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

Monday, October 28, 2019

The Bottom Line

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

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
-Matthew 23:37-39***Before Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, the disciple and apostle, and was  arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven, Jesus spoke while in the presence of his disciples and other Israelites, including perhaps scribes and Pharisees, of his Father the Lord God in heaven, and the kingdom of heaven, and Jerusalem, and the prophets of the Lord God. Jesus lived among the Israelites for less than 33 1/2 years after he was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Marya virgin, and born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. The Roman Empire was ruling Jerusalem, and the surrounding regions, provinces, and other land before and after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary in Bethlehem, approximately 6 miles from Jerusalem. However, the divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that for over 800 years, Jerusalem and the rest of the Promised Land was ruled by Israelites, the descendants of Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). Rehoboam,  the son born to King Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land. 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, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign. Less than 200 years after Jeroboam's son Nadab became the 2nd king to rule the northern nation of Israel, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites.  Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-grandson Jehoash (Joash) was the 7th king to rule Judah. Zechariah was the son born to Jehoiada the  priest and Jehosheba (Jehoshabeath), a princess. Zechariah  proclaimed the words of the Lord God to the Israelites in Jerusalem, and Joash was responsible for Zechariah being stoned to death in Jerusalem, on the grounds of the temple of the Lord. Joash's great-great-great-great-grandson Manasseh was the 13th king to rule Judah. The Lord God revealed to his prophets that Manasseh was responsible for innocent blood being shed and filling Jerusalem, and the Lord God would not forgive. Manasseh's great-grandson Jehoiakim (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. Jehoiakim was responsible for the death, probably in Jerusalem, of Urijah the prophet. Moreover, during Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. During the 11th year of 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 was born.-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 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, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Jeremiah 1:1-19, 26:1-24, 39:1-18, 52:1-34, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Scriptures:
Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.-Nehemiah 9:6... Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.-Nehemiah 9:26

Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.-Psalm 118:26

Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.-Jeremiah 2:29-30

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.-Matthew 21:9

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:-Acts 7:52

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