Part 3 – The Age of Israel (the Jews) – Abraham to Jesus.
It’s been 353 years from the flood 1656AM/BC2342 to the birth of Abraham 2009AM/BC1989. The Nephilim and their hybrid descendants have been washed away in the flood (for now), but by this time the world has already changed. By now we know that not all the sons of Seth are good. Noah’s son Ham and his sons have gone the way of Cain.
They have rejected the covenant with God and will continue their covenant with Satan. Ham’s son Canaan with his 11 sons have claimed the land of Eden renaming it after their father-the land of Canaan. Canaan’s son Jebus with his sons have captured the Gihon Springs (the living waters of Life). To defend it they built the fortress city of Jebus around it, the largest in Canaan. Ham’s son Cush is the father of Nimrod. His name (Nimrod) literally means rebel.
Satan with his hierarchy of fallen angels would now begin to expand his kingdom on the earth. He would seek out men with his nature, men with the desire to elevate themselves above the masses, to rule the world as warrior kings, gods on earth. The book of Revelation17:9-11 tells us there will be 7 of these kings of the world (king of kings). One after the other they will expand Satan’s kingdom over the entire earth. Then an 8th king will arise to rule over all the kingdoms of men. But it all starts here with Nimrod and his kingdom that began in the city of Babylon.
Rev17:9 This calls for a mind with wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits. 10There are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, and the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11The beast that was, and now is not, is an eighth king, who belongs to the other seven and is going into destruction.
The 1st king of kings – Nimrod (the Rebel) – The son of Cush, the son of Ham – creates the kingdom of Assyria with the city of Nineveh as its capital.
Gen10:8Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. 9He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so, it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.” 10His kingdom began in Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, 12and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city of Calah.
Nimrod through warfare created the first world kingdom after the flood. One king ruling over other kings and kingdoms merging them together under a common system of rule. He did it by taking over the lands and cities of the sons of Shem. Shem’s son Asshur ruled in Assyria in Mesopotamia in the fertile crescent before Nimrod took over. Now, with all the natural resources of Assyria, Nimrod and his descendants would control the known world.
This is the beginning of civilization: the process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social and cultural development and organization. (Oxford Languages)
Civilization is the process of enslaving mankind into an organization, a corporation (together as one body), with the purpose of advancing the kingdom of Satan. The civilized world started here but it will spread out until one king (Antichrist) will rule the entire earth.
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The first plan of the civilized world was to make a name for themselves. Instead of spreading out upon the earth as God said, they came together to build a city with a tower reaching the heavens, to defy God. The world’s first skyscraper!
Gen11:4“Come,” they said, “let us build for ourselves a city with a tower that reaches to the heavens, that we may make a name for ourselves and not be scattered over the face of all the earth.”
Jasher9:21 And all the princes of Nimrod and his great men took counsel together; Phut, Egypt, Cush and Canaan with their families, and they said to each other, Come let us build ourselves a city and in it a strong tower, and its top reaching heaven, and we will make ourselves famed so that we may reign upon the whole world, in order that the evil of our enemies may cease from us, that we may reign mightily over them, and that we may not become scattered over the earth on account of their wars.
Gen11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building. 6And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them. 7Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” 8So the LORD scattered them from there over the face of all the earth, and they stopped building the city.
Jasher9:32 And God said to the seventy angels (sons of God) who stood foremost before him, to those who were near to him, saying, come let us descend and confuse their tongues, that one man shall not understand the language of his neighbor, and they did so unto them.
The world is already back to full rebellion against God. Since the world rejects God as their ruler, He will give the nations new rulers-the “sons of God”. He will divide the nations according to the number of the sons of God. (70 sons of God)
Duet32:7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you. 8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. 9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.
The Divine Assembly – a heavenly council that governs creation.
God presides in the “divine assembly/council” made up of the sons of God. A heavenly council that governs creation.
Psalm82:1God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Psalm89:5The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD—Your faithfulness as well—in the assembly of the holy ones. 6For who in the heavens can compare with the LORD? Who among the sons of God is like the LORD? 7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
Micaiah the prophet gives us an example of how the divine council works.
1Kings22:19And Micaiah said, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven (sons of God) standing beside him on his right hand and on his left; 20and the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one (spirit) said one thing, and another (spirit) said another. 21Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD, saying, ‘I will entice him.’ 22And the LORD said to him, ‘By what means?’ And he said, ‘I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And he said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.’
Twice in the Book of Job Satan presents himself before the LORD with the sons of God. Satan has not been cast out of heaven…yet!
Job1:6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
Job2:1 On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him. 2“Where have you come
from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
But having power over the nations would corrupt the sons of God. They would become like Satan and the 200 watchers that corrupted mankind. They would become the false gods of this world otherwise known as demons.
demon (Strong’s Greek: 1140) daimónion (a neuter, diminutive noun) – a demon, i.e. fallen angel. 1140 (daimónion) always refers to demons in the NT – the only exception being Ac 17:18 (which refers to heathen gods). See 1139 (diamonizomai).
The nations would start to worship the fallen sons of God in place of God.
Duet32:16They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations. 17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear. 18You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Abraham is born – the great grandson of Shem the son of Noah.
This is the world that Abraham was born into. He lived under the reign of Nimrod in the city of Ur in the kingdom of Assyria. His father Terah, like most of the people of Assyria, worshipped the false gods of this world in the form of idols (the beginning of Idol worship). It’s here in the city of Ur that God would call upon Abraham and make a promise to Abraham.
Gen12:1-3 1Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you (Canaan, Eden). 2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
If Abram (later renamed Abraham) will leave his home, his kindred and his father’s household, God promises the land of Eden (Canaan) to him and his descendants. He will make them a great nation. So, we now have a promised land and a promised people. The nation of Abraham’s descendants. The land that once belonged to Adam is now promised to Abraham.
Gen15:6Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
By believing that God will fulfill the promise he made, Abraham becomes right in God’s eyes. Abraham was trusting God. He had faith in God’s word.
faith (Strong’s Greek: 4102) pístis (from 3982/peithô, “persuade, be persuaded”) – properly, persuasion (be persuaded, come to trust)
Do you believe (trust) the LORD, so it will be credited to you as righteousness? What is He asking you to believe? Find out in Part 4.
Where are we on the Jubilee timeline? The Age of the Fathers has ended, and the Age of Israel (the descendants of Abraham) has begun.
God is calling Abraham out of the kingdom of Nimrod from the city of Ur, back to Eden (Canaan), now called the promised land. God would bring Abraham back into Eden across the Jordan River, right where Adam and Eve crossed on their way out.
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God confirms His promise to Abram (Abraham) – at age 70.
Jasher13:17 And it was in the fifteenth year of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, which is the seventieth year of the life of Abram, and the Lord appeared to Abram in that year, and he said to him, I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur Casdim to give thee this land for an inheritance. 18 Now therefore walk before me and be perfect and keep my commands, for to thee and to thy seed I will give this land for an inheritance, from the river Mitzraim (Egypt) unto the great river Euphrates.
The Abrahamic Covenant – circumcision a sign of the covenant – at age 99.
Gen17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless. 2I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
Gen17:24So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.
The 12 tribes of Israel – the physical descendants of Abraham.
The descendants of Abraham and his wife Sarah. Their son Isaac, Isaac’s son Jacob and his12 sons will become the “promised nation”. God would give Jacob a new name Israel (one who wrestles with God). His sons would be called the 12 tribes (families) of Israel.
God sends Abraham’s descendants into Egypt – but how long were they slaves in Egypt?
430 years – From the Promise to the Exodus of Egypt and the Law.
Exodus12:40Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years. 41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.…
Was it 430 years as slaves in Egypt?
Or 430 years as foreigners in Haran, Canaan and Egypt where they would become slaves? We have other scriptures that say they were foreigners in Haran, Canaan and Egypt. The chronology from Abraham to Moses also supports the latter, as does Gal3:17 which says it was 430 years from the promise to the Law/Exodus.
Gal3:17Now I say this: the law, which came four hundred thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to cancel the promise.
It was 430 years to the very day that God confirmed His promise with Abraham to the day God called Abraham’s descendants out of Egypt. So, it took 430 years to fulfill the promise of a nation of descendants living in the promised land.
400 years – 30 years after Abraham received the Promise Isaac was born (your descendants) 430 – 30 = 400 years.
Gen15:13-16 13Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Acts7:6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Did Abrahams descendants live 400 years as slaves in Egypt? Or 400 years as foreigners in Canaan and Egypt where they ended up slaves? Remember they lived in Canaan as foreigners before moving to Egypt. The chronology from Abraham to Jacob seems to prove the latter. The 400 years starts at the birth of Isaac. Isaac was 60 when Jacob was born. Jacob was 130 years old when he entered Egypt. That’s 60yrs + 130yrs = 190 years from the birth of Isaac to the time they entered Egypt. So, 400yrs – 190yrs = 210 years in Egypt. Plus, they didn’t become slaves until after the death of Joseph and his 11 brothers. Then a new Pharaoh who didn’t know Joseph took power. (Exodus1:6-8)
for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
The 2nd king of kings – Egypt (Mizraim) – The son of Ham, his sons are the Pharaohs – creates the Kingdom of Egypt with the city of Memphis as its capital.
Egypt (Mizraim) the son of Ham, the brother of Cush and the uncle of Nimrod. His kingdom is older than Nimrod himself. But the civilized world started with Nimrod’s Assyrian kingdom. Assyria is named after Asshur, the son of Shem. Asshur and Egypt are cousins about the same age. So, the Kingdoms of Assyria and Egypt are also about the same age. They grew up at the same time. As their kingdoms grew so did the borders of their lands. This put the two families on a collision course. The Assyrian Kingdom would defeat the Egyptian Kingdom. Nimrod and Assyria are placed before Egypt and his kingdom as Abraham was called out of Nimrod’s Assyrian Kingdom first. It would be 430 years later that Abraham’s descendants were called out of Egypt.
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God sends Moses and Aaron – from the tribe of Levi to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses, the fourth generation from Levi, would be called upon to lead the Israelites (12 tribes) out of Egypt.
Exodus2:9-10 9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached Me, and I have seen how severely the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
God goes on the offensive – against the gods of Egypt while delivering His people.
God delivers Abraham’s descendants from Egypt with severe plagues. Each plague was directed at one of the 10 false gods of Egypt.
To see how the 10 plagues were sent against the 10 gods of Egypt click link below.
http://www.stat.rice.edu/~dobelman/Dinotech/10_Eqyptian_gods_10_Plagues.pdf
With these ten plagues God judged Egypt while delivering His people. He took them from bondage in Egypt to freedom in the promised land. We now have the promised nation on its way to the promised land. The 12 tribes of Israel were raised in Egypt but now God is calling them back home to Eden. God is taking his people out of Egypt, but can He take Egypt out of His people? We’re about to find out.
Exodus12:35Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing. 36And the LORD gave the people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that they granted their request. In this way they plundered the Egyptians.
Exodus12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children. 38And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
God calls His people to Mount Sinai.
Exodus19:1-6 1In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai. 2After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.
3Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel: 4‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. 5Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. 6And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
At Mount Sinai God is introducing Himself to them and establishing a covenant with them. A corporate (together as one body) covenant with God. The nation of Israel as one person. This is the corporate covenant that God has established. This is what Satan is trying to replace with his civilization.
Exodus24:3When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
All the words and ordinances – The Ten Commandments – The Law.
The “Law” wasn’t just the Ten Commandments. The Law and ordinances cover four chapters in Exodus20-24 if you want to read it. Plus, the entire book of Leviticus is full of ceremonial laws as well. The same way our nation has laws to govern us today, God would create laws for His nation. But the law doesn’t replace the promise, nor does it atone for sin. The need to sacrifice a lamb, to spill its blood is still required to atone for their sin. The Law would show Israel the nature of God and how He wants them to live their lives. It would (or should have) also shown them how far off they still were from hitting God’s target.
The Israelites have been consecrated (set apart) from the other kingdoms. They now belong to God. They agree to do all the words the Lord has spoken to them. In order to keep the covenant.
The Covenant Sealed – with the blood of bull a “blood covenant.” (The Old Covenant).
Exodus24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
Exodus24:7Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.” 8So Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
God dwells with His people – in the Tabernacle.
Exodus25:8And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them. 9You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
The Tabernacle – The house of God and the place of corporate worship.
Like we learned in Part 2, each Israelite needs to sacrifice a lamb to atone for their sin. Not only would the Tabernacle be the house of God but also the tabernacle had an altar outside. Instead of each man building his own altar and sacrificing on different days of year. God would establish Corporate (together as one body) worship at the tabernacle on set days called Moedim (appointed times). All the sacrifices of the Israelites would be performed on one Brazen Altar. The duties of the priesthood were given to Aaron (and his sons in succession) as High Priest and the rest of the Levites as priests in the tabernacle.
Can you figure out the way back to God in the Holy of Holies?? Looks like you enter through a narrow gate. Then a blood sacrifice happens in order to atone for our sins. We are then washed clean at the Laver, so we can put on our white priestly robes. Then we can enter the Holy Place. From there the High Priest connects you with God in the Holy of Holies.
This was the LORD’s portable house (tent) as they traveled to Canaan (Eden). Once there He would choose a location to build a permanent tabernacle called a temple. (In Jerusalem!)
The tribe of Levi – serve as priests to God at the Tabernacle.
Exodus28:4These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests. 5They shall use gold, along with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen. Priest and High Priest garments – Both wear white linen robes High Priest is covered with a breastpiece, an ephod, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash over it.
Whenever the bible mentions us as believers wearing white robes (garments) this is what they look like.
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The Daily Offerings – morning and evening.
Exodus28:38-44 38This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. 39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. 40With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. 41And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 42For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you. 43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory. 44So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
These are the same Daily Sacrifices that will be reestablished soon in Israel. We are told the Antichrist will stop the daily sacrifices shortly after he arrives, so that the world can worship him and his image.
The Tabernacle is completed – sacrifices begin for the Atonement of sin.
This is what the camp of Israel would have looked like from the mountains (and the heavens) as they journeyed to the promised land. They were offering sacrifices to atone for their sins in the Tabernacle on a giant cross. Just like God would do later to atone for the sins of the world with the flesh and blood of Jesus.
Lev9:5-7 5So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. 6And Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
Now that they are organized, God will have Moses lead the Israelites to the promised land. Once they reach the promised land, God will choose Joshua to lead the Israelites in a war to take back Eden.
The invasion of Eden – (Canaan, the promised land) – God is organizing His army of Israelites and preparing to take back Eden.
Before the invasion God tells Moses to pick 12 leaders one from each of the 12 tribes. They would be sent as spies into the land of Canaan.
Num13:25-2625After forty days the men returned from spying out the land, 26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
The return of the Nephilim.
Num13:30-33 30Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!” 31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!” 32So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. 33We even saw the Nephilim there—the descendants of Anak that come from the Nephilim! We seemed like grasshoppers in our own sight, and we must have seemed the same to them!”
It appears that while God was building His army of Israelites in Egypt, the sons of God were building their army in Canaan. Whether by mating with woman again or through the bloodlines of the wives of Noah’s sons, the Nephilim have returned like we were told they would. They have become the champions and kings of the sons of Canaan.
The final part of receiving the promised land would be the purging of the sons of Canaan and descendants of the Nephilim from it. Remember way back in the book of Genesis, wait a minute-Moses would be writing that soon.
Gen6:4 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (pre-flood)—and afterward as well— (post-flood) when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Instead of trusting in God to help them defeat the Nephilim. The Israelite spies, except for two-Joshua and Caleb, choose to return to Egypt. So, just after watching God destroy the kingdom of Egypt and their gods, the Israelites still have no faith in God.
Num14:1-51Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept. 2All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
The promised land – delayed for 40 years due to the Israelite’s lack of faith in God.
Num14:30-32 30Surely none of you will enter the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it. 32As for you, however, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. After 40 years God brings the Israelites back to the promised land.
Moses dies on Mount Nebo – overlooking the promised land.
Deu34:1Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which faces Jericho. And the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead as far as Dan, 2all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea 3the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Before Moses dies, he will write the first (5) books of the Bible called the Torah (the Law): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.
Exo33:11Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
The Promised People arrive at the Promised Land – Back to Eden.
Notice the Israelites crossed the Jordan River into Eden (Canaan) right where Adam and Eve crossed on their way out. Back to Eden, back to the garden and back to God.
Where are we on the Jubilee Timeline? From the birth of Abraham to the time his descendants entered the promised land is 540 years (11 Jubilees). They entered on a Jubilee year.
Joshua’s conquest of Canaan – War in Eden.
Jos1:1Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying, 2“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.
Joshua would succeed Moses and lead the Israelites into the promised land. Here are a few scriptures describing the inhabitants they were told to drive out of the land.
The return of the descendants of the Nephilim – Rephaim, Zamzummites, Anakites…
Deu2:10-1110 The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. 11Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
Deut2:20-21 20That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites. 21They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
Josh12:4-5 4And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. 5He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.
Deut3:1-31Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. 2But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.” 3So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
Deut3:11(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.) Og’s bed was 14 feet long and 6 feet wide.
Below is a map of the Nephilim nations living in the promised land before the nation of Israel invaded. Notice Mount Hermon in the north at the top of the map. This is where the Fallen Angels met to make a pact before coming down to earth, and under this mountain is most likely where they are now locked up in Tartarus waiting to be released at the final judgement.
A map of the Nephilim nations living in the promised land (Canaan, Eden) before the conquest of Johua and the Israelites.
The Israelites invade the land of Canaan – Lead by Joshua from the tribe of Ephraim.
Just like Abraham, they crossed the Jordan River into the land of Canaan (Eden) where Adam and Eve had crossed on their way out. Also, there is a good chance that Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal are the petrified stumps and root systems of the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
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Jos10:40So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua defeats 31 kings from the sons of Canaan and the descendants of the Nephilim.
Job12:24 So there were thirty-one kings in all.
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Caleb from the tribe of Judah – will lead the Israelites after Joshua dies.
Judges1:1-2 1After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?” 2“Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”
Judges1:20 20Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave Hebron to Caleb, who drove out the descendants of the three sons of Anak.
The fortress city built by the Jebusites and named after their father Jebus (the son of Canaan) was the largest fortress in Canaan. It was built on top of the Gihon Springs (the living waters of Eden). Neither Joshua nor Caleb captured the city.
Jos15:63But the descendants of Judah could not drive out the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. So, to this day the Jebusites live there among the descendants of Judah.
The rest of the tribes failed to remove all the nations around them as they were told. So, God would use these nations to test Israel.
Judges3:4-7 4These nations were left to test the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses. 5Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. 6And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. 7So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
A test for the Israelites, a one question test, who will you serve? The God of your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob or the gods of the Canaanites, the Baals and the Asherahs. Yep…they failed! They went with the false gods.
What about you? Will you pass the test when you face the LORD? Will you pass the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. Rev3:10
Hint: It’s a one question test.
Here is a map of the promised land after the conquest. The land of Eden divided between the 12 tribes at the time of Joshua. Notice half the tribe of Manasseh, the tribes of Gad and Rueben all choose to stay outside of the promised land for more room to raise all their livestock.
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The time of the Judges of Israel – local tribe leaders judging over the Israelites.
After Caleb dies God raises up leaders as needed in the form of judges/governors/heroes (Gideon, Samson, Deborah…).
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Judg2:16 Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them. 17Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
But it’s still not enough for the Israelites!
Not only did they worship the gods of the Canaanites. Now Israel also wants a king like the Nephilim kings of the nations around them. You know-the nations they were supposed to purge from the land!
The Prophets of Israel – God’s messengers to the people.
1Sam8:4-9 4So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. 5“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.” 6But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so, he prayed to the LORD. 7And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king. 8Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. 9Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
They got what they asked for-a king like the nations. Saul from the tribe of Benjamin.
1Sam9:1-2 1Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. 2And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
A king tall and strong like the Nephilim kings…well almost.
King Saul selected by the people but doesn’t obey God – so he is replaced by King David.
1Sam13:13-14 13“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. 14But now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
God selects David a man after the LORD’s own heart – King David from the tribe of Judah.
1Sam16:1 1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
David and his mighty men of war would finish the Conquest of Canaan that Joshua and Caleb had started. They would kill the remaining Nephilim in the land of Canaan, Goliath and his three brothers.
1Sam17:4Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height (9.5ft), 5and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels (125lbs), 6and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders. 7The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels(15lbs.). In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
1Sam17:48As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. 49Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell face down on the ground.
2Sam21:16Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha (Rephaim) whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels(7.5lbs) and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David. 17But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him.
2Sam21:18Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha (Rephaim).
19Once again there was a battle with the Philistines at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. 20And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha (Rephaim), 21and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him. 22So these four descendants of Rapha (Rephaim, Giants) in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
Notice the location of the land Philistia (land of the Philistines) and the location of the modern-day Gaza Strip in Israel.
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The Gaza Strip is Philistia, and the West Bank is the garden of Eden. The war for Eden continues to this day… Just watch the news. More on this in Part 4.
David is anointed King over the 12 tribes of Israel – one united kingdom.
2Sam5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood. 2Even in times past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And to you the LORD said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’” 3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years.
King David captures the fortress city Jebus – later he renames it Jerusalem.
Jerusalem becomes the capital city of Israel.
1Sam17:41-49 6Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem (Jebus) against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.” 7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). 8On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.” 9So David took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built it up all the way around, from the supporting terraces inward. 10And David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of Hosts was with him.
After David dies – his son Solomon becomes king.
1Kings2:10Then David rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. 11The length of David’s reign over Israel was forty years—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 12So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.
King Solomon builds – the 1st Temple in Jerusalem.
1Kings6:37-38 37The foundation of the house of the LORD was laid in the fourth year of Solomon’s reign, in the month of Ziv. 38In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So, he built the temple in seven years.
1Kings9:1-9 1Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace and had achieved all that he had desired to do, 2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. 4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances, 5then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’ 6But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, 7then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name.
Where are we on the Jubilee Timeline? The 12 tribe of Israel are united under one king-King David. The temple is complete and in service. It was 980 years (20 Jubilee cycles – 20x49yrs=980yrs) from the birth of Abraham to the completion of the first temple in Jerusalem.
The Kingdom of Israel – during King Solomon’s reign.
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This was the kingdom of Israel’s most powerful time. Solomon asked for wisdom to rule, and the LORD gave it to him. The temple would replace the tabernacle as the permanent house of the LORD. But Solomon didn’t have a relationship with the LORD like his father David and he would end up serving other gods. This would lead to a civil war between the 12 tribes and the end of the united kingdom of Israel.
Solomon’s Foreign Wives – turn his heart away from God.
1Kings11:1-3 1King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. 2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love. 3He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away.
God’s Anger against Solomon – the kingdom of Israel would be divided.
1Kings11:9-13 9Now the LORD grew angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.11Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. 12Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son. 13Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
King David ruled for 40 years. After his death his son King Solomon ruled for 40 years. After Solomon died his son King Rehoboam creates a civil war, dividing the 12 tribes of Israel. The united kingdom of Israel lasted only 80 years. The kingdom would come to an end 29 years after the 1st temple was built.
Civil war divides the 12 tribes of Israel – into two kingdoms.
The Kingdom of Israel with 10 tribes (Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Dan, Naphtali, Gad and Asher).
The Kingdom of Judah with 2 tribes (Judah and Benjamin + a lot of Levites (priests) and 15% or so from the other 9 tribes) still loyal to King David and God.
The Kingdom of Israel no longer had Jerusalem as its capital and no access to the temple. No problem for their wise king Jeroboam. He would just setup two “golden calves” to worship in two cities across Israel for easy access. You know like the golden calf at Mount Sinai that went over so well with the LORD. The two kingdoms would fight back and forth until the Kingdom of Israel was destroyed and carried off by the Assyrians. As God had warned if you worship other gods, I will remove you from the land I have given you.
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Kingdom of Israel (10 tribes) taken Captive to Assyria.
2Kings17:5-8 5Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. 6In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes. 7All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods 8and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel.
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This will be the end of the kingdom of Israel (10 tribes) until they return in 1948AD. They are called the lost 10 tribes of Israel. They were dispersed all the way to the cities of the Medes (Media).
God delivers the Kingdom of Judah – from the Assyrians.
After defeating the Kingdom of Israel, the Assyrians invaded the Kingdom of Judah. But King Hezekiah would ask God for help.
2Kings19:14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. 15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD:
God would send His Angel.
2Kings19:35And that very night the Angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies! 36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
The Kingdom of Judah would be saved and continue on for 461 years. Then they went the way of Israel and worshipped the false gods. So, like Adam and Eve they would be exiled from Eden the promised land.
The 1st Temple destroyed – the Kingdom of Judah taken Captive to Babylon.
2Kings25:8On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. 9He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building. 10And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
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The 3rd king of kings – King Nebuchadnezzar from the sons of Ham, Cush and Nimrod – creates the Kingdom of Babylon with the city of Babylon as its capital.
At the Battle of Carchemish, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated a coalition army of Egypt and Assyria to become the world power. King Nebuchadnezzar then merges the kingdoms of Egypt and Assyria into his Babylonian Kingdom. Like the kingdom of Israel, the kingdom of Judah (the Jews) would be sent out of Eden and back into the kingdom of Nimrod. Nimrod has long passed on like Abraham, but his descendants are still around and in power. The Kingdom of Judah would see Jerusalem and the 1st Temple destroyed before being carried off in chains to Babylon.
Where are we on the Jubilee Timeline?
The 1st temple stood for 490 years (10 Jubilee cycles – 10x49yrs=490yrs). During this time the Kingdom of Judah failed to keep the Sabbath Year. Every 7th year the land was to be given a rest. So, 490yrs / 7yrs = 70 sabbath years of rest were not fulfilled. So, the Babylonian captivity would last 70 years in order to fulfill the land’s sabbath rest. This was foretold by the prophet Jerimiah before the exile.
Jer29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
Daniel receives a prophecy – from the angel Gabriel while in exile in Babylon.
Israel had failed to keep the covenant by not keeping the sabbath week for 490 years, 70 sabbath years 70×7=490 (10 Jubilee cycles 49×10=490). So, God sent them into exile for 70 years.
Now God is telling Daniel that the Kingdom of Judah will get another 70 (Sabbath) weeks or 490 years (10 Jubilee cycles) until God will come and physically dwell with them in the Holy of Holies.
Dan9:23So consider the message and understand the vision: 24Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
When will the 490 years start?
25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt (in seven weeks) with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. 26Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come, will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. 27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
Ezra1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: 2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
The 4th king of kings – King Cyrus – from the sons of Madai (Media) the son of Japheth – creates the Kingdom of Persia with the city of Persepolis as the capital.
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King Cyrus would conquer the Kingdom of Media (Medes) first. With the combined powers of the Persians and the Medes he would go on to conquer the Babylonians. Then he would allow the Jews to return home, so they could rebuild the temple and Jerusalem, as God had anointed him to do.
Isa45:1This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: 2“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron. 3I will give you the treasures of darkness and the riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by name. 4For the sake of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one, I call you by name; I have given you a title of honor, though you have not known Me.
The words of Cyrus written after conquering Babylon.
I am Cyrus, king of the world, great king, mighty king, king of Babylon, king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the four quarters, [21] the son of Cambyses, great king, king of Anšan, grandson of Cyrus, great king, king of Anšan, descendant of Teispes, great king, king of Anšan, [22] of an eternal line of kingship, whose rule Bêl and Nabu love, whose kingship they desire for their hearts’ pleasure. When I entered Babylon in a peaceful manner,[23] I took up my lordly abode in the royal palace amidst rejoicing and happiness. Marduk, the great lord, /established as his fate (šimtu)\ for me a magnanimous heart of one who loves Babylon, and I daily attended to his worship. (wikiquote)
The return of the Kingdom of Judah – back to Eden the final chance to keep the covenant with God.
Ezra2:1Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town, 2accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.
Ezra2:64The whole assembly numbered 42,360, 65in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 6,7435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
The 2nd Temple has been completed – the daily sacrifices start again.
Some of the exiles would return home to Jerusalem after the 70 years of captivity. The Babylonian people who were resettled into Judah during the exile would resist the rebuilding of the temple and Jerusalem. So, it would take 28 years to complete the 2nd temple and another 21 to complete Jerusalem for a total of 49 years. This fulfills the first 7 weeks of Daniel’s prophesy (7x7sabbaths week =49 years)
Judaism.
From the time they returned until the birth of Jesus, the Jews would come to practice Judaism. They would focus too much on the laws and rituals and not enough on their relationship with the LORD. This would lead them to become self-righteous. This would cause them to misunderstand and reject their Messiah, Jesus the Savior. They didn’t believe they needed to be saved; they were doing it right…in their own eyes.
Where are we on the Jubilee Timeline? God has given the Kingdom of Judah 490 years until His plan for them is completed starting with the decree of Cyrus (3549AM). The kingdom of Judah has return from exile in Babylon back to Eden the land of Israel. The 2nd temple is complete and in service.
The Persians would expand their kingdom to the borders of Macedonia (Greece) home of the sons of Javan, the son of Japheth. At that time Greece was not an Empire. It was made up of city states like Athen, Sparta and Corinth. It would be Alexander the Great who would create the Greek Empire. He would then go on to defeat the Persians. On his way to conquer the Persians he passed through the Kingdom of Judah. Jerusalem welcomed him peacefully as the High Priest had a dream from God to do so. Alexander didn’t see the Jews as his enemy, so he leaves Jerusalem and the temple intact. But his Greek (Hellenistic) influence would change Jewish culture. It’s why the New Testament was written in Greek and not Hebrew.
The 5th king of kings – Alexander the Great – from the sons of Javan, the son of Japheth – creates the Empire of Greece with the city of Alexandria as the capital.
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Alexander’s kingdom included all the lands of the first 4 kingdoms. After the death of Alexander his kingdom would be divided between his top four generals as Alexander had no children. The four generals would fight amongst themselves dividing the Greek Empire into four parts. It would be at this time the most powerful kingdom of the world would rise to power-the Roman Empire.
The 6th king of kings – Julius Ceasar – from the sons of Javan, the son of Japheth the Ceasars – creates the Roman Empire with the city of Rome as the capital.
This is the world Jesus was born into but who is Jesus? Find out in Part 4!