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Page Overview: I believe, one of the important ideas that we need to observe through Gods Word in the Holy Scripture, is that the examples given to us through the written accounts of the life experiences of both the people and nations, form a template of experiences for people today. These experiences will of necessity need to be understood by “You and Me” for us to accomplish Gods plan for our lives today.

"No Man Knows the Day or Hour"
HisStory - Told in the lives of men.





From space the astronauts see our home as a peaceful
green blue ball with ever changing white cloud patterns.
To look at it you would never think that it contains
billions of life forms, from micro organisms, small blue
green algae, up to the huge Elephants on land, and Hump
back Wales in the sea. Of course lets not forget to
mention the very special life form; Man. Of all living
things, man seems to be the only one who worries much
about the history of where he has been, and even more
about the future and where he is going. .
So here we sit on Earth concerning ourselves over
issues of global warming, world drought, ozone depletion,
skin cancer, contagious diseases, serial killers, drug
pushers, earthquakes, conventional wars, and we can not
forget the all consuming thermal nuclear power waiting
under the launch buttons of the leaders of every major
world power.



So if that keeps us awake at night we might just sit
out in the front yard and gaze up into the starry sky,
"peace at last!". Hello . . . what’s this?
Could one of those small
twinkles of light in the Northern sky be an
Asteroid the size of Iceland, hurling through space to
deep impact us into the next ice age?




Oh Lord
where can we find Peace? .
Perspective is everything!
Early in September, 1999 a fire raged in the
mountains of San Bernardino County, California, filling
the sky for miles around with smoke and ash. For
thousands of people at a distance from the blaze, apart
from the irritating smoke, the distant flames seen
dancing on the horizon of the Mountainside had a strange
captivating effect.
For those of us living at the foot of the mountain
the effect was entirely different!
Weeks ago I knew that the tumbleweeds needed to be
cleared away, but I put it off, " later" I
said. As my wife and I drove the 17 miles from the west
end of the Victor Valley to our home to gather a few of
our personal belongings, anticipating an evacuation
order, we really didn't believe our home was in any real
danger. Arriving home the smoke was much heavier than it had been the previous 4 days of the mountains burning. With out any hesitation we went to worked as fast as we could to clear tumble weeds from our fences, water down the trees, collect the dog, two cats, and our lop eared bunny Benjamin, and far fewer personal belongings than we had hoped. We were then forced to leave our home, not by firemen pulling hoses from their truck, standing by to protect our home, but rather like in a bad dream, by a 6-foot tall wall of flame. The scene looked like a company of men running down the ridge less than 100 yards away coming straight for our home. By the time we fumbled for the keys, started our engines and headed down the driveway, the flame had jumped the drive behind us and was circling our house. We paused at the bottom of our driveway still no fire trucks, I wanted to go back up to fight the fire but the flames would not let me. The Police came and forced us further and further away, till finally we sat a mile away seeing only fire and smoke where home and our neighbor’s homes stood at risk. . . .( More to this later! ) Still
working here . . . However the moral to this account is
don't put off till later what you should do NOW ! . . . .
. . :)
Like the Scripture suggests: 2 Chronicles 20:17
" . . . . set yourselves, stand ye still, and see
the salvation of the LORD with you, . . . . . . . : fear
not, nor be dismayed;" .
You have heard the old saying "
Can’t see the forest for the trees!"
Well I have posted this page on the WWW to
suggest the idea that in Bible study we often
"miss the simple facts for the multitude of
details". More thane 20 years ago the
thought came to me to set at different distances
from the Holy Bible and "scan" the
Bible terrain for repetitive patterns and
reoccurring events..
Like the giant Red woods, and the mighty Oak
trees, as they link to the earth, sky, and each
other. I believe that each Bible Personality has
a story to tell of his own. Bible scholars have
spent hours preaching, and reams of paper
writing, about the details of each significant
Bible characters life experiences. Which is as it
should be.
The very fact that the Holy Bible is one of
the oldest written Books in existence in the
world today, is reason enough for any one to read
it for the wealth of historical value. For all
those who believe The Holy Bible is the inherent
word of God, we also find great peace and
comfort. . . . . What I hope to do here is spread
Bible history out on a large work table,
symbolically of course, and focus on many of the
reoccurring experiences in the lives of the
generations after Adam. . . . . Sit with me for a
while on the high ridge of the new millennium and
let me share what I believe that I have seen
sketched in the wide spaces of the Holy
Scripture’s terrain.
Thank you for taking the time to check out
this page. Please realize that what I have
written is a personal "observation"
resulting from some years of reading the Bible
and listening to many great Bible teachers in
person, on the radio, and television. This page
has been posted because I feel it
"summarizes" among other ideas, the Old
Testament inheritance issue in a way that I do
not recall ever seeing or hearing before. Again I
feel, that this page contains ideas that I have
observed, not created or invented. In Bible terms
there is nothing new under the sun, or
"there is nothing made that was not
made".
PLEASE post your comments & suggestion on
the bulletin board below. Thanks!
As most instructors of speech would say: "Tell
them what you are going to tell them, then Tell them, and
then tell them what you Told them. Then you might expect
that they may remember what you said". This takes on
a deeper meaning when we start at the beginning of
HIS/STORY , and realize that GOD wasn't just repeating
the same old story, over and over again, just because HE
had forgotten that it had been told before.
1. FIRST born, gave up, lost, or were disqualified
for the inheritance:
ADAM
CANE
Older Brothers of ABRAM?
ISHMAEL: [Gen. 17:20]
And as for Ishmael, I have heard
thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and
will make him fruitful, and will multiply
him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he
beget, and I will make him a great
nation.
ESAU: [Gen.27:36-40]
And he said: is not he rightly named
Jacob? For he hath supplanted me these
two times: he took away my birthright;
and, behold, now he hath taken away my
blessing. And he said, Hast thou not
reserved a blessing for me? And Isaac his
father answered and said unto him,
Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness
of the earth, and of the dew of heaven
from above; And by thy sword shaft thou
live, and shaft serve thy brother; and it
shall come to pass when thou shaft have
the dominion, that thou shaft break his
yoke from off thy neck.
REUBEN: [Gen.49 3-4]
Ruben, thou art my firstborn, my
might, and the beginning of my strength,
the excellency of dignity, and the
excellency of power: Unstable as water,
thou shaft not excel;
MANASSEH: [Gen.48: 18-20]
Israel stretched out his right hand,
and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was
the younger, and his left hand upon
Manasseh's head, guiding his hands
wittingly; for Manasseh was the
firstborn. And Joseph said unto his
father, Not so, my father: for this is
the firstborn; put thy right hand upon
his head. And his father refused, and
said, I know it, my son, I know it: he
also shall become a people, and he also
shall be great: but truly his younger
brother shall be greater than he, and his
seed shall become a multitude of nations:
and he blessed them that day, saying, In
thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make
thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he
set Ephraim before Manasseh, . . . . . .
AARON: Important but first before Moses (find
scripture)
ISRAEL: [Ex 4: 21-22]
And the LORD said unto Moses, When
thou goest to return into egypt And thou
shaft say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the
LORD, Israel is my son, even my
firstborn: . The LORD said :"
Israel; Israel my son, My first
born:." [Ex.4:22]
2. SECOND or later born of Father and usually the
first born of mother. Receiving the blessing or
inheritance.
ISAAC: [Gen. 21:2]
But Sari was barren; she had no
child. [ Gen. 11: 30 ] Is any thing too
hard for the LORD? At the time appointed
I will return unto thee, according to the
time of life,and Sarah shall have a son.
[ Gen. 18:14 ] For Sarah conceived, and
bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the
set time of which God had spoken to him.
JACOB:
And Isaac entreated the LORD for his
wife, because she was barren : and the
LORD was entreated of him, and Rebecca
his wife conceived . And the LORD said
unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,
and two manner of people shall be
separated from thy bowels; and the one
people shall be stronger than the other
people; and the elder shall serve the
Younger. [ Gen. 25: 21-23]
JOSEPH:
And when the LORD saw that Leah was
hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was
barren. And Leah conceived, and bare
Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar,
Zebulun. [ Gen. 29: 31-35 ] And God
remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to
her, and opened her womb. And she
conceived, and bare a son:And she called
his name Joseph. [Gen.30:22-23]
MOSES: Exodus16:20
And Amram took him Jochebed his
fathers sister to wife; and she bare him
Aaron and Moses: and
?Judges19:5 yet Jotham the youngest son of
Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.
SAMPSON:
And there was a certain man of Zorah,
of the family of the Danites, whose name
was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and
bare not. And the angel of the LORD
appeared unto the woman, and said unto
her, Behold now, thou art barren, and
bearest not: but thou shaft conceive, and
bear a son. Now therefore beware, I pray
thee, and drink not ale nor strong drink,
and eat not any unclean thing: For, lo,
thou shaft conceive, and bear a son; and
no razor shall come on his head: for the
child shall be a Nazareth unto God from
the womb: and he shall begin to deliver
Israel out of the hand of the
Philistines. [Judges 13:2-5]
JOHN ( The Baptist) :
And they had no child, because that
Elisabeth was barren ,and they both were
now well stricken in years [Luke 1:7]
JESUS :
To a virgin espoused to a man whose
name was Joseph, of the house of David;
and the virgin's name was Mary. [Luke
1:27] , JESUS : As the "Last
Adam" [1st Cor. 15:45]
ABRAHAM: Genesis |15:15 5:15
And thou shaft go to thy fathers in
peace; thou shall be buried in a good old
age. 13. New Nature ( New Man ) inherits
the Promise.
OTHER SUBJECT STUDIES:
Genesis |11:6 1:6 And the LORD said, Behold,
the people is one, and they have all one
language; and this they begin to do: and now
nothing will be restrained from them, which they
have imagined to do.
GENERAL He maketh the barren woman to keep
house, and to be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD.
TO BARREN: not, It is enough: The grave; and
the barren womb; the earth that is not filled
with water; and fire that saith not, It is
enough. [Prov.30:15-16]
[PsaIms113:9]Sing, 0 barren, thou that didst
not bear; break forth into singing, and cry
aloud, thou that didst not travail with child:
for more are the children of the desolate than
the children ofthe married wife, saith the LORD.
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:
spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy
stakes; [Isaiah 54:1-2]
Mana = what is it: Infant care; Child protection;
Family inheritance;Personal choice; Final judgment; and
much Food for thought!
The purpose of this article is to present a
personal observation from the pages of Holy
Scriptures that asks a conclusion from the
reader.
Among the worlds literary works the Holy
Bible is one of the oldest. Whether the Bible
Characters presented in this article are
perceived as "literal" or
"literary" the significance of their
stories still demands a conclusion to the Authors
intent. Most religions of the world believe that
God is the Father of all mankind. And if history
does repeat its self, then as we hear God tell us
HIS STORY through the pages of Scripture, we may
conclude, that if we are told the same message
over and over again then it must be a message
meant for us to understand. To the best of my
knowledge the ideas presented in this article are
not generally illustrated in the writings of
Historical or Modern day Bible scholars.
My thought regarding this is that the
important repeated facts can be seen in the lives
of men and nations and ultimately in each
individual life that chooses LIFE. Gen. 48:19
Questions:
In Exodus 4:22 The LORD said :Israel; "
Israel my son, My first born: " If here He
is referring the nation of Israel as His first
born , what group of people would God call his
second born?________________________
(Gentile, Believers " joint heirs with
Christ " ROM. 8:17)
If we symbolically think of Adam as Gods
firstborn, what New Testament Person can be
called Gods Son holding the Inheritance, born of
a mother; barren virgin until the appointed
time?___________________
(Jesus, as the "Last Adam" 1 Cor
15:45)
If we carry the pattern over into our
individual lives, it is easy to remember when we
were first born on earth, do you have a
conscience memory of when you had your second
birth? Jn.3:3
EXAMPLE : A division of many of the important Bible
characters into TWO apparent groups
First / Old / Natural / Man **************** Last /
New / Spiritual /Man
( Lost or gave up- Inheritance)************* (Took or
was Given- Inheritance)
Cane; tiller of the earth (natural) *********** Able;
keeper of sheep (spiritual).
First; shall be last ************************ Last;
shall be first
Tradition has established that the First Born Usually
Receives the Inheritance. However one family experience
after the other in Gods His/Story records the opposite.
In Exodus 4:22 The LORD said : Israel
(referring to them as a group of people and as a
nation); " Israel my son, My first born:
" Question here is, since GOD has made such
a clear example of the inheritance being given to
the younger or later born in the lives of HIS
early old testament children, can we not expect
that HE too, like Jacob, will also bless HIS
"Second or Later" born (nation or group
of people)?

********* GOD'S FAMILY PLAN *********
ADAM
#1-CAIN
#2-ABLE (died early)
#3-SETH Next in line as Youngest to carry the torch
for the LORD - SETH : JESUS'S Grandfather through 70
generations
Along the way we have:
ABRAHAM :
FATHER OF NATIONS GEN.17:6 UNION FRUITFULL WITH
OFFSPRING |
BARREN TILL THE APPOINTED TIME FIRST BORN ISHMAEL BY:
HAGAR
Abraham's SECOND BY: SARAH (her first)
ISAAC:
BY:REBEKAH: [Gen 25:23]
Her "first" twins (ESAU first born,
later gave birthright to JACOB) _______ JACOB
second born:(took blessing from older).
JACOB:
BY:LEAH;(OLDEST & FIRST WIFE)
#1-REUBEN :LOST BIRTHRIGHT #2-SIMEON #3-LEVI
#4-JUDA #5-ISSACHAR PHARES #6-ZEBULUN ESROM
(HEZRON)
BY:RACHEL; (YOUNGEST WIFE BAREN TILL CHOSEN)
#7-JOSEPH (Rachel’s first) #8-BENJAMIN
( Interesting that #7 is use a lot in
the Bible.) God finished Creation and
rested on the 7th day and said it was
complete, and it was good.
JOSEPH:
????BY: Joseph's Gentile Wife ??? CONFIRM ???
#1-MANASSEH (GEN. 48:19-20)
#2-EHRAIM YOUNGEST GIVEN BLESSING BY
JACOB(GEN.48:14)
When Joseph told his father of his
mistake, Jacob’s reply was something
to the extent that( I know exactly what I
have done, and it is exactly as it should
be ).
BY: Jochebed ( Amaram took "Jacob's
daughter" and had another #1 and #2 example.) [Ex
6:20]
#1-AARON; the Levite ( Moses's
"Prophet"Ex.7:1)
#2-MOSES; Raised/trained in Egypt " I
have made thee a god " EX. 7:1
#3-MIRIAM
SALMON BOOZ ( BOAZ ) OBED//
ELKANAH+HANNAH
#1BORN-SAMUEL JESSE
#1-ELIAB
#2-ABINADAB
#3-SHAMMAH
#4*****DAVID THE YOUNGEST 1 Sam.
17:14
| #1-SHAMMUAH (Matt.20:14 2-SHOBAB 3-NATHAN
4-SOLOMON 5-IBHAR 6-ELISHUA 7-NEPHEG 8-JAPHIA
9-ELISHAMA 10-ELIADA 11-ELIPHALET MATTATHA MENAN
ELIAKIM JONAN JOSEPH JUDA SIMEON LEVI MATTHAT
JORIM ELIEZER JOSE ER ELMODAM COSAM ADDI MELCHI
NERI SALATHIEL ZOROBABEL RHESA JOANNA JUDAH
JOSEPH SEMEI MATTAATHIAS MAATH NAGGE ESLI NAUM
AMOS MATTATHIAS JOSEPH JANNA MELCHI LEVI MATTHAT
HELI
JOSEPH/MARY "JESUS"
Again restating the question. In Exodus 4:22
The LORD said : Israel (referring to them as a
group of people and as a nation); " Israel
my son, My first born: " Question here is,
since GOD has made such a clear example of the
inheritance being given to the younger or later
born in the lives of HIS early old testament
children, can we not expect that HE too, like
Jacob, will also bless HIS "Second or
Later" born (nation or group of people)?
New Testament study reveals Adam; as the first Adam *********
and Jesus; as the Last Adam(1Cor 15:45)
Paribles teach more of the same:
Prodigals oldest brother self righteous
******** Youngest realizes his sinful state and repents
First workers in the field resent conditions
**** Last workers receive full reward for effort.(Matt.20:14)
Nation of Israel** Ex: 4:22 "first
born" Rom.8:17 "joint heirs"
But many that are first shall be last ; and
the last shall be first. ( Matt.19:30)
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"For God so loved the world that
he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in
him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did
not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but
to save the world through him." (John 3:16 - 17)

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