Giving Us The Word!

For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great among the Gentiles;
In every place incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
For My name shall be great among the nations,”
Says the LORD of hosts.  Malachi 1:11

Rejoice! The name of the Lord our God has become great among the Gentiles and we are glad to carry on the glory of God! The writer of Genesis 10, looking way ahead in prophecy, tells of the languages, families, and nations that formed from the sons of Japheth whose father was Noah. The term Gentiles later in the Bible came to mean pretty much anyone or nation who was not Israel or Jewish. We gladly accept the name because as Israel rejected God and later His Son, Jesus, the good news of salvation and grace by faith came to us Gentiles by way of the word of God and the disciples and apostles carrying it to the far lands where our ancestors lived. The Spirit of God moved in the hearts of those mothers and fathers who would over the course of time produce you and me. We benefit from the good news of Jesus in a manner similar to those spiritual ancestors of ours as recorded in the Acts:

Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. (13:48)

Gracious and loving is our Lord God, who gave to us the Word!

Bucky