Israel Essay

Israel

World History

Eddie Phelps

In the beginning God created the earth and the sun, and all living creatures. He made the light and the dark and then separated them. After He created everything but the man, he said that he would make a man to take care of every animal and every bird. He created a man named Adam, but the man was lonely and God created a woman. One day God said to them, you can eat everything in this garden except that tree over there, for it is the tree of knowledge between good and evil. So God left; then a snake in the garden told the woman that God did not want them to eat the fruit because they will become like God. The woman ate the fruit and told the man to do so too, he ate it and than God came back and found out that he ate the fruit. He cursed the man woman and the Satan. This is beginning of mankind, and tells the History of Israel as a nation.

The tower of Babel was begun by the man who thought they could get closer to their gods by building a big tower. It was led by a man named Nimrod under his leadership they began building the city of Babel, later known as Babylon. Gods response to the tower of Babel, was to confuse the project by making people to speak different languages. And people could not work together when they could not speak to each other.

Abraham was a sheep herder who lived in a city called Ur. One day God spoke to him and said that he would be the father of a great nation. Abraham was an old man when God said that he would have a son. He had a son and he named him Isaac. Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob. Abraham is called the father of the Nation of Israel.

Joseph was one of 12 sons of Jacob. Joseph was the favorite, and he was the second youngest. One day his father made him a robe, it was beautiful. So he went to tell his brothers about it and said that his father loved him the most, he also said that he had a dream that his brothers were gonna bow down to him. The brothers got angry with him and threw him in a ditch. Then an Egyptian trader came along and his brothers sold him into slavery. Even Egypt Joseph prospered and soon became the chief adviser to the pharaoh. When his brothers came for help, they did not remember him and thought he was just an Egyptian. But Joseph remembered them and was happy to see them. He soon let all the Israelites come to Egypt and live there. Jacob was later called Israel and soon all of his children, and grandchildren and later generations came to be called the “the children of Israel”. The children of Israel later came to be called the Nation of Israel.

Moses was born in a time when the pharaoh of Egypt was evil and was killing all the Israelite people because they were getting more and more powerful. Even though he had enslaved them and made them work. They still were getting more in number. The pharaoh of Egypt said that all new born baby boys shall be drowned and killed. Moses's mom sent him down the river in a basket, and he floated down to the daughter of the pharaoh. She took care of him and he became the second son to her. Moses became the heir to the throne of Egypt. One day he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite, he killed the Egyptian and left the land. Later he was called by God to lead the Israelite people out of Egypt and to the Promise land.

Moses first began out of Egypt after God sent curses on Egypt that killed Pharaoh's son. Pharaoh allowed Moses to leave Egypt, but afterward he again got mad and sent the army to go after Moses and kill all the Israelites. They trapped them into the Red Sea, but Moses with God's help split the Red Sea enough just to cross the sea. While when Egyptian tried to cross they were drowned. So after the Israelite people crossed the Red Sea they worshiped God. But soon that stopped and they started complaining about food, and that they would rather be slaves and be fed. But God sent mana to come from above, and water flow from the desert. They finally reached the “Promise Land” and settled there.

King David was one of the best kings of Israel. He had led Israel to its greatest peak as a nation-state. Israel thoroughly defeated its enemies and expanded its borders. Through out history, Israel had many wars. They got captured by Babylon and Persia. Jews were often Persecuted and dispersed by many nations. This happened whenever they stopped serving and loving God. They are still God's chosen people and if we want God's blessing as a nation we should support them and remain allies with them. Israel's history is very exiting and it is connected with their Faith.