Stories of the Old Testament by Jacob R. Klein

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Stories of the Old Testament
Savior Needed
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Introduction

In my previous book,Stories of the Old Testament,I wrote out
stories about some of the characters in the Bible’s Old Testament,
but did it in a way that the average reader could at least somewhat
comprehend. Notice, though, that I used the word some. Yes, I
did cover people from Adam and Eve, to Abraham and Noah,
from Moses and Joshua to Saul and David, and I even threw in
Esther and Daniel. However, if you thought for one second that
just because I wrote one book on such characters that I would not
bother to follow up with some more, you would be sorely mis-
taken. What I gave was but a small sample of what is in the Bible.

When I was considering how to make this new book look
as good, if not better, than the original, I noticed one interesting
theme here: the original work I did was mostly of stories that I
just plucked out. Yes, each one still had a lesson to tell, but at the
end of the day, I left a gap in it leading to a conclusion, or a new
beginning.

Well, this time, I considered what all of these stories had in
common, and one thing came to my mind: these characters were
real-life human beings who, while they did have good quali-
ties, were nevertheless prone to sin and fall short of God’s glory.
Abraham, for instance, was a man who sincerely was a man of
great faith, but who also lived in fear on account of his beautiful
wife, Sarah, and had on more than one occasion lied about his

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true identity. David, while a great warrior and king, also was an
adulterer and murderer–not exactly a model father to his chil-
dren. Then you had Moses, who was a great leader who led the
Hebrews in the exodus from Egypt, but whose hot temper and
uncontrolled anger denied him the Promised Land.

Yes, no matter what, you had people living in sin, with dark-
ness growing worse and worse in the world, to the point in which
even the nation of Israel was succumbing to it. The good news
was this, though: God wants to save us, save people from them-
selves, and does not want to see us be destroyed by our own sins
and shortcomings. Here in this story, I will reveal how each per-
son had their strengths, while pointing out the flaws in their
character, as well as stating the reason why God had to save hu-
manity from itself, and what His plan was to do it through His
chosen prophets.

So enjoy the ride I am taking you on in the tie-in to my origi-
nal work, and just as I mentioned before, read the scriptures for
yourselves, know what God is saying to your heart through prayer
and understanding, and realize that while others can help you out,
at the end of the day, it is up to you to draw your own conclusions.

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Chapter 1

Tower and Languages
(Genesis 9-11)

English, French, Spanish, German, Latin, Arabic, Greek,
Chinese, Russian, Hebrew. What do all of these have in com-
mon? They represent various cultures in the world, but more
importantly, they are all different languages—languages that we
use as a way to communicate with others within the confines
of their respective nations and homes. Now, can you imagine a
world where there is only one language and one culture? Some
might cherish this as a sign of world peace, and nowadays you
have the United Nations trying to develop a one-world govern-
ment. Others, however, might see a planet with one language and
culture as some sort of global dictatorship or just a place that is
boring and lacks a certain texture and depth to it. Believe it or not,
though, there was a point in time when this actually happened!

In order to understand the origins of the various languages in
our world today, we must start off with the events that occurred
after Noah’s Flood. In fact, you could go so far as to say that
it starts off with God’s covenant with Noah and all humanity,
promising never to destroy the Earth again by means of a flood.
Most people who know the Bible remember that God confirmed
this covenant with the symbol of a rainbow.That being said, there
is also a message before the rainbow that is to become significant
later on.

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If you read Genesis 9:1, you will notice God commanding
Noah and those with him to be fruitful and multiply, and to in-
crease their numbers through all the Earth. This command is re-
peated again in Genesis 9:7. Why is this significant? Because of
the whole world being destroyed by the flood, there were only
eight people left on it: Noah, his wife, his three sons, Ham, Shem,
and Japheth, and the three women who were wives to each one
of the sons. That was it, no more than those eight. Now, God
does want people to have dominion over the whole world, as was
commanded to Adam in Genesis 1:28, meaning that humanity
needs to maintain the plants and animals of the entire world and
be good stewards of the planet. The problem, though, is that it
would be very hard for people to be good stewards of the Earth
if we all were confined to one space, since you know full well that
the animals in the ark were going to roam around. Also, if you
had too many people confined in just one place, that area would
reach the point in which it could no longer be sustainable, since
people are bound to repopulate at some point.

There is another aspect to this, however. Many people (and
rightfully so) think that the first time the Bible commandment
was made: ‘thou shalt not murder’ happens when Moses is given
the Ten Commandments. After all, it was the finger of God that
wrote them. What people do not realize, however, is that such a
command was given much earlier, albeit in verbal form, to Noah
and his family, when God makes the post-flood covenant with
them. God even states that when someone murders another, an
account would be held against them, since mankind is in the im-
age of God (Genesis 9:5). This also was to be significant.

After the covenant was made, Noah decided to plant a vine-
yard, because, after all, as a man who lived most of his life before

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the flood, he was a man of the soil, (Genesis 9:20) relying on veg-
etation instead of animals for his food. In fact, it wasn’t even until
after the flood that eating meat was apparently considered ac-
ceptable, provided that they didn’t eat the blood of it. Only thing
is, in producing a vineyard, Noah was making some of what grew
out of it into a form of wine, and it didn’t take long for Noah to
get drunk and naked, which, I’ll admit, was partly due to the fact
that the events of the flood would probably drive just about any-
one to drink. It also shows you that even Noah, as wonderful as
he was, had his flaws (could alcoholism have been one of them?).

Anyway, you now have a man who has lived for at least six
centuries now, he is asleep and nude; who is the first person to see
this? You would think it would be Noah’s wife, but no, that is not
the case (makes me wonder where she was in all of this). Instead,
the first person to see Noah in this drunken stupor was his son,
Ham. Ham, being, well, a ham of sorts, did not cover his father
up or turn away, but rather mentioned this to his brothers as if
this was some sort of gossip from People magazine. Thankfully,
Ham’s two brothers, Shem and Japheth, are more responsible.
They covered their dad up in a blanket while doing basically a
moonwalk without dancing because they did not want to see that
side of their father. First off, he was of the same gender as them,
and let’s face it; God would have destroyed them in the flood if
that was how they rolled. That, and who on Earth wants to see
their dad naked? That is just plain sick.

Well, when Noah found out about what his son, Ham, did,
Noah was not too pleased about it, going so far as to usher a curse
of sorts onto Ham’s son Canaan, or that is at least what it ap-
peared to be. In reality, what Noah was also doing was prophesy-
ing the future concerning his sons’ descendants. What this entails

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is that Ham’s descendants through Canaan would become an
evil and perverse people who would fall into slavery at the hands
of Shem’s descendants. Japheth helped Shem in the covering of
their dad, which meant simply that Japheth’s descendants would
share in the blessings of the descendants of Shem.

Eventually, the table of nations would evolve through the de-
scendants of Japheth, Shem, and Ham, and while I am not going
to bore everyone reading this with the meaning of every single
name, there are some that have a sort of significance to them.
For instance, one of Japheth’s sons was named Magog. The name
Magog is mentioned again in Ezekiel 38:2, and many people be-
lieve that Magog really means the country of Russia. Meshech
and Tubal are also mentioned in the same chapter of Ezekiel, with
Meshech meaning Moscow and Tubal being Tobolsk, although
they also could be tribes of the nation of Turkey (Epicenter; pg
86), and as they are also Japheth’s sons, this means that Russia
and her allies, all of whom are descendants of Japheth, are go-
ing to lead a movement that includes some of the descendants
of Shem, in a final battle against Israel in what is now known as
Ezekiel’s war. Fortunately, though, a supernatural event will take
place whereby Israel is saved by the hand of God without firing
a single shot.

Then, you had a couple of Ham’s sons named Put and Cush.
Put was the ancestor of what is today the countries of Libya,
Algeria, and Tunisia, and Cush is the father of Sudan, Ethiopia,
and possibly Eritrea (Epicenter; pg 132). They too would join
Russia in Ezekiel’s war in a final attempt to destroy Israel. There
was another man named Cush, though, who had significance of
his own. It is possible that this Cush was a son or descendant of
the Cush that was fathered by Ham, but in any event, this second

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Cush was the father of Nimrod, and this Nimrod, as you might
see later on, had a significant impact as to why we have different
languages today.

Of course, we also have to mention something about Canaan,
the one upon whom Noah put a curse. Some of Canaan’s de-
scendants include the Hittites, the Jebusites, the Amorites, and
the Hivites. What makes these people significant is that starting
in Exodus 13:5, and going on up until the reigns of David and
Solomon, the Israelites were commanded by God to wipe them
off the face of the Earth, and take over the place where they re-
side, since the Hebrews are God’s chosen people, and the descen-
dants of Canaan were living in Israel’s “promised land.”

Finally, you have the descendants of Shem, and there is sig-
nificance to Shem’s name. You see, originally, Shem’s descendants
were known simply as Shemites. Later on, however, the h is taken
out, and they became known as the Semites. Guess which term
is another name for a Semite? If you guessed Semitic, you would
be correct. Which people are best known for being Semitic? The
people of Israel, that’s who. Unfortunately, some of the other de-
scendants of Shem would also join in on the fight against Israel
in Ezekiel’s war.

“Wait a minute,” you are no doubt wondering. “If the peo-
ple of Israel are descendants of Shem, why would some of the
other descendants of Shem join Russia and some of the other
descendants of Japheth against them?” Well, if you read the rest
of Genesis, you will notice how there was division among the de-
scendants of Abraham, and such quarrels still are going on even
to this day in the Middle East. This is why recent events such as
what is going on in the Gaza Strip and Syria are taking place.

Now, onto why Nimrod was significant in terms of the

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different languages. In chapter 10 of Genesis, Nimrod was la-
beled as a “mighty warrior” before the Lord. As such, it is under-
standable to think that someone with that label would invoke a
vision of strength; thus, it would be understandable why people
in the world at that time would consider him to be a leader. Also,
it is possible that Nimrod originally may have enjoyed the Lord’s
favor, before ego and pride would eventually get the best of him.
Eventually, Nimrod ended up being a leader of such areas as
Babylon and Babel and make an effort to join people together in
Babylonia for a certain agreement.

What was the agreement among the people in Babylonia?
The agreement was interesting and simple; it was to make a tow-
er that could reach up into heaven. Why would they do that?
Simply enough, they wanted “to make a name for themselves”
(Genesis 11:4). You could say that Nimrod convinced the people
of the world to consent to one of, if not the first government
instituted by people, all in hopes of creating their own version
of law and order. In reality, what they were really doing was dis-
obeying God on two fronts. The first wrong is obvious: by mak-
ing a tower that would have reached up to heaven, these people
were showing off their pride and arrogance, saying basically that
they did not need, nor did they want, God in their lives. In other
words, you are talking about those who had a big ego and needed
to eat some humble pie.

The second aspect of what these people were doing wrong
can be traced back to what I mentioned earlier when God made
his covenant with Noah and his family. Remember, one of the
things God commanded Noah and his descendants to do was
to multiply THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD. Well, the
people building the tower did increase in number, all right; the

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problem was that, instead of dispersing to different locations, as
God commanded when making his covenant with Noah, every-
body on Earth decided to stay in one place.

God, of course, noticed this, and He had to do something to
put a stop to it. It was not so much the fact that the people were
coming together to build something that was the problem; God
had no problem with people working for a common good. What
disturbed God, however, was when people did this type of work
out of sheer pride and arrogance, all without glorifying Him. For
you see, if mankind with a common language can build a tower
with their own hands, and do it in a way that makes them boast-
ful and proud, it could be the beginning of an unlimited rebellion
against God, since people would start thinking that they do not
need God for any part of their lives. This is the plan Satan has
always had in place concerning people, is to have people outright
rebel against God, thereby providing a permanent separation be-
tween humans and God, all so that Satan could prove once and
for all that a relationship with God is impossible.

So, God does something that, while most people might not
like it, was something that actually benefited mankind, even if
it resulted in bitterness and quarrelling among nations that still
exist today. If people did not want to disperse themselves all over
the world voluntarily, but instead try to rebel against God, then
God was going to do it for them, and the way to accomplish this
was for humans to speak different tongues. Once this happened,
the people stopped building the tower of Babel, since they could
not understand one another. Misunderstanding among peoples
of different languages and nations is an issue that continues even
to this day. Yes, in recent times, many diplomats and leaders have
been able to understand multiple languages, and even if that is

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not the case, translators and interpreters are more readily acces-
sible if they are needed. Yet, in spite of these advances, peace is
still elusive because of a lack of understanding and cooperation
among different parties, and unlike God, people have a tendency
to be dishonest if it suits their purposes.

One last thing to consider here: Noah lived to be 950 years
old, and while Shem did not last nearly as long, he still lived to
be 600. However, after Shem, humans experienced a significant
decrease in the age that they lived up to, to the point where it
was a struggle just to reach 200. Obviously, the flood in Noah’s
day made the soil into something that did not have as good of
a quality as before. However, one of the descendants of Shem
was a man named Abram, and it is this Abram that later on be-
came Abraham. Abraham was to be known as the father of many
nations, one of whom, Israel, would later on form the very first
monotheistic society, and it is this fact that leads us to the next
chapter...

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