...................................................................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 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, November 30, 2015

The Bottom Line

The Words of 
Jesus the Christ,
the Son of God:

And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables: that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed, but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.-Luke 8:4-18***The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God has spoken to mankind since after he created Adam, the 1st man, and made Adam's wife Eve, the mother of all living. The Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, and the Lord God made Eve after taking a part out of Adam. Sometime after Adam and Eve's sons Cain and Abel brought separate offerings to the Lord God, the Lord God spoke to Cain. Adam and Eve's son Seth was the great-great-great-grandfather of Enoch. Enoch walked with the Lord God, and pleased the Lord God, and the Lord God took 365-year-old Enoch up without Enoch experiencing death. Enoch's great-grandson Noah the ark builder walked with the Lord God and the Lord God spoke to Noah. The Lord God spoke to Noah's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren 
Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai) and their son Isaac. Sometimes the Lord God spoke through an angel. Hagar, an Egyptian, was Sarah's maidservant. When Abraham was 86 years old, Abraham's 1st son Ishmael was born to Abraham and Hagar. The angel of the Lord gave Hagar at least 2 separate messages from the Lord God. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. During the 20th year of their marriage, shortly before Isaac and Rebekah's fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born, the Lord God spoke to Rebekah. Decades thereafter, the Lord God spoke to Jacob. Over 300 years after Levi was born to Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, Aaron and his brother Moses were born into the tribe of Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and herding sheep near Mount Horeb, Moses heard the Lord God speaking to him and Moses began speaking to the Lord God. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Egypt and Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, Moses and Aaron led the Israelites, and those with them, away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur. Months thereafter, in the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai (Horeb), the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, the angel of the Lord was moving ahead of Moses and Aaron. After Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, the Lord God spoke to the Israelites through an angel and through judges and prophets, including Deborah the prophetess and judge, and Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge, and Elijah the prophet, Isaiah the prophet, and Jeremiah the prophet. Over 400 years after Malachi the prophet proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, the Wordwas born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary,  Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus, and the Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. For 40 days Jesus fasted and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Oftentimes, Jesus revealed messages to the Israelites through the use of parables.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 4:1-6:25, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 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, Ezra, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Saturday, November 28, 2015

The Lord God Himself

Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them; and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.-Isaiah 48:1-13***Isaiah was an Israelite and a prophet of the Lord God. Uzziah (Azariah) and Uzziah's son Jotham, and Jotham's son Ahaz, and Ahaz's son Hezekiah were Israelites and kings. Uzziah was the 9th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Jotham was the 10th king to rule Judah, Ahaz was the 11th king, and Hezekiah was the 12th king. While they reigned, Isaiah received revelations from the Lord God and proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. During Hezekiah's reign, the Assyrians invaded Israel, the northern nation in the Promised Land, and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Hezekiah's 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 began taking 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. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, 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's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Isaiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26 

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Some Explaining

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.-Ephesians 1:1-6***The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that before the Lord God laid the foundations of the earth, and before laying the foundation of the earth with his hand and setting the measurements of the heavens with his right hand, the Lord God chose people to inherit the kingdom he prepared for them. The Lord God created Adam, the 1st man. The Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, and the Lord God made Adam's wife Eve, the mother of all living, after taking a part out of Adam. When Adam was 130 years old, Seth was born to Adam and Eve. Seth's great-great-great-grandson was Enoch, and Enoch's great-grandson was Noah the ark builder. Shem was born to Noah, and Arphaxad was born to Shem. Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson was Terah. Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai) were born to Terah, and Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. Jacob (Israel) was the youngest fraternal twin son born to Isaac and Rebekah. Decades after Jacob was born, he married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel. Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Joseph and Benjamin were born to Jacob and Rachel. Over 1,900 years after Dinah and her brothers were born, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, 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. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus, and the Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. For 40 days Jesus fasted and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin. Paul did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. Throughout Jerusalem, Paul persecuted and imprisoned any Israelite who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. When Paul was journeying to the synagogues in Damascus in Syria to find, bind and take to Jerusalem any Israelite believers he found, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them, and Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him. Paul spoke to Jesus, and obeyed Jesus, and in Damascus Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes, the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life. Paul journeyed to Ephesus and wrote and sent a divinely inspired letter to believers in Ephesus.-Genesis 1:1-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Job 38:1-41, Psalm 102:25-28, Psalm 104, Proverbs 3:11-35, 8:1-36, Isaiah 40:1-31, 42:1-25, 44:24-28, 45:1-25, 48:1-22, 51:12-23, Zechariah 12:1-14, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31, Ephesians, Hebrews 1:1-14, 1 Peter 1:1-25 

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

Grateful Living

1 Chronicles Chapter 16 consists of 43 verses,
verses 23-29 are given below:

Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations. For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.-1 Chronicles 16:23-29***King David and Asaph were Israelites, prophets, psalmists, and musicians descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Jacob (Israel) and Leah. David was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. Asaph was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. After David began reigning over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, and brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to the City of David, and the ark was set inside a specially designated tent, David delivered a divinely inspired psalm to Asaph and his fellow musicians. Solomon was the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba. Over 900 years after Solomon became the 3rd king to reign over all of 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.-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, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-11:43, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31, 29:1-36, 35:1-27, Psalm 50, Psalm 73, Psalm 74, Psalm 75, Psalm 76, Psalm 77, Psalm 78, Psalm 79, Psalm 80, Psalm 81, Psalm 82, Psalm 83, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-2:47

Reference Scriptures:
(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)-1 Samuel 9:9

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.-1 Samuel 16:23

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.-2 Samuel 23:1-2

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;-1 Chronicles 15:19

Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.-2 Chronicles 29:30

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;-Acts 2:29-30

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Hard Heads, Stiff Necks and Stone Hearts

Psalm 10 consists of 18 verses,
verses 1-11 are given below:

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. 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 curing 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 10:1-11****The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that each person who transgresses the commands of the Lord God makes their own neck stiff in order not to hear or be taught the words of the Lord God. Thus, their path is as hard as their head and their heart is like the stone whereupon they walk. Over 400 years after the Israelite prophets and psalmists wrote or proclaimed the last messages they received from the Lord God, 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 Israelite tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was betrayed, arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by many people, and returned to heaven.  The prophecies that revealed Jesus would be numbered with the lawless were fulfilled.-Genesis 1:1-4:26, 11:26-35:39, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Psalm 10, Proverbs 13:1-25, Jeremiah 17:1-27, 19:1-15, Ezekiel 11:1-25, 36:1-38, Zechariah 7:1-14, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Alrighty, then

And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.-1 Chronicles 21:1-6***Joab and his brothers Abishai and Asahel were the nephews of David. David was a young shepherd when Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge, anointed him to reign as king over the Israelites in the Promised Land. When David was on the run from King Saul, the reigning ruler, Abishai volunteered to go with David to Saul's camp and sought David's permission to end Saul's life. After Saul's self-inflicted death on the battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed 30-year-old David, and David began to reign only over the tribe of Judah, the tribe of his birth. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) reigned over the other Israelite tribes. When the men on David's side fought the men on Ishbosheth's side, those on David's side won. Afterwards, Asahel chased Abner. Abner was Saul's cousin, and army commander, and the instigator of the battle. Abner warned Asahel before he killed Asahel. Joab killed Abner without informing David of his intentions. After Ishbosheth was murdered, 37 1/2-year-old David became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Sometime thereafter, Absalom, the son born to David and Maacah, had himself proclaimed king while David still reigned. David and those with David left Jerusalem, and David commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai to deal gently with Absalom. However, after Joab learned that Absalom was alive and hanging from a tree, Joab disobeyed David and thrust 3 weapons into Absalom's heart, and Joab's armor-bearers also attacked Absalom. Years after Joab and his armor-bearers killed Absalom, Joab and other officials were sent on a counting mission, and Joab only reluctantly and partially obeyed David. Over 900 years after Solomon, the 2nd son born to David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to reign over all of 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.-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, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-11:43, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 8:1-40, 9:35-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-9:31, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Sunday, November 22, 2015

Building Specs

The temple of the Lord,
built by King Solomon:

Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls. And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
-2 Chronicles 3:1-8***On a mountain in Moriah, Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) prepared to sacrifice Isaac, the only child born to Abraham and his wife Sarah (Sarai).  Years earlier, Abraham sent away his son Ishmael and Ishamel's mother Hagar. Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian maidservant. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. In the 20th year of their marriage, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and Rebekah.  Decades thereafter, Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel. Over 750 years after Levi and Judah were born to Jacob and Leah, and Benjamin was born to Jacob and Rachel, Samuel was born into the tribe of Levi, Saul was born into the tribe of Benjamin, and David was born into the tribe of Judah. Samuel was a priest, prophet and judge. When Samuel was elderly, and his sons Joel (Vashni) and Abiah were wicked, and King Nahash and his fellow Ammonites arrived to attack, the Israelite elders demanded that Samuel appoint a king to lead them. Samuel anointed Saul to reign as king, according to the command of the Lord God. Saul did not obey commands of the Lord God. While Saul was reigning, the Lord God sent Samuel to anoint David to reign as king. David married Michal, Saul's daughter, and eventually lived on the run from Saul. After Saul's self-inflicted death on the battlefield, men from the tribe of Judah anointed David to reign over them. Saul's son Ishbosheth (Eshbaal) reigned over the other Israelite tribes. After Ishbosheth was murdered, the Israelite elders went to David, and David made a covenant with them. The elders anointed David, and David became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. While reigning, David wanted to build a structure wherein to house the ark of the covenant of the Lord. However, due to the wars fought and blood shed, the Lord God sent Nathan the prophet to tell David that David's son and successor would be the builder. Years thereafter, David sent his nephew and army commander Joab to conduct a census. After David made another decision, the angel of the Lord began smiting Israelites to death. David saw the angel and spoke to the Lord God. Afterwards, according to the command of the Lord God, Gad the prophet told David to build an altar to the Lord God on property that belonged to Ornan (Araunah). Ornan was a Jebusite, and the property was located in Moriah. David built the altar of burnt offering as commanded and proclaimed the newly purchased property to be the place whereupon the house of the Lord would be built. David gave the building plans that he received from the hand of the Lord and the Spirit of the Lord to Solomon. Solomon was the 2nd son born to David and Bathsheba. After Solomon became the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites, he spent 7 years building the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on the land that David bought from Ornan. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to reign over all of 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.-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, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-14:31, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12:16, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Just Obedience

And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.-Genesis 22:1-12***Isaac was the only child born to 100-year-old Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and 90-year-old Sarah (Sarai). When Abraham was over 75 years old, the Lord God appeared to Abraham and told Abraham that he would give Canaan, a land inhabited by idolaters, to Abraham's descendants and Abraham. When the Lord God came to Abraham in a vision, Abraham said he thought his servant Eliezer would be his beneficiary. However, the Lord God assured Abraham a son would be born to Abraham and Abraham would have an immeasurable number of descendants. When Abraham was 86 years old, Ishmael was born to Abraham and Hagar, Sarah's maidservant. After Isaac was weaned, Abraham sent Hagar and Ishmael away, according to the demand of Sarah, and with assurance from the Lord God. When Abraham was 99 years old, the Lord God appeared to Abraham and gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham spoke of Ishmael to the Lord God. The Lord God said that a son to be named Isaac was going to be born to Abraham and Sarah, and the Lord God told Abraham that he was going to bless Ishmael, and make Ishmael fruitful, with numerous descendants, the father of 12 princes, and Ishmael would be made into a great nation. Years thereafter, Abraham obediently took Isaac to a place in Moriah. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. During the 20th year of their marriage, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and Rebekah. Decades thereafter, Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel. Over 1,900 years after Judah was born to Jacob and Leah, 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. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist. The Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus, and the Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. For 40 days Jesus fasted and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites. Jesus revealed that God so loved the world that he gave the only begotten Son, and Jesus came to give his life as a ransom for many, and that he willingly lay down his life for the sheep.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-2:17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, Romans 4:1-25, Galatians 3:1-4:31, Hebrews 6:1-20, 11:1-40, James 2:1-26
 
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Friday, November 20, 2015

If - Then

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.-Judges 11:29-36***Jephthah the Gileadite was an Israelite descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Rachel, their firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, Joseph and Asenath's firstborn son Manasseh, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son, Manasseh's firstborn son Machir, and Machir's son GileadOver 300 years after Joshua led his fellow Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Jephthah began leading the Israelites as a warrior and judgeIsraelites in the tribe of Reuben descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's firstborn son Reuben. Israelites in the tribe of Gad descended from Jacob and maidservant Zilpah, and Jacob and Zilpah's firstborn son Gad. The Gileadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, and the tribes of Reuben and Gad, were living on the side of the Jordan River across from the Promised Land, according to their request and the permission of Moses, Joshua's predecessor. Gilead was Jephthah's father. Gilead's wife was not Jephthah's mother. Jephthah's mother was a harlot and was not married to Gilead. The sons who were born to Gilead and his wife caused Jephthah to leave the land. However, when enemy Ammonites came to fight the Israelites, the Gileadite elders went to Jephthah so that Jephthah could lead their army and be their ruler. Jephthah returned with the Israelites and sent diplomatic messages to the king of the Ammonites. Afterwards, with the Spirit of the Lord upon him, Jephthah went in pursuit of the Ammonites and made a promise to the Lord God. Jephthah and the Israelites defeated the Ammonites, according to the will of the Lord God, and Jephthah was obligated to fulfill the words of his unbreakable vow. Samuel the priest and prophet was from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi, the birth tribe of Moses. Samuel was the last judge to lead the Israelites. Over 1,000 years after Samuel 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 to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal Jesus to be judge of the living and dead.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 26:28-34, 27:12-23, 30:1-16, 32:1-42, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 13:1-33, 16:1-18, 22:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 5:1-26, 8:1-40, 9:35-10:14, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 10:1-48, Hebrews 11:1-40

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And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. If a man vow a vow  unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.-Numbers 30:1-2

When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.-Deuteronomy 23:21

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