I pray for the right words to say for this one, too… I’m not sure why Moses had freaked out so much in his latter days, and not just from his unfaithfulness in chapter 20 (though Psalm 106:32-33, in various translations, explains some of it). Jesus was right to say that Moses was the Pharisees’ accuser in John 5:45. Heck, I’m even willing to add that he’s been elevated to being a false god, including in the Church, the libraries, and many other cultures, given the reality of Romans 2:14-15 about our consciences, not to mention everything else in that chapter, and even before that with Romans 1:18-32 (as well as an Acts 15 reference about Moses being read in every synagogue each Saturday in south Europe) — I’m going to say it now so I don’t have to worry about strange occurrences later, all of us can do anything like what’s in that passage, even if we’re saved (though the un-Christian sins, if someone loves God, they won’t pull off again; see Galatians 5:24 and 1 Corinthians 8:3), even down to some nitty-gritty details in some parts. I won’t mention much on here, because I don’t want to highlight any sins, including my own. This chapter is found in pages 99-100 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 127-128 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 199-201 of my VOICE copy, and pages 204-205 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
I’m starting to improve in my health right now, so I’m glad I can return to work soon, but it’s because the environment is so demoralising that I was actually starting to lose interest in working in general… I want a safe and lovely environment to work in, but it’s because most of the people love and worship wickedness that I don’t want to be in a grocery store again… it would be cool if I can get the maintenance position when that one guy retires at least a month from now, but I can’t afford to be like Moses here — he actually mentioned “be sure your sins will find you out” (verse 33, NASB), found nowhere else in Scripture… he had freaked out AGAIN, this time concerning a good request that some of Israel’s tribes had, that is, Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. He conceded, but we should remember that Moses had barked at two of Aaron’s nephews in Leviticus 10:16-18 after Nadab and Abihu died offering strange fire before the Lord Jesus (Leviticus 10:1-2). I don’t know why he was like this… sinful anger never works (see James 1:19-20), but the U.S. wants to criminalise that passage, too, among many others more or less like it (I don’t think that endeavour’s worth it), but not the first part of Ephesians 4:26 in any translation, which I’m OK with, but the voters think that God needs to submit to them 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️ I want a peaceful atmosphere where I live, where I work, in my community, among my friends and family — I guess I’m asking too much from others here 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
When the two and a half tribes explained everything to Moses, he agreed to their request, so that’s nice, but he didn’t need to harp on sin of any kind even if what he had said in verse 33 was true. Is that how the preachers respond to even the most reasonable requests? I’ve been trying to learn from the good ones for many years, if I could establish revival anywhere. Indeed, 2 Corinthians 3:15 says that when Moses is read, a veil lies on the hearers’ hearts, but thankfully, Paul says immediately after this that when someone turns to the Lord Jesus, the veil is gone forever (see verse 16 there) 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 I don’t understand why many people would mention daily this is too often quoted out of context, though.
As soon as Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh went to the land east of the Jordan River, they rebuilt the cities that had been in shambles, and a list is recorded in verses 34-42, including where Og, king of Bashan had been defeated (see Numbers 21:35). I should add that he was insanely tall and big, with his bed being 13’6″! (For those who use metrics, that’s over four metres.) Deuteronomy 3:11 is the reference for the huge bed; I forgot to mention it; sorry 😅😅 and apparently, Og was the last of the giants of the Rephaim, but Goliath would later challenge David in 1 Samuel 17, being twice as tall as he was then, being from Gath in Philistia (now the Gaza area where we should pray for love and salvation daily). Deuteronomy 3:11 also mentions that Og was from Rephaim, sorry I forgot to mention that, too 😅😅😄😄 I’m only an ordinary Fry’s employee; I don’t have any claims to be a seminary instructor… and I don’t think I can go for that; there’s too many Trump supporters everywhere, all claiming to honour Jesus with their greedy and vile souls they don’t want to cleanse. Besides, there’s people to uplift and preach the Gospel to, and I don’t want to waste my time not doing that.
The next chapter reviews Israel’s long journeys and the destinations they stopped at during the 40-year journey to Canaan, where they were about to enter. I’ll see you there!
In Christ,
Ron Outland
Ron And His Stories 