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

Sunday, June 18, 2017

None at All

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, that the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; and I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.-Judges 6:1-10***When the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, Moses was born into the Israelite tribe of Levi. Sometime before Moses was born, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, told the Hebrew (Israelite) midwives to kill all Hebrew baby boys at birth. However, the midwives reverentially feared the Lord God and allowed the Hebrew newborn boys to live. Thus, Pharaoh told the Egyptians to toss the baby boys into the river. When a baby boy was born to Amram and Jochebed, they kept their child hidden for 3 months. Jochebed placed their 3-month-old child in a specially prepared ark and set the ark by the vegetation near the river. Amram and Jochebed's daughter Miriam watched the ark and saw Pharaoh's daughter send a maiden to retrieve the ark. Miriam asked Pharaoh's daughter if she wanted a Hebrew wet nurse for the child. After Pharaoh's daughter answered, Miriam called to Jochebed, and Pharaoh's daughter arranged to pay Jochebed to nurse the child. After the child was weaned, Jochebed took him to live with Pharaoh's daughter, and Pharaoh's daughter named the child Moses. When Moses was 40 years old, he killed an Egyptian and hid the body. After the murder was abruptly mentioned to Moses, Moses ran to Midian, married Zipporah, a Midianite woman, and lived in Midian for 40 years. When Moses was 80 years old, the Lord God spoke to Moses and sent Moses and Moses' older brother Aaron to speak to Pharaoh and to the Israelite elders. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Pharaoh told Moses and Aaron to take the Israelites and their animals and go serve the Lord God. For 40 years, Moses, Aaron, their fellow Israelites, and those with them, lived throughout the desert wilderness. The Lord God spoke to Moses face to face, and the Lord God descended and passed by in front of Moses, making proclamations before Moses. Moses received commands and promises from the Lord God for the Israelites, including promises of blessings if the Israelites obeyed the voice of the Lord God.  However, the Israelites repeatedly turned away from the commands and the voice of the Lord God. Thus, the Lord God allowed the Midianites and other enemies to occasionally defeat the Israelites. The Midianites descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and his 2nd wife Keturah, and Abraham and Keturah's son MidianThe Israelites descended from Abraham and his 1st wife Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel) and his wives Leah and Rachel and maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah, and the 12 sons born to Jacob, his wives and maidservants. During the 40th year of their journey to 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, was from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Jacob and Rachel's firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. Over 1,300 years after Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, 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, 25:1-18, 27:12-23, 31:1-54, Deuteronomy 28:1-68, 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, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26
      
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