Different Than Was in Your Plans

Joseph and his brothers

Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be eating nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.-Genesis 45:1-8***Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, and Benjamin was Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son. Before Joseph and Benjamin were born, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and daughter Dinah were born to Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and maidservant Bilhah, and Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and maidservant Zilpah. Rachel and Joseph were Jacob's favorites. When Joseph was at least 17 years old, his brothers sold him to merchants traveling to Egypt and led Jacob to believe that Joseph was killed by a wild animal. The merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar, an Egyptian official. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God was with Joseph, and Joseph became the top servant in Potiphar's home. After Potiphar's wife made a false accusation, Potiphar put Joseph in prison. At least 2 years after Joseph explained the meaning of a dream to the imprisoned cupbearer who served Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and explained the meaning of a dream to Pharaoh's imprisoned baker, 30-year-old Joseph explained the meaning of a dream to Pharaoh, and Pharaoh proclaimed Joseph second-in-command. Moreover, Pharaoh appointed Joseph leader over all food distribution, and gave Joseph another name, and arranged the marriage between Joseph and Asenath, daughter of an Egyptian priest. The 1st time Joseph's brothers came from Canaan to Egypt during a famine to buy grain (corn), Joseph accused his brothers of being spies, and put Simeon in prison until they brought Benjamin to Egypt to verify the story they told. When Joseph's brothers were returning to Jacob in Canaan, Joseph's brothers discovered that the silver they had used to purchase grain was still in their sacks. Despite Jacob's fear of losing another son, and since the grain previously acquired in Egypt was gone, Jacob sent his sons, including Benjamin, to Egypt with goods from Canaan and twice the amount of silver. Joseph treated his brothers to a meal in his home, and his brothers' silver was secretly put back in their sacks, and Joseph's silver cup was placed in Benjamin's bag. The next day, when Joseph's brothers were heading home, they were brought back to Joseph's house. Judah pleaded with Joseph, and Joseph identified himself and spoke of the Lord God, and told his brothers to move to Egypt with their families, including Jacob. During the journey, the Lord God spoke to 130-year-old Jacob. In Egypt, Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons born to Joseph and Asenath, to be his own sons. Over 1,800 years after 130-year-old Jacob died in Egypt, and Jacob's family buried his body in Canaan, 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 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Psalm 105, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 6:1-8:4

Sure, Bro, We'll Go

Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramoth-gilead. And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.-2 Chronicles 18:1-3***King Jehoshaphat was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. Jehoshaphat was the 4th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Jehoshaphat's father King Asa was the 3rd king to rule Judah. Asa's father King Abijam (Abijah) was the 2nd king to reign, and Abijam's father King Rehoboam was the 1st king to rule Judah. Before Rehoboam ruled Judah, Rehoboam was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land. Rehoboam's father King Solomon was the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites, and Solomon's father King David was the 2nd king to rule 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 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. King Ahab was the 7th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. Ahab's daughter Athaliah was married to Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram (Joram), the 5th king to rule Judah. During Jehoshaphat's visit, Ahab told Jehoshaphat that the Syrians (Arameans) had taken Ramoth Gilead, a city that belonged to the northern nation of Israel and was a city of refuge. Over 500 years earlier, Moses allotted Ramoth Gilead to the tribe of Gad, the descendants of Jacob and maidservant Zilpah, and Jacob and Zilpah's firstborn son Gad.  Several years before Jehoshaphat visited Ahab, the Lord God gave Ahab the victory in a different battle against the Syrians, despite Ahab and his wife Jezebel being idolaters and Jezebel being  responsible for the murders of many prophets of the Lord God. Ahab and Jezebel's son Ahaziah was the 8th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. Meanwhile, Ahaziah, the son born to Jehoram and Athaliah, became the 6th king to rule Judah. Over 800 years after Ahab and Jezebel's son Jehoram (Joram) became the 9th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, and Joash (Jehoash), the son born to Ahaziah and Zibiah, became the 7th king to rule Judah, 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, the tribe of David and his descendants, 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, 35:9-34, Deuteronomy 4:41-43, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 20:1-9, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-12:21, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 5:11-22, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-24:27, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.-2 Kings 3:1-7***After King Ahab was wounded and died, Ahaziah, the son born to Ahab and Jezebel, became the 8th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land. After Ahaziah died, Ahab and Jezebel's son Jehoram (Joram) became the 9th king to rule the northern nation of Israel. King Mesha was ruler of the Moabites, the descendants of Abraham and Sarah's nephew Lot and Lot's oldest daughter, and the son, Moab, born to Lot and his daughter. Mesha refused to pay tribute to Ahaziah or Jehoram. Thus, Jehoram sought help from Jehoshaphat, his sister Athaliah's father-in-law, just as Ahab previously sought help from Jehoshaphat. -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, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings 1:1-9:37, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-20:37, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Precisely Just Like Me

Gideon

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea for multitude. And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.-Judges 7:12-18***Moses was from the tribe of Levi, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel. Manasseh and Ephraim were the sons born to Joseph and his wife Asenath. In Egypt, Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim to be his own sons. Joshua was from the tribe of Ephraim, and Gideon (Jerubbaal) was from the tribe of Manasseh. Over 200 years before Gideon was born, Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land,  and led the Israelites to victory over many idol worshiping inhabitants, and died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land. Afterwards, the Israelites were led by elders,  judges and their own minds. The Israelites often did not obey the Ten Commandments that their ancestors heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim to them, and the Israelites often disobeyed the  judgments, statutes and laws that the Lord God gave Moses for the Israelites. Thus, the Lord God sometimes allowed the Israelites to be defeated. After several years of invasions by enemies, including the Midianites, the descendants of Abraham and his 2nd wife Keturah, the angel of the Lord spoke with Gideon and assured Gideon of victory. Gideon was not convinced and was not fully aware of the identity of the divine messenger. After Gideon's offering was consumed by fire that came from a rock, and the divine messenger disappeared, Gideon realized he had been speaking to the angel of the Lord. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that although Gideon obeyed the commands that the Lord God gave him, Gideon still sought assurance from the Lord God. The condition of a fleece gave Gideon the confirmation he requested, and an enemy's dream and its interpretation gave Gideon the last bit of encouragement. Over 1,000 years after Gideon 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 Jacob and Leah's 4th born son 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 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 6:1-81, 7:14-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Jephthah

                                        

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.-Judges 12:1-6***In Canaan, the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants, the Israelites fought the idol worshiping inhabitants and sometimes fought each other. One of the fights among the Israelites involved the tribe of Ephraim and the tribe of Manasseh, specifically descendants of Manasseh's grandson Gilead. Years earlier, men from Ephraim had angrily asked Gideon, from the tribe of Manasseh, why they hadn't been invited to fight alongside Gideon in his battle against the Midianites and their allies. The descendants of those Ephraimites asked Jephthah why they hadn't been invited to fight alongside Jephthah when he fought against enemy Ammonites. Moreover, the Ephraimites taunted Jephthah and the Gileadites about their heritage, inasmuch as 1/2 the tribe of Manasseh, which included some Gileadites, had settled with the tribe of Reuben and the tribe of Gad on the other side of the Jordan River, across from the Promised Land, and there was apparently a dialectal difference.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 26:1-37, 27:12-23, 32:1-42, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 13:1-33, 17:1-18, 22:1-24:33, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 5:1-26, 7:20-29, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Yet and Still

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.-Matthew 15:21-28***The Canaanites descended from Ham, and Ham was born to Noah the ark builder. The Israelites descended from Noah's son Shem, Shem's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel). When Abraham was living in Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, the Lord God appeared to Abraham and told Abraham to depart from his country and kin and come into the land he would be shown. Abraham journeyed away from Ur with Sarah, Terah, and nephew Lot and began living in Haran, in northern Mesopotamia. Sometime after 205-year-old Terah died in Haran, Abraham, Sarah and Lot moved with their servants and possessions to Canaan. The Lord God appeared to Abraham and told Abraham that he would give Canaan to Abraham's descendants and Abraham. Isaac was born to 100-year-old Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah. When Isaac was 40 years old, he was married to Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's grandniece. Fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to 60-year-old Isaac and Rebekah. In Padan Aram, Haran, Jacob was married to Leah and Rachel, the daughters of Rebekah's brother Laban the Syrian (Aramean). When Jacob was 130 years old, he moved with his family from Canaan to Egypt, the country wherein Joseph, the 1st son born to Jacob and Rachel, was second-in-command. In Egypt, Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim, the sons born to Joseph and his wife Asenath, to be his own sons. Sometime after 147-year-old Jacob died in Egypt, and Jacob family's buried his body in Canaan, and 110-year-old Joseph and his siblings were dead, their descendants the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt. Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and 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 them to speak to the Israelite elders and Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. After the Lord God brought the 10th and final plague upon Pharaoh and Egypt, Moses and Aaron led the Israelites, and those with them, away from Egypt, across the divinely parted Red Sea, into the desert wilderness of Shur. During the 40-year journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, Miriam the prophetess died and was buried in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron the high priest died. When Moses went upon Mount Nebo, the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses the prophet died and was divinely buried. The Canaanites and other idol worshiping inhabitants were living throughout Canaan before Abraham, Sarah and Lot began living in Canaan, and while Moses and Aaron were leading the Israelites to Canaan, and when Joshua, Moses' aide and

successor from the tribe of Ephraim, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, and after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, and while the Israelites were living under the leadership of elders, judges, their own minds, and kings. Rehoboam, the son born to King Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. 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. The Canaanites and other idolaters continued living throughout the land. Less than 140 years after Samaria was conquered, Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Zedekiah (Mattaniah) became the 19th king to rule Judah. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The Canaanites and other idolaters were still living throughout the land. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative  Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah, the tribe of Solomon and his descendants, all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. 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 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, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven. Meanwhile, the Roman Empire continued ruling the land whereupon the kingdoms of the Israelites previously stood.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 7:1-26, 20:1-29, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua, 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, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Spear Clear

And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.-Numbers 25:1-9***The Israelites were led away from Egyptian slavery by Moses and Moses' older brother Aaron as the Lord God led them in a pillar of a cloud by day and in a pillar of cloud by night. Moses, Aaron, their older sister Miriam, and their fellow Israelites walked across the dry bed of the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur on their journey to Canaan, the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Men from the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi, the tribe of Miriam,  Aaron and Moses, killed approximately 3,000 Israelite men after Moses came down from his 1st stay of 40 days and nights upon Mount Sinai with the Lord God and saw the Israelites worshiping a golden calf. Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu were killed by fire from the Lord God after offering the Lord God a sacrifice of strange fire. The son of an Israelite woman and an Egyptian man was stoned to death after blaspheming the name of the Lord God. Ten Israelite spies died of a plague after being struck down following the frightening report they gave about the Promised Land, even as spies Caleb and Joshua spoke about victory. A man who gathered wood on the Sabbath day was stoned to death. Over 200 Israelites died in connection to the rebellion of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; they were swallowed by the earth and a consuming fire was sent from the Lord God. An additional 14,700 died from a plague the Lord God sent as a result of the grumbling that followed the deaths of the rebels. Some Israelites died after being bitten by poisonous snakes sent by the Lord God, due to more grumbling. During the 40-year journey to the Promised Land, Miriam the prophetess died and was buried in Kadesh, in the desert wilderness of Zin. Upon Mount Hor, 123-year-old Aaron the high  priest died. When the Israelites were camped in Shittim, they became involved with idol worshiping Moabites, following the instigations of Balaam, a known diviner. While the Israelites were crying and gathered in front of the tabernacle, Zimri, an Israelite from the tribe of Jacob's 2nd born son Simeon, committed a blatant act. Shortly thereafter, Moses went upon Mount Nebo, and the Lord God showed Moses the Promised Land, and 120-year-old Moses the prophet died and was divinely buried. Joshua was Moses' successor and led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and their descendants. Over 1,300 years after 110-year-old 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 Jacob's 4th born son Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Leviticus 24:10-23, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 15:32-36, 20:1-25:18, 27:12-23, 31:1-54, Deuteronomy 1:1-7:26, 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 4:24-43, 6:1-81, 7:20-29, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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Live, yet Die and Live Again

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.-Acts 9:36-43***When Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was preaching, teaching and performing miracles among the Israelites, Jesus chose 12 of his disciples to be apostles and sent them on a mission only to the Israelites, with the authority to heal the ill, cast out evil spirits, cleanse lepers, proclaim that the kingdom of God is near, and raise the dead. Sometime after the 12 returned, Jesus sent at least 70 others to heal the sick and preach the kingdom of God in towns that Jesus was planning to visit. After Jesus was betrayed by the disciple and apostle Judas Iscariot, Jesus was arrested and crucified. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that Judas Iscariot killed himself. The crucified body of Jesus the Christ was prepared for burial and placed in a tomb by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus the Pharisee, and Jesus was resurrected, and seen by over 500 people. Jesus told Simon Peter and the other 10 remaining disciples and apostles to preach the gospel and repentance and forgiveness of sins, and baptize followers in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teach believers to keep the commandments of the Lord, and Jesus told them about the signs that would accompany believers. On the 40th day after Jesus was resurrected, Jesus was returned to heaven.-Genesis 11:26-35:29, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-9:43

 

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Well, Well, Well

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.-John 4:7-14***King Omri was the 6th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land. Omri bought a hill from Shemer, a property owner, for over 100 pounds of silver, and established Samaria. Thus, Samaria became the royal city of the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites captive. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel, the Assyrians conquered Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The king of Assyria took more Israelites captive and sent people from other kingdoms conquered by the Assyrians to live in Samaria. The new inhabitants brought their own religious practices to the land, and eventually the Samaritans were worshiping idols while also worshiping the Lord God. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that over 900 years before Omri founded Samaria, Jacob owned a portion of the land. Less than 125 years after Samaria was conquered, Jehoiakim (Eliakim) became the 17th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. During Jehoiakim's 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem, the royal city, 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, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob's 3rd born son Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. 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 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, and testified that Jesus is the Son of God. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. In Samaria, while his disciples were away purchasing food, Jesus identified himself to a Samaritan woman.-Genesis 11:26-50, 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, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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