...................................................................LET US LEARN TOGETHER WHAT IS GOOD. Job 34:4b(NIV)................................................................Some people see the Bible as a long and boring book filled with incidents and events from the lives of ancient people who probably never existed. The biblical stories are seen as fables. In this blog, many of the situations and conversations found in the divinely inspired Holy Scriptures have been placed in categories that correspond to expressive sayings and phrases. Reference information, background information and links connecting the people and places are given to help you find a place to begin reading the Bible for yourself.

Monday, March 09, 2015

Yeah, Sure

And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king wth one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king.-1 Kings 22:10-15***King Ahab, King Jehoshaphat and Micaiah were Israelites, descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). In the Promised Land, Jehoshaphat was the 4th king to rule Judah, the southern nation, and Ahab was the 7th king to reign over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, and Micaiah was a prophet of the Lord God. Jehoshaphat and Micaiah worshiped the Lord God. Ahab and his wife Jezebel, a Sidonian (Zidonian) princess, worshiped idols. When Jehoshaphat was in the northern nation of Israel visiting Ahab, Ahab suggested that they battle the Syrians (Arameans) and recapture Ramoth Gilead from the Syrians. Ramoth Gilead was a city on the side of the Jordan River whereupon the Israelites had wandered for 40 years after they were led away from Egyptian slavery by Moses and his older brother Aaron. Before Moses went upon Mount Nebo, and the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried, Moses allotted Ramoth Gilead to the tribe of Gad. Gad was the 1st son born to Jacob and maidservant Zilpah, the maidservant of Jacob's 1st wife Leah. Jehoshaphat was willing to join Ahab, and told Ahab to seek the will of the Lord God. Ahab gathered approximately 400 prophets together, and the prophets told Ahab that the Lord God would give Ahab the victory. However, Jehoshaphat wanted Ahab to speak with a prophet of the Lord God. Thus, Ahab spoke to Jehoshaphat of Micaiah. After Jehoshaphat responded to Ahab, a messenger was sent to bring Micaiah to Ahab. Over 800 years after the Lord God caused the Syrians to steer away from Jehoshaphat during the battle, and Ahab was wounded in the battle and subsequently died, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, the birth tribe of Jehoshaphat and all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 13:1-24-28, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-21:1, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26