...................................................................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.

Saturday, August 29, 2015

I'm a Great Ol' Wealthy Man, I'm so Great and Wealthy

Psalm Chapter 10 consists of 18 verses,
verses 3-11 are given below:

For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
-Psalm 10:3-11***The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God wants the wicked to turn from their wicked ways, whether the wicked live amid wealth or poverty or at a level between poverty and wealth. The Lord God wants all men to repent, to turn to the Lord and depend only upon him. Several of the ancestors of the Israelites were wealthy and loved the Lord God. The fortune of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), a friend of God, included servants, silver, gold, animals, and tents. Lot, the nephew of Abraham and his wife Sarah (Sarai),  was wealthy. Isaac, the only child born to Abraham and Sarah, was wealthy. Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel), the fraternal twin sons born to Isaac and his wife Rebekah, were wealthyImmediately before the Israelites, the descendants of Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and his wives Leah and Rachel and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, and the 12 sons born to Jacob, his wives and maidservants, were led away from Egyptian slavery by Moses and his older brother Aaron, they were given gold, silver, gems, fabrics, and other valuable goods, fulfilling the words that the Lord God spoke to Abraham. Over 300 years after Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, David was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. David was a shepherd and became a wealthy king. When David was 30 years old, he began to reign only over the tribe of Judah in the Promised Land. When David was 37 years old, he became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. While reigning, David acquired so much gold and silver that it was not weighed. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathshebawas the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. The Lord God gave Solomon unparalleled wealth. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites. After Rehoboam gave a specific answer, the Israelites split into 2 kingdoms, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of Solomon. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city and Jeroboam was the 1st king to reign. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites to Assyria. During the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Jehoiakim  (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. During the reign of Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin  (Jeconiah/Coniah), the 18th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites to Babylon. During the reign of Jehoiakim's brother King Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the 19th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Less than 70 years after Jerusalem was conquered, Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem. Sometime thereafter, Nehemiah went to Jerusalem and oversaw the building of the wall around Jerusalem and became governor. Nehemiah possessed enough funds to lend money to his fellow Israelites and feed over 150 people regularly from his personal account. Over 400 years after Nehemiah proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites, 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 Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Less than 33 1/2 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was betrayed, arrested and crucified. Joseph of Arimathea, 1 of the 2 Israelite men who prepared the body of Jesus the Christ for burial, was a wealthy man.-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, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Psalm 10, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, James 2:1-26