70 Nations

Genesis 10-11 closes out our first section of Genesis dealing with the human race. Let's review. We've seen the A) Creation of Man (1-2); B) Corruption of Man (3-5); C) Destruction of Man (6-9); D) Now we see the Dispersion of Man (10-11). The chronological order of chapters ten and eleven have been reversed. The order looks like this:

1. The Cause of Dispersion: ch.11 (Tower of Babel)
2. The Completeness of the Dispersion: ch.10 (Table of Nations)

Seventy nations came from Noah's three sons. Seventy is the number of universality. The number 7 speaks of divine perfection. It is one of God's 'perfect' numbers. The number 10 speaks of Ordinal Perfection. It marks completeness of order. There are 10 commandments containing all necessary duty. 10 is the basis in mathematics of the decimal system. It marks completeness of order, the full round of anything. Take these two numbers (7 and 10), multiply them, and you have 70 nations, symbolizing the whole world of nations--the complete origin of all peoples of the earth. This table of nations is representative of the totality of all peoples. Now read Luke 10:1-16. Jesus sent forth the 70 disciples. The reason, the implication: The Gospel is to be preached unto the whole world! Church, let's obey our divine mandate (Acts 1:8) and proclaim the Gospel to the entire world! Amen!