beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will “From bring me offerings.” And as we said last week, Cush was the great kingdom to the south of Jerusalem. Probably including Ethiopia and Egypt, maybe northern Sudan. It was the great African kingdom to the South. But according to this verse, the worshipers of God will come from beyond the rivers of Cush. And so as South Africans and Southern African countries, we are the fulfilment of this prediction. And especially those of you who’s ancestors have been living here for thousands of years. Here’s this prediction, almost 3000 years ago that from the tribes and the nations and the people groups of Africa, God’s worshipers will be drawn. It’s a beautiful picture and its fulfilled, even by us sitting here today. So that’s what we going to be focusing on this morning. This glorious hope of salvation. And the main point I want us to see: that on this day our shame will be removed and replaced with honour. But just before we dive in and I show you why I think this is the main theme of this passage, let me just give you a bit of cultural background. According to those who study cultural anthropology, there 3 main ways of categorizing the different cultures we find in the world. Firstly there’s the guilt culture Secondly, the fear culture And thirdly there’s the shame culture.
“From beyond the rivers of Cush my worshipers, my scattered people, will bring me offerings.” And as we said last week, Cush was the great kingdom to the south of Jerusalem. Probably including Ethiopia and Egypt, maybe northern Sudan. It was the great African kingdom to the South. But according to this verse, the worshipers of God will come from beyond the rivers of Cush. And so as South Africans and Southern African countries, we are the fulfilment of this prediction. And especially those of you who’s ancestors have been living here for thousands of years. Here’s this prediction, almost 3000 years ago that from the tribes and the nations and the people groups of Africa, God’s worshipers will be drawn. It’s a beautiful picture and its fulfilled, even by us sitting here today. So that’s what we going to be focusing on this morning. This glorious hope of salvation. And the main point I want us to see: that on this day our shame will be removed and replaced with honour. But just before we dive in and I show you why I think this is the main theme of this passage, let me just give you a bit of cultural background. According to those who study cultural anthropology, there 3 main ways of categorizing the different cultures we find in the world. Firstly there’s the guilt culture Secondly, the fear culture And thirdly there’s the shame culture.