According to Deuteronomy 32:8-9, following the dispersion of the nations following the judgment of Babel, God delegated to the sons of God, the members of the divine council, the rule of all the nations of the earth with the exception of Jacob. The Lord retained for himself the rule of Jacob. In the Abrahamic Covenant God is demonstrating his rule over Jacob by covenanting to them the land of Canaan (Ps 105:8-11).
In Dividing the Nations Following Babel, God Delegated to Members of the Divine Council the Rule of Every Nation Except Jacob
About the Author: Mike Rusten
Mike Rusten grew up in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. God drew him to himself at a Billy Graham crusade when Mike was a junior high boy, and life was never to be the same. He graduated from Princeton University where he was president of the Princeton Evangelical Fellowship. Read More ...
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