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                   Aparmantagtan ablumar jisu kristu ahimlingan boi boi alimtabin padursing ranukku saring bible sanle anidolan deli.

Aparmantagtan Bernan dakule, bar anta Bernan Kitungan ampara dakule, do anta Bernan Kitungan na.

Anin aparamantagtan Kitungan ampara dakuneten.Anin batte kuddb janabbanji gadelle, do anin sadan sadle aboi janang a ganadelan a janaban addead.

Anin amang lingan mandrengnan dakule, do kun mandrengan mandranji a panaledan na.Bar anta panaledan lungud lingan puangte, do lungudan antate adnabpadhidad. 

Jon:1:1-5

St. Peter's Fish

Fish were a popular food item throughout The Bible. They were taken from the Sea of Galilee, the Nile River when the Israelites were living in the Goshenarea of Egypt, the Jordan River, and the Mediterranean Sea. As its name indicates, the Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea, did not provide a living habitat for fish.

The photo shows 2 tilapia, also popularly known as "St. Peter's fish," taken from the Sea of Galilee. Along with them are 5 loaves of bread - similar to what Jesus Christ used to miraculously feed the 5,000 (Matthew 14:15-21). He later fed 4,000 from "a few small fish" and seven loaves of bread (Matthew 15:32-38) (see also The Miracles Of Jesus Christ)

Fishing became a major industry for Israel. Jerusalem apparently had a fish market from the time of the Old Testament (2 Chronicles 33:14, Nehemiah 3:3), with the Fish Gate the likely entrance to it.

It was from the ranks of fishermen that Jesus Christ called His first Apostles (Mark 1:16-20), including Peter and John. Fish and fishing were often associated with His ministry, and later were actually used as a symbol of it.

• Jesus miraculously calmed the storm from a fishing boat (Matthew 8:23-26)
• Jesus spoke many of His Parables to the crowds while He stood in a fishing boat (Matthew 13:1-58)
• Jesus once miraculously paid His and Peter's taxes with a coin taken from inside a fish (Matthew 17:27)
• Jesus miraculously had the disciples make a huge catch of fish, so great that their nets were filled to overflowing (John 21:1-14)
• Jesus ate a piece of broiled fish with his disciples after His resurrection from The Tomb (Luke 24:42-43).

One of The Lord's most direct encouragements to those who accept and obey Him, and dire warnings to those who choose to reject His offer of eternal life, used fishing as an analogy:

"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net which was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind; when it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into vessels but threw away the bad. So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous, and throw them into the furnace of fire; there men will weep and gnash their teeth" (Matthew 13:47-50 RSV)

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Kings of Israel and Juda

After the death of King Solomon (the son and royal successor of King David), The United Kingdom of Israel split (see The Division Of Israel) into two kingdoms - The Southern Kingdom of "Judah," with their capital remaining at Jerusalem, and The Northern Kingdom of "Israel," with their new capital at Tirzah (see The Kings Of Tirzah) and then later at Samaria (see Baal's Samaria).

The northern kingdom of "Israel" lasted just over 200 years before they were conquered and taken away into exile by the Assyrian Empire (see The Galilee Captivity and Ancient Empires - Assyria). They never returned, and have become known to history as the "Lost Ten Tribes of Israel" (see The Gathering of Israel and Judah).

The southern kingdom of "Judah" lasted slightly over 300 years (i.e. Judah existed over a century longer than Israel) before they too were conquered and taken into exile, by the Babylonians (see Ancient Empires - Babylon). Unlike the northern kingdom however, a remnant of the southern kingdom was allowed to return and resettle Jerusalem (see Jeremiah's Field) in the time of Ezra and Nehemiah, after the Babylonians were themselves conquered by the Persians under Cyrus the Great (see Ancient Empires - Persia; Persia is now known as Iran). Their descendants are known as the Jews of today (see alsoThe Origin Of The Essenes, Sadducees And Pharisees