Ancestry

These are the family records of Shem. Shem lived 100 years and fathered Arpachshad  two years after the flood..... Genesis 11:10

Shem had Arpachshad
Arpachshad had Shelah
Shelah had Eber
Eber had Peleg
Peleg had Reu
Reu had Seug
Serug Nahor
Nahor had Terah
Terah had Abram

Terah took Abram and Lot and set out towards Canaan but got as far as Haran and stopped there.

We all have a genealogy and some of us can trace our parentage way back. God sees our bloodline and we all go way back to one of the sons of Noah. How cool is that? However, for me the most important bloodline began at 19, when I became born again. I stepped into a new family.

My children and grandchildren may or may not appreciate their natural bloodline. For what can it do for them? However, my prayers is that they come to know their spiritual bloodline and know it personally.

As a Christian, there are no spiritual grandchildren other than those I see come into the Kingdom of God. My God meets each of us personally.

The Jews followed their ancestry. The bible tells us the ancestry of Jesus in Matthew chapter one. The ancestry traces back to Abraham. The above traces back to Shem and if we look at chapter 5 of Genesis it traces back to Seth, Adam's third son.

To some ancestry is important. To me it is important that at 19 I became born again into the family of God. Eternity will be spent with this family. I am so looking forward to fellowshipping those who have gone before and who I learn about from the scriptures.

Today I am blessed to live in the age of technology. I can read posts on Facebook and Twitter from great men and women of God. In my own lifetime I am surrounded my God's great people, their messages encourage me and spur me on. The walls are removed. Through technology I can watch others in all parts of the world at the same time.

By reading my bible I read about others in all time and they are present with me. I am truly surrounded by a great host of witnesses. (Hebrews 12:1)

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