Old Testament

If Adam and Eve were the first and only people, then yes, we are all related. If they weren't, we still are. One only need look to see the truth in that.

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The Christian Bible and Jewish Torah describes the Ark as being covered all over with the purest gold, not made of pure gold. The Ark was, according to the Bible, made of shittah-tree wood (acacia). This can be all found spelled out very clearly in the book of Exodus 25:10-11. It would have been somewhat heavy and several bearers would have been required to carry it.

Some sources indicate that Egyptian gold, during Pharaonic times, was "pure" to a degree of up to 23K. Giving the craftsmen of the day the benefit of being able to purify to this degree gives a theoretical basis for relative gold weight. Sources also point out that taking the dimensions and design specifications that are laid out in Exodus, assuming a gold density of 1061 lbs (481.26Kg) per cubic foot, and a gold overlay method available to craftsmen of the day of 0.02cm, a total Ark weight of approximately 183lbs./83Kg can be ascertained. This is a very manageable weight for the bearers of the Ark to carry and far less than the weight of "tons" that has been suggested.

It may also be pointed out that "mercy seat" is a gross mistranslation according to the original understanding of the Hebrew text. The word in question (kaporet) simply means a cover, not a "seat" and not "mercy."

Both Saul and David had victories over God's enemies, the Philistines (1Samuel 14:47; 18:6, 7; 21:11; 29:5)

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• He, as the very first Israelite king, set up the apparatus of royalty and its institutions.
• He put Israel's enemies to shame (1 Samuel 14:47-48).
• Under the guidance of Samuel, he united the Israelite tribes.
• He briefly experienced prophecy.
• He enforced the observance of the Torah (see 1 Samuel 28:3).

David:

• 1) King David authored/compiled the book of Psalms and gave it to us in its present form (Talmud, Bava Batra 14b). The Psalms (Tehillim), which we might call the soul of the Jewish people, express the yearning of King David and of the entire nation to be close to God. They are one of the foundations of our prayerbook to this day.
• 2) King David was the one who finally succeeded in subduing all of the surrounding nations (see 2 Samuel ch.8 and ch.10) plus the entire territory of Israel, something which no one else did previously or subsequently. He succeeded in all his endeavors (1 Samuel 16:18).
• 3) He secured from the prophet Nathan a promise from God that his (David's) son Solomon would build the Holy Temple (2 Samuel ch.7). The First Temple is actually considered the accomplishment of David himself (Rashi commentary, Berakhot 18a), since it existed in his merit ("Torat Chaim," commenting on Talmud, Shabbat 30a).
• 4) He set the blueprints, with Divine inspiration, for the Holy Temple (1 Chronicles 28:19). Together with the prophet Samuel, he located the spot where the Temple would be built (Talmud, Zevachim 54b); and he dug the foundations for the Temple (Talmud, Sukkah 53a).
• 5) He amassed vast amounts of material and precious metals for the construction of the Temple (1 Chronicles ch.29).
• 6) Together with Samuel, he instituted the 24 groupings of families of Kohanim and Levites (Talmud, Taanit 27a).
• 7) He served God all the days of his life (1 Kings 11:38); and God was with him (1 Samuel 16:18).
• 8) He was without peer in clarifying and applying the halakhot (laws) of the Oral Tradition (Talmud, Sanhedrin 93b).
• 9) King David serves as the archetype of the effectiveness of repentance (Talmud, Avodah Zarah 4b).

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The Medes came from the lineage of Jepheth (Noah's son), with many similarities to the Persians (religion, race and language)who lived to their south. They left no written history themselves, but what is known comes from the Bible, Assyrian records and Greek historians. Archeology first notes their presence on the Iranian Plateau, west and south of the Caspian Sea, with the Zagros Mountains serving as a border between Media and Assyria. They were nomadic, and were known for the fine horses they raised, and their metal work in bronze and gold. The Bible first mentions them during the time of the Assyrian King Shalmaneser III who lived during the reign of King Jehu(around 904-877 BCE)(2 Kings 17:6/2 Kings 18:11). By 634 BCE they became a major enemy of the Assyrian empire and finally joined with Babylon to destroy it (fulfilling prophecy:Zephaniah 2:3/Nahum 2:8-13/Nahum 3:18+19), and then split it's territory between Babylon and Media, with their capitol in Ecbatana(Ezra 6:2).

The Nabonidus Chronicle later mentions that the Persian ruler, Cyrus, overthrows the Median empire and the two forces merge to form the Medo-Persian Empire which God later used to overthrow Babylon as was prophesied(Daniel 8:3,20/Daniel 5:28/Daniel 6:8,12,15/Jeremiah 51:11). By 330 BCE, Alexander the Great had conquered Media, occupying it. When he died young, it became part of the Seleucid Empire. Though they were still known as Medes in 33CE(Acts 2:1,5,9), by the 3rd century CE, they were part of the Iranian populace and no longer a distinct people.

Satan has no "sons" in the sense of him having a wife and children in the physical sense.

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Satan had one flesh son. His name was Cain. The mother was Eve.

The offspring of Cain could be considered the sons of Satan. They are called the Kenites.

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Satan has three sons, known as charm, misery (known as the devil's true form) and anger. This is their story: the devil gave three demons a chance, well, Jesus did, but he is the first charm or the one that speaks and talks to Jesus. The other is the demon anger has the power to cause anger and has dark powers that are activated by fear that makes him angry and just plain makes him angry. Last one you know who he is. He is the person that causes depression and absorbs emotions also his least favorite son (that explains why).

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Satan, and those angels now called demons who chose his way were God's created spiritual beings for ministerial purposes. They do not have sex which is a physical function given to mankind primarily for the furtherance of human beings via the marriage bond on Earth. When we are Resurrected to eternal life within the God Family, there will no longer be a need for sex as Jesus noted this to the Sadducees who tried to trick Him:

Luke 20:34-36New King James Version (NKJV)

34 Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; 36 nor can they die anymore, for they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

Spirit beings cannot have sex, therefore they cannot have offspring.

Many were deported from Israel to other parts of the Assyrian Empire, where they adopted the local religions and cultures, and integrated into the local population. Others fled to Judah in the south, where their descendants integrated into the Jewish population, while still other fled to Egypt, where colonies existed for several centuries, particularly at Elephantine. None of the Israelites migrated far from the Near East.

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Consider God's promise to Abraham:

16 And I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if a man could number the dust of the earth, then your descendants also could be numbered.

Does the modern nation-state of Israel and Jews in the many lands come near to this description regardless of eon?

God also promised 'birthright' blessings of land, resources, wealth from air and sea, power and might. What peoples were the most blessed of all of mankind??

The above two questions assume the reader puts any value on Scripture and the requirement that God fulfills His promises and never lies. Consider where Jesus told His disciples to go to minister:

The 'lost sheep' refers to these 10 tribes of the Northern Kingdom taken captive in 722-718 BC. Even Jewish historian Josephus notes there vast numbers north and east of Jerusalem in the 1st century AD. So they really weren't lost, just not followed by the history we are taught today.

There are those who believe they have discovered the main body migrations of these lost tribes through the Ukraine Valley into primarily Western Europe. Characteristics and the fulfillment of the physical promises line up well with these peoples. Of course not all go the way of the main migration and many would remain in the Turkey-India region, some to Northern Africa (coastal) were they settled and others would migrate into Russia and China via differing routes and intermarrying, further losing their identities.

According to the main 'theory' of the primary migrations, many would become the English-speaking peoples of today which via the UK and to a lesser degree the USA, settled all over the world and into the Pacific Islands as well.

Exodus 25:18-20 "And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be."

There is no mention of angels, here or elsewhere, in relation to the ark of the covenant. In fact, there is no actual mention of angels in any book written before the Babylonian Exile. This passage talks of cherubim (sing: cherub), sphinx-like creatures with human heads, the bodies of lions, and wings, and makes it clear that they were man-made forms. The great guardians of the Assyrian Ninevah were probably quite like the cherubim in form.

If indeed there was an ark of the covenant, it held two man-made cherubim, not representative of any individual person or creature.

1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.

3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

The word 'pulse' occurs 2 times in the King James Bible in Daniel 1:12 & 16. Pulse is also suggested in 2 Samuel 17:28.

Pulse is the English word for the Hebrew "zeroa`", which is generally vegetables, mostly raw, although many are dried and put into flour for bread.

"Zeroa`" is also a plural noun meaning "vegetables, herbs, vegetable food, such as is eaten in a half fast; opposed to flesh and more delicate food."

Jewish answer:

The Hebrew word refers exclusively to legumes, seeds and the like - not to vegetables, or flour or bread of any kind.