It’s the one-year anniversary of Israel plummeting into more chaos than what’s happened since WWII, and I’m not really sure what their neighbors’ leaders want, but I do know that Solomon had once been a peaceful leader in Israel (1 Kings 4) yet due to his unfaithfulness he later committed against God, they and their neighbors never really got along well (1 Kings 11), and it’s been the case since. Through this and other chapters, Moses was hoping Israel would bless the earth and let everyone know about God’s glory, but for the most part, they failed royally in this task. But more of that later… I just need to concentrate on some of what this chapter talks about, which is found in page 67 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project, page 86 of my NASB Bible I’m using for this project, pages 141-142 of my VOICE copy, and pages 139-140 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
When reading this chapter, it’s easy to assume one is unclean due to what the Israelites had wanted: a loveless religion God didn’t even approve of. After all, this is now in the Scriptures. But what would you say if I mentioned that all bodily functions — both male and female bleeding and orgasms — are normal, and not sinful or evil? But we should wait until marriage for sexual contact, and only then would it be appropriate for a dude to ejaculate in his wife. Too bad all of us make many mistakes in this and many other ways (James 3:2) — I’m tired of finding little to no room to find the good I want to do in life (Galatians 5:17), and I wish many things had turned out differently. Yet, it’s easier to find someone who worships a media site than to even want what’s right… the evil one’s gotten all the viewers of TV and YouTube news under a spell, as if someone was hypnotizing the public like in a children’s movie. But they’re not that far off, for the propaganda of the TV sets and the articles we see online is run by the evil one, and he’s the one who had caused the division between Israel and her neighbors in the first place. Indeed, I recently got a text from a friend who explained the Geneva Bible contains content missing from today’s versions of Ephesians 6:12. The modern-day translations omit “against the worldly governors,” but I figured out that the rulers stealing everyone’s trust in God is explained in Psalm 146:3 and in many other psalms, such as Psalm 20:7. I explained that a little bit at a church service last Friday night when many of the others were speaking about abortion, and I think it’s obvious the evil one’s succeeding in getting many people in my church to worship the idol of anti-abortion like in all the others, just as abortion is worshiped by a lot of people here. Yet the ones who took out Roe v. Wade a couple years ago soon criminalized homelessness and gave corrupt leaders immunity, so I think these men are only pretending to be righteous. I’m still not over their decision to shut down student debt relief they had made July last year. If I could, I’d leave the U.S. to preach the Gospel in many lands where people will actually hear the Word of God, and I’d never come back. It’s a shame I still have a lot of student debt to pay back, though… I don’t think it’s fair. But we can’t afford to be spectators against the falsely Christian culture…
If someone’s willing to distort the truth the Holy Spirit gave me (explained above), I don’t think they’ll be saved, for they boast against Jesus as Sennacherib did (2 Chronicles 32:10-15), undermining God’s grace and power for all the listeners. It’s especially bad if someone’s using the Bible as a weapon to take out these truths, so that atheism multiples like cancer cells with no end in sight (see 2 Timothy 2:17). They’d even say, “Who do you think you are?! Someone special or anything?” Indeed, this is no different than what happened in Amos’ time (Amos 7:10-17, 8:6). And once the election results come out in about a month, the world will rejoice in the chaos that will follow, and all those in need will be in greater peril than before, both here and abroad. For the U.S. government only favours the rich, and those who want to do what’s right are soon hunted down like hungry lions when they find prey (Isaiah 59:15). I’m like, “When will it end?!” But hopefully people get saved in this and other countries in the midst of all this, especially among the unreached peoples in the world, for Jesus won’t return until there’s Christians in every single tribe, tongue, and nation (Matthew 24:14, Revelation 7:9). I pray we don’t make it difficult, for our hope can only be in Him ✝ = 💝 the next chapter covers atonement mechanics, but I’ll compare it to how Jesus died for all mankind a bit in the next chapter. Ciao!
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