Two Sons

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria. He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.-2 Kings 19:32-37***King Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Hezekiah was the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King David, the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land. Over 200 years before Hezekiah's reign, the Lord God revealed to Nathan the prophet promises for David and David's descendants and the kingdom and throne. During the 4th year of Hezekiah's 29-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land, and during the 9th year of Hezekiah's reign, the Assyrians conquered the royal city, Samaria. Ten years after Samaria was conquered, King Sennacherib, ruler of Assyria, tried to conquer Judah and Jerusalem, the royal city. Hezekiah paid gold and silver to Sennacherib. However, Sennacherib still sent officials with a message and terms for Hezekiah and the Israelites. Sennacherib claimed the Lord God sent him to destroy the nation. Moreover, Sennacherib tried to promote the benefits of the idols he worshiped and the goods in Assyria that would be available to the Israelites. After Hezekiah's officials told Hezekiah about Sennacherib's message, Hezekiah sent his officials to Isaiah the prophet. Through events that occurred according to the will of the Lord God, Sennacherib left the land. Shortly thereafter, Sennacherib sent Hezekiah a letter that mocked the Lord God. Hezekiah took the letter to the grounds of the temple of the Lord, set the letter down, and prayed to the Lord God. Isaiah prayed and sent a message of assurance to Hezekiah from the Lord God. Hezekiah's great-great-grandson Jehoiakim (Eliakim) was the 17th king to rule Judah. 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, 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. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Levi. 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. 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 Jerusalem, Jesus spoke to his disciples about the temple and the temple's future   destruction.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, 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, Ezra, Isaiah 36:1-39:8, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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