people”. These two people born of a incestuous
relationship mock the role of a father and promote the rule of the people
(democracy). Of course the Scriptures
state that they are the fathers of the Moabites and Ammonites which dwell in
the wilderness. It is the spirit of Moab
we want to concentrate on over the next few messages because it is the Moabite
spirit that comes to destroy God’s people and unless God’s people overcome this
spirit, they will never inherit the promised land.
Peace, Love and
Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
