At work this week, I was curious and fearful to find that social gatherings of literally any kind were banned again even though tomorrow’s the Fourth of July (U.S. Independence Day) ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐งจโจ โ it doesn’t look like it, so I think I can hear fireworks each night this week as I hang out in my room where I’m writing this, and it won’t take long for me to get to my friend’s place (her name is Nicole) for the Fourth of July Awaken party tomorrow night ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ But there weren’t independence-from-nations countries in those days at all; I think the U.S. was the first to pull this off. OH WAIT. There’s this weird conundrum about most of Israel’s tribes separating from Judah around 930 B.C. (see 1 Kings 12 for the story), and it seems like other tribes have done this before, too. But they’re now one Israel again (Ezekiel 37:15-28), so I think that’s awesome! I hope there isn’t much tension between the brethren still… but many of Jacob’s sons were not right in their head at all, and Levi didn’t even have a tribe, because he and Simeon had killed the men and boys in Shechem (Genesis 34:25). I think they deserved it, though, since their sister, Dinah, was brutally raped. Yet not even here should someone turn this into a violent episode. I know in my case, if I were to do something like this in response to such a brutal incident, I wouldn’t be much better than the atheist who abused the victim, and I’d probably even go to Hell for that. Thank God no one needs to turn this into a political statement, though. I think they’re taking over, and I have this feeling it won’t be long before they’re the only acceptable things in this world should this keep happening. But this passage is found in page 30 of my NKJV Bible, page 39 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 66-67 of my VOICE copy, and page 64 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.
Speaking of political statements, have you noticed that some of the local grocery store products with African-American founders are gone forever? They did this to try to eliminate diversity. Indeed, I thought racism wasn’t supposed to be all that prevalent! I guess inclusion isn’t practiced much ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ โ this sort of thing should never happen. But I do like how early in the Scriptures, God lets the readers know that rape isn’t supposed to happen. I know for my part, I’d make something hilarious happen to try and put an end to it… for instance, I found out today that the president eats his pizza backwards ๐คฆ๐ผโโ๏ธ he offended EVERYONE in Italy โ someone snuck a photo of this โ and it became a meme ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ I’m not posting any photos of any politician on here, though, EVER. But I thought this was the most legendary thing I’ve ever heard, for who on earth would eat their pizza backwards?! You’d have to be some freak of nature to do that! (Of course, I still think Jesus’ death and resurrection is more legendary, but that was the funniest thing ever ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ I’m not missing out on this comedic gold mine ๐๐๐คฃ truly awesome!) I eat my pizza normally, so I wouldn’t be blocked from traveling to Italy ๐๐๐๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ I’ve GOT to have their stuff. Wow, I went really far off-topic; I’m so sorry ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฏ but this was something stranger than fiction. Literally. I think it’s illegal to eat pizza backwards in Italy ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ I could not make this up even if I tried. There’s photos on the Internet so you can see the most glorious embarrassment ever ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ I literally worshipped Jesus in the break room where I found this out (a friend and co-worker told me that) and praised God for justice ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ indeed, I think the Italians’ anger is justifiable myself. They banned travel between here and too many places (Europe included), so someone takes a photo of the weirdest thing in history and plasters it everywhere on the Internet. Got his just desserts, I think ๐๐๐๐๐
On a more serious note, though, sleeping with your parents’ friend or your friends’ parents is not a good idea, and you can shame others for this. Reuben did this, and now his tribe’s almost gone (Deuteronomy 33:6, AMPC) I pray the Reubenites become Christian, just as Jesus had spoken prophetically concerning each tribe and nation around the world (Matthew 24:14). I think the Simeonites were integrated into Judah to some degree after the conquest, and Levi’s descendants were scattered all over Israel to have a priesthood lineage, especially concerning Moses’ brother, Aaron. We’ll get there when we get there, though. In the meantime, do you want prayer for anything? I’d love to see what you’re talking about, so e-mail me something to ron.outland@4727@gmail.com so I can read it, write it down, then tape it to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you when I comment on verses 8-12 about only Judah! I’m sorry if I didn’t include enough information about Reuben, Simeon, and Levi, but just remember that I’m learning as I go along, that’s how we grow, regardless of whichever translation of the Bible we read or not, so don’t get mad at the comment section. Thanks and I’ll see you later! (Oh, it’s the Fourth of July as of ten minutes ago, but I started writing this at around 11:30.)