Nov 5, 2023·edited Nov 5, 2023Liked by Juliette Ochieng
Good history and pretty accurate. Two quibbles. One major and one minor. The minor one is about the descendants of Esau. I am not sure we know exactly who they are but I don't think they joined with the Arab Muslims. Perhaps they are Persian Muslims? IDK. for sure.
Now the big one. Current day Israel and its people are NOT God's chosen people anymore. They rejected God and His Son. The chosen people of God today are those who have been adopted as sons into the family of God, i.e. Christians.
And I agree with your assessment of the typical Christian's biblical illiteracy between the time of Solomon and the coming of Jesus the first time. I grew up in a Southern Baptist family and went to SS every week and LOVED reading all the great stories in the Old Testament. And because God blessed me with a great memory, I can recite most of them. However, except for a few great stories about Elijah and Baal and Ahab and Jezebel and so forth, I couldn't tell you much about what happened and who did what after Solomon.
It is ok to have one cat. But it must be an indoor/outdoor cat and must be a mouser. Have a great day!!!
When you mentioned the Assyrians I immediately thought "came down like a wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold."
However, it is to P.G. Wodehouse and not Sunday School that I owe that recollection. Otherwise, the next association I have for Assyrians is the character Yossarion in the Joseph Heller novel <i>Catch 22.</i> Whenever anybody asked where his name came from he claimed that he was Assyrian. But Yossarion is a prototype of the Unreliable Narrator.
Interestingly, Heller, like Herman Wouk, was Jewish. Much could be made of their Judaism and how it influenced their literary work.
Good chronology, easy to get lost in the begats. As to Arabs, all Arabs, descended from Ishmael, I'll take that bit with at least a teaspoon full of salt.
Off on a tangent; reading the New Testament but emphasizing the actions of Jesus, instead of His words, doesn't negate anything therein but for folks with a different mindset, might just lead to a better understanding.
Me, where I'm coming from; I tend to be agnostic (OK parenthetical aside, Atheism and Deism are both matters of faith, un-testable except by dying & finding out!) but lately I find I must allow just about everything we/you/me/they swear are facts, are actually matters of faith.
Good history and pretty accurate. Two quibbles. One major and one minor. The minor one is about the descendants of Esau. I am not sure we know exactly who they are but I don't think they joined with the Arab Muslims. Perhaps they are Persian Muslims? IDK. for sure.
Now the big one. Current day Israel and its people are NOT God's chosen people anymore. They rejected God and His Son. The chosen people of God today are those who have been adopted as sons into the family of God, i.e. Christians.
And I agree with your assessment of the typical Christian's biblical illiteracy between the time of Solomon and the coming of Jesus the first time. I grew up in a Southern Baptist family and went to SS every week and LOVED reading all the great stories in the Old Testament. And because God blessed me with a great memory, I can recite most of them. However, except for a few great stories about Elijah and Baal and Ahab and Jezebel and so forth, I couldn't tell you much about what happened and who did what after Solomon.
It is ok to have one cat. But it must be an indoor/outdoor cat and must be a mouser. Have a great day!!!
When you mentioned the Assyrians I immediately thought "came down like a wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold."
However, it is to P.G. Wodehouse and not Sunday School that I owe that recollection. Otherwise, the next association I have for Assyrians is the character Yossarion in the Joseph Heller novel <i>Catch 22.</i> Whenever anybody asked where his name came from he claimed that he was Assyrian. But Yossarion is a prototype of the Unreliable Narrator.
Interestingly, Heller, like Herman Wouk, was Jewish. Much could be made of their Judaism and how it influenced their literary work.
Great distinction you made in point 11.
What about Bible prophecy and many Christian’s beliefs that Gods promises to his people must culmination in a nation/state of “Israel.”
I think all of Gods promises to his covenant people are fulfilled in Jesus.
His kingdom has come, and it is world wide in those who believe in him.
No nation/state is necessary.
His kingdom supersedes such things.
A home for the Jews? They already have one if they would look to Him.
Amazing how much of the history is acknowledged in the Qurʾān.
Good chronology, easy to get lost in the begats. As to Arabs, all Arabs, descended from Ishmael, I'll take that bit with at least a teaspoon full of salt.
Off on a tangent; reading the New Testament but emphasizing the actions of Jesus, instead of His words, doesn't negate anything therein but for folks with a different mindset, might just lead to a better understanding.
Me, where I'm coming from; I tend to be agnostic (OK parenthetical aside, Atheism and Deism are both matters of faith, un-testable except by dying & finding out!) but lately I find I must allow just about everything we/you/me/they swear are facts, are actually matters of faith.