My Thoughts On Leviticus (06/29/2023)

First of all, I’m sorry I haven’t been on here for more than three months, for I’ve been writing Bible notes on another translation called the Lexham English Bible. So far I’m up to the middle of Genesis 5 but I’ve been writing my thoughts on paper with some pens ๐Ÿ“–๐Ÿ“’๐Ÿ“ƒ๐Ÿ“„๐Ÿ“‘๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ—’๐Ÿ–Š๐Ÿ–‹โœ’๏ธ once I finish writing down each chapter. It’s a work in progress but hopefully I get the chance to finish. I also want to take screenshots of two other Bible translations with my phone ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿ“ฒ๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ“ธ and print them out for everyone to see ๐Ÿ“‹๐Ÿ“ ๐Ÿ–จ๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿ–ฅ๐Ÿ”Œ hopefully I can get my phone running on a long-life battery ๐Ÿ”‹๐Ÿชซ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚ but let’s get to the actual book: I don’t know much about Leviticus because I don’t think to read it often, and to be honest, you’re likely to see a religious spirit hijack that book to ruin everything. But two things stick out to me: two of Aaron’s sons offering strange fire and thus desecrating God’s Name by not believing Him (Leviticus 10:1-3, also Hebrews 11:6 and Romans 1:5) and the truth that we must love others as ourselves (Leviticus 19:18, also 1 John 4:21). Jesus quoted the Leviticus verse a lot in His time on Earth ๐ŸŒ and is adamant that He should be trusted, for He deserves it. But many people are able to turn others away from Him by abusing the Word of God in a ridiculous context He didn’t want anyone using. And since He had said He would decide what to do with Israel in Exodus 33:5 about something they were being judged for (you can read more about that by going to my posts on chapters 32 and 33 about that book that I made last summer, but for real, I’d rather for you guys to read the Scriptures themselves; you can even disregard my posts if you want haha ๐Ÿ˜‚ God’s more true than I can ever be; see Romans 3:4 (but don’t assume Christians don’t exist from that verse, for that, too, would be out of context)) —- retribution is something God never plans before someone rejects Him… but that’s a good thing, for He has endless good for everyone, such as huge waterparks and jungle gyms for children to play in Heaven without any inhibitions or unsafe people trying to stalk them anywhere, and even seeing whales ๐Ÿณ make terrific splashes in the sea ๐ŸŒŠ but Jesus is whom I’m looking forward to most of all, but I want to see my nieces there without having experienced any death. I pray they get to live long enough to make it to the Rapture ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ Izi is now almost four months old, and I’m looking forward to seeing all three of my nieces hopefully soon, but I pray I improve in character a lot, first.

With all that being said, I think I’ll start writing on Leviticus 1 soon, by the end of tomorrow. Later!

Exodus Retrospective (03/24/2023)

So, if you’ve been following from the beginning (I’m grateful for anyone who reads my stuff on here), I haven’t done so well with this book… but I guess that’s because I didn’t have many interesting observations on mostly the second half… and I’ll have to write in a private scenario, offline, why this is the case. I also have work in just 11 hours, so I can’t say much anyway… but I guess I can tell I have a lot to learn still. But I will say this: the difficulties of life are capable of hampering my brain ๐Ÿง  so that I don’t get to think as much good as I’d like to. I hope you can read this… even though I’m grateful for the provisions I’ve received, I’ll always remember the difficult stuff of the last three years. And I need to recognize that even when I’m finished with the rest of this four-translation project, I’ll still be incomplete of knowledge. I also don’t expect to actually grow in life, with or without reading more translations… for I know that there’s enough ridiculous content to surround me, and I can’t win with whomever pushes that stuff. Hopefully someone at the Fry’s store becomes Christian, though, customer or staff.

Simply put, even the best of rescue stories can backfire (see Jude 5), and it doesn’t seem likely that glory actually happens anyway. It’s great when someone becomes Christian, but I’m realizing that even radical believers can be led astray into false movements of any kind, like nationalism and fake charities of any sort. I want to spend more time on here, but I can’t find much on Jesus’ point of view in the next three books, or even with the next several or so after that (though Judges 4 is an underrated masterpiece!) But… seeing someone wrestle with anything in chapters like Leviticus 18 reminds me of my youth. If God wills, I’ll begin writing on that book soon.

Somewhere In The Middle Of The Tent (Exodus 40) [03/22/2023]

There are many things to take notes for here: the alter and a laver (I noticed a footnote on verse 7 in the first Amplified translation), the cloud of glory visible to everyone of Israel, the tent’s entrance facing the east, a pillar of fire each night (this probably inspired the shekinah glory we later see in 2 Chronicles 7:1 —- #worthit) —- but this is the last chapter of the second book of the Bible. It is found in pages 56-57 of the NKJV I have for this, pages 72-73 of the NASB I have for this, pages 120-122 of my VOICE copy, and pages 117-119 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I don’t know how much I’ll actually be able to cover but no one can get the complete and unabridged anything in an absolute senseโ€ฆ but we don’t have to โ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธโ˜บ๏ธ indeed, the tent entrance was facing east because God knew Jesus would someday return from that direction (see Revelation 19:11-16), but that’s at least seven years away. Indeed, we shouldn’t try to figure out when that will happenโ€ฆ but this was part of a grand plan God has had for all people, especially those who believe (see 1 Timothy 4:10). The tabernacle was complete, and soon, Moses would start writing the rest of his law, which takes a month to compose.

I should add that, unfortunately, everything in these next three books will be difficult to understand, and it’s unlikely mercy actually happens (but see Numbers 6:24-26). These parts of the Bible have been used far too often throughout time to shove the people who listen to this —- it’s the word of God, of course —- into compliance. As a result, because they’ve used it as a weapon, no one really feels free to do the good they may have wanted since birth. Even for the believers, they want to obey from the heart (see Romans 6:17) but aren’t given any chances, and feel stuck. The Lord Jesus rescues everyone who loves Him but the head can be screwed up because of the hypocrites among us (or rather, we’re among them), and not enough people actually notice, so we run into one roadblock after anotherโ€ฆ at least, though, this madness will end one day. For the promise of Christ’s return still stands, and nothing He says can be muted (Isaiah 55:11, also John 10:35). Man, would I love to see Him one day! ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’˜๐Ÿ’Œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’“๐Ÿ’ž๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿฉนโค๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฐ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฐ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฐ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿงš๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘ฏ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿšต๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿคโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ญ๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ’‹โ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿป๐Ÿซ‚

And you might be thinking, “Dude, what’s with all the emojis here?” Haha I’m just feeling excited for Jesus in an unusual way haha ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ I also heard about this NYC queen ๐Ÿ‘‘ someone I follow on Instagram follows, but I pray I have the right attitude concerning these humans. For it’s tempting to flirt with disaster… sorry lol ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜† I hope I can be innovative like them ๐Ÿคญ

But anyways… there was no electricity in Moses’ time, and it would be nearly 34 centuries until the invention of the light bulb ๐Ÿ’ก which Tesla was actually responsible for, and Edison took credit, stealing his work. I was scared to death of the plagiarism police in college… but right now I can look at 1 Corinthians 9:24-10:13 and go from there. I was thinking of that passage when I was at the mental hospital ๐Ÿฅ back in 2014 —- I didn’t know I’d soon be going back to my mom’s place, but at least I’m in Gilbert, now. Where I am exactly I can’t actually disclose, but I’ll need to keep it private, I had a messy arrangement.

Come what may, though, because eternity is good for all who love Jesus (see Matthew 24:13-14), well party with Him forever! I’m talking endless Mexican ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ food ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿ…๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿซ”๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐Ÿซ•๐Ÿฅฃ Chinese ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ cuisine of all kinds ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ„๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™๐Ÿš๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ ๐Ÿข๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿค๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿก๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฅ ๐Ÿฅก North and South Korea becoming one ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท the U.S. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ no longer being war-obsessed, parties with instruments like Caribbean steel drums ๐Ÿฅ and fish, just to name a few. There’s also endless watermelon ๐Ÿ‰ fields and countless apple trees ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ and every day feels like Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ (though there’s no night in New Jerusalem) —- and Jesus will be worshiped forever ๐ŸŽ†๐ŸŽ‡โœจ๏ธ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽŠ๐Ÿ›โœ๏ธ๐Ÿ†“๏ธ๐Ÿ†•๏ธ๐Ÿ†™๏ธ

I pray we approach the rest of the Pentateuch carefully, and that I talk to others concerning this, but I don’t want to be a loose cannon, ever. Hopefully I can elaborate this in the next 27+36+34 chapters. But if you need prayer, you can email ๐Ÿ“ง me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the first chapter of the remaining 97 of this section of the Bibleโ€ฆ this is going to be interesting.

The Twelve Stones Before the Settlement in Canaan: A Short Look at Exodus 39 (02/03/2023)

In verses 10-13 in this chapter (by the way, this chapter is found in pages 55-56 of my NKJV Bible, pages 71-72 of my NASB Bible, pages 119-120 of my VOICE copy, and pages 116-117 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy), we notice the twelve stones of Israel’s tribes ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ and it reminded me of Revelation 21 where the stones were mentioned again. Man, it’ll be great when we party with Jesus forever! I don’t want to beat you over the head with this truth, though, and it’s obvious that eternity has been ruined for many people, but to clear a few things up, it won’t be an endless music-by-the-harp-wearing-wings-and-a-dress sort of thing. That’s not biblical. But more of that in the next post, where we end Exodus and I write a forewarning about how to read the next three books. For now, though, I can’t help but thank God for the fact this project (read from chapter 25) was done with excellence (Exodus 39:43, VOICE)!

The only other thing I can say today (I have work at ๐Ÿ•• am tomorrow and it’s after ๐Ÿ•˜ pm right now in Arizona) is that this was the start of something great for the Israelites. Of course, it tanked, but Jesus was and still is able to make anyone a new creation (2 Corinthians 5:17). But more than 1,400 years would elapse between this and Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Still, I’ll see you in the next post! Ciao!

i Didn’t Know Mirrors were A Luxury In Moses’ Time! (Exodus 38) [01/31/2023]

Here we find more details about how the tabernacle is supposed to be set up (Exodus 25:40, also Hebrews 9:2). I want to make a curtain in my room but I don’t know where to get one that would hold up from the ceiling, for the purpose of a prayer tent or something, but I need to be careful on how I spend anything. Indeed, food is very important and I don’t want to reveal my location for privacy’s sake. Maybe I’ll just have some chili or corn (maybe with some tortilla strips) tonight… but this chapter is found in page 55 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this, pages 70-71 of the NASB Bible here (Old Testament), pages 118-119 of my VOICE copy, and pages 114-116 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m sorry I don’t have a lot of creative ideas right now for notes like this —- I think it’s because there’s not much worth mentioning for like the next book and a half ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ but I will say this: I found out I’m pre-diabetic last month so I’m doing my best to cut down on sugary stuff. I don’t often eat sweets, though, so that’s nice, and it took like a million cans of soda to get to this point ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜† but I am enjoying life, I mean, I went to my nieces’ birthday party a few days ago, so that I loved ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ I noticed Bee was grumpy but she just woke up too early ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜… I think I would’ve been a little irate myself, since I worked 47 hours between the last two Thursdays, and I was full-time two weeks ago, not to mention getting an extra hour again on Friday last week. I got extra time on each shift, actually… but for now, I need to take it easy and rest. I hope I have better words to say in the next post, but we’re almost done with Exodus! Maybe I’ll complete it by Ela’s birth? We’ll see ๐Ÿ‘€ ๐Ÿคญ ๐Ÿ˜ (I wouldn’t be a creepo though haha). Later, people ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

Worship Is Costly (Exodus 37) [12/31/2022]

I’ve had quite the year (this is why I didn’t make many posts, and also I didn’t make a Christmas post this week, either, sorry…) —- there’s a lot of gold the Israelites used for this project, so we should remember we might need a lot of resources to honor Christ with by giving to those in need. This chapter is found in pages 54-55 of my NKJV Bible, page 70 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 117-118 of my VOICE copy, and pages 113-114 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Six people I knew died this year (the first was done in by police, and this happened around MLK Day, which is thoroughly outrageous, indeed, she was black โ€ผ๏ธ and another friend killed herself ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฑ I don’t want anyone else to relive these nightmarish scenarios) —- only one made it past 32! Weird, huh? But I learned in February that the Greek for Revelation 12:11 actually says the believers literally exposed themselves to death… all of us in Christ might have to do the same. Of course, not everyone will be martyred, but even though it’s absolutely tragic when someone gets killed for doing good in the world, the Lord Jesus very handsomely rewards those who die for Him. Indeed, I looked over the laws going into effect tomorrow morning here in AZ, and while I haven’t seen restrictions on Christianity here yet, even after reading the article just now, I’m always nervous about the Christian faith getting clobbered by those in power… yet I think the people have more interest in actually trying to make Jesus obey them. 1 Corinthians 10:9 says that we should never put Jesus to the test, as some of the wilderness wanderers did, and were destroyed by serpents (Numbers 21:4-9). One law will soon allow everyone at least 21 years old to publicly drink but only at Tempe Marketplace and Desert Ridge, the 101 being near both. Maybe it’ll help reduce alcoholism? I don’t know, but even though I don’t drink, too many restrictions on something are bad. Still, we’ll see what happens ๐Ÿ‘€

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Unsung Heroes, Overgenerosity, and The Big Tent (Exodus 36) [11/30/2022]

I’ve wanted to release this for a while, but I guess I find it hard to be consistent with things. But I’m glad everyone in Israel was consistent with all this… but I notice Bezalel and Oholiab aren’t included in the conquest of Canaan (sorry for the spoilers haha) even though they were noted for their skills. There are many unsung heroes in the Christian faith today, including the woman who lost her family in Afghanistan after they had moved there from the U.S. when 9/11 had happened. They were martyred because of their faith one day late in November some years back. So I can only imagine how difficult it must be for someone to lose both spouse and kids in a moment… but this chapter is found in pages 53-54 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this, pages 69-70 of the NASB Bible I’m using, pages 116-117 of my VOICE copy, and pages 112-113 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy (but there, it’s spelled Aholiab for some reason).

I say these things because the two men here had to have been at least 2๏ธโƒฃ0๏ธโƒฃ years old at that point, given their skills, generally speaking. Of course, sometimes I hear of people having skipped a grade or two (I’ve had friends do this, but I’ve never done it) but I pray my nieces never get held back any grades… and that school is fun for all of them —- I really hope they don’t get hurt because of someone any of them can trust ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ I guess my outlook on life isn’t very good, but if overgenerosity can make it so that promises happen and are actually kept word for word, then great. Otherwise —- and I don’t think I’m exaggerating here —- there won’t be a Kingdom to even think about. Hopefully, though, healing happens for each people group. And speaking of my nieces, I’m having a third one come in 3-4 months! I’m sorry if I hadn’t said it on the last post, but I hope she is loved by others, too ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ’ I can’t ever think my nieces should be opposed by anyone ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’” but with a growing family like mine, Satan is sure to target them… I do pray we withstand him, though. Also, someone made a really messed up joke about loving Satan instead of Santa Claus ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป ๐Ÿคถ๐Ÿป on TV recently, but I understand someone was going for something weird… still, I don’t think we should make jokes like these… someone might get the impression Christmas is not good, and that NOTHING brilliant should happen, as if Heaven weren’t supposed to be replicated in this life (Matthew 6:10). Indeed, the legalistic people are the epitome of ridiculous ๐Ÿ™„ people will also turn Christmas into a political statement, and that’s like so unfair. I do hope I can listen to the people of this generation, just as I’m sure they might listen to me… indeed, we’ve had enough moralism that people have made from the Bible even though Scripture never gave such a commandment. People have started blogs about things Jesus never said, too ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿคช and I don’t blame them! One thing I can add to the list is the idea that God wouldn’t make anyone do some funny stuff. I mean, Isaiah preached naked for three years ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ (see Isaiah 20), Hosea actually married a prostitute (Hosea 1:2-3), and Ezekiel literally had to refuse to mourn his wife’s death (Ezekiel 24:15-24). Hopefully, though, you don’t have to do any of these things, for I’m just giving some examples of how much it will cost to serve God. But if He led Jesus to endure being crucified with no clothes on in front of every one in Jerusalem, and it worked, He can do good things through you, too, even if one should suffer and endure public reproach outside the city (Hebrews 13:13).

I do need to inform you, however, that even though I had been praying for Josh’s sister-in-law to be rescued from cancer, unfortunately, she passed away last Monday morning ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ six months had passed since a fourth friend had died between New Year’s Day and that point, less than five months later (I’m still not over this), and that human being had died, too ๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿ’” both women were legendary in Christ, and each had married different men (yet I regret to say the friend who died in May was murdered by her own husband). That friend was only 2๏ธโƒฃ5๏ธโƒฃ —- I hope none of my three nieces could be tricked into dating evil men like him…. better for me to stand in the gap instead, you know?

The tent mentioned in more detail in this chapter is particularly daunting and arduous, and I hope I don’t languish in serving God like this. I found out last week that the World Cup in Qatar is in a stadium in which THOUSANDS had died building. I don’t think that’s ever happened since its inception, not even remotely close. Indeed, they weren’t even fed or given water, and no one really got paid anything ๐Ÿ˜’ those who watch the games happen are supporting slavery. That’s all I can say… but it’s interesting how the U.S. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฒ not only qualified for the World Cup, but beat Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท 1-0 something I didn’t actually think was possible. I feel for the guy who cried in Iran’s defeat though… I hope we can love them well. Maybe then, their leader wouldn’t want to blow us up. We’ve failed Jesus too much, and for too long. I don’t want any weird conjecture to overtake the earth… but I’ll see you in the next post. Later!

The Sabbath and the Tabernacle Building (Exodus 35) [10/31/2022]

I’m spending this afternoon/evening at home, since I just got done riding my bike close to the southern edge of Gilbert and back, riding alongside the edge of Chandler for a short time (I’m still recovering —- it was a looooooong ride, about 28 miles in all) —- unfortunately, though, it’s Halloween, and the idolatry of creepy stuff needs to end. Good thing that’s forgivable, but idolatry is ALWAYS unchristian. I’ve heard of Boo grams at places like my mental health clinic, but what I actually find great is the fact you can share the Gospel with the trick-or-treaters tonight. I don’t tend to celebrate Halloween, though. I personally believe it’s supposed to celebrate the believers of Jesus who have gone before us (indeed, tomorrow’s the Day of the Dead, and Mexico ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ celebrates it… which, I understand; I don’t know how though, but I’d rather not jump to any conclusions), but instead, death is worshiped waaaaaaaayy too much. Glad I’m getting rest today, though… it’s my day off, so that’s why I trekked the southeast Valley today. Indeed, Moses laid out what he wanted the Israelites to pull off each Saturday (verses 1-3), but some time later, someone violates it one day and they actually killed the one guilty of this (Numbers 15:32-36). Even though Jesus never loved the death penalty or even wanted it to happen to anyone (indeed, He actually got a death He doesn’t deserve but thank God He rose again) that was what they wanted, and since God knew they wouldn’t repent from this, He gave them several hundred laws, 613 in all —- and they were plundered (Ezekiel 20:25-26). There were tabernacle offerings, though… this chapter is found in page 53 of my NKJV Bible, pages 68-69 of my NASB Bible, pages 115-116 of my VOICE copy, and pages 111-112 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

It’s interesting to note that only Bezalel and Oholiab were mentioned, but I don’t know if they actually let Jesus guide them when the nation later ran into the people of Canaan (Numbers 13). And speaking of which, I wouldn’t be surprised if the U.S. wanted to borrow from Canaan the Halloween practices they’ve had millions upon millions follow here and abroad. I think that’s largely the government’s fault, like with that one time many years back, when the bison were abundant here, and the leaders duped the people into getting meat from them so they’d be endangered (it might not be endangered nowadays but people still hunt them down —- eventually, we’re going to run out, since I don’t think they ever stopped all bison meat sales, but I wouldn’t mind eating some if there were at least ๐Ÿ”Ÿ million of them in this country alone; it’d be great if everyone followed my procedure, since God will destroy anyone who destroys any species; see Revelation 11:18). It’s tempting for me to buy some buffalo meat but I think I should explain this to some church friends and show them this post. Wow… that was very off-topic ๐Ÿ˜ด I don’t know why I often lose my train of thought when I’m writing these posts… I apologize, people.

On the plus side โž• nothing good is prohibited ๐Ÿšซ from being offered to God even when a lawmaker tries to criminalize it. It’s weird that guns are worshiped, though. I think the second amendment is a mistake, actually, since they didn’t have protecting yourself against the government militia in mind even when they are dispatched to kill the peaceful and violent alike. Hopefully that doesn’t happen again though… but I have a feeling the time the U.S. military was sent to do this because of George Floyd’s unjust death won’t be the last time here… but even so, I’ll see you in chapter 36! Ciao!

Elaborate (And Expensive) Worship (Exodus 35-40) [09/30/2022]

I’m on my phone typing this again —- I’m not gonna lie, I waited until now to write this down, since I want to release at least one post per month, and I didn’t have anything to say until this point ๐Ÿ™ƒ but I do like that a small thing of gold (roughly 75 pounds, found in one of these chapters) is used. And in today’s value, that can cost nearly two million bucks ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿคฏ๐Ÿ’ต๐Ÿ’ฒ๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿ“ˆ there are a lot bigger amounts of gold ๐Ÿฅ‡ silver ๐Ÿฅˆ and bronze ๐Ÿฅ‰ for the tabernacle, so this says you can use incredible everything for worship and an offering to Jesus, even if it’s at least worth a billion dollars ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ’ธ this section of Exodus is found in pages 53-57 of my NKJV Bible, pages 68-73 of my NASB Bible, pages 115-122 of my VOICE copy, and pages 111-119 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I noticed chapter 35 here, as the NASB puts it, is entitled The Sabbath Emphasized. I think they were trying to emphasize you don’t need to work too hard and border on the worship of labor to get what you need from God, just as it says in Psalm 127:2. But I’ll explain this next time I write on here… hopefully I can do it soon. I’ll see you in chapter 35!

Update On How I Might Write Things Down On Here…

Last time I wrote something in this website, I said I was having problems with the Internet connection and that my phone was deleting stuff. This happened twice, and it sucked. But I’m glad I was able to write something down two weeks ago, so that I could get the Lord’s teachings, if at all possible, more widespread across the earth. Obviously, though, not many are reading this but I’m glad I have any followers on here lol ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜† but anyway, I pray I can get a second job somehow and buy a tablet as a result, for my laptop is like seven years old, and I might need to get a new piece of technology, even though it might record stuff that I’m saying… oh, man, someone I know will have a cow ๐Ÿ’ฉ๐Ÿฎ but if they’re trying to stop me from preaching the Word on here or anywhere else, Jesus might have the whole barn ๐Ÿก๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ anything else, though, I can’t say… but I pray I can move forward in Christ, and that I don’t sin against Him… if you want to do the same, that’ll be great. This will be posted shortly, but I might be at work. I have tomorrow off, though, and since I went to Prescott last weekend but realized someone might be able to derail me if I’m not careful, even with the knowledge I’ve been given over the last 8 years, so… yeah. Later!