The Lord God Himself

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? Therefore speak  unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet; and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD.-Ezekiel 14:1-11***When Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) was living in southern Mesopotamia in Ur, the Lord God told Abraham to leave his country and kin and come into the land he would be shown. Ur was an idolatrous environment and some of Abraham's family members, including his father Terah, worshiped idols. Abraham, his wife Sarah (Sarai), their father Terah, and nephew Lot journeyed to northern Mesopotamia and began living in Haran. Sometime after 205-year-old Terah died, Abraham, Sarah, Lot, and their servants moved to Canaan, a land inhabited by idolaters. The Lord God promised to give Canaan to Abraham and to Abraham's descendants. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God knew Abraham to be the man who would command all who came from his body and household to accomplish justice and righteousness. Abraham and Sarah's son Isaac also received promises from the Lord God. When Abraham was ready for Isaac to have a bride, Abraham sent his top servant to Haran to bring home a young lady in the family for Isaac to marry. The servant prayed and saw Rebekah, the great-niece of Abraham and Sarah. Rebekah lived with her family, and at least 1 of her family members, her brother Laban the Syrian, kept idols. During the 20th year of their marriage, Isaac and Rebekah's only children, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel), were born. Decades thereafter, Rebekah helped Jacob deceive Isaac and cheat Esau, and Jacob went to live with Laban in Haran. Seven years after arriving in Haran, Jacob married Laban's daughters Leah and Rachel. During Jacob's 20th year in Haran, Jacob fled with Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah, their children, daughter Dinah, servants, goods, and animals. Before leaving, Rachel took Laban's idols. Over 20 years after leaving Haran, Jacob and Rachel's firstborn son Joseph became second-in-command in Egypt, according to the will of the Lord God. Jacob and his entire family eventually moved from Canaan to Egypt. Sometime after Jacob died in Egypt and was buried in Canaan, and after Joseph and those of his generation were dead, their descendants, the Israelites, were enslaved in Egypt. Aaron and his brother Moses were born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent Moses, with Aaron, to lead the Israelites away from Egypt to the land of milk and honey that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Months after leaving Egypt and crossing the divinely parted Red Sea, Moses, Aaron, the Israelites, and those with them, were in the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai. While Moses was with the Lord God upon Mount Sinai, the Israelites began worshiping the golden calf that Aaron made. During the 40th year of their journey, 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 acros the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land. While living under the leadership of elders, judges or their own minds, the Israelites continually worshiped idols. David, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites. David was a man after God's own heart and only worshiped the Lord God. Solomon, the son born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign. 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. Israel was the northern nation, Samaria was the final royal city, and Jeroboam was the 1st king to reign. Judah was the nation in the south, Jerusalem was the royal city, and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Rehoboam worshiped idols. Rehoboam's grandson King Asa, Asa's son King Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat's great-great-great-grandson King Uzziah (Azariah), Uzziah's son King Jotham, Jotham's grandson King Hezekiah, and Hezekiah's great-grandson King Josiah were the only rulers in Judah who did not worship idols. Jeroboam instituted idolatry throughout the kingdom, and idolatry remained throughout the reigns of every king who ruled the northern nation of Israel. During the reign of King Pekah, the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and 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. Josiah's son King Jehoiakim (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiakim's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and began looting the temple of the Lord. During the reign of Jehoiakim's son King Jehoiachin, the 18th king to rule Judah, the Babylonians began taking Israelites to Babylon. When Ezekiel the prophet was living among his fellow Israelites in Babylon, Ezekiel was visited by a group of Israelites whose hearts were still not committed to the Lord God. 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 600 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 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, 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, Ezekiel, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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