History Awesome / TheBible

* {{God}}. I mean... come on, He's ''God''. Pretty much every miracle counts. But some specific examples:

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** That whole "turn the other cheek" thing? It's a lot more BadAss that it sounds. See, "backhanding" someone -- or striking them with the back of your hand -- was only done to ones' ''inferiors'' (like slaveowners to slaves, husbands to wives, or Romans to Jews) as a means of humiliating and devaluing that person. Because using the left hand was socially "taboo," the right hand was always used for this purpose; if you turned your head so that your other cheek faced your opponent, that person would be forced to hit you with the ''front'' of his hand, or his fist -- the way that '''only equals''' fought. In other words, it told your oppressor, "I am a human being -- and I ''refuse'' to be treated as your inferior." Like I said...''badass''.

* Recent research of the Hebrew bible revealed Aaron's staff didn't turn into a snake, it turned into [[ItGotWorse a crocodile]] making Moses' confrontation with Pharaoh even more awesome.

* Elijah being taken to heaven on a fiery chariot. Most awesome exit ever.

* Samson, who killed a ''thousand'' Philistines with ''the jawbone of an ass.'' And who also pulled a TakingYouWithMe by breaking two columns of a Philistine temple and killing so many more as well as himself. And he was ''blind'' and ''chained'' at that time. In that moment, "he killed many more when he died than while he lived."

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Jacob's fight with God, his stealing of Esau's birthright and blessing, and several others.
** Moses:

** Gideon destroying an entire enemy army using scare tactics to thin the ranks then killing the rest with only less than 300 men.
** Samson's whole ''life'' is a CMOA.
** Start with his birth. His mother was sterile, but was promised by an angel that she would conceive.
** Then, he kills a lion with his bare hands.
** Some time later, he routs a Philistine army of a thousand [[OneManArmy on his own]], using only a ''[[ImprovisedWeapon donkey's jawbone!]]''
** Jonathan and his armor bearer killing an entire army by themselves.
** Joab dividing his forces and still beating an enemy army, the only time in history this has ever happened. But he knew not to push his luck and quickly retreated.
** The building of God's temple. God's presence was seen and felt when it was completed. This didn't happen when the temple was rebuilt.
** Elijah had many, including:

*** Yet Jezebel scared him so that he was compelled to flee after this moment of triumph.

** Elisha asking Elijah for twice the amount of awesomeness/miraculous power. It worked and he had over twice as many recorded miracles as his Mentor/friend/Jedi Master.
** Elisha had a posthumous crowning moment: Later, when they tried to bury a man on top of Elisha's bones, the dead man came back to life.
** Jerosabat defeating a coalition army by placing a choir in front of his lines.
** Hezequiah prayed to God in the temple, something no king of Judah has done in decades. God killed the Assyrian army in a single night and Judah survived for another century.
** Daniel saving Susannah's in court PerryMason style and killing a dragon.
** Jesus had many, including coming BackFromTheDead by Himself.
** Abijah is dismissed in Kings as wicked but Chronicles records the one time he turned to God, allowing him to decisively defeat Jeroboam in battle and keeping Judah's borders safe for the rest of his reign.
** Once, when Paul was preaching, he was bitten in the hand by a poisonous snake that no one had ever survived before. He just brushes the snake off with his other hand without even pausing in the middle of his talk.

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** Another CMoA for Paul was during one of his arrests (it was a recurring theme in the book of Acts). He was sentenced to a flogging and was being chained by a centurion when he spoke up: "Excuse me, I'm a Roman Citizen. I was ''born'' a Roman Citizen. You ''cannot'' flog me, ''especially'' without a trial." The authorities [[OhCrap realized what they were about to do]], and they stepped back.

** The reason Ehud was able to sneak in a weapon was because he was left-handed; he had strapped the sword to his right thigh. The guards did not think to check.

* Recent research of the Hebrew bible revealed Moses' staff didn't turn into a snake but [[ItGotWorse a crocodile]] making his confrontation with Pharaoh even more awesome.

* Judith killing Gen. Holofernes by getting him drunk then [[OffWithHisHead decapitating him in his sleep]].
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** The parting of the Red Sea. To top it off, He drowned Pharoh and his army while at it.

** Even before that, there was a few CMOA. How about takeing down an entire fortress wall with only trumpets and the voice of the army.

* There's a single verse in Judges about a guy named Shamgar, who killed six hundred Philistine warriors with an oxgoad.

* An unnamed woman of the city of Thebez in the book of Judges ''picks up a millstone by herself'' and tosses it over the city wall onto the head of would-be invading conquerer Abimelech, crushing his skull and leading the severely humiliated man to beg his armor bearer to stab him so that they couldn't say, "A woman killed him."

** Oh, and one more thing. Though it is implied in commentary and is the purpose of the entire book, God is never stated to have anything to do with this one. [[PluckyGirl Esther did it on her own, no miracles involved]]. In fact, this point is frequently emphasized at my own synagogue during the holiday celebrations: God lets people solve the problems if at all possible.