Know What

Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him.-1 Kings 13:11-18***Before the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them, and the Lord God began giving judgments, statutes, and laws to Moses for the Israelites, including laws regarding the treatment of strangers, the Israelites and some of their ancestors and distant relatives were known for their hospitality. Three visitors came near Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) when Abraham was living in Mamre (Hebron) in Canaan.  Abraham offered the visitors water to wash their feet and food for them to eat. Two of the visitors walked miles away to Sodom. Upon arrival, Lot, the nephew of Abraham and his wife Sarah (Sarai),  offered the visitors an opportunity to stay in his home, wherein they could wash their feet and spend the night. Isaac was the only child born to Abraham and Sarah. Jacob (Israel) was the youngest fraternal twin son born to Isaac and his wife Rebekah. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel. When Joseph was at least 17 years old, he was sold by his brothers to merchants traveling to Egypt. The merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar, an Egyptian official, and led Jacob to believe that Joseph was killed by an animal. Joseph became the top servant in Potiphar's home, and was imprisoned after the false accusation of Potiphar's wife. In prison, Joseph gave the interpretation of a dream to the cupbearer and the baker who worked for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. When Joseph was 30 years old, he gave the interpretation of a dream to Pharaoh and Joseph became second-in-command in Egypt, according to the will of the Lord God. During a famine, Jacob sent his sons to Egypt 2 separate times. After their 2nd arrival, Joseph identified himself to his brothers and told them to bring Jacob and their families to Egypt. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt and his body was buried in Canaan, and Joseph and his siblings were dead, their descendants the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Aaron and his brother Moses were from the tribe of Levi, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was 80 years old, and Aaron was 83, they led the Israelites away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness, according to the commands of the Lord God. During  the 40th year of their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Aaron died and was buried upon Mount Hor, and Moses went upon Mount Nebo. The Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and Moses died and was divinely buried. Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Over 400 years after Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, Rehoboam, the son born to King Solomon and Naamah, became 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. Jeroboam built and placed an idol in the territory of Dan and in the territory of Bethel and instituted other practices of false worship whereby the Israelites in the northern nation would not go to the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. The Lord God sent a prophet from Judah to speak to Jeroboam, and Jeroboam wanted to harm the prophet. Jeroboam's hand shriveled, and Jeroboam asked the prophet to pray to the Lord God for its restoration. Jeroboam's hand was healed, and he became gracious and extended the hospitality of his home and a gift to the prophet. The prophet declined and stated that he was told by the Lord God not to eat or drink or take the same route home. When a prophet in Bethel heard about the goings-on between Jeroboam and the prophet from Judah, he went to speak to the prophet from Judah and offer the hospitality of his home and tell him some lies. Over 875 years after Jeroboam's son Nadab became the 2nd king to rule the northern nation of Israel,  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 Solomon 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 4:1-5:33, 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, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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