God gave a chosen people a land in which they could live, prosper and worship, it was the Jewish Dispensation time period. The Jewish dispensation had turmoil through its existence. It eventually divided into two houses, House of Israel the ten tribes and House of Judah two tribes. This happened because of King Solomon. David, a young Jewish boy at a young age kills the Philistine giant Goliath and later becomes king David. Bathsheba the wife of King David gives birth to Solomon who later … [Read more...]

Judaism probably begins in the book of Exodus 19:3. Although the fore-running to the Jewish Dispensation has its beginning in Genesis 12 when the Lord gives Abram instructional commands, Genesis 12:1-4 (KJV). Note Abram called a Hebrew in Genesis 14:13 (KJV) "Abram the Hebrew". Let us start with Moses leading the Israelites across the Red Sea on dry land after Pharaoh allows them to leave Egypt, where they had been in captivity for 400 years. Moses raises his hand and the waters part … [Read more...]

A second time Moses goes upon mount Sinai, Exodus 34:1. 1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone Like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. Then Moses comes down from the mount with the new two tables of testimony (tables of stone) which wrote upon was "words of the covenant, the ten commandments" Exodus 34:28. In Exodus 35 all the congregation of the children of Israel gathered … [Read more...]

The following is excerpts from the KJV on the disobedient and constant murmurings of the Israelites and their punishment to wander in the wilderness forty years. Numbers 14:1-35, abridged. I basically condensed Numbers 14:1-35 here so it could be more understood quickly. The congregation lifted up their voice And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. And the whole congregation said unto them Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had … [Read more...]

The obedience and disobedience of Moses At the rock at Horeb the Lord said "you shall strike the rock, and water will come out" of it, that the people may drink" Moses did so in the sight of the elders, Exodus 17:6. But Moses fails to follow the Lord's instructions at another time. The Lord said, "assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water". Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth … [Read more...]

Torah the Septuagint Greek translation of old testament What I've more or less always thought that the Jews in their religion used only the Torah, which we call the Pentateuch. It consists of the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers Deuteronomy, with other items added. The other 34 books which they reject starts with Joshua. In the book of Joshua it explains how the twelve tribes of Israel conquered and settled the land which became known as the nation of … [Read more...]

In Assyrias time of dominance it overran the House of Israel which was composed of the ten tribes and took them captive to Assyria. What had happened to the 10 lost tribes of Israel has been one long controversy. Ancient Assyria in 722 BC. was known for their fierce warriors and their attacks on countries brutally annihilating them. Three theories exist of the ten lost tribes: they were eliminated, they settled in other countries and some may have returned to Israel. … [Read more...]

Continuation of the period in which the House of Judah returned from Babylon 538 B.C. to the Roman exile of the Jews in the first century. Alexander the Great around 331 BC with his conquests came the rise of Greece one of the four world powers. The conquest of the Mediterranean world by Alexander the Great ended the Persian control of Israel starting in 538 and lasting for some 200 years. The Hellenistic period lasted from around 331 B.C. to 63 B.C. when it was conquered by the Roman … [Read more...]