John the Baptist is imprisoned:
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.-Luke 3:7-20***Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) was a friend of God. Over 2,000 years before John the Baptist mentioned Abraham to a multitude of listeners, Abraham left his home in Ur in southern Mesopotamia to come into the land that the Lord God said he would be shown. Abraham, his wife Sarah (Sarai), their father Terah, and nephew Lot left Ur together. Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah when Abraham, Sarah and Lot were living in Canaan. When Isaac was 40 years old, he married Rebekah, Abraham and Sarah's great-niece. When Isaac was 60 years old, fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were born to Isaac and Rebekah. The Lord God gave the entire Mount Seir region to the Edomites, Esau's descendants. The Lord God gave Canaan, the Promised Land, to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants the Israelites. Jacob married Rebekah's nieces Leah and Rachel. Six sons and daughter Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Two sons were born to Jacob and Rachel. Two sons were born to Jacob and maidservant Bilhah, and 2 sons were born to Jacob and maidservant Zilpah. The 12 sons are the forefathers of the 12 tribes of Israel. In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites heard the voice of the Lord God proclaim the Ten Commandments to them. Over 1,400 years after Joshua, Moses' successor, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Months after John the Baptist was born, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, 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. Nine months before Jesus was born, Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in Mary's womb when Mary was a virgin. The publicans were tax and toll collectors who worked on behalf of the Roman Empire. The Romans ruled the land whereupon the kingdoms of the Israelites previously stood upon the Promised Land. Herod Antipas the tetrarch governed Galilee for the Romans, and the soldiers worked under the authority of the Roman Empire.-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, 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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