Roots After the flood spoken of in Genesis, we find that only eight persons survived that great and awful event. Eight alone to replenish the human race, Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives. From these came the nations of men. "These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood." (Genesis 10:32) It is evident that all philosophical beliefs and principles also sprang from, or through these persons. In Genesis, Chapter Ten, we find listed the descendants Noah’s three sons, Japheth, Ham, and Shem. In Genesis 11:10-27 we have record of lineage from Shem to Abram (Abraham). Matthew, Chapter One and Luke, Chapter Three of the New Testament complete the lineage through Abraham to Christ Jesus, revealing the Shemites or Semitic lineage (that of flesh and blood) as that one designated by God as His "chosen people" through which Jesus would later come. Hence the roots and instructional reference of the Christian faith. As Christianity permeates every culture and race, flesh and blood lineage is impertinent because Christ accepts whosoever to become a partaker of his righteousness. By this spiritual embodiment—known as the "Church" (Born Again Believers)—we become of the spiritual house of Abraham (Galations 3:26-29). It would be interesting were Freemasonry to have it’s philosophical roots through the principles of the Shemite lineage. However, when compared to Christianity, their origin is different and their histories are dissimilar. The only substantial evidence given of Noah in Masonry appears in the term "Noahchida" derived from the "legend of the Craft" which reflects that Noah was "the father and founder of the Masonic system of theology" Masonic reference to Noah however, is heavily fantasized and purely symbolic in nature, as the following demonstrates: "Such are the Noachic traditions of Masonry, which, though if considered as materials of history, would be worth but little, yet have furnished valuable sources of symbolism, and in that way are full of wise instruction."(Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, Noahchida: alphabetically listed). Found in the same Encyclopedia, under the same heading: "After the death of Noah, his sons removed from the region of Mount Ararat, where, until then, they had resided, and "traveling from the East, found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there." Here they commenced the building of a lofty tower." (ibid.) In the Biblical account, Shinar is the name of the land in which were located the cities of Babylon, Erech, Accad, and the root "balal" ("to confound"—Hebrew), and has reference to the confusion of languages at this lofty tower mentioned above. (Genesis 11:9).
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