I still think it’s weird that people had sex with multiple women during those days (this still happens a lot), but at least we now have the Scripture in 1 Corinthians 7:2 that each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband, if they want 😊😊😊💑💏👩🏾🤝🧑🏾💜💙💗💖💝 but in those days (this is yet another reminder), there weren’t a lot of people on this earth at that time compared to now (there’s about eight billion people today, in late 2019), and tribes fought with one another, so God willed for guys like Jacob to do it with multiple women he was more or less married to, even though He didn’t like polygamy or fornication — and still doesn’t — but He is willing to forgive those who do this today. This passage is found in page 17 of my NKJV Bible, page 22 of my NASB Bible, pages 38-39 of my VOICE copy, and page 38 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
It’s not good that Jacob didn’t love the people he was with in this part of his life — I don’t think he had ever enjoyed others’ company very much, especially with his brother, Esau (read chapter 27) sowing discord among his immediate family. I still feel the sting of when this happened in my own life, but at least my brother and I weren’t starting anything, for who would want to divide before age 12? But anyway, I think it’s pretty cool that Jacob, by this time, now had 12 children. One was still yet to be born (read chapter 35 for details), but when that happened, the patriarchs of the tribes were established, and their population grew in Egypt as tensions arose between their peoples. But more of that later. However, I’m going to warn you now, they got their idolatry roots during their stay in Egypt after the events of Genesis, so don’t expect anything promising if you’ve never read the Bible before, but I can testify that some good things happened, yet Jesus was the best one! And He lives again today, so I pray we believe this better. Not to say He’d assault anyone if we didn’t, but He knows how hard it is, and is willing to help, just as Hebrews 4:14-16 says. Another spoiler alert: if you’re reading this in a crucial time of need, you’ll probably think God is leading you to something comforting only to condemn you later, but this doesn’t come from the Holy Spirit, the condemnation thing. Those who use Hebrews 5:11-6:8 to put your sold to death in calling you immature or something are promoting many unforgivable acts of callousness that can only come from Satan himself. It is NOT that author’s intention to adulterate the word of God like this. That’s what Paul spoke against in 2 Corinthians 2:17. It is an act of incredible conceit and God will reject those who do this. I really hate saying it, though… I wish people hadn’t worshiped the Scriptures as if they gave permission to be a total jerk to others! Not that the Bible’s no good; it’s just used super-wrongly by a lot of people! But I don’t think God is disappointed in anyone 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 and He never will be!
Dinah’s birth is actually an enigma to me, though. I think it’s great; in fact, if she embraced Jesus and started to follow Him as Abraham had done nearly 150 years earlier (John 8:56, also Genesis 15:6, Galatians 3:6, Romans 4:22), she’s in Heaven now! If that’s the case, I’d love to meet her and hopefully say I’m sorry to hear what had happened (read chapter 34 for the outrageous crap that had happened). But I MUST be careful not to perpetuate anything that would lead to sexual violence myself, even by accident, for God forbid that I do this! I don’t like it! We really need to combat sexual violence a lot more, for if rape culture becomes legal, it’ll probably be the end of freedom and the Church might be scarred too much. I pray this doesn’t happen! We already have some sexually violent people that the president has put in power, it could only be moments from now that this happens! But no Christian will EVER be sexually violent in even the slightest extent, so don’t worry, I’ve never done it, and I never will! 😁😁😁😁😁 By the way, as I was still writing this, Jonathan asked if I wanted to watch a movie, and we settled on the first Avengers movie, released in 2012. We haven’t seen much of it, but I had pre-recorded it, so I’m not lost on where I am — I’m on the 36-minute mark, with commercials, and it’s a few hours long with them, so I’ll probably be fine. I was watching the scene where the Black Widow was being interrogated by Russian men, and I hated the sexual harassment that had happened. I pray Sarah’s not targeted for this again! It’s bad enough it happened once; if this happened again anytime soon, or at all, it’ll ruin the fun for everyone! And my other friend, Leah, had been raped about three years ago by someone she had trusted, so when she posted her story on Instagram (it was not a disappearing post), I wanted to go to some pretty ridiculous lengths to try to end sexual violence even further. Also, to give you a spoiler alert, Deuteronomy 22:5 doesn’t talk about clothing styles, but about reversing gender roles; I don’t think we need to do that. But I think it’s fun to dress like someone else as long as you’re either being hilarious for the right reasons or doing something godly, or even on Halloween. I don’t want to degrade myself, though. I’ve saved some Reddit videos that loosely talk about this on my laptop, but I’m not watching them now.
The 12th kid, Joseph, is the last one until Benjamin’s birth five chapters later (also from Rachel), and he actually has the coolest godly testimony among his siblings. It’ll be quite some time before I get there, though, I want to apply for some cashiering positions and score a job at one of them to match my Fry’s schedule, so that I can pay back my debts a whole lot easier. So if there’s anything you can pray for, it’s that this happens. I also want you to pray for one of the customers I saw today (I also asked for a manager to pray for him), for he has some stomach problems, and he got so many stitches on his belly that it’s like 10 inches long down his torso! He’s also carrying a container of stomach fluid with a tube connecting that and his belly, which is really weird and gross, but that’s the medical field for you. If there’s some other third or fourth thing you want to pray about, you can do that, too! If you wish, you can also leave me some prayer requests on ron.outland4727@gmail.com, my e-mail address! I’ll read each one, write them down on paper, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I also pray I get some Christmas gifts for my niece soon, because it’s not long before the year ends. I’ll see you in the next post, and be safe out there, everyone; I don’t want anyone to get hurt because of something we’re saying or doing.
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