There’s a LOT to unpack here, like verse 11, where Korah’s descendants didn’t die with him (read Numbers 16:1-35 for the story), probably because of the fsct a young generation doesn’t need to bear the sins of their ancestors. I know I didn’t need that. And now that I’m 35 and my oldest niece is 8 years old, I want to do good to all of them 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I hope they can enjoy Jesus one day 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝 I can’t wait to see them again 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 also, a guy named Zelophehad has five daughters and no sons (mentioned in verse 33), so the next chapter covers that, but I won’t get into it today. Verses 59-60 also mention Levi’s descendants and how Moses, Aaron, and Miriam were born. But verse 61 references Leviticus 10:1-2 where it talks about the strange fire two of Aaron’s sons had offered. This chapter is found in pages 95-96 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 121-123 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 193-194 of my VOICE copy, and pages 196-198 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I still can’t get over the fact that times have sadly changed from the time the note in chapter 25 was written (the VOICE translation came out in 2012), and I want to restore acceptance of good diversity, but it’s a team effort, and it takes all of us to end racism. So sadly, there won’t be a lot of people who love the other humans who more or less look different than me, even if they were born here. And I remember I lived with a friend of mine of Korean descent not that long ago… but it’s nice that there’s still a huge amount of people numbered in Israel in this chapter, not just the guys who were able to go to war, but the women and children with them, yea, those not yet 20 years old. Judah was the largest, so that’s really saying something about Jesus eventually being descended from them, as Matthew 1:1-17 explains (see also Hebrews 7:14). Korah had been descended from Levi, and his descendants eventually wrote some of the psalms, which is great! Indeed, Psalm 46 is a good one, and I hope to get to that 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 this proves that iniquity doesn’t follow any bloodline for very long, especially if someone in it renounces that accursed thing. And yes, cursed objects are real, and there’s a whole lot of them. One example is Star Wars, actually (yeah, this is a hot take without warning ⚠️ haha sorry) — unfortunately, there’s Hindu elements in all media pieces, and I don’t think we should enjoy that. Nevertheless, it’s a pretty good story about how Palpatine’s quest for universal power and for Rey to take it didn’t work. How did he live that long anyway? 😅😅😄😄😆😆 But we shouldn’t write something off as demonic too quickly, for we should engage with the world and not be of it as Jesus did.
I’ll mention more of Zelophehad in the next chapter, but it’s not as though we need only sons to preserve the family name. I know for my part, I don’t really think I can have children right now, even in a different land if it’s actually safe, but I pray women’s rights are elevated in greater numbers in many different lands 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 for if my nieces are dragged away because of some dude’s selfish desire to make them in his own image or say the Bible isn’t good for ladies like them, I’ll have to be stuck with losing whoever is eliminated even if I pray for a resurrection, for we guys should celebrate them daily. It’s nice the U.S. still isn’t too bad for them, but they want to reverse decades of good progress concerning this and call it godliness 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ however, I don’t think there’s enough of us here (or perhaps anywhere else) who are trying to keep women’s rights legal… a lot of guys in Gen Z, I heard, are convinced they shouldn’t even have a voice, double that much of the Boomers (born between 1945 and 1964) — I don’t want to believe this generation is more unrighteous than mine. I remember my experience as a millennial in the previous decade that we were hated for being under 30. They also wrote books about this! This… antagonism and rebellion against the Lord Jesus and Isaiah 51:8 He will never forgive. I mean, the younger humans deserve safety and good opportunities, right? But I guess the “Christians” would rather kick and abuse them into total compliance! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ This isn’t biblical… and if anyone wants to challenge that truth and their safety, they’ll have to answer to Jesus one day. He won’t forget their sins, and He’ll never forgive them, either.
It’s cool that Moses, Aaron, and Miriam were born to Levi’s daughter, Jochebed, who married Amarm, Kohath’s son (Levi had engendered him during their time in Egypt). I’m not sure if Moses had any sons or daughters, but that’s OK. Yet it’s wild how Nadab and Abihu were mentioned about 40 years after their presumption, seeing that they never had children and probably would’ve been nothing but unkind to them if they had been fathers and uncles. At least, though, God doesn’t rejoice in anyone’s demise (contrast Moses’ words he’ll later speak in Deuteronomy 28:63). And with all of Levi being priests, they don’t need to be in the military; I guess they had conscription in those days, but I can’t tell which nations did and didn’t back then. The U.S. still doesn’t have it right now, but that can change because that guy in power wants to amass all the world’s assets for himself, hoping to get immunity and immortality. I heard he only tried to become head of state again because he didn’t want to be locked up, but the charges are real, and so is the Lord’s judgment. When he stands before Him in the day of accountability, he’ll be weighed so deficiently in scales ⚖️ it’ll be like when Belshazzar died in 539 B.C. (see Daniel 5). Jesus will never accept him. Moses also says the atheists’ sins will find them out (Numbers 32:33).
I don’t want to emphasize the judgment fire, though, for there’s too much talk concerning that in the churches in this world, and not enough about God’s love for others. I don’t want to go to a church that harps on any sins… for Acts doesn’t mention any of that, nor do any of Paul’s letters or other New Testament texts. It’s paganism, thats what harping on sin is. I think the Pagan Christianity book 📖 may explain it, but I still haven’t gotten a copy or even borrowed one from the library. If I can find it, I’ll let you know, but I can’t promise I will. I mentioned to one friend this exists, and sadly, he’s not a huge fan of the book. I think he’s following money-lovers instead. But anyways, I have work in just 100 minutes or less, so I’ll head to In-N-Out, get some food, and clock in at Fry’s. See ya!
In Christ,
Ron Outland
Ron And His Stories 