Posted on 04/15/2002 12:16:07 AM PDT by 2sheep
And quickly became larger in area, too, as the northerners lost territory...
And as the northern kingdom was steadily defeated in war after war, drifting farther and farther away from God, it had dwindled by the 750-700 BC era into a small petty city-state at Samaria, which went into utter vassalage to Assyria in c727 BC and totally ceased c707-02 BC.
It is very doubtful that in (say) 725 BC just before the serious (?) deportations to Assyria began...that there were even a hundred thousand persons in the northern "kingdom," perhaps more like 50-70k
It takes only 3 minutes, like it says. I timed it. --ggg---
That government is made up of fallible humans, like ours is, and has usually consisted of secularist socialists.
The loyalty of the Christian, or the believing Jew, is to the PEOPLE and LAND of GOD, and to His Word, and thus to the true INTERESTS of Israel as the rightful and destined people of God and medium of salvation to the world.
I believe, and I am sure 2sheep would agree, that we are free to dissent, even strongly, with the policies of any human government at all, that all men might be accursed= disdained=held in contempt, ignored....and God be valued over all.
I'm sorry that you can't seem to get anything right.
2 Samuel 24:9 Joab reported the number of the fighting men to the king: In Israel there were eight hundred thousand able-bodied men who could handle a sword, and in Judah five hundred thousand.
This is the highest Israelite count I am aware of in the Bible. It is obvious to the most casual observer that the Northern Kingdom outnumbers the Southern Kingdom 8 to 5.
When you apply the Standard Multiplier of x6 to arrive at total Israelite count including women, children, etc you show the Northern Kingdom at nearly 5 MILLION, and the Southern Kingdom at 3 MILLION. These are not trivial numbers!
Now please go away and study your Bible before burning up more bandwidth. Your total contribution to this discussion has been ZERO, a combination of reckless prattle, nervous speculation, and sheer nonsense. If you are not willing to take the 3 MINUTES needed to study my Profile and it's links I'm not going to waste the time to answer you.
It is YOU, not I, who is making some kind of unusual (aka cultic or heretical) set of ideas around the alleged fate of the allegedly numerous and allegedly lost northern kingdom.
I have written nothing that is cultic or peculiar to me, and my only purpose has been to educate those who know even less than I do.
IF YOU or others on here know more than I do, and thus can catch me out, feel free to do so, whether or not you bother to say so on the thread or by private reply.
But so far, all I have received on THIS thread is shouting at me by those holding private hobby horses, not superior or better informed scholarship.
Very many of that 99% of those that the Bible says were there in 1010 BC, who had gone by 740 BC, had precisely gone TO the southern kingdom, which in fact began to project northward a bit and take over some borderline territory in the 770-590 era....
Now the Bible says that God will bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curse Abraham. If we betray Israel, God pays attention. The Curse of Anti-Semitism The son of one of the Canadian prime ministers and many Canadian Christians repented for his father's sins and Canada's collective sins. His father turned away the SS St. Louis. Many pastors in Cuba believe Cuba is under a curse for voting against the birth of Israel in 1948. This is part of many Christians' theology, because its straightforward if you read the Bible. That's not treason. I hope Bush and Powell make the right decisions for all of our sakes.
Sheep is right those who haven't opened up the land for your precious oil or use to feed your black consumer hearts have been bombed into submission.Worldwide in co-operation with thieves and scum whom you arm and help opress their masses,you exploit the worlds resources and continue to this day destroying indiginous communities and cultures.Wrap yourself in your bloodstained flag tainted with tens of millions of abortioned innocents and millions of dead civilians from Vietnam to Afghanistan.
Yes it is in the Bible God blesses those that bless Israel or the Bloodline of Abraham and the FEW gentiles that graft itself onto it,that the worlds nations will rise against Israel and they will be SLAMMED replete with fire and brimstone
For the few prophets left they are like 2sheep, 4 generations of Noahs family warned the masses but no their lives were comfortable,their kingdoms were great.Yes 2sheep piss in the wind but it is their duty to witness.Then came the flood.
You might like to check out Scott Hofstee and I witness this before the Lord himself,when reading one of his prophecys my television gave me the 30 second armageddon video show I cried I wept and guess what I was informed,
DON'T EVEN PRAY FOR THEM,...now you may hit the abuse button and have this post deleted
You and your god (or goddess) can rebel all you want, it's still rebellion.
I had never heard that before. Can you tell me where I can find this in the Bible?
Today that standard has been Prodigal Daughter, crystalk and Governor StrangeReno. We give a hardy Amen to all your posts and a thank you. crystalk, you got it right also at #245 as well. GSR still hears the Shepherd and follows after. Bless you all! We have other things on our plate today than F.R. so leave it to you and will have to catch your comments at a later time.
We join the Lord in this: 2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Everyone has to do things the L-rd's way to obtain the promises of His blessing, otherwise they get the promise of His cursings. Deut. 28 and see also God Did it, Part II, #199
Shabbat Shalom!
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