To the Ground

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me, have I lost none. Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?-John 18:1-11***David was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Adam and his wife Eve, their son Seth, Seth's great-great-great-grandson Enoch, Enoch's great-grandson Noah the ark builder, Noah's son Shem, Shem's son Arphaxad, Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah, Terah's children Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), their son Isaac and his wife Rebekah, Isaac and Rebekah's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God created Adam, the 1st man. The Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, and the Lord God made Adam's wife Eve, the mother of all living, after taking a part out of Adam. Over a decade after David was born, Samuel the priest, prophet and judge  from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi, anointed David to reign as king, according to the command of the Lord God. When David was 30 years old, he began to reign only over the tribe of Judah in the Promised Land. When David was 37 1/2 years old, he became the 2nd king to reign over all of the Israelites in the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. Absalom was born to David and Maacah, a Syrian (Aramean) princess. While David reigned, Absalom had himself proclaimed king. David and those with him hurriedly left Jerusalem, the royal city, and crossed the Kidron (Cedron) Valley. Shimei was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin, descended from Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel, and Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin. When Shimei saw David and those with David, he began cursing and throwing stones at them. Sometime thereafter, Absalom was killed, despite David's command, and David returned to Jerusalem. Solomon, the 2nd child born to David and Bathsheba, was the 3rd king to reign over all of the Israelites. Solomon gave Shimei a command involving the Kidron Brook. Solomon's great-grandson Asa was the 3rd king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land. Asa cut down and crushed the idol that belonged to his mother or grandmother Maacah (Maachah) and burned it at the Kidron Brook. Asa's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Kidron Brook and fields were associated with Hezekiah and with Hezekiah's great-grandson Josiah, the 15th king to rule Judah. Moreover, Kidron was associated with Hilkiah the high priest and his fellow priests, and the Levite doorkeepers who served during Josiah's 31-year reign.  Over 500 years after Zedekiah (Mattaniah), the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, became the 19th and last 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 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, including Simon Peter, to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Judas Iscariot was an Israelite and a disciple and an apostle of Jesus the Christ. Simon Peter, Judas Iscariot and the other disciples and apostles saw Jesus perform miracles, and were sent on a mission and given power and authority by Jesus to perform miracles. Less than 3 1/2 years after Jesus was baptized, Judas Iscariot sought payment from the chief priests and their cohorts to betray Jesus. Judas Iscariot received 30 pieces of silver and brought an armed force to Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives, in the region of the Kidron (Cedron), and Jesus was arrested. Afterwards Jesus was questioned, hit, spat upon, blindfolded, mocked, interrogated, flogged, undressed, mockingly dressed, redressed, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven.-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, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26  

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These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:-John 17:1...While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.-John 17:12

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