"And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there."
(Genesis 11:31 KJV)
Abraham, Our Awesome God's chosen man, once lived in Ur of Mesopotamia with his family. What do we know about ancient Ur? What we know is that ancient Ur is being explored in a Tel in Iraq. Once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates River on the Persian Gulf, the city of Ur is now well inland, south of the Euphrates River on its right bank. Because the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flooded many times with wind and heavy erosion, the Persian Gulf coast moved away from the city away and eventually to its present location.
The famous Ziggurat of Ur is located here. The city-state of Ur was a growing city in the fourth millennium BC and in the third millennium BC (3800 BC), the city was described as a city-state with a king. Cuneiform tablets are plentiful and described the business of the city-state and the business of the kings. This city-state had the best of everything that archeology has so far has found of this time period in technology. In fact, Ur was the most centralized bureaucratic state so far found in the ancient world of this time. The other fact that testifies to Ur's importance is the amazing amount of wealth that was buried in kings' tombs here and from where these jewels and things had to come. Places like Asia Minor, Iran and India. They were very rich, even during the Early Bronze Age. They belonged at this time to the empire of Sumer. Around 2047 to 2030 BC a king named Ur-Nammu came to rule and the people developed an irrigation system, a ziggurat was built, two-story houses with 12 and 13 rooms were built with plastered walls and the king wrote a code of laws 300 years before Hammurabi did. This was the city of Ur where Abraham was probably born and grew up. Our Awesome God chose well when He chose Abraham but He always chooses well for He knows what is best. Abraham was wealthy and he chose to follow God and wander the desert. He knew God!
We invite you to our church services on Sunday morning (9:30 AM) and Worship Service at (10:30 AM) Then again Sunday evening (6:00 PM) for Bible Study along with AWANA for children which goes until 7:30 PM. Wednesday evening (7:00 PM) there is a Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. When you come, ask about the choir and Prayer Team. We love visitors and would enjoy meeting you and telling you about Our Awesome God!
" And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth."
(Genesis 11:3-4 KJV)
The archeological finds of the Near East tell a story of man's slow advancement in knowledge as Our Awesome God met their needs one at a time. As the need for something became apparent God's helping Hand allowed man to look for and find an answer. God was there to help man when the need was great but we have no idea on how long it took to discover each step toward the creation of something new. Archeology continues to make discoveries of different objects.
The Cradle of Civilization was in Mesopotamia where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have a very fertile valley that caused people to congregate before there were cities. These people slowly grouped together over time to protect their possessions and their lives from other smaller bands of people. Cities were formed around the fertile rivers and were fortified. Traders came with goods from other places to water and feed their livestock near these rivers. They traded with the people in these cities such as Ararat and Babylon. The Babylonians liked trading so they increased the wheat, flax, fruit and vegetables they grew so they could sell the extra. Soon they needed larger buildings to store the produce so they invented bricks, buildings and wheels. The Babylonians invented an irrigation system for those crops that grew a long way away from the river. Our Awesome God created man, all the plants and animals and man's brain and monitored his progress through the ages, helping him invent.
The Hand of God has always been and always will be on man, helping him with all things that keep him living. Man needs to put his pride aside and realize he can do nothing without God. We all need to realize that Our Awesome God created this complete world which includes our minds and give Him the glory for His inventions and ideas.
We invite you to our church services on Sunday morning (9:30 AM) and Worship Service at (10:30 AM) Then again Sunday evening (6:00 PM) for Bible Study along with AWANA for children going until 7:30 PM. Wednesday evening (7:00 PM) there is Prayer Meeting and Bible Study. When you come, ask about the choir and Prayer Team. We love visitors and would enjoy meeting you and telling you about Our Awesome God!
Flo & Bill