Favorite OT Bible Stories?

Bernadette · March 13, 2024, 02:44:04 PM

Mine are Joseph and Moses. What are yours?

LausTibiChriste · March 13, 2024, 03:16:35 PM

That time God killed all the poofs in Sodom

diaduit · March 13, 2024, 03:27:59 PM

Joseph becoming advisor to the Pharoah and the brothers finding out the way they did, the reunion with his father....loved it.

Esther for being so clever.

Bernadette · March 13, 2024, 03:56:40 PM

Quote from: LausTibiChriste on March 13, 2024, 03:16:35 PMThat time God killed all the poofs in Sodom

I figured either you or Greg would say this.

Mushroom · March 13, 2024, 05:31:37 PM

Story of King David (how he became King, sinned really terribly but repents at the end), Job having bad things happening to him and he doesn't lose faith in God

Maximilian · March 13, 2024, 05:40:42 PM

I love the story of Naaman being cured of leprosy, which appears at Mass every Lent. There are so many great characters and situations that are so typical of human nature that they make you laugh out loud.

There's the servant girl who was captured in a raid, but who saves her master.
There's the king of the Syrians who writes a letter to the king of Israel telling him to heal Naaman.
There's the king of Israel who tears his garments and cries out that this is just a provocation for war.
There's Naaman who doesn't want to bathe in the dirty Jordan river.
There's Naaman's servants who convince their master not to make a terrible mistake.

It's not included in the reading (which is already long for a daily Mass), but next there's Elisha's servant who runs after the departing Syrians when Elisha tells them he doesn't want their gifts, and tells the Syrians that his master has changed his mind and wants the gifts after all. Then the servant contracts leprosy.

Bernadette · March 14, 2024, 06:11:53 AM

Quote from: Mushroom on March 13, 2024, 05:31:37 PMJob having bad things happening to him and he doesn't lose faith in God

The story of Job was very comforting to me during what I called my "Year of Job," when my uncle and grandmother both died and my aunt had a life-threatening medical condition (twice). It looked like I was going to lose all of my immediate family. I reflected a lot on Job's story.

benedicite · March 15, 2024, 03:11:00 AM

How about the story where Elias has the contest to see which god is the real God.

clau clau · March 15, 2024, 04:18:42 AM

Daniel in the Lions Den.

Also Bel and the Dragon (Bel=Baal)
(which is the reason Daniel was cast into the Den in the first place)
aside: the Daniel in that illustration below looks suspiciously like Mel Gibson

Bernadette · March 15, 2024, 06:14:54 AM

Quote from: benedicite on March 15, 2024, 03:11:00 AMHow about the story where Elias has the contest to see which god is the real God.

That is a good one.

EastWest7 · March 15, 2024, 07:28:44 AM

Moses 3:14. When God tells Moses His name. "I AM who I AM."

crossingtherubicon · March 15, 2024, 04:32:13 PM

I often wonder what the pre flood world was like.

Heinrich · March 17, 2024, 12:07:46 PM

Quote from: crossingtherubicon on March 15, 2024, 04:32:13 PMI often wonder what the pre flood world was like.

Giants who built pyramids.

To OP: Judges 19-21. Men of God coming together to do the right thing in the face of injustice, not giving up, taking care of business with extreme prejudice, levying Mercy at the end, which then gave us St. Paul.

Mr. Mysterious · March 17, 2024, 06:01:43 PM

Mine is the story of Jonas and not just the part where he was swallowed by (likely) a sperm whale. Ordered by God to preach to the citizens of Nineveh, he has other plans. They were enemies of the Israelites and had a reputation in the ancient world for being particularly brutal. Boarding a ship bound for Tarshish to get as far away from Nineveh as possible (Tarshish was in Spain) the ship he's runs into a vicious storm and he's tossed overboard and spends three days and nights inside the beast, then gets spat out onto shore. He makes his way to Nineveh preaching that in 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed unless they repent and unexpectedly they do just that. Jonas is angry about the whole situation, and finds himself resting under an ivy, which God sends a worm to destroy. Jonas wishes for death due to the intense sun and heat but God sets him straight about the whole situation concerning the more than 120,000 people who live in the city, including all the beasts who live in it. It's a bit of a humorous story and God shows He even cares about the animals.

Mr. Mysterious · March 18, 2024, 06:47:47 PM

Quote from: Mr. Mysterious on March 17, 2024, 06:01:43 PMMine is the story of Jonas and not just the part where he was swallowed by (likely) a sperm whale. Ordered by God to preach to the citizens of Nineveh, he has other plans. They were enemies of the Israelites and had a reputation in the ancient world for being particularly brutal. Boarding a ship bound for Tarshish to get as far away from Nineveh as possible (Tarshish was in Spain) the ship he's on runs into a vicious storm and he's tossed overboard and spends three days and nights inside the beast, then gets spat out onto shore. He makes his way to Nineveh preaching that in 40 days Nineveh will be destroyed unless they repent and unexpectedly they do just that. Jonas is angry about the whole situation, and finds himself resting under an ivy, which God sends a worm to destroy. Jonas wishes for death due to the intense sun and heat but God sets him straight about the whole situation concerning the more than 120,000 people who live in the city, including all the beasts who live in it. It's a bit of a humorous story and God shows He even cares about the animals.