Think Again

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.-Luke 13:1-5***Joshua was an Israelite from the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 2nd wife Rachel, their firstborn son Joseph and his wife Asenath, and Joseph and Asenath's 2nd born son Ephraim, whom Jacob proclaimed to be his own son. At least 325 years after Joshua led the Israelites across the divinely parted Jordan River and onto the Promised Land, Saul, from the tribe of Jacob and Rachel's 2nd and last son Benjamin, became the 1st king to rule over the Israelites. David was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Jacob and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. Over a decade after David was born, the Lord God sent Samuel, the priest, prophet and judge from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi, to Bethlehem to anoint David to reign as king. When David was 30 years old, he began to reign only over the tribe of Judah, and when David was 37 1/2 years old he began to rule over all of the Israelite tribes. Before 70-year-old David died, Solomon, a son born to David and Bathsheba, became the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites. King Hiram (Huram), ruler of Tyre, sent a group of servants to Solomon, and Solomon's message to Hiram was that he was going to build the house for the Name of the Lord that David wanted to build, the temple that the Lord God revealed to Nathan the prophet and David that Solomon would build. Solomon requested that Hiram send him trees, a skilled craftsman, and send skilled workers to be paid whatever Hiram required. Hiram supplied Solomon with trees, loggers and gold, and Solomom brought Huram (Hiram), a master craftsman from Tyre to Jerusalem. Huram's mother was an Israelite and Huram's father was from Tyre. During the 4th year of Solomon's reign, Solomon's laborers and Hiram's workers began building the temple, and in the 11th year the workers finished building the temple in Jerusalem. Solomon gave Hiram 20 cities in Galilee, in the portion of the Promised Land that Joshua and the leader with him  allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, the descendants of Jacob and Bilhah, Rachel's maidservant, and their 2nd born son Naphtali. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the tribe of Naphtali was not able to drive out the idol worshiping inhabitants who occupied the land. Thus, like other areas throughout Canaan, some of the land allotted to the tribe of Naphtali, including Galilee, was occupied by Israelites and Gentiles, people not born into the Israelite tribes. Hiram did not like the cities, and questioned Solomon, and called them "the land of Cabul," possibly a phrase that expressed his displeasure. Notably, Galilee became known as Galilee of the nations, and Galilee of the Gentiles. 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 and consisted of the tribe of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin. Jerusalem was the royal city and Rehoboam was the 1st king to reign. Israel was the northern nation and consisted of the other Israelite tribes. Jeroboam, the son born to Nebat and Zeruah, was the 1st king to reign, and Samaria was the final royal city. King Pekah was the 18th king to rule over all of the Israelites in the northern nation of Israel. During Pekah's 20-year reign, the Assyrians invaded the kingdom, including Galilee, and King Tiglath-pileser, ruler of Assyria, began taking Israelites captive. During the 9th year of the reign of King Hoshea, the 19th king to rule the northern nation, the Assyrians conquered  Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. The king of Assyria brought people from other kingdoms conquered by the Assyrians to live throughout Samaria. The new inhabitants did not revere or worship the Lord God, and the Lord God sent lions to Samaria, and some of the newcomers were killed. The king of Assyria was told about the lions, he commanded that an Israelite priest be returned to Samaria and teach the newcomers. Afterwards, the newcomers worshiped idols and revered the Lord God, and Israelites were married to the new Samritan inhabitants, and the new Samritan inhabitants were married to Israelites. Less than 125 years after Samaria was conquered, Rehoboam's great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Jehoiakim (Eliakim) became 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. 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 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. Before the Babylonians took more Israelites to Babylon, they burned the temple and other buildings. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem and built a new temple and rebuilt the wall around Jerusalem, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem, into the tribe of Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. After a brief stay in Egypt, Joseph, Mary and Jesus lived in Nazareth, Joseph and Mary's hometown in Galilee, and other children lived in the household. John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus, preaching a baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. In the Jordan River, and at a place on the other side of the Jordan River, and in the wilderness, and in Aenon, John the Baptist baptized repenters with water unto repentance, and told those listening to believe in the One coming after him, and revealed that Jesus would baptize with the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) and with fire. 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 heaven 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. Jesus proclaimed the gospel of God, and said repent and believe in the gospel, and said the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near, and said the time has been fulfilled. 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, and the disciples baptized those who came. People from Tyre came to Jesus, and Jesus healed people from Tyre, and Jesus healed a leper from Samaria, and Jesus said it would be more tolerable for Tyre in the day of judgment, and Jesus identified  himself in Galilee, and  Samaria, and Judea. Meanwhile, the Roman Empire was ruling the land whereupon the kingdoms of the Israelites previously stood, and Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea. The Scriptures of the Holy Bible do not reveal any details about Pilate mingling blood, or an incident at the tower in Siloam.-Genesis 11:26-56, Exodus, Numbers 13:1-14:45, 20:1-29, 26:1-27:23, Deuteronomy 31:1-34:12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, 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 1:1-26

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season = kairo/kairos = time, opportunity

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And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.-John 9:1...When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.-John 9:6-7...Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.-John 9:10-11

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