Olaniyi Olanrewaju

If you have followed this series, you would have seen how the situation in the middle East moved from war over land and supremacy of tribes to supremacy of religion. Now, let me drive it deeper. Judaism, Christianity and Islam all claim to be the heir of Abraham who is one that the entire region belongs to. The Jews believe that a messiah will come and declare them to be the rightful heir and wipe out the other tribes. That messiah is Jesus Christ, but they do not believe Him because of the church age that Jesus added to the calendar. Daniel prophesied about a particular 70 weeks that will pass before the coming of the Messiah (Daniel 9). Now, the 70 weeks is actually 70 multiplied by 7 years. That's how it is calculated. 1 week is 7 years. So from that time, the Jews calculated it and on the end of the 69th week, Jesus showed up. For them, it was the perfect timing and one more reason why Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for not believing in Him despite their knowledge of the prop...

Abraham gave birth to many sons, but Isaac is the promised child who inherited the covenant. Isaac gave birth to Esau (the father of Edom) and Jacob (who was renamed Israel). Israel went to captivity in Egypt for 430 years before they came out and were officially declared a nation in the days of Joshua, son of Nun. They went through a period of being led by Judges before they moved into the days of the kings. During the reign of the Kings, the nation of Israel was made up of 12 tribes who were the direct sons of Jacob. The nation expanded greatly as a result of the wars the Lord helped them to conquer especially in the days of David. It was the greatest in the entire region. The great kingdom however broke up during the days of the grandchild of David- Rehoboam. Rehoboam placed a heavy tax on the Israelites and 10 tribes rebelled and formed another nation. Rehoboam was left with 2 tribes- Judah and Benjamin. The Kingdom of Israel and Judah after the separation The 10 ...