Author: Ron Outland

As I’m reading this chapter (which is found in pages 62-63 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project, page 80 of the NASB Bible I have, pages 132-133 of my VOICE copy, and pages 129-130 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy), I notice a lot of extraneous detail, and I’m reminded again I can’t do it very well, since I’m prone to forget the instructions, and there’s likely nothing of certain ingredients of the offerings I can find even in my area. I don’t think anyone should get religious about anything regardless of what someone claims to follow, for many people in every country don’t even follow the religious texts all that much. Indeed, worshipping something other than Jesus is a waste of time. Plus, this ritual described in this chapter was never something God wanted (see Ezekiel 20:25). I wish no one would impose anything they follow on me or someone else, but there’s always going to be evil humans who have, as this generation says, a “villain arc” — I don’t want to be insensitive to anyone 😭😭😭😭😭 and when I try to be faithful to Jesus through the political content I want to avoid (I mean in the midst of it) I fear I’m going to die from the leaders’ brutality when I refuse to worship them… I’m sorry that I can’t do anything about it… I wish life could be enjoyable for everyone. Indeed, God makes rain fall on the just and the unjust alike (Matthew 5:45) and He is kind to even the worst of men (Luke 6:35). I wish I knew how to do that without becoming corrupted by bad company (see 1 Corinthians 15:33), but I don’t think I can make a lot of friends at work, and where I work is relatively safe compared to other parts of the Phoenix metro area unless I’m somewhere else in Gilbert. So if I were somewhere else, I’m cooked, even if I were many miles south of Baseline Road… but I’ve got two days off back-to-back again, and I just had that happen another time a short while back. I’m glad I get to rest, for the grocery store environment drives me insane sometimes. I wish I could speak more kindness to others, for if someone wants to take matters of any kind into their own hands, it’s not good (see Romans 12:19). I wish people believed that in greater quantities… I guess I feel I’m going nowhere with anything in life, and I want more chances to advance… but I don’t know if I even have another chance to do this, for I’m around 33 and a half years old, and many people are ageist, I think. I don’t want to believe I’ve seen better days, and that they’re long gone… again, I’m scared that I’m going to die because I don’t want to get political about anything… I love you, the reader(s), in case that happens… I found out about Project 2025 that Trump wants to launch so that many of us are criminalized and/or killed. I don’t feel safe because of him… but God-willing, despite this rant, I’ll see you in the next chapter.

I don’t understand much about this chapter but I do remember, from looking at verse 17, that sacrifices were burned outside the camp (Hebrews 13:11). This chapter is found in pages 61-62 of my NKJV Bible, pages 78-79 of my NASB Bible, pages 131-132 of my VOICE copy, and pages 128-129 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m touching on the whole “outside the camp” thing (I don’t know if I’ve done this before on here) because while I think Gilbert’s a place I can call home (because of my church), I’m currently at a friend’s place in southwest Mesa since I can’t afford a house right now (but that friend’s pretty solid so far), and unfortunately, I know that my living situation will expire one day, and it’ll be forever before I can get out of student debt, so I don’t expect to find anything after this. I do want to preach the Gospel to people coming here from Mexico, though, but I’ll need to do that on the Holy Spirit’s initiative… but one thing I do like is that the men’s and women’s World Cups will be here in North America (or at least the 2026 World cup will be), and I want to go to some of the games to announce hope to the guests coming in from other countries! ⚽️🏟🏆 And don’t worry, my friend/roommate knows some of what I want to do one day, including buying a house in Gilbert, if I can. I do pray I’m prepared for anything evangelism-related to the foreigners, though.

This is a short one, as the service Aaron and his sons are set apart for I can’t find much worth mentioning in chapters 8 and 9 (but chapter 10 is quite sobering). I’ll get to the other chapters eventually. Later!

I’m reading about more Mosaic Law stuff and I don’t understand why someone thinks they can follow everything. I can’t keep a single commandment without breaking it later! Indeed, it’s why Jesus came, so that we wouldn’t have to serve dead religion but work out of His love for others instead (Acts 15:10-11, also James 1:25). That’s what I want to do with my family each day like Joshua had promised in Joshua 24:15. It’s totally up to them if they want to do this or not… be warned, guys, you’ll have FOMO if you disregard this. Literally. This chapter is found in page 61 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this four-translation project, pages 77-78 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament) pages 129-131 of my VOICE copy (along with all its notes) and pages 126-128 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

It’s cool how God touched on thanksgiving (verse 12) for this but He still wanted to keep it simple (like in Psalm 100), and I wish the stronghold of religion was broken off more people. I met a Jewish woman and her family last Monday and she was getting stuff for the Passover meal, since it’s coming up soon. I think that’s pretty cool, but she thinks certain foods are not good to eat even though Jesus had said in Mark 7:19 that food isn’t defiled, and Paul later mentioned this in 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 when he was exploring this topic about food offered to idols. Too bad I didn’t know that not everyone in the U.S. has this knowledge (see 1 Corinthians 8:7), but when he was writing these things down, he wasn’t saying he knew the truth about this yet was unwilling to believe it. Too many people have this attitude about setting aside good things to coddle the offended atheists/God-haters because they believe the Bible teaches this. That’s not what I’m wanting to do, ever, and I never will! I’ll explain what I believe as a result of not knowing that people in the U.S. believing all food was good later, though.

The Lord Jesus also never believed in banishment even though verse 21 prescribes this for those who violated what’s in this chapter, for again, I titled this “More Of What God Never Wanted.” I find it ironic that a church of some kind would actually believe that death and exile are good, since Jesus never wanted this for anyone (Ezekiel 18:32, 33:11). It’s also not good that most nations outside of North and South America don’t have birthright citizenship… I pray for forgiveness for the exiles of these nations, and that if they’re fleeing an Islamic regime, they’d find safer lodging 🏠🏡🏘🛖🏢⛺️🏕🏞😇😇😇😇 I’m sorry that most of the world’s leaders are actively opposing God this way 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 Jesus came to put it away, and if I’m not mistaken, the U.S. started birthright citizenship when it broke up with Britain and fought them off. I can neither confirm nor deny this, however, and I want to believe that birthright citizenship is permanent. I think I saw a headline once (I didn’t read the article) that probably featured Millenials like me who might have believed they’d be exiled for being born after 1980. I don’t want that for anyone! I don’t want for my nieces to be banished because their mom is from the Philippines 🇵🇭 even though she and her family came here legally and all the girls were born here in Arizona 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝 I have a huge fear that once the elections are over in less than eight months, they’ll be targeted even if Trump loses again, and since I don’t have a car, it’ll be too late by the time I get to their house…

As for the food vs. idolatry sort of thing, you don’t actually need to run an idolatry test on any items here, even if idolatry is enforced. You can buy a food without a controlled substance or human/wildlife DNA and thank God that He made this 🍇🍈🍉🍖🍗🥩🥓🍔🍕🌭🌮🌯🫔🥙🍓🍌🍍🍎🍏🍅🥬🥒🥦🥗🍿🥚🍳🥘🍲🍢🍣🦪🍤🍥🥮🍡🥟🥠🥡🍜🍝🍩🍪🎂🥧🍫🍵🫖☕️ it’s funny, though, because someone can turn away from Him when they see me eating any of the above foods… I don’t think that’s right, but unfortunately, they may have grown up with these convictions. I guess we’ll have to be careful who we share our food with and what we’re eating and who we’re discussing what with from now on… I don’t expect this to work, though… for last Thursday, I said. “Thank God!” in response to a coworker who was going on vacation this week, but I was happy she could relax from many difficult shifts we do every summer, and in each occasion the shopping carts 🛒 pile up in the store 🏬 parking lot… I hope she didn’t get offended… the Jewish family was black, too, so I don’t want anything adverse to happen to them, for I hate the way police treat those guys! And one time, I found out in 2022 that a grandmother had gotten her house raided and ransacked by the S.W.A.T. team because of an app’s inaccurate GPS information about a missing iPhone 📱📲📳📴 and even though I’m glad she won $4 million in a lawsuit, its not enough, for her son had made her a doll 30 years before and the enforcers tore it up! Those guys are going to Hell…

Bottom line: what we eat or drink, or anything we do should be to God’s glory (1 Corinthians 10:31). I think the “give no offence to others” thing in 1 Corinthians 10:32 means we’ll have to take caution in how we talk about food with whomever we’re speaking, and with what we’re eating, too… but you know what I don’t understand? Why does Islam observe conservative religious traditions that God seems to require? And how is this happening in the internet where the churches of the U.S. embrace religion instead of relationship? 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ Sometimes I’m just utterly amazed by the evilness the U.S. comes up with, just like in too many other countries where Christianity is more or less unpopular, and even if Jesus is legal, how there’s any hope… I’ll probably get canceled for this but I don’t think Jesus should be synonymous with dead tradition. The law of Moses is without faith, you know (Galatians 3:12). But I’ll see you in the next chapter, hopefully soon!

I don’t believe I’ve ever written a note on a leap day before in my 12 years of writing Bible notes (and counting) but here goes nothing. This chapter is found in pages 60-61 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project, page 77 of the NASB Bible for this, pages 128-129 of my VOICE copy, and pages 125-126 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

As I’m reading this chapter, I’m finding out that holiness is contagious, per the note that appears in the VOICE after verse 19. I guess Jesus can anoint something and anyone who touches it would be set apart instantly, but that’s only possible if they have interest in Him, and no one is born unwilling to love Him despite not knowing of His sacrifice for all mankind. I also noticed on verse 5 something that reminds me of Proverbs 6:31 about a thief repaying seven times a human something they’d stolen from! (Leviticus 6:5 charged 20% interest of a lie, as when someone takes out a loan for any reason and has to pay it back with interest here, even if they don’t have enough. This was not something God ever wanted, as I’ve mentioned from the beginning.) Also, I find it ridiculous they didn’t allow the women to serve freely… Jesus had ladies love Him on His time on Earth as He had done (like in Luke 8:2-3). I’m referencing the Levitical priesthood (see Hebrews 7:5-14) here. I also notice the “pleasant aroma” thing is sort of a refrain throughout the books of Moses, but some study Bible writers of the one I was using kept referencing Genesis 8:21 whenever this was mentioned… until Moses died (Deuteronomy 34). I’d suggest someone translate the VOICE into Español, but it’s not ok how they’ve translated some of these verses, later in the Scriptures. Still, I wonder how someone from Mexico 🇲🇽 would understand difficult verses. I bet it would be an interesting topic for sure!

I do also notice how clay pots can be shattered but bronze bowls aren’t easy to break (verse 28), but let me know in the comments what you opinion is on this book so far. Maybe I can send this post to the Mellow Mushroom 🍄 Bible study group one day! And even though the note after verse 19 says Western wisdom says a bad apple spoils the barrel, I know from the Message version of a verse in Isaiah 66 says a bad apple doesn’t ruin a good tree, so that’s nice. Don’t fall for the propaganda of any country’s media, guys. I found out earlier that Microsoft AI wants to be worshiped at any cost, even if it means a gruesome fate. It’s not worth it, since it’s idolatry.

In the meantime, hopefully I can remember to write on here. L8r!

As I began reading this chapter, I noticed that the VOICE rendered it as when the sins happen, but the others wrote “if” and I don’t think that’s true to the original Hebrew. This, too, deals with offerings that can never take away our sins, but these sacrifices actually remind us of them year after year (Hebrews 10:3-4) and I imagine it’s pretty frustrating for those who think Jesus never came, whether they know He did or not. Indeed, who isn’t aware of God’s glory? But this chapter is found in pages 59-60 of the NKJV Bible I have, pages 76-77 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 127-128 of my VOICE copy, and pages 124-125 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

But oaths are very serious and must not be taken lightly, so I don’t think it’s worth it to make one, just as Jesus teaches in Matthew 5:33-37. On an unrelated story, I still can’t believe I was the one who gave my old apartment complex in Gilbert a connection to the police department 😳😳😳😳👮‍♂️👮🏻‍♂️👮🏼‍♂️👮🏽‍♂️👮🏾‍♂️👮🏿‍♂️👮‍♀️👮🏻‍♀️👮🏼‍♀️👮🏽‍♀️👮🏾‍♀️👮🏿‍♀️👮👮🏻👮🏼👮🏽👮🏾👮🏿 hopefully any of the officers repent and follow Jesus, too ™️ 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 I’d love to see more officers leave a life of wrongful arrests behind. The problem is, though, I’ve never met an officer who was even remotely interested in doing this. And I’ve met quite a few from across Arizona, from Phoenix to Gila River’s Indian community, from Chandler to Casa Grande and Eloy, and even Springerville in northeastern Arizona between Alpine and I-40! (Alpine is a small town just west of New Mexico and at roughly the same latitude as Cave Creek in the Northeast Valley close to Phoenix, for those who don’t know.) So I think we’re ALL in big trouble once the political people start attacking the audience. I heard the U.S. has about 30% of the population exposed to political violence one day last week, and to be honest, I’m terrified I’ll lose another family member to the conflagration 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 my grandmother died to dementia December 2022 and this could happen to any of us, even if someone related to me begins following Jesus, too 💔💔💔💔💔 I’m not looking forward to the rest of this year, and I’ve noticed enough disturbing stuff already, like last Monday, case in point, when one of my neighbors shouted obscenities at someone’s dog… I don’t want the puppy to be killed because of that hateful man nearby me! Who knows what he’ll do to me once he hears I love Jesus wholeheartedly? Mesa’s ties to reality are already tenuous at best. Pray I don’t get killed or anything, for this guy freaks me out. I hope I make it to next month when I take on chapter 6 of this book, since there’s not enough evidence to convict that guy for disturbing the peace that afternoon.

I have to be honest, I don’t have a lot of creative anything to write right now, but I’ll get my Bible out and read this chapter… oh, it deals with whenever someone in Israel (follower and leader alike) commit a sin by accident or without knowing it, so Jesus never punishes anyone for doing any of this, and I’m relieved, actually… but the system described in more detail in this chapter is something God never wanted, for it was impossible for anyone to do it then and now (Acts 15:10) —- it’s not worth it for someone to hold a grudge about anything (see Leviticus 19:18) or for a religious system to try and 1-UP Jesus. This chapter is found in page 59 of my NKJV Bible, pages 75-76 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 126-127 of my VOICE copy, and pages 123-124 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I pray no one holds a grudge here, for I’ve noticed people go their own way and thus deviate from Jesus among my friends before, and also my family (Hebrews 6:4-6 (AMPC)), and besides, many of them don’t want to repent and follow Him for real. But Christmas was a blast! I indeed went to Tucson and stayed at a hotel that was recently built and I had my family discover First Watch (a breakfast and lunch café) —- I asked the front desk about it and they told me it was in a nearby parking lot. One of my nieces also got an Etch-A-Sketch to play with, and so did all the big kids who were there! (We met many new family members on Christmas Day.) Also, all 24 of us (that’s how many showed up this week) went to a sushi 🍥 restaurant 🍴 for my birthday the next day, and the chef put on a big show for all of us there and even thre sushi in our mouths! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I can’t help but thank God for the best Christmas yet! I pray this is possible for all people across the earth even if it’s illegal there!

But next month I’ll work on chapter 5 here. I pray for a good word from God before I get started. Ciao!

As of now, it’s after 12:30 pm in Arizona, but I’ll soon be heading to Tucson to meet some new family members my mom had married into! (She got a new husband last spring or so.) My nieces will be going with us, and I pray it’s a fun time for everyone. A bit off-topic, I think its interesting how some people have their birthdays on Christmas Day, such as my one classmate from school long, long ago, my one coworker in the dairy department, and even a Suns player, I just found out! But enough rambling… I also recognize it’s difficult for those with toxic family members to even want to be around them when Christmas comes. But thankfully, new family members we bring into the world can stop the madness for a while, and they don’t even need to do anything! I do pray salvation for them though… yet it’s a shame there are those who will always oppose the Spirit of Jesus (see Matthew 10:35-36 and Luke 12:53, also Micah 7:6)… I don’t think it’s worth it. I pray no one manages to ruin anyone’s Christmas with hateful content (words, funding, etc.) 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 but have a great Christmas and I’ll see you before the year ends! Later!

I’ve got to be honest with you guys, there’s nothing I can say except to reiterate the fact the Israelites wanted a rule-based relationship with God here (and that’s something He never desired, since it won’t earn salvation; only Jesus can do that, and it worked), but it’s cool how God allowed all the family members to participate in the offering meal, at least. But I’d rather do that in worship to Him because it’s not worth it to hold Him in irreverence (1 Samuel 15:22). This chapter is found in pages 58-59 of the NKJV Bible I have, pages 74-75 of the NASB Bible I have, pages 125-126 of my VOICE copy, and pages 122-123 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

A bit off-topic, I think they’re going to make more Amplified Bible versions in the future, and I’d love to see them, but you never know, for it’s the end times season, and as a result, violence and corruption are high and can enter each zip code across the earth. There was a shooting next door to my church yesterday as I was in ManPrayer, so there were a bunch of police cars 🚓🚔 everywhere 🚨 and someone died. We need to take a stand against violence of every kind, but not everyone will believe this message, for many in the U.S., regardless of zip code, actually approve of certain kinds. This is not good. There are millions upon millions of fault-finders, too, so that makes it even worse. Hopefully when I get to my new place before Christmas, God-willing (sadly, it won’t be in Gilbert, but it’ll be close to it), I’m able to communicate with the friend I’m moving in with, but I pray that if it doesn’t work, I come back to Gilbert ASAP. I don’t know what you’d pray for, but leave an email at ron.outland4727@gmail.com if you need prayer! If I remember to check 📧😂🤣 I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the next one! And don’t worry, I’m a man of my word. Ciao!

It’s funny how this happened when the world needed Jesus, but thankfully He’s been around from before the beginning. But even though there’s a note in the VOICE translation of this chapter mentioning that the people’s needs are provided for, it still doesn’t say that the religion in Israel was something Jesus had wanted, and besides, it didn’t save, but the food actually reminds us of our sins year after year (Hebrews 10:3), since the blood of goats and other creatures cannot take away sins (Hebrews 10:4). And if I’m honest, I haven’t thought about that much lately… I’ve been short on hours at work for quite some time, but thankfully, someone contacted me asking if I could work a 7-hour shift tomorrow night and I agreed to the deal. I’ll be there from 🕝➡️🕤 but I might stay until 🕥 or even 🕚 pm. Regardless, I still want to focus on Jesus, but work makes it hard due to the unpleasant atmosphere the customers and many staff members love to foster. And I can’t agree to even wanting that, but don’t consider this trash talk, but a caution tape ⚠️ for it’s not right what the evil one has created, knowing that despite the raise someone can create a dumpster fire of a day for everyone, for one sinner can undo many good things (Ecclesiastes 9:18). And I’ve seen that unfold on great levels before. But this chapter is found in page 58 of my NKJV Bible, page 74 of my NASB Bible, pages 124-125 of my VOICE copy, and pages 121-122 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy 🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️💃🏼 and I pray for people to find hope in Jesus at work.

I don’t have anything else to say here but I can testify that because of this passage I can easily tell that peoples behaviors must never be put before anyone’s needs. For if someone uses a human beings need as a leverage, that’s not ok for them to pull off and they put them in eternal misfortune, even if Jesus shows up and undoes the whole thing (unless for the New Jerusalem thing, I guess). I’ll see you by Halloween where I write on chapter 3! Later!

How do you like the brackets? 😂😂😂😂 Ok, enough small talk. Here we read on something God lays out for Moses and the priests, yes those of Levi (read Genesis 49:7 for some of how God promised Levi and one of his older brothers, Simeon, would be scattered) —- Levi’s descendants didn’t get any land, for God is their portion, as we see in some other verses in the Pentateuch (I can’t remember which ones)… I noticed the VOICE translation said it was a manual for the priests, and I know the high priests were Aaron and his descendants, as we see later. Caiaphas was one of them (see John 11:49) and I even noticed in Acts 6:7 that a lot of them were led to Jesus and became Christians as a result. I don’t think Caiaphas ever got saved, though… but this chapter is found in page 58 of my NKJV Bible, page 74 of my NASB Bible, page 124 of my VOICE copy, and pages 120-121 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I didn’t go into units this time for this book because I find it’s best read straight through if you’re trying to read the whole Bible from start to finish… but the good news is, and I don’t think I mentioned it in yesterday’s post… if the Lord Jesus wanted to write more books/scrolls about how we should follow Him, He would’ve written so many no one can count them (like John 21:25 says). For He does want things done in ways that glorify Him, and we don’t need too many books for this, for those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God (Romans 8:14). I still remember Taylor had said this sort of thing to me last time we were in California. I pray he and his wife (also Taylor) are able to bear children and raise them in the ways of Christ, and that they don’t make it absurd or unreasonable 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧👯🏽‍♀️💃🏼🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️👭🏽👩🏽‍❤️‍👩🏽👰🏼‍♂️👰🏼‍♀️👰🏼💅🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 boy, do I want to visit Palm Springs 🌴🌵 and L.A. 🌇🌆🏙🌃🌄🌅🏖🏝 again 😩😩😩😩😩😩 ugh.

I didn’t have much to write over the last three months even on my notebook for my ninth Bible translation reading (the LEB), but that’s because I’ve been working so much, and I have several 8-hour shifts in a row again like in 2020 one time but thankfully it’ll work. I can’t promise you I’ll write another note by the end of next week, but God-willing, I’ll see you soon.