- II. God and the Nations. The God of History
- II.A God rules the nations
- II.A.1. God decided the national boundaries
- II.A.2. God put man in a moral universe
- II.A.3. Primeval mandate to scatter and fill the earth
- II.A.4. Babylon refuses to 'scatter and fill' the earth
- II.A.5. God speeds up the process of diversification
- II.A.6. God rules / judges the nations
- II.B. Judgment against the nations
- II.B.1. God is a jealous God
- II.B.2. God is a holy God
- II.B.3. God judges in relation to Israel
- II.B.3.a. God uses nations to judge Israel
- II.B.4. God judges negative attitudes of Israel's neighbours
- II.B.5. God uses diseases etc. as judgments
- II.B.6. God allows the land itself to spew out nations
- II.B.7. God uses nations to judge nations
- II.B.8. God uses Israel to judge nations
- II.B.8.a. nations in the immediate vicinity
- II.B.8.b. all other nations without total extermination
- II.B.9. God judges nations whose iniquity is full
- II.B.10. God is righteous in his judgment
- II.B.11. God allows heathen nations to test Israel's loyalty
- II.B.12. The final judgment, 'the days of Jacob's trouble'
- II.B.13. Apocalyptic judgment on the whole earth
- II.B.14. All mankind shall worship the Messiah, God of Israel
- II.C. God's plan with specific nations
- II.C.1. Egypt and its gods
- II.C.2. Ethiopia
- II.C.3. Syria and Iraq
- II.C.4. Jordan
- II.C.5. Palestine
- II.C.6. Assyria
- II.C.7. Phoenicia
- II.C.8. Babylon
- II.C.9. Lebanon
- II.C.10. Greece
- II.C.11. USA
- II.D. Salvation for the nations
- II.D.1. people from every ethnic group and language
- II.D.2. nations will be joined to His people
- II.D.3. nations will glorify God in heaven
- II.E. Toward a prototype for all nations