Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.-2 Peter 1:1-14***In the desert wilderness of Sinai, in the region of Mount Sinai, the Israelites willingly brought offerings and made the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the tabernacle and all of the sacred items that the Lord God described to Moses and showed Moses. The tabernacle was transportable, and was taken down, carried and set up only by the Levites, the Israelites from the tribe of Levi, according to the commands of the Lord God. Moses and his family were from the tribe of Levi. During the 40th year after Moses and his older brother Aaron led the Israelites away from Egyptian slavery, across the divinely parted Red Sea, and into the desert wilderness of Shur, according to the commands of the Lord God, 123-year-old Aaron the priest died upon Mount Hor, and 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' 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 (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and their descendants. Sometime thereafter, the tabernacle was set up in Shiloh, in the portion of the Promised Land allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. Over 300 years after 110-year-old Joshua died and was buried in his tribe's portion of the Promised Land, David, from the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, became the 2nd king to rule over all of the Israelites. David wanted to build a house wherein to put the ark of the covenant of the Lord, a house for the Name of the Lord. The Lord God sent Nathan the prophet to tell David that David's son and successor Solomon would build the house for the Name of the Lord. During the 4th year of Solomon's 40-year reign, Solomon began building the temple of the Lord. During the 11th year of Solomon's reign, the workers finished building the temple in Jerusalem. Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, was the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites. 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. In the beginning of Jeroboam's 22-year reign, Jeroboam established idolatry throughout the kingdom. 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. 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 Babylonians damaged the walls around Jerusalem, looted and burned the temple, and took more Israelites captive to Babylon. Less than 70 years after Jerusalem was conquered, Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem. During the 2nd year of their return, the Israelites completed the foundation of the temple. Over 400 years after the Israelites finished building the new temple and finished rebuilding the walls around 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 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 son 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. 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. In Jerusalem, a group of Israelites asked Jesus about a sign, and Jesus spoke about the destruction and raising of the temple. However, the Israelites did not know that Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. 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, seen by over 500 people, and returned to heaven. Sometime thereafter, Simon Peter and the apostle Paul (Saul) each wrote a divinely inspired letter to believers that revealed information about the tabernacle of the body.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers , Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua, Judges 1:1-2:23, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-15:41, Galatians 1:1-2:21, Peter, 2 Peter
Reference Information:
charity = agapen/agape/agapao = love, goodwill
election = eklogen/ekloge/eklego = selection, choosing, choice
meet = hegoumai = esteem
shewed = edelosen/deloo/delos = made clear, made evident, make plain
tabernacle = skenomati/skenomatos/skenoma/skenoo = a pitched tent
temperance = enkrateian/egkrateia/egkrates = self-control, dominion within, mastery
virtue = arete/areten = moral excellence
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