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    The Galileans: the Legacy of Benjamin
    The Galileans: the Legacy of Benjamin
    The Galileans: the Legacy of Benjamin
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    The Galileans: the Legacy of Benjamin

    By Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

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    Benjamin is listed 186 times in the Bible, which within itself is a very unusual fact. Benjamin enters the scene by royal order of Zaphnath-paaneah, the ruler of all Egypt. It is at this juncture in the Biblical record of the story of Joseph and the infancy of the nation of Israel, that we find the substance for the beginning of our destination: discovering the Legacy of Benjamin.

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    PublisherDr. Martin G Tharp PhD
    Release dateFeb 23, 2013
    ISBN9781301758913
    The Galileans: the Legacy of Benjamin
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    Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

    Dr. Martin Tharp has been an avid student of the Bible for many years and holds a Bachelor, Master and eight Doctorates, one honorary and seven earned, including a Doctor. of Literature and two PhDs. He has been in full time ministry for over fifty-seven years and has authored forty-nine books to date, many of which are being used as curriculum in Bible colleges around the United States and abroad. He has also penned a number of gospel songs and recorded thirty-three albums as well as being actively involved in a school ministry to Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom for the past thirty-eight years, and Dr. Tharp has been honored twice by members of parliament in Ireland for their work in the Protestant and Catholic schools. He and his wife, Sharon, along with Maranda Howells, travel extensively across the USA and the whole of the British Isles holding evangelistic crusades in the churches of both countries.

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      The Galileans - Dr. Martin G Tharp PhD

      The

      Galileans

      The Legacy of Benjamin

      By Martin G. Tharp, PhD

      Copyright 2013 Martin Tharp

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      This ebook is licensed for your own personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Scripture quotations identified KJV are from the Hebrew-Greek Key Word Study Bible, King James Version. Copyright 1984, 1991 by AMG International, INC and the Living Bible Copyright 1971,1986 by Tyndale House Publishers INC

      A Special Dedication

      To my wife Sharon, and all our children, Karen, Marty, Terry, Kathleen, Tony, all their children and spouses. Also, to those who have bestowed upon me the honor of serving as their Spiritual Father.

      Thank you, we love you all!

      Acknowledgment

      I owe a debt of gratitude to the Pastors on both sides of the ocean who have loaned me their church congregations night after night as I have eagerly poured from my heart messages on the subject you are now holding in your hand. To those who have listened enthusiastically or courteously to me, you have all encouraged me to write this book. Thank you every one!

      Table of Contents

      1. What’s in a name?

      2. The First Shall Be Last

      3. The Silver Cup; Judah’s defining moment of Destiny

      4. Unshakable Faith

      5. Redemption

      6. A Ravening Wolf

      7. A Light for the House of Judah

      8. Galilee

      9. The Galileans

      10. Meet Me in Galilee

      11. The Writing of the New Testament

      About the Author

      Study Questions

      Introduction

      One of the most incredible stories of the entire Bible is the intriguing tale of a young man with a coat of many colors, a token of affection given to him by a doting father who had never quite managed to leave the grief behind him over the death of his beloved Rachel. The wife who in his estimation, was well worth the treachery of her father Laban and the fourteen years of labor he endured for the privilege of calling her his own. Joseph must have possessed an uncanny likeness to his mother and served as an ever present reminder of Jacob’s undying love for her.

      Joseph’s multi-colored coat and the look in Jacob’s eye, plus the dreams which Joseph could not keep to himself served to act as the straw which broke the proverbial camel’s back! The ten brothers, who were sons of Bilhah, Zilpah, and Leah, could no longer contain their hatred and jealousy of Joseph. Their ultimate decision to sell him to a band of Ishmeelites and his subsequent captivity, imprisonment and exultation in the land of Egypt literally staggers the imagination!

      The winding road of events which suddenly takes on a lively and interesting new perspective and an added dimension was Joseph’s miraculous lack of animosity toward his ten brothers. His curiosity about the welfare of his father and the fate of his younger brother Benjamin, is peaked as he looks at these men who are inadvertently responsible for the position he now holds, there is only one thing on his mind, where is Benjamin? From the moment they arrive on their second visit to Egypt with Benjamin in tow, his eye fastens on his younger brother! His emotions can no longer be held in check! Excusing himself, Joseph finds a place of privacy where he is able to allow the twenty two years of pent up feelings of anxiety over Benjamin to come flooding forth.

      For the second time the sheaves which Joseph dreamed about are now doing obeisance to his sheaf (Gen. 37:7). Although it was his dreams which angered his brothers, resulting in an overflow of animosity and hatred for him, it was precisely because of their actions that his dreams have now entered the second stage in their cycle of fulfillment.

      But what about Benjamin? He is no longer the little boy of eight to ten years old when Joseph last saw him. Twenty two years have passed making Benjamin at least thirty years of age or older. There is no record of dreams which Benjamin has to fulfill, but he does have a destiny! His destiny is not determined by a dream, but by a name which has been bestowed on him by his father! The Bible is totally silent about his childhood, his feelings when the bloody coat of his brother is presented to his father, or whether he now has a wife and children. If he has any desires or aspirations for his future the Holy record is silent.

      Benjamin is the youngest of the twelve sons of Jacob, but he is listed one hundred and eighty six times in the Bible, which is within itself a very unusual fact. Benjamin enters the scene in the company of ten of those twelve sons, not by choice but by royal order of Zaphnath-paaneah, the ruler of all Egypt. It is at this juncture in the Biblical record of the story of Joseph and the infancy of the nation of Israel that we find the substance for the beginning of our dissertation.

      The startling events at the very outset of the New Testament which suddenly presents us with the miracle at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee, and the choosing of Galileans for His disciples, is enough to get my inquisitive juices flowing. The countless miracles which were performed by Jesus in an area which the Old Testament refers to as Gilead (92 times and not a single time in the New), and is now known as Galilee brings into focus the reasons why as an avid student of the Bible, the writing of this book was a must.

      Chapter One

      What’s In A Name?

      Precisely at noon, eleven unusual visitors to Egypt from the land of Canaan were seated at a table by themselves, the Egyptians at a second table by themselves (it was an abomination to an Egyptian to eat with a Hebrew), as requested by their host, Zaphnath-paaneah, the ruler of all Egypt who sat alone at a third table, to the right of the Hebrews and to the left of the Egyptian dignitaries, overseeing the proceedings. Although they were separated by a vast cultural and spiritual gulf, nevertheless, the banquet began.

      This had been no ordinary day, these eleven men had arrived early that morning from a long and arduous journey. They were bearing with them an unusual array of gifts sent by the hand of their father, designed to impress and ingratiate themselves with their host.

      They had gained an audience with Zaphnath-paaneah the moment they arrived, but hardly had they stood in his presence when this ruler they so feared leaned over and beckoned for one of his servants whom they recognized and whispered an order in his ear.

      The head servant of the household had seen these men coming in the distance, it was the very same Hebrew brothers his master had instructed him to return their money by hiding it in the mouth of their sacks of food. The servant was not surprised when instructed by Zaphnath-paaneah to extend to them a personal invitation to dine with him at noon.

      Anxiety gripped them as the invitation came to dine at the home of of this man they were in mortal fear of. On their last excursion to Egypt to buy food, Zaphnath-paaneah had made a lasting impression on them. For this man had weighed them with his eyes, then accused them of contemplating some subversive activity, coming to Egypt for the purpose of spying out the nakedness of the land.

      No matter how hard they protested he had still refused to believe and fully trust their words. He had demanded to see their younger brother before they would be allowed to buy any

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