Joanne B. Holstein is a Becker Bible Studies teacher and author of Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians. She has received her Master of Science degree in Psychology/Christian Counseling with honors from Liberty University. She is well-known as a counselor to Christian faithful who are struggling with tremendous burden in these difficult times. She is a leading authority on the history of development of the Christian churches and the practices and beliefs of world religions and cults.
The center of the Tribe of Israel is Jacob. One has to understand the story of Jacob in order to understand the twelve Tribes of Israel. This is the account of Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel by the LORD GOD.
Adoption is a word that depicts the legal action of transferring a person from the natural authority of the father to the authority of the adoptive father. We can become sons and daughters of the LORD God and can enjoy an intimacy with Him, their Heavenly Father, through the blood of Jesus Christ.