This is the continuation of my reading this week. For this assignment I am focusing on Part B.
Biblical Unit: Biblical Women
- Saul went to the Witch of Endor when God would no longer answer him
- Saul went in disguise to the witch because he has outlawed witchcraft
- The Witch of Endor feared for her life thinking that he was coming for her
- Saul let her know he swore he was going to do her no harm
- Saul wanted to speak to Samuel about his frustration with the Philistines
- Bathsheba was married to Uriah
- King David lusted her and called for her to be brought to the palace
- Bathsheba was then carrying David's child
- David ordered Uriah be killed in war after Uriah did not obey orders of being with his wife (to make it seem like the child was Uriah's)
- After Uriah died David married Bathsheba but the Lord was displeased and their first born died
- Esther was the chosen one
- Ester was Jew but she his her identity under the advice of her uncle, Mordecai because there was Jewish persecution at the time
- King Ahasuerus was looking for a new wife to replace Queen Vasti
- Ester had the king's grace and favor and he loved her and made her queen
- Haman delivers is plan to kill the Jewish
- Mordecai pleas Esther to do something but she is afraid
- Esther was the only hope for the Jews but her life was in danger in case the King was not pleased and she too would perish
- Esther devises a plan to unveil Haman's to the King
- At the banquet Esther asks for the grace of the King and grace over her people
- The king owed his life to Mordecai and once he realized that Haman wanted to kill Mordecai in the gallows, Haman was sentenced to the gallows
- Esther freed her people from persecution
- Joseph and Mary made there way into Bethlehem to pay their taxes
- it was during this time that Mary went in to labor
- due to no housing, Mary delivered in a manger
- Mary gave birth to Jesus named an angel before birth
- Simeon and Anna recognized this child and their Savior and The Lord
- Martha and Mary were sisters
- Martha was occupied serving and attending her guests
- Mary occupied herself by sitting at the feet of Jesus and listening to him
- Martha was upset and nagged but the Lord told her that Mary had made the right choice
- Martha and Mary notified the Lord when Lazarus was ill but the Lord did not move and stayed in the same place
- Until it was time the Lord made his way to Judea
- the people around him did not understand as Lazarus had already passed
- When Martha heard that Jesus was coming she went to meet him but Mary was upset that he did not do anything for their brother, Lazarus
- Martha and Mary did not understand why Jesus wanted to go into the tombstone since Lazarus had already passed days ago
- Lazarus heard the voice of Jesus and he rose
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