Acts 17:26 And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed… He manifests therein — I. HIS CREATIVE POWER, causing the human spirit to be unfolded in the multiplicity of national spirits. II. HIS GRACIOUS GOODNESS, giving to each nation time and space to develop its peculiarity. III. HIS JUDICIAL RIGHTEOUSNESS, appointing to each nation, whether it be Greece or Rome or Israel, the end and limit to its power and prosperity. IV. HIS HOLY LOVE — the whole history of the world aiming at this that the kingdom of God may come and that men may seek and find Him. (K. Gerok.) Parallel Verses KJV: And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; |
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