You’re A Father of Many Nations

Genesis 11:27-32
Genesis 12:1-3
Ref: Talmud

Terah who was incidentally a resident of Ur of the Chaldeans received a unique persuasion whose origin he did not comprehend by his cognitive propensity and capacity.

The uniqueness of this rare persuasion that befell Terah- a resident of Ur of the Chaldeans was from God Almighty but Terah did not perceive it to be so.

However, irrespective of his ignorance in regards to the source of the powerful and unique persuasion that was compelling him to relocate from Ur to the land of Canaan (even though he settled in Haran).

Terah was able to migrate from Ur of the Chaldeans- a topography distinguished by furnace like environment of great tension and conflict.

To a topography distinguished by rest and peace (in Haran where he settled) even though he was intending to go to Canaan.

The topography identified as Ur of the Chaldeans is symbolic of a place, an environment and a position of a fiery furnace underpinned by tremendous tension, pressure and conflict.

And the topography identified as Haran (where he settled) even though he was on his way to Canaan is symbolic of an environment, a place and a position of peace, comfort, and rest.

God persuaded Terah and his family to relocate from Ur of the Chaldeans to a place called Canaan (even though he settled in Haran) because all his life Terah longed, desired, and dreamed of relocating and settling his family in a land that was void of conflict, pressure, and tension.

For this reason once he got in Haran a place symbolic of rest, peace and comfort, Terah did not find reason to continue towards Canaan because what he longed, dreamed, and desired all his life he encountered in Haran.

The reason why Terah stay long enough in Ur of the Chaldeans even though he always desired to relocate out of Ur of the Chaldeans is because Terah had never galvanized enough internal strength to relocate his family till God Almighty released a persuasion from heaven deep into the belly of Terah.


And once this divine persuasion penetrated Terah's belly he then received the understanding that it was time to migrate from Ur of the Chaldeans to Canaan even though he settled in Haran-a place that is symbolic of the rest, peace, and comfort that Terah forever longed for.

Terah's head and mind did not fully comprehend the source of the divine persuasion from God because his entire disposition was not aware of the any form of divine reality.

Terah's disposition was not self aware of any form of divine reality because he was an idol worshiper and not a worshiper of the only true God by the names of Adonai Yahweh.

It’s a fundamental possibility that since Terah had a son by the names of Abram, a son who was radical against all the idol worship that was taking place in Ur of the Chaldeans, that God Almighty took interest in sanctifying and consecrating Terah's family by relocating them out of the land of idol worship.

It seems to be a fundamental practice of God Almighty to always send deliverance to the family of an individual who makes a radical stand against idol worship, and the works of evil.

In other words, when you take a stand against that which offends God, then God sends you his deliverance.

To emphasis this point further, deliverance from God always comes quick to those that take a radical stand against the activities of the enemy\devil.

On the basis of Abram ' s radical stand against the idol worship in the land of Ur of the Chaldeans, God sent a divine persuasion in the belly of Terah and this divine persuasion was able to deliver Terah's family from a place that he always longed to migrate out of but he was not physically able to do so.

In other words, if Abram did not take a radical stand against the evil in the land of the Chaldeans then possibly his family was never going to be delivered out of the land of the Chaldeans-a land whose environment was furnace like, as much as full of tension and conflict.

Hence it’s crucial as well as vitally important to comprehend that if Abram is not radical against the idol worship in the land of the Chaldeans then conflict and tension will be his father's portion as long as he lives.



Most of the dreams, desires, and longings that you have came from God but the only way you going to enter into your dreams, desires and longing is by taking a radical stand against your carnal mind.

The only way to enter into the place of your dreams and desires is by taking a radical stand against the works of the devil.

The only way to enter into the place of your dreams, and desires is by taking a radical stand against idol worship.

There is no greater conflict in life both internally and externally than being at a place that is far be it from your dreams and desires as distinguished by your potential, capacity and propensity.

Thus in order to come out of bondage, out of conflict, and out of the pressures of life, then there is an immediate requirement on your part to take a radical stand against that which is carnal, against that which is idol worship, and against the activities of the devil.


After Terah was divinely persuaded to migrate from Ur of the Chaldeans even though he was cognitively unaware of the divine persuasion that was moving him, he settled in Haran even though his intentions where to go to Canaan.

However after staying in transit (in Haran) for some time with his family, God Almighty had an encounter with the son of Terah named Abram demanding that Abram migrate from his father's house to a land that God himself will show him.

Essentially, God was telling Abram , "Go to yourself by yourself , deep into yourself, and once you have gone deep enough you will come across a nation called by my name and when you come across this nation then you are required to come out of yourself with the aforementioned nation.

And once you are finished emerging out of yourself with this nation called by my name then you will ultimately become a father of many nations".

The assignment and purpose of God demands that you take a radical stand against the works of evil so that he can bring you into his presence where he will birth many nations out of you, many nations that you will not only give birth to but you will also father.