When I read this chapter one day a number of years ago, someone in the commentary mentioned that God hadn’t spoken to Aaron without going to Moses first. And Aaron and Miriam had interrogated Moses for marrying an Ethiopian woman in chapter 12! So we see that God’s grace extends to even those who don’t believe in Him 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 and I wish we could recognise this in greater levels! I don’t often think of grace as something to be abundant, though, sadly, since there’s too many unforgiving and hateful people where I’m from, and blessing is hard to find, even if I’m in a supposedly safe neighbourhood 😬😬😬😬😬 I did send a bunch of photos of a Bora Bora video I was watching this afternoon to my brother, though (all six of them were screenshots). But this chapter is found in page 90 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 114-115 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 182-183 of my VOICE copy, and pages 185-187 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I hope my brother and the others I’ve sent these pictures to would love the video I got them from, and what the heck, my other family members should see it, too! I’d like to send the photos to my mom and maybe her husband soon after writing this post… for God’s grace should be for everyone, even if they hate Him. Too bad they won’t see any blessing if they do hate Him, though. Indeed, it’s not surprising that anyone I’m related to would impugn either me or even a young relative I have… but I still don’t enjoy that 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 there must be a reason God decided to speak to Aaron even though he had rejected Him (the insurrection he and Miriam had warranted God’s rejection of them, and his personality made it so that he was a poor leader, hence the golden calf story in Exodus 32). If you don’t feel ready to forgive right now, that’s not something God can’t handle 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 there are indeed a lot of malicious people in this life, though. And I don’t want to watch anyone mention in a church that forgiveness doesn’t work hand-in-hand with restorative justice… but life is often indeed unfair, and this probably won’t end anytime soon even though we should anticipate Christ’s return as if it were to happen in the next ten minutes or less.
Also, if you’ve read my last three posts prior to this one, you’ll notice I wrote today’s date on all of them; don’t worry, I want to encourage godliness and love here. But the system God was setting up for Aaron and his family line wasn’t what He had wanted, really, since, again, it is impossible for the blood of goats and lambs to take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). He did want to point the Israelites to Jesus, but even when He came down to Earth, most of them didn’t receive Him 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 this is mentioned loosely in the While You Were Sleeping song Casting Crowns had written over 20 years ago (spoiler alert: at the end, he asks if the U.S. will be a nation with no room for its King, and I’m sorry to say He will never be popular here). It is nice to see people receive Jesus, but often, their stories are unheard. And I don’t expect to be popular after writing all this, since I have only 13 subscribers in this platform, but each of the subscribers are worth it 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I don’t know when I’ll write on chapter 19 (I feel I’ve done a lot of writing already), but I’ll see you there soon, God-willing.
In Christ,
Ron Outland
Ron And His Stories 