During the narrative about Moses leading all of Israel out of Sinai to Canaan, after the Passover had been observed, he asked Hobab, his brother-in-law, if he could join him. Initially, he declined, but Moses appealed to his knowledge about the wilderness, for neither he nor the others with him had been to Israel before, so Hobab accepted the offer. I think Jesus wanted to give Hobab a good place where the Israelites were going to be living. And I wonder, if we’ve declined an offer for something familiar, wouldn’t Jesus try again to reach out? This passage is found in pages 84-85 of the NKJV Bible, pages 107-108 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 172 of my VOICE copy (the note in between that and chapter 11 goes into the next page for some reason), and pages 174-175 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I think I’m a lot like Hobab in this passage right now, and so are most of us, for I often daydream about getting a place in Gilbert again, and I work here, too, but it’s a shame TPUSA has ruined everything even before the pandemic had started (Trump and his men, along with the other heads-of-state in other countries — they love to trample underfoot the poor and needy ones from among mankind; I didn’t vote for any of this). Now, of course, corruption can go down in any place despite that, seeing they put Biden in charge in late 2020 (though corruption went down for only one year after that, and in 2023), but I guess the voters are callous-hearted against anything good! I didn’t find the COVID-19 vaccine any good, though, for I knew it was satanic and deadly, seeing it had killed thousands more on top of those the virus had already eliminated, and so the last plague was worse than the first. Thankfully, in early 2022, the mandate for the “vaccine” ended for everyone in the country, so I didn’t need to get tested again. And I’m grateful I always came back negative every time, and I never got the virus anyway, so I didn’t need the vaccine, but I couldn’t have avoided that by my own strength; Jesus, I think, had kept me from it. Psalm 91 wasn’t written in vain or to no purpose 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 I was also kept safe from many other bad things during that time, and the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Booster Course Pass tracks were being released in two 4-track GPs each several times during that era, doubling the game’s tracks from 48 to 96. I still wish they had waited another year or two to release the next Mario Kart game after the Switch 2 came out in mid-2025… oh, well 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️
When Moses appealed to Hobab to come on over and live with him and the others in Canaan (remember, Canaan had been the one to populate the area until Israel came over), and Hobab accepted it, I think it’s a lot like Jesus’ invitation for others to experience eternal life in Him, which other Scriptures later explain (see 2 Timothy 3:15). Of course, by this time, the Israelites had tested God on several occasions already, and we’ll later read that they sadly are stuck in Kadesh as He judges everyone who violently opposed Caleb and Joshua (at least, if they were 20 years or older) — for 40 YEARS!! I’m not actually looking forward to this, as I said in a previous post, but shortly after I’m done writing this one, first off, I don’t have much time to write anything else online for today, and second, I’d rather not ride my bike at night, even with my bike lights on, seeing that I now live northwest of the library by several miles, so it’s past U.S. 60, and I don’t need to be at the library every day. But I came to drop off some CDs I had borrowed. The next note will be a short overview of Numbers 11-25 — this will be filled with a bunch of disappointing episodes, just so you know. I’m sorry if you were expecting more successes, but we need to remember the Bible is a brutally honest book, containing controversial stories in many parts, even on part of many of the good guys. But Jesus never did anything wrong, so we can worship Him freely, even if someone were to judge Him as if He were supporting sins of some kind. Maybe many of them don’t know any better? I’m not sure; I can’t say, but I don’t want to conclude that ANYONE is headed to Hell! Even the ICE guys should repent and follow Jesus. Literally. But I’ll see you in the next post! Later, everyone!
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