When Nimrod’s tower enterprise fell apart at Babel in the land of Shinar, and Asshur, a rebel son of Shem, hunts down the scattering nations to corral them back, Shem as “the father of all the children of Eber”, ordains Eber to go out into the world to minister to the fleeing refugees.
That’s just a bit confusing. How is Shem the father of all the children of Eber?
In the same sense of spiritual authority, exactly what the more familiar Abraham “the father of all them that believe”, inherited as his Melchizedekian role.
Cultural historians confirm the biblical account that righteous Shem’s great-grandson Eber is the namesake founder of the Hebrews of whom Abraham “our father” is the first person identified as such.
“Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram; the same is Abraham.” (I Chronicles 1:24-17)
“Little is known about the oldest eras of ancient Hebrew civilization because the culture was nomadic.”
And that would be because they were running for their lives. Continue reading “114) Covenantal Monotheism Available In All The Nations Of The World”

