Imagine if you could discover "a key" to uncovering a greater understanding in the Holy Bible— to then be able to  better interpret and comprehend what often appear as confusing prophesies and Scriptures in both books of the Old Testament and of the New Testament.

The truth is that God already gave all the clues we need. If we will just look at the pieces to the larger puzzle, we might have a better understanding of what most of the prophecies in the Holy Bible mean.

But without accepting God's word and understanding the key players in the Holy Bible, it is impossible to comprehend what is in the word of God.

Of course, even understanding the main characters does not necessarily mean that will give the whole picture, but understanding who God made the Holy Bible for will let you understand much more than you otherwise would.

The first thing one needs to understand is that while all of the Holy Bible, its history, its prophesy and its testimony relate to Jesus the Christ, much of the Holy Bible is about one people whom God blessed above all others on the earth, and how God will use this people to bless the earth and save some of its inhabitants from destruction.

Did you know the Holy Bible is essentially broken into to two hidden books?

The first book is from the beginning with God in Genesis 1:1, and the ends with beginning of when man first will begin to rule with God, that is the very time that God changed Jacob's character and his name to "Israel"—one who rules with God.

Genesis 32:28 (KJV)
And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

The same place (Genesis 32:28) begins the second book, and ends with the final ending with GOD having won the victory and having redeemed and saved His people, the offspring of Jacob from a possible destruction.

Revelation 22:20-21 (KJV)
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
[21] The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The entire Holy Bible is this prophesy of God's creation, plan, over-all interaction with mankind and how He will save it from its own otherwise pending demise.

To understand this story and plan, one needs to follow the cast of characters in the Holy Bible to see where they lead.

The Holy Bible begins with God's creation of the earth and Adam and his helpmate Eve, and tells of the story of Garden of Eden where life was once simple and there was then a perfect order, that is until the serpent or Satan, or Lucifer— a fallen archangel of God's early creation — rebelled and fell into sin and then sin entered into the picture.

Man soon fell from Sin, and God's perfect plan was now in disarray and man was destined to suffer the consequences for sin, that being the transgression of God's law leading to death. So man fell from grace with God and entered into a world of Sin, to conceive all his seed under the law of sin.

Adam and Eve were now sent out of the garden of Eden by God, and they in turn had children born under sin.

But it's in this setting we have not only the curse of sin upon man, but future promise to be fulfilled —in a prophecy unfolding of God's awesome plan to redeem mankind.

Genesis 3:14-15 (KJV)
And YHWH (the LORD) God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: [15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Now it was the offspring of the first man and woman Adam, that ultimately populated the earth in beginning times. But the Holy Bible states that God was not well pleased with all mankind and his creation, but fortunately he found favor in Noah and spared Noah and his family of seven in a wooden ark (or boat)— whom all were also of same lineage of Adam.

Genesis 6:12-13 (KJV)
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. [13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

God brought a world destructive flood an destroyed all else living on the earth, except that given to survive with Noah and his seven family members.

Genesis 7:13-23 (KJV)
In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; [14] They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. [15] And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. [16] And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and YHWH shut him in. [17] And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. [18] And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. [19] And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. [20] Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. [21] And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: [22] All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. [23] And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Noah's three sons soon become the new hope for mankind, as these three sons each would multiply and become a multitude of diverse peoples.

Genesis 9:1 (KJV)
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.

Genesis 9:18-19 (KJV)
And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. [19] These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread.

One of Noah's three sons was named Japheth. He became the father of the Gentiles (the nations) or those inhabitants populating what is the region of eastern and lower Eurasia.

Genesis 10:1-5 (KJV)
Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. [2] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. [3] And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. [4] And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. [5] By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

The next son of Noah was that of Ham and he became the father all the peoples who populated a region from the north African continent south-eastward.

Genesis 10:6-7 (KJV)
And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. [7] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

Genesis 10:15-20 (KJV)
And Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, [16] And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, [17] And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, [18] And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. [19] And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. [20] These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.

The third son was Shem, he became the father of all peoples who populated most of the region of what is today is termed the Middle East, reaching over but stopping at Asia, just below the Euphrates river.

Genesis 10:21-32 (KJV)
Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. [22] The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. [23] And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. [24] And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. [25] And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. [26] And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazar-maveth, and Jerah, [27] And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, [28] And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, [29] And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. [30] And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. [31] These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. [32] These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.

It was the line of Shem that God blessed, and it is through this line we have the Hebrew people, coming out of Mesopotamia, or from the ancient city of Ur of the Chaldees.

One of those of lineage of Shem was Abram, who was from Ur and was a Shemite (or Semite); later in the Holy Bible we learn he was known also as a Hebrew.

Genesis 11:10-29 (KJV)
These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: [11] And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. [12] And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: [13] And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. [14] And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: [15] And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. [16] And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: [17] And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. [18] And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: [19] And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. [20] And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: [21] And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. [22] And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: [23] And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. [24] And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: [25] And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. [26] And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
[27] Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. [28] And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. [29] And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

Genesis 14:13 (KJV)
And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

God found favor with Abram and later changed his name to Abraham. God then promised Abraham to make him a father of many nations, and that his seed would multiply over the earth as the dust of the earth. God also promised that Abraham's seed would have a special land that God gave to Abraham.

Genesis 17:1-8 (KJV)
And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, YHWH appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. [2] And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. [3] And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, [4] As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. [5] Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. [6] And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. [7] And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. [8] And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

Abraham was also promised a son. He eventually had two sons. The first born was named Ishmael. Ishmael was his first born son by his wife's slave Hagar, because Sarah (Abraham's wife) was barren. But God required Abraham to have a holy righteous seed (not that of a bond woman or slave), so while he blessed Ishmael (believed to be of the Arab race), the promise and God's covenant was only given to Abraham's second son Isaac— as the Scripture state "in Isaac your seed shall be called."

Genesis 17:15-22 (KJV)
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. [16] And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. [17] Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? [18] And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! [19] And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. [20] And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. [21] But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. [22] And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

Genesis 21:12-13 (KJV)
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. [13] And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Abraham did have second son, Isaac, whom God used to test Abraham's faith and love. Having passed the the test, Abraham received the blessing which went on to Isaac, his seed, and his seed's seed after.

Genesis 22:9-14 (KJV)
And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. [10] And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. [11] And the angel of YHWH called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. [12] And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. [13] And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. [14] And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of YHWH it shall be seen.

Genesis 22:15-18 (KJV)
And the angel of YHWH called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, [16] And said, By myself have I sworn, saith YHWH, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: [17] That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; [18] And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Isaac had two sons, but again, God only had a plan for one to be the promised and blessed seed (not both), so Esau was not destined to have the blessing but it was to go to Jacob.

Genesis 25:20-27 (KJV)
And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. [21] And Isaac intreated YHWH for his wife, because she was barren: and YHWH was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. [22] And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of YHWH. [23] And YHWH said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
[24] And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. [25] And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. [26] And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. [27] And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.

It is Jacob who is to be called by GOD for greatness and eventually Jacob will himself undergo a new change and receive all the promises by God made to his father Isaac and to Abraham.

Jacob received the birthright, and the blessing— both of which the Holy Bible says he tricked and took from his brother and life-long rival Esau.

Genesis 25:29-34 (KJV)
And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: [30] And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. [31] And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. [32] And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? [33] And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. [34] Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Genesis 27:36-40 (KJV)
And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? [37] And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? [38] And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. [39] And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; [40] And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Later, God calls Jacob to leave his past of conniving ways and changes his name to Israel.

Genesis 32:24-29 (KJV)
And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. [25] And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. [26] And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. [27] And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. [28] And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. [29] And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.

This point in Scripture marks the end of the first of 2 hidden books of the entire Holy Bible and the beginning of second book which comprises the rest of the 66 books of the Holy Bible, both the old and new covenants.

For it is in Jacob (Israel) that God had His plan to bring back and restore what was wronged in the Garden of Eden. God will raise up 'a savior,' and an 'anointed one' who in Israel, in Jacob's seed, will reign over all the 12 tribes of Israel as well as over all of heaven and earth and restore God's order of peace and righteousness to His dominion and everlasting Kingdom.

Now you have very quickly and very briefly been given the lineage of Jacob, and now you are going learn exactly who are Jacob's sons.

You will eventually find out and discover what is the importance of knowing who is Israel in the Holy Bible.

Knowing all this information will allow you to better understand the Holy Bible as well as your place in God's awesome plans.

Now Jacob was exceedingly to be blessed by God and the following Scripture mentions a dream in which God spoke and made the same promise to Jacob as God had made to his father and his father.

Genesis 28:12-16 (KJV)
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. [13] And, behold, YHWH stood above it, and said, I am YHWH God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; [14] And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. [15] And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
[16] And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely YHWH is in this place; and I knew it not.

Jacob was to have many sons. He had 12 sons in all, born to him by both his wives and his wive's female slaves.

Jacob married Rachel, a distant relative of Abraham's kin and daughter of Laban. But Laban tricked Jacob after Jacob had  worked and served seven years for Rachel to be wed his wife. Instead of Rachel, Laban gave him Leah, his eldest daughter on the night of his wedding.

Genesis 29:21-30 (KJV)
And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. [22] And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. [23] And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. [24] And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. [25] And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? [26] And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. [27] Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. [28] And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. [29] And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. [30] And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Leah gave Jacob's first born of four sons.