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

Friday, February 26, 2016

None at All

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD.-Numbers 6:1-8***Samson the judge lived as a Nazirite, and Samuel the priest, prophet and judge lived as a Nazirite, and John the Baptist lived as a Nazirite. Before Samson was conceived in his mother's womb, the angel of the Lord spoke to Samson's childless mother and to Samson's father Manoah, an Israelite from the tribe of Dan, and told them that the childless woman would give birth to a son, a Nazirite dedicated to the Lord God. Before Samuel was conceived in the womb of his previously childless mother Hannah, and born into the Israelite tribe of Levi to Hannah and her husband Elkanah, Hannah dedicated Samuel to the Lord God. In Hannah's prayer to the Lord God, Hannah described Samuel's future outward appearance, the description of a Nazirite. Over 1,000 years after Samson and Samuel were born, an angel of the Lord appeared to elderly, childless  Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and told him that a son would be born to Zechariah and his elderly wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Zechariah and Elizabeth were Israelites from the tribe of Levi. The angel told Zechariah that Zechariah was to name the child John. The angel said that John would be great before the Lord, was not to drink anything fermented, and would be filled with the Holy Spirit when he was still in Elizabeth's womb. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that several Nazirites during the era of Amos the prophet were intentionally given wine to drink. While Elizabeth was carrying John the Baptist in her womb, the Lord God sent Gabriel the angel to speak to Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin. Gabriel told Mary that the Son of the Most High, the Son of God, would be conceived of the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb and  Mary was to name the Son Jesus. When Mary was carrying Jesus in her womb, an angel of the Lord spoke to Joseph, the craftsman from the tribe of Judah whom Mary was pledged to wed. Thus, months after John the Baptist was born, Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan River. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights 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. Years thereafter, the apostle Paul (Saul), from the tribe of Benjamin, vowed a vow that was in effect for a specific period of time. Paul shaved the hair that was upon his head, and after the end of the specified time, Paul resumed exhibiting his previous appearance.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 6:1-27, 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 1:1-16:31, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, Amos 1:1-2:16, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26, 6:1-8:4, 9:1-31, 11:19-28:31

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