God the Creator saw the generations of the descendants of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob living in the land of the Egyptians. The generations of Jacob were no longer guests in the land of Egypt but rather they were now slaves to till the land, build buildings and any other work demanded by the Pharaoh of Egypt. The Pharaoh commanded the Egyptian midwives to kill any of the male children of the descendants of Jacob at birth and God once again looked upon the generations of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob. They had been safe in Egypt but that safety net disappeared and now God needed to move them back to the Promised Land and to bury Joseph with his ancestors. It needed to be powerful to ensure that all of the descendants of Jacob left Egypt and returned to the Promised Land as God had a purpose in that.
The first purpose was to let the people of all Earth know that He was God, the only God. Once again mankind had drifted away from the true God and once again the message had to be so overwhelming that all would heed it. I think that is what I take from the ten plagues visited on Egypt. Chapter 12 is the Tenth Plague and will be the beginning of my reading tomorrow. The first nine plagues did not force Pharaoh to let the Israeli people go but the tenth is to be that happening that results in everyone descendant of Jacob to return to the Promised Land. We do know in these first eleven chapters of Exodus that this was foretold by Joseph before he died in Chapter 50 of Genesis. At this time and in this place God the Creator once again proves His omnipotence to the peoples of the world. Word of mouth remains a powerful tool amongst Homo sapiens. There is only one God the Creator and we Homo sapiens must follow His wishes. But first He needs to move the descendants of Abraham, of Isaac and of Jacob as he promised Jacob back in Genesis Chapter 50 Verses 24- 25: 24: 'Then Joseph said to his brothers', "I am about to die, but God will surely come to you, and bring you up out of this land to the land that he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob." 25: 'So Joseph made the Israelites swear, saying', "When God comes to you, you shall carry up my bones from here."
It took a long time before we, Homo sapiens, learned to understand what God the Creator intended for us: Jesus, His only Son, brought us those words from God - to love God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love our neighbour as ourself (two thousand plus years ago). At first after the return to the Promised Land there were so many rules (The Ten Commandments and many other rules to follow) but Homo sapiens was incapable of following so many rules and the prophecy promised a Saviour and Jesus came into our midst and brought us those two rules/commandments to follow and if we follow them then we can find that uplifted plain of peace. God no longer destroys earth in order to rid earth of the sins of Homo sapiens. He wants us to survive and we need to follow the simple commandments given to do that. Christianity, Islam and Judaism, the three great religions known to me, follow this known God the Creator but the whole world was created by God. Reading the Gospel of Jude will awaken in us once again the omnipotence of God the Creator and that is still to come in the reading just before Revelations.
These two Chapters (Genesis and Exodus) are powerful and span a very long period of time. At 80 plus years my lifespan is but a mere wink of the eye in that entire length of time. Prayers that we can find that uplifted plain of peace. I do believe that the Second World War brought us to Armageddon but we fought hard and we survived but once again that quasi peace that was created with the United Nations is no longer the shield that it was (antisemitism has crept back in (the attack on Israel in 2023) along with and in conjunction with lack of respect for one's neighbours; Russia's cruel war against Ukraine (which began in 2022). We must eliminate such happenings from our world to have peace.
Yesterday I did work on the Blake matches and made some interesting discoveries. The Blake matches that appear ancient are quite fascinating. Family trees on Ancestry that have early American families tend towards the Somerset Blake family as their thoughts on the emigrant family that came to America, however there are some that also choose the Wiltshire Blake family and again long trees with the early American families. I still have most of them to review and will continue that today. Why do I do that? The beginning of the Andover Blake family tree lies with Robert who left his will as an elderly person in 1521 according to my research. It is stated that the peoples of England did not have surnames until the arrival of the Normans. The surname Blake/Blak does not appear in the Domesday Books with that spelling. The decision I am making is at what point do I begin the Genealogical Family Tree for the Blake Family of Andover. Presumably I will choose Robert who left his will in 1521 but now I am looking at the various histories that give some thoughts to the children of Robert living at Enham near Andover (generally thought to be Knights Enham). The Y-DNA of my Blake line is Western Hunter Gatherer which points to a very early arrival in the British Isles. There are a number of Western Hunter Gatherer families in this beautiful part of Hampshire extending over towards London. The item that still mystifies me somewhat is why chose Blake as that surname was by the 1300s coming into England from the Continent. I sense that the choice arose and was accepted because the benefit in particular of being related to the Normans or those they chose to put into positions of power was particularly advantageous. Makes sense to me but time and history will show whether I am right or wrong.
Breakfast time, tea all drank and must do my solitaire puzzles.
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