Genesis 10:8-10
Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Tag: Might is Not Always Right
Nimrod, in the above passage, is said to be a “might man.” He was a “mighty hunter before the Lord.” This does not necessarily mean he was all this with God’s approval. It is rather, in the “sight” of God. Notice the connection of Nimrod:
1. He was a descendent of Ham, the cursed son of Noah. Nimrod was a Canaanite. The Cannanites were cursed before God:
Genesis 10:8-10
Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first on earth to be a mighty man. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. Therefore it is said, “Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the Lord.” The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
This would include Nimrod.
2. He was a mighty man and his first city was “Babel.” In chapter eleven we will read the story of the Tower of Babel and how man’s pride began to lift them up and, yet, tore them down.
3. He had a proverb spoken after him. He received the glory and honor for the proverb, not God.
Nimrod’s might was not from someone who feared the Lord. He isn’t explained as a humble servant o man and God. Rather he is what begins to happen to man when they get recognition and fame. Before the Lord he was recognized as mighty, but not humble and God fearing. Might is not always Right. God rejects the proud and gives grace to the humble.
James 4:6
But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Don’t let you might cause you to lose your right standing before God.
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