Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 1 Kings 16:21-22 Is anybody surprised when people divide after dividing? At the outset of the northern kingdom, we understood that Jeroboam divided from King Rehoboam of Judah and assisted in breaking the unity of Israel. Afterward, there was a series of idolatrous practices, war, and discord within the rebel nation. It would only be logical that after an origin in division that division could come again. We have seen it in history repeatedly, and the most obvious is within the religious landscape of Christendom. When man decided to build churches that were not the church that was built by Jesus, (cf. Matt 16:18) this was obviously a division. In math we understand that the denominato...
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