Quotes About Nations

God uses young people again and again to help restore and shape the destiny of nations...Young people stand at the heart of the salvation story.

Rather, it was written to tell the Israelites that their God, and not the gods of the other nations, was the chaos tamer, and therefore, this God and this God alone was worthy of worship. And they made this point in ancient terms, using ancient ways of thinking.

Paul transforms a tribal story, of kings, land, and the purity of one group of people, into a global story of God's grace and peace to all nations. As famously confusing as Paul's letters are, if we keep this in mind, a lot of what Paul says will make more sense—such as the following.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites.

From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.

The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.

the Pathrusites, the Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites.

the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans were scattered,

These are the sons of Ham according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

And Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans, languages, lands, and nations.

All these are the clans of Noahís sons, according to their generations and nations. From these the nations of the earth spread out after the flood.

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim

But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”