...................................................................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. Notably, Romans 15:4 reveals: For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.(KJV) In this blog, many of the situations and conversations found in the divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible 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.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Let Women, Let Men, Let All

From a letter written by the apostle Paul,
with Sosthenes,
to believers in Corinth and everywhere:

Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law. And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. What? came the word of God  out from you? or came it unto you only? If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. Let all things be done decently and in order.
-1 Corinthians 14:34-40***In the beginning, on the 6th day, the Lord God created Adam, the 1st man. The Lord God formed Adam from the dust of the ground, and the Lord God made Eve, the mother of all living, after taking a part out of Adam. Eve and Adam disobeyed the command of the Lord God, and the Lord God sent Adam out of the Garden of Eden so that another specific transgression would not be committed. Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), Nahor (Nachor), Haran and Sarah (Sarai) were descended from Adam and Eve's 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, and Arphaxad's great-great-great-great-great-grandson Terah. Isaac was born to 100-year-old Abraham and 90-year-old Sarah (Sarai). Nahor was married to Haran's daughter Milcah. Bethuel the Syrian (Aramean) was born to Haran and Milcah. Laban the Syrian (Aramean) and Rebekah were born to Bethuel. When Isaac was 40 years old, he was married to Rebekah. When fraternal twin sons Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel) were in Rebekah's womb, Rebekah questioned the Lord God and received an answer from the Lord God about the activity of the sons in her womb. In Padan Aram, Haran, Jacob was married to Laban's daughters Leah  and RachelReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, and daughter Dinah were born to Jacob and Leah. Dan and Naphtali were born to Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant. Gad and Asher were born to Jacob and Zilpah, Leah's maidservant. Joseph was the 1st son born to Jacob and Rachel. Over 300 years after Benjamin was born near Bethlehem to Jacob and Rachel, and Rachel died, Miriam, Aaron and Moses were born into the tribe of Levi to Jochebed and Amram during the era of Israelite enslavement in Egypt. When Moses was 3 months old, Jochebed placed Moses into a specially prepared ark and set the ark near the vegetation by the river, to save Moses' life. Miriam watched the activity and spoke to the daughter of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and arranged for Jochebed to serve as Moses' wet nurse. Sometime after Moses was weaned, Jochebed took Moses to the palace and Moses lived as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. When Moses was 40 years old, he killed an Egyptian. After the murder was mentioned to Moses during another conflict, and Pharaoh wanted to kill Moses, Moses hurriedly left Egypt and began living in Midian, and was married to Zipporah, a Midianite woman. When Moses was 80 years old and Aaron was 83, the Lord God sent them to speak to the Israelite elders and Pharaoh. 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, and 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. Shortly thereafter, Mahlah and her sisters asked to be given a portion of the Promised Land on behalf of their deceased father Zelophehad, who did not have any sons to inherit land. Zelophehad and his daughters were Israelites from the tribe of Manasseh, descended from Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's firstborn son Manasseh. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that in Egypt, Jacob proclaimed Manasseh and Ephraim to be his own sons. Moses spoke to the Lord God, and the Lord God told Moses that Mahlah and her sisters spoke rightly. Thus, the Lord God gave Moses an additional inheritance law for the Israelites. 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. Joshua, Moses' aide and successor from the tribe of Ephraim, led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants. After 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, the Israelites were led by elders, judges, and their own minds. Deborah the prophetess, wife and judge spoke the words of the Lord God to Barak. After Barak stated that he would go to battle only if Deborah was with him, Deborah told Barak that the Lord God would give the upcoming victory into a woman's hand. Subsequently, the enemy whom Barak should have defeated was killed by Jael, the wife of Heber, and Deborah and Barak included Jael's name and actions in a song. When the Israelites were living in 2 separate kingdoms in the Promised Land, and King Josiah was reigning in Jerusalem over Judah, the southern nation, the Book of the Law was found within the temple of the Lord. Josiah sent Hilkiah the high priest and 4 others with Hilkiah to seek the Lord God. The group went to speak with Huldah, a prophetess and wife, and Huldah proclaimed the message she received from the Lord God. Over 500 years after both of the kingdoms in the Promised Land were conquered, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites, 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 Josiah and all of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. On the 8th day after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was circumcised, according to the covenant of circumcision that the Lord God gave 99-year-old Abraham. On the 40th day after Jesus was born, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus to Jerusalem to the temple of the Lord God, obeying the laws that the Lord God gave Moses for the Israelites. In Jerusalem, Jesus, Joseph and Mary were in the presence of Simeon and Anna. Simeon was an Israelite and worshiped the Lord God. Anna was an Israelite, a prophetess and widow from the tribe of Asher, and lived within the temple grounds and served the Lord, continually praying and fasting. Upon seeing Jesus, Anna praised the Lord. Moreover, Anna spoke of Jesus to others awaiting redemption. 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, 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 baptized, Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot the disciple and apostle, and Jesus was arrested, crucified, buried in a tomb, resurrected, and returned to heaven. Paul (Saul) was an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin and did not believe Jesus to be the Christ. Throughout Jerusalem, Paul persecuted and imprisoned  Israelites who believed Jesus to be the Christ of God. Near Damascus, Syria, Paul and those with him saw a light from heaven flash around them. Paul heard the voice of Jesus speaking to him, and Paul spoke to Jesus and obeyed Jesus. In Damascus, Paul was baptized. From thenceforward, Paul the apostle journeyed and wrote divinely inspired letters, teaching the good news of Jesus the Christ and everlasting life to Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes.-Genesis, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 26:28-34, 27:1-23, 36:1-13, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-5:31, 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 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians

Reference Scriptures:
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall ruler over thee.-Genesis 3:16

Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.-1 Timothy 2:11-14