This is a key chapter in understanding this book, in that the Lord God finally said He was going to purge Israel of everyone who had no faith in Him. Indeed, how can one not be aware if they’ve read the Bible at least once? For they had tested Him ten times (verse 23) and if any remained, Jesus probably wouldn’t have been born over 2,000 years ago. This chapter is found in pages 86-87 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 110-112 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 176-178 of my VOICE copy, and pages 179-181 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
Many churches preach this to highlight Israel’s failure here and invite us to ask ourselves what we can learn from this, which is good, but I should once again say that those who preach this yet think Jesus would’ve guaranteed reconciliation because He had forgiven everyone on the cross or say otherwise (as if Romans 14:15 and 1 Corinthians 8:11 didn’t matter, as well as Matthew 20:28 and Mark 10:45) — that’s like saying enemies of God don’t exist, and while we don’t need to follow the Mosaic Law anymore (read the narrative of Acts 15:1-35 and the book of Galatians), Paul wrote of Alexander the coppersmith who hated the Lord and His message in 2 Timothy 4:14-15 — a footnote in a study Bible I have mentions that imprecatory psalms and prayers exist. I don’t like to think of this, though… yet Jesus said if we deny Him, He will also deny us (2 Timothy 2:12, also Matthew 10:33 and Luke 9:26 (being ashamed of Jesus is also denying Him)) — if we trifle with Him, we’ll be in the lake of fire eventually (Revelation 20:15, also Matthew 25:41). However, He is able to prevent you and me from denying Him 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I have been caught in the crossfire of real enemies of the Lord Jesus, though… some of whom I’m related to. And I was unfortunate enough to be unable to succeed for years after I left home, hopefully to never return. I have a therapist appointment this afternoon, too, so I hope to explain more, but it’ll only be a half-hour long today. Thankfully, though, the next one’s in six days and is twice as long, so I may be able to explain more than I haven’t already covered.
One thing I should mention, though: unfortunately, the U.S., in every single county, will never have a lot of forgiving people, even if it’s “safe”. For if that weren’t the case, Trump and Clinton never would’ve ran for president ten years ago, and several good things would’ve happened here, but I guess the “Christian” churches can’t survive without hateful creeps and the media they worship! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Indeed, everything since 2015 tells us that this is the beginning of the end of all mankind, and even with an authoritarian who had long since ruled Hungary 🇭🇺 recently lost an election, he probably will never concede, and TPUSA probably won’t concede to last week’s SRP election loss (SRP is the main water/power company here in the Phoenix area), just as Trump refused to accept his loss to Biden in 2020, which I didn’t see coming 🤔🤔 I think the nationalists’ losses in 2022 started the heretical organisation mentioned above, hence, that may be how Trump won not long later, too. All these years since 2015, and things are only getting worse, even if corruption can go down here or in some other nation. For we’re in the last days, and freedom is dying as a result, for the devil is only hijacking the Christian faith so he can have all the churches worship the antichrist one day (see Revelation 13:4), and sadly, there’s no stopping him. Funny how we cannot find out when Jesus will take His church into Heaven, though (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32)… good thing I want to be productive in all my mechanisms until he comes back, as 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 addresses… but we do need to rest every once in a while (Matthew 11:28). I guess that’s why I had to take more than half this week off work… but I do hope to get a second job if necessary, if only to help with paying rent, but if I do get one, I’ll soon need to pay back my student loans, seeing the income will most likely be greater than the poverty threshold this time.
Also, when it comes to missionary travel, I don’t really know if that’ll even be possible for me in the future, whether I’m debt-free or not. For if the American churches can’t help but be idolatrous (usually in the context of “Christian” nationalism), even if I had the right pastoral skills, I won’t be able to establish one here, and I’d hazard a guess in saying better men than me cannot succeed, either, given my “we’re in the last days” comment earlier in this post. So I don’t know what I can do… but I just discovered this footnote in the Amplified Bible (I don’t know why I didn’t cover that in the last note), located in Numbers 13:28, which says, “The scouts probably had not seen walled cities before, having lived their childhood in Goshen in Egypt. Those who forgot God’s power to help them naturally found the situation formidable, as happens in the lives of most people. ‘”But God” makes all the difference between cowards and Calebs.'” I mean, the Lord Jesus is able to stop even the worst enemy from having their way against Him, but the hypocrites have used His Name in vain by claiming He’s with them in their selfish endeavours, so that people would blaspheme Him, just as 2 Peter 2:2 had predicted. We’ve seen this in everything here… and now I’m stuck writing from the fringes of the arena, knowing the “Christians” in every ministry can’t handle me preaching the love of Jesus. Indeed, they won’t listen even if we did. That’s why God will judge the U.S., leaving no stone unturned in eliminating heretical worship here. And with more atheists being spawned in an exponential rate each day, that’ll only add insult to injury, since Psalms 14 and 53 testify that there’s no reasoning with them, since they have rejected Jesus. And honestly, there’s nothing we can do about it. For many people think Christianity’s worse than the other religions based on the hypocrisy that the devil has made since Acts 5:1-11. I don’t want to wait too long to see God’s glory…
All the offences that hinder any good I want to prevent, but I don’t know how it’s even possible. And with the Bible being used more frequently by the religious people who managed to influence the crowd enough to vote for Trump a year and a half ago (again, it’s the same pattern with how Jesus was crucified), only this time, there’s no resurrection… I think that’s why Hebrews 6:4-6 and 10:26-31 were written, for those who reject Christ will never be saved. Indeed, Jesus died for all mankind to cover their sins and cannot die again, as Romans 6:9 says, and if He could die again, He wouldn’t be God, but would end up playing the Father (Hebrews 9:25-26 talks about some of this). For His sacrifice ends sin forever for those who receive it, and He won’t turn them away (John 6:37). Indeed, nothing can remove the one who receives Him from God, as Jesus said in John 10:28-29. I’m sorry many people would preach it’s possible to lose one’s salvation, though… yet it is easy to take God for granted, and I’d rather not pull that off. I’m glad He was happy to take our place on the cross, though 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹❤️🩹 and I don’t want to add anything to this. And contrary to popular opinion, Jesus isn’t exclusive, as if He were willing to exclude some people from His love for them. I do want to preach His Name in places where He’s never been preached at before, though, so that it would be fulfilled what it says in Isaiah 52:12: “Those who’ve never been told of Him will see, and those who’ve never heard of Him will understand.”
Even though the U.S. will fall to pieces because of the offences the people have practised (probably inspired from this chapter, given the fact the Israelites had tons of money and livestock, not to mention the favour of others because of what God had done in Egypt) — indeed, this country has about $30 trillion in reserve, a lot of assets, and is highly revered for work opportunities… at least in theory for that last part. I don’t think there’s actually a lot available for me, nor can most foreigners actually make it here to find work if they wanted to, which honestly, sucks. Indeed, this morning, as I was doing a little grocery shopping 🛒 I thought, “If someone wants to live here in the U.S., awesome!” Indeed, I’m not opposed to immigration here. I do wish I could explain the Gospel of Jesus to them, though… most of them don’t know Jesus, and I don’t understand their langauages… it’d be great for me to love the Venezuelan lady and the Moroccan family who are here in Arizona, one of whom works with me alongside the Venezuelan lady so they’d know Jesus, too. Indeed, without those from overseas, I probably wouldn’t have been born here. It’s too bad I don’t have any Christian family members… I don’t know. But I was reading 1 Chronicles 1 in the HCSB today and noticed two descendants from Japheth in verse 5: Magog and Tiras, who later engendered what is now Russia and Scandavania. I pray repentance for the descendants from the people in that chapter, if they’re willing to know Jesus, of course. I want to say receptivity is high, but I can’t tell for sure… if even Sweden 🇸🇪 is starting to oppose God’s works yet have a lot of people claim they’re doing His will, I guess anything’s possible 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️ it just goes to show you how far the Great Apostasy has deepened, for Sweden is also cutting off aid to needy countries, and so are several others who are developed, as the U.S. had done. But thank God that won’t stop Jesus from returning to set things right! But anyway, at the time I’m writing this, my therapy appointment is in less than five minutes, so I’ll publish this now and will be back sooner or later with the 40-year wilderness chapters!
In Christ,
Ron Outland
Ron And His Stories 