One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts... All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
The job of the generation is to praise God before the next. This is true both in terms of order and priority. God must be praised before anything else is praised. God is to be praised above anything else. He is before and above all other things.
The best way to ruin anything is to make it a primary thing. Anything placed before God is set up for a devastating fall. God is to be praised in the presence of other people. The next generation should not only be taught the doctrines of God, but regularly be caught up in the former generation's celebration of said doctrines.
Missions must always keep generations and nations in mind. We are not sent merely to disciple foreign nations, but domestic generations. We reach the world by first reaching our home. We teach the heathen by teaching our children first.
God wins each successive generation through faithful covenant keeping and conquers the nations by the same means. Sanctification is a process of smashmouth incrementalism. This applies to individuals, communities, churches, generations, and nations.
Generations -- Nations -- Domination
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