Author: Ron Outland

Yesterday was April 20th, but I didn’t see anything too disturbing happen… except I saw several discouraging episodes of parental hatred at the store as I was working there during the morning… I still find it pretty weird that the children aren’t in school right now. But I do have something encouraging: one of Jonathan’s childhood friends became Christian about 20 minutes ago! (It’s currently right after midnight as I write this.) But here, Jacob doesn’t wish anything adverse against any of his many children, but I’ve noticed that there are no women going with him that he had fathered (except Dinah, I think; see Genesis 46:15). I’ll write on that when I get there, though. This passage is found in page 26 of my NKJV Bible, page 34 of my NASB Bible, page 58 of my VOICE copy, and page 56 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m reminded of when I got a high school classmate saved in 2015 when I found out the encouraging good news I heard today (conversions aren’t meant to be private), and that was several years after either of us had finished high school in the late 2000s. But I thank God for both men who are now saved 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 anyway, Jacob goes to Egypt with all his sons, and gives them double the cash they had obtained earlier (verse 12). Indeed, he was still pretty rich during this time, I think. This wealth continued in his bloodline for a very long time, even to the era when Boaz married Ruth (Ruth 4:13).

I wish I had more to say, but I did get a stimulus check last week due to the pandemic we’re experiencing. Even though I wish they had promised more so more people could pay their bills due to being out of work, I’m liking how someone wants to make it so that many of us get $2,000 per month until the economy recovers. Too bad that might not happen, though… I mostly speak of the recovery being impossible to recover, for there are enough people in this world to send the earth reeling faster than you can count to 20. Regardless, it’s great that people are getting some help due to a low income. This is kind of what’s happening here, for the famine was still very severe in all the earth during the time the events in this chapter took place. I’ll write more on this chapter later this week, but I’m clocking in again (fifth day in a row) in less than 12 hours, so I should get more sleep. But I did start two shifts at 7 a.m. in the last two days… at least I wasn’t late so it’d count against me, though. Besides, I’m working on borrowed time because I ran late nearly two weeks ago, and I didn’t even know I had been late that day; I found out, like, THE next day. On the plus side, I am getting 40 hours of work this week, but if I’m called into the office between now and Wednesday night (when I finish the sixth shift in a row) for being late two weeks ago, I’ll begin to feel like maybe I’m not meant for this. I might even forget about ever being full-time, no longer caring about even trying to get debt-free, for it’d be THAT discouraging. I mean, I’m turning 30 in just eight months! But if I don’t get forgiven for this, I won’t be happy. I’m working eight hours each shift this week and I want to not have the one-day suspension occur before Sunday. And it’s still five days away, for it’s not even 12:30 a.m. after sunset less than six hours ago. On another note, though (I just noticed this), I find it weird that Reuben said Jacob could kill his two sons if he didn’t act responsibly with brothers yet again (Genesis 42:37), but here, no one is mentioned as to be slain. Thank God I know the story’s end, but I don’t want to spoil it for you. Besides, I pray that the guy from Russia who found this blog would become Christian.

Any prayer requests? Drop them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I still have none, so any would be appreciated. I’ll see you in a few days with the rest of chapter 43! Later!

By this time, Jacob had become an old man (see final verse of this chapter), and was facing sorrow after sorrow because he believed Joseph to be dead still. Yet I don’t blame Joseph for not going back to Canaan for his family, even naming a child about forgetting the bad stuff that had happened to him! (See Genesis 41:51.) But in the meantime, his brothers believed he was no longer with them, and Benjamin stayed behind (verse 13), and they didn’t know Joseph had taken charge of Egypt, answering only to the Pharaoh. By the way, did you know that Egypt in Hebrew is “the narrow place” in English? I found out a few days ago that Canada is literally translated “The Village,” too! And Mexico is “Land By The Sea.” Sorry for getting off-topic 😂😂😂 but this chapter is found in pages 25-26 of my NKJV Bible, pages 33-34 of my NASB Bible, pages 56-58 of my VOICE copy, and pages 54-56 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

When Joseph’s brothers (ten of them) come to Egypt, they believe someone thinks them to be spies… it was Joseph, but again, they didn’t know this… I think he had PTSD from what had happened to him over 20 years before. I don’t blame him! I’ve faced the same thing from my own family members before, and now I’m praying hard that my niece wouldn’t get the coronavirus or perish from any other disease! If that happens, I wouldn’t be alive anymore. The sorrow would destroy me, and I would believe there’s nothing left for me to look forward to in this life. But if my niece accepts Jesus, she’ll be in Heaven, yet I still won’t be happy about this, for she would’ve been gone way too soon! I can’t allow this to happen! In all my years of being Christian so far, I’ve never imagined losing a child 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’d rather die 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 yet I think better than both is if my niece doesn’t even get the virus 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 indeed, I think Switchfoot’s Easter Sunday blog post helps with the fact that while it’s guaranteed that we’re going to do poorly in life at least once, hope is still available. Too bad many people try and mislead others away from it using the Scriptures to do so, and that’s just not right. But I did leave a comment on that post saying I’d use it for this 😂😂😂😂😂 I pray no one else gets sick from this pandemic… the world’s already been decimated because of it; I don’t want to lose my niece along with my stability 😭😭😭😭😭 I can’t stress enough about this…

And people are wondering because of the outbreak, “What is God doing to us?” The funny thing is, Joseph’s brothers were wondering the same thing during their lack of unity (Genesis 42:28 (VOICE)). Here’s a note that the VOICE editor makes here:

The brothers of Joseph are in the dark. What does this mean? Is this some sort of trick? Has someone planted the money there only to later claim it or the grain has been stolen? Are the Egyptians even now bearing down on them? Is this part of the test? Should they go back and tell the gruff Egyptian governor what has happened? And if they do, will he believe them? What happens to Simeon? They have a thousand thoughts, but their most profound thought occurs next.

Someone had put a money in one of the bags that one of Joseph’s brothers was carrying. Turns out, each of them has money in their bags. What will happen next? Let’s find out in chapter 43!

It’s good to store up as much as you can when there’s lots of blessing going on 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 for we never know when the world will be in the grip of a huge pestilence. What’s happening now isn’t a famine or a pestilence, but a plague that has unfortunately decimated the earth, and humanity is reeling like crazy because of it. Well, you already know that the plague is the coronavirus, and as it turns out, it’s not a Chinese name but a Latin name for “king of the viruses.” Yep. You read this right. Jesus did predict this would happen, though (Luke 21:11), as well as other plagues and famines, not to mention many earthquakes (Matthew 24:7). All this is the beginning of birth pangs (Matthew 24:8). But thank God that Joseph had already found a wife and father two boys beforehand 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 I wish I could do the same in this life, but I don’t know if I’ll even survive the next shift I clock into, for violence might happen due to my witness for Jesus, but I know it won’t be my fault if that happens. I can’t take this life for granted, can I? By the way, this passage is found in page 25 of my NKJV Bible, pages 32-33 of my NASB Bible, pages 55-56 of my VOICE copy, and page 54 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I was talking with my best friend since Jesus (that is, Sarah), and I realize I really miss traveling to awesome places near and far, which is obvious to some of you, but for those just joining me, you might be a little surprised to learn that I’ve always wanted to go places. I think it’s our innate desire (this is because of the Holy Spirit’s design) for us to explore the entire earth, and even observe the universe to some extent. I’ve always wished I could get paid for being myself in literally any corner of the world, but I think this blog is pretty cool, yet I won’t try and put this site for sale, for I don’t want to charge anyone the word of Jesus. Indeed, it’s free! Too bad many people are interested in their own pursuits… but I bet if more people heard the word of Jesus about repentance and forgiveness, there wouldn’t be so much hypocrisy and injustice in this world. That’s why I’ve been praying so much for God to make me able to communicate the Gospel to unreached places across the earth. Of course, you can Google translate this post, but I don’t know how to tell you in a language like one in Sumatra or central India. But I pray for the Balinese to have revivals and revelations like crazy! Indeed, the Holy Spirit is strong in Hillsong Bali, where my friend, Alex, goes. (She’s a travel blogger who is pretty lucrative in this. Fun fact: I once had math class with her!)

Anyway, sorry that I went off-topic again… but the coronavirus has killed many businesses, plundered the economies across the world, and is just adding insult to injury about the world running out of resources. This has to be Satan’s most diabolical scheme yet (with sending a bunch of spies to the churches), but I believe the Holy Spirit will win against him eventually. Still, humanity will never be the same. But we need to look into the unseen and discover Jesus, who, while concealing many things (for it is the glory of God to conceal a matter; see Proverbs 25:2), invites everyone to seek Him out. Unfortunately, though, many believe that He is violent, aggressive, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, you name it — in other words, they believe He is a right-wing conservative! That’s simply NOT biblical! We can love the homosexuals so they can receive God’s love and forgiveness, for they have lots of potential. Too bad many churchgoers won’t let us do that, but I thank God I go to a church that doesn’t promote this nonsense. I do pray this doesn’t take over my church, too. But even so, I want to watch Elevation and Hillsong services more often. And here’s something else: if you’re looking for entertainment about statistics concerning those who have died from the coronavirus, you’ve actually crossed the line. That’s what the Holy Spirit told Steven Furtick in his I’m Still Scared video. At least, that’s how I see it… many people tell me it’ll be as though the coronavirus thing never happened, but even with New Jerusalem being established in the future, I can’t say we’re at our wit’s end right now. Indeed, China got a second wind about it, I heard. And people are saying it’s not even happening, but look around you: restaurants and stores literally boarded up across the world, lockdowns, people arresting those who go outside… it’s like in the end of Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos snapped his fingers and half of everything in the universe disappeared. The world reeled in the aftermath for several years! And the Hulk didn’t manage to retrieve the Infinity stones and snap everyone back until five years had passed. (If you know Avengers: Endgame, you’ll know what I’m talking about.) Still, this is a good time for me to spread the witness of Christ as much as I can, as I’ve already said, so that’s why I’m mentioning this to you, for this is similar to the famine that had gripped the entire world after Joseph had fathered Manasseh and Ephraim. But this will go away; I just can’t guarantee blessing will be even remotely abundant in the future.

Any prayer requests? Drop them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in chapter 42, where we cover Jacob and his family traveling to Egypt to get food. Sayonara!

Long story short, God can make anyone rise to an important level of leadership. Literally. It is even written in the Proverbs: “Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings, he will not stand before obscure men” (Proverbs 22:29 (NASB), emphasis added). Of course, we shouldn’t seek such lofty titles, but follow Jesus wholeheartedly. That’s what I’m trying to do. This passage is found in pages 24-25 of my NKJV Bible, pages 31-32 of my NASB Bible, pages 54-55 of my VOICE copy, and pages 52-54 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I find it awesome that the Egyptian pharaoh at that time entrusted EVERYTHING to Joseph! Could you imagine something like this happening today? But most countries are hopelessly trapped in corrupt leadership systems, but even then a believer might be able to decree some good stuff legally. I don’t know what it’s like in many other places, I just know it could be worse, for I found out last night that the U.S. is one of the few countries in which you can name your kid almost anything, and I think this should be implemented more often. And thank God, the U.S. and Canada (along with many other Western countries) have citizenship by birthright (but Costa Rica doesn’t, sadly 🥺😢😭 I wish other people felt no need to strip that from anyone…) — anyway, I’m getting off-topic… two years pass since the events of chapter 40 happen, but Joseph, in just a few hours or so, goes from prisoner to second-in-command in all of Egypt because of his awesome interpretation of Pharaoh’s two dreams! (They speak the same message.) Seven years of plenty come, but then seven years of famine throughout the earth, yet the abundance is stored in part to aid people during the upcoming famine so that none would starve. Also, I find it interesting that in verse 9, the VOICE says the chief cupbearer remembered Joseph and told Pharaoh the whole story of how he had interpreted his and the baker’s dreams. Hopefully the cupbearer decided to receive Jesus, but it wasn’t easy to find Him back then…

For my part, I want to remember what God may be saying through any dreams I am having, for I’m dreaming about the most random stuff each night. Interpretations are welcome 😊😊😊😊😊 and when I told this to my friend, Josh, he mentioned to me he’s actually going to catch the livestream from the Awaken pastor tonight at 7:00 (in less than four hours) — I pray I have something worth mentioning about them. I’m not very good at interpreting dreams… although I can definitely read between the lines in a lot of things. I don’t want to lose my focus on Jesus, though. I also miss my family and friends because of the quarantine and lockdown the Arizona governor implemented recently. At least there’s no martial law yet, but I’m not looking forward to what’ll happen this month because of the outbreak being so bad. I’m like, “I think they should’ve taken care of the outbreak before it left China.” I also miss being in San Diego at times; I haven’t been there since I went for my fourth Winter Conference in 2012 in my college ministry. (We left New Year’s Day 2013.) I sometimes imagine what would happen if Two Rivers were at Mission Beach or something like that… but all I can do is watch livestreams for now. I pray work gets better, too…

Any prayer requests? Drop ’em in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! In the meantime, I pray I get my responsibilities taken care of myself 😂😂😂 I’ll see you soon, later on in this chapter about the birth of Joseph’s two sons!

I found out today that there actually will be a lockdown starting tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. here in Arizona, but there’s surprisingly no mention of martial law 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 yet I’m pretty sure much of the unbelieving humanity has already passed the point of no return by going down that slippery slope… which will lead to Hell, by the way 😤😤😤 but more of that later, just not in this post. But this chapter is found in page 24 of my NKJV Bible, page 31 of my NASB Bible, page 53 of my VOICE copy, and pages 51-52 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

This chapter starts off with two of Pharaoh’s servants offending him and being thrown in Joseph’s cell as a result (remember, he had been thrown in prison for no good reason), which one can do if they’re foolish enough (I don’t recommend this at all) — some years had passed since Joseph had been locked up, but Joseph was good at interpreting dreams, and I wish I could do better at that than I am now 🤔 I never get requests anyway, for most people in the U.S. don’t believe the supernatural can be any good. I just think I should ask the Holy Spirit what He thinks… but I think it’s pretty cool how the chief cupbearer was restored to Pharaoh’s servanthood in just three days — by the way, the three days thing occurs a lot in the Bible, especially the three days in which Jesus died and rose again during His own three days which would become the most famous weekend in history (see Matthew 26-28, Mark 14-16, Luke 22-24, and John 13-20 for the accounts of everything until His resurrection). Also, I don’t know what the two prisoners did so that Pharaoh would imprison them, but I think forgiveness should be preached more often. Yet the baker was hanged and impaled on a tree, and Jesus suffered the same fate many years later, though He did nothing wrong, ever! I think people in Jesus’ time and before have used this to try to stop Him from saving the earth, even before the Scriptures were put on hold for more than 400 years once Malachi was written. Of course, they’re obviously complete, but I want you to know that God still speaks today, for the 1 Corinthians 13:8-12 passage says nothing about God stopping revelations or anything, that is, until Jesus finishes His work with humanity, which is yet to happen. And Paul knows that God won’t give up on anyone who accepts Jesus (Philippians 1:6). Strangely, though, once the cupbearer was restored to his occupation, he forgot Joseph. Weird, huh? This actually reminds me of the once passage in Ecclesiastes about a poor but wise man averting a great king’s conquest, yet was soon forgotten (Ecclesiastes 9:14-15). This happens a lot in humanity, actually… I want to remember stories like this and especially what I can learn from them, seeing that the Bible is meant for our instruction (1 Corinthians 10:11).

If you feel led to ask me what you want prayer for, you can do that by writing me an e-mail at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, and tape the prayers to my bedroom walls! This means quite a bit to me, so I hope to see something soon. I’ll be back later this week or even tomorrow morning with another post!

First off, I just pray that the Holy Spirit would be speaking through me throughout this entire thing, and I pray He would have the glory He deserves. I think I say this because I don’t want to cause any more disturbances than there already are, with or without the coronavirus pandemic (again, I don’t make money off of this). But these two chapters are found in pages 23-25 of my NKJV Bible, pages 31-33 of my NASB Bible, pages 53-56 of my VOICE copy, and pages 51-54 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I guess I’m only writing this because I can’t talk to anyone right now since all my friends are sleeping, and I should’ve spoken with Sarah a few hours ago (it’s after midnight now), but as I was reading this section of this first book of the Bible and coupling that with the children’s Bible I have so I can read it to my niece and clear up my mind of any complicated fixes myself (I don’t know how anyone could be free of complications during this time), I’m thinking that the story of Joseph being sold into slavery into Egypt but then he eventually saves the entire world from starvation, yet after this the Israelites become super-enslaved as they multiply like rabbits and God rescues them but they give Him the middle finger with their many complaints (it’s an expression of the f-word, which I don’t think is good at all 😖😤😠 and they hate God like this) — it makes me really mad they would backbite God who loves them so much! And I think He’s saying, “I don’t blame you! God’s wrath was against everyone at least 20 years old from the first census in Numbers 1 (I just did my census with Jonathan about all three of us — me, him, and Dean, our other roommate), except Caleb and Joshua, but not even Moses and his siblings were able to enter the promise land, for Miriam died before they left (Numbers 20:1), and he and Aaron got bitter of spirit at Kadesh (Numbers 20:10-11, also Psalm 106:32-33), so God forbade them from entering Canaan, too!” (See Numbers 20:12.) Of course, Moses’ story wasn’t over, but was talking with Jesus at the mountain during His transfiguration (Matthew 17:3, Mark 9:4, Luke 9:30-31), and Elijah was with them. I can’t help but wonder if the same thing will happen about people leaving the coronavirus behind fairly shortly but too few remember Jesus getting us through it all, but I can’t draw any conclusions yet. Still, it goes to show you that Jesus’ death and resurrection doesn’t seem to be working, people are saying. At least, that’s what I imagine; I think I’ll know for sure when I ask what people are contemplating in their hearts about this. But I mainly want to talk to my believing friends who have gone to Awaken with me before. Yet as it is, I feel like humanity itself is getting our outlook on life, faith, even God, pretty differently. And I’m not sure I can face anyone who wants to insult Him because they believe God caused this and they more or less take delight in it. I never know who I’ll see at Fry’s, and I’m not looking forward to seeing almost nothing good happening when I clock in. I do believe people can repent of the panic buying, though. I’m not sure who will, however. I don’t know if I’ll even survive the shift at Fry’s after I clock in, since gun violence hasn’t decreased… I pray for God to get the glory because of me, though.

Also, I’m looking at Joseph and his skills in interpreting dreams, and I can only remember how much I suck at interpreting any of them. I’ve never been very good at it; I think offence is drawing people away from learning the good side of the supernatural, actually. I even find it tempting to believe that revival won’t happen because there’s not a lot of good happening anywhere, and that people won’t remember Jesus anymore. I at least want to be faithful to Jesus during this crazy time, though, for “without revelation people run wild, but one who listens to instruction will be happy” (Proverbs 29:18, HCSB). I guess I’m just doubtful if humanity even deserves a revelation this time… but they probably do, well, a whole lot of people do, I guess… I’m not expecting anything promising, though, and I want to see miracles instead of law enforcement cooperating with demons and criminalizing good things as if God had encouraged that. I don’t know if I’ll even be able to have this freedom to say this without retribution much longer. I don’t want to lose it! Yet these people have already taken several major parts of the world… I’m like, “God, just put me out of my misery if You plan to let them do this and not make anything glorious happen…” I feel like Moses in Numbers 11 in which he ranted about God being hard on him and wanting to see Him do good without making retribution happen later but he couldn’t hope for anything at that point. But I think God gave him a better outlook on life… but shortly after that, his siblings criticized him for marrying an African lady. I wonder how many children, if he had any, he had made with her… but I think Ethiopian women are lovely 😍😍😍💃🏿 I don’t want to even look at them or speak to them without their consent, though. I’d rather not do anything with them that God hasn’t told me to do, actually… but here’s looking at you, Saron! I hope she can read this one day; I’ve missed seeing my old college friends. (Saron has Ethiopian ancestry, and I love it!)

As dismal as I sound today, though, I want to remember the love of Jesus for all mankind most of all, especially in terms of loving my niece as Jesus loves Himself. I pray I can preach the Gospel to her, and that she would accept Jesus right now, lest anything more disturbing happen to my family because of the pandemic. The news is depressing; I don’t like seeing it, and I don’t want to watch any of it, like, ever — I know it says in the Scriptures, “A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, the naive proceed and pay the penalty” (Proverbs 27:12), but I don’t think paying attention to anything bad is going to be of any help, either. The Bible reproves this, too. It’s a strange paradox, actually… yet the news is mostly about the coronavirus, and I don’t want to pay any attention to that, but to Jesus instead. It is best to practice social distancing, though, and perhaps, if necessary, self-quarantine. But I only went out once Monday and Tuesday this week, and it was to get a small amount of food in both occasions, really. I’ve already got plenty at my house right now, but if there’s a lockdown in which leaving the house is illegal, I can’t work, so I won’t feel productive anymore, and I’ll be ruined! I pray this doesn’t happen… and keep in mind that this is in Arizona, so I pray that people are healed from the coronavirus here and elsewhere across the earth. But thank God South Korea didn’t go into the panic buying thing 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 (next thing I know, someone’s going to say, “SAY 👏🏼 IT 👏🏼 LOUDER 👏🏼 FOR 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 PEOPLE 👏🏼 IN 👏🏼 THE 👏🏼 BACK!!!” — ok, that’s just my imagination, I think 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh, well 🤷🏼‍♂️ but I really hope people read this; I should send this to some friends like I have before with other posts in the past) — either way, I pray to find there’s no lockdown, like, ever. For there’s no faith-killer like martial law to ruin everyone’s hopes and dreams…

I also read Proverbs 17:27, so I’ll end this post here. You can read my previous posts about where to message me about if you want prayer for anything… ciao!

I can’t help but be paralyzed with fear when I see a false accusation prevailing. It’s happened to me before, starting with a woman impugning my devotion to Jesus as if it were satanic, then being dragged into a psychiatric ward for four days, then a 30-day stay in a mental hospital, and being back at my mom’s old house just to top it all off. This lasted for two years. But I was able to move out when the eviction happened (and my mom didn’t have much money, as usual), so I was able to stay with my friend, Cole (he’s still in Singapore, but I pray he reads this and that he’s ok, safe from the coronavirus) — this only happened for six weeks, though. Soon, I had to go to a homeless shelter for most of the nights in the next six and a half months because I didn’t have enough friends who could house me until I found a job. But Jonathan, who’s now my roommate and landlord, found me in Two Rivers one day three years ago next month, and I was able to move in, and when my mom was able to pay my rent until I could get hired for something (I was still on food stamps back then), I was finally safe, knowing she wasn’t willing to let her legacy of destroying me before I could even get a chance to step into the next chapter of my story be brought to completion. In this way, I was no longer a statistic, and I arrived into the prosperity I now have, and I can’t help but thank God constantly for this 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼✝=❤ by the way, this chapter is found in pages 23-24 of my NKJV Bible, pages 30-31 of my NASB Bible, pages 52-53 of my VOICE copy, and pages 50-51 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. (I just realized that I got the pages wrong on that last translation in the previous post, I’m sorry 😂😂😂😂😂)

Anyway, Joseph does well in Egypt by the Holy Spirit so that Potiphar promotes him to lead servant, like how you’re promoted to manager at work if you do super-good long enough. Too bad that his wife wanted to seduce him, though, even going as far as grabbing his clothes to try and sleep with him, even though she had known by that time Joseph wouldn’t commit adultery with her. When he flees, she frames him for rape, her husband gets furious, and he is thrown in prison. Yet even then he does really good there, too, although I imagine it’s a disease hotbed in those days… yeah, if you’re expecting a thorough history of how the climate in the world was when I’m writing these posts, you’re going to be sorely mistaken 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 — and funny enough, false accusations of rape don’t happen often, but at least I never want any ACTUAL rape incidents to happen, ever! Those who do this are going to Hell, and it’s not easy to avoid sexual sins in this world. I know I haven’t done a perfect job at it; indeed, I’ve never been very good with differentiating good pleasure from bad when this world tells us all pleasures are no good. If you’re facing lies like this, it’s never easy trying to make it to the other side, even when you’re focusing on Jesus the whole time. You have a pretty high chance of not making it, depending on the circumstances, for offence loves to overthrow godliness, and it often succeeds doing this. I don’t think there’s anymore accusations of sexual violence or mishandling against it throughout the rest of the Scriptures from here, but God never wanted abuse like this to happen anyway. OH WAIT. I didn’t remember the 2 Samuel 13 story until just now… Amnon’s godless deeds were basically Nathan’s prophecy from the previous chapter with no stopping anything else from happening, and yet people blame David for that idiot’s iniquity. I think the people wanted to defend Amnon, but at least David didn’t punish him, for he would’ve betrayed God for destroying the connection between father and son, yet Amnon had destroyed it first — he was an adult by that time, and his cousin, Jonadab, had led him into godlessness, and they didn’t listen to Jesus despite David being king, yet I don’t think the kingship was very good anyway, for politics, as 1 Samuel 8 puts it, never works. I’d rather die than do anything like this, for I want to lead my niece to Jesus (her name is Bee, don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten 😊😊😊).

I don’t think I can say anything else without going on the wrong foot, so if you want prayer, you can submit a request to me by e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com. I’ll read each e-mail, write them down, and tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll be back eventually with chapters 40-41 about the prisoner’s dreams. See ya!

The title says it all: Tamar tricks Judah into thinking she’s a prostitute, but I pray that any caught in this dirty business would find love and repentance (not to mention endless forgiveness) in Jesus Himself. There’s a red light district in probably every city in the world (though I think the Islamic nations, mostly the people in them, that shame women for showing any skin that doesn’t need to be concealed are more in the wrong), and a red light district means that prostitution is incredibly high there compared to other neighborhoods, and please note: if someone wants to have sex with you in exchange of something that isn’t actually money, that’s prostitution still. Regardless, I pray that the pimps can’t take advantage of them… the cities are super-dirty, but Gilbert’s pretty chill compared to that since there’s not a single strip club in it 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😇😇😇😇😇🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I pray that the people caught in this would find that God really loves them and it breaks His heart that someone had probably told them they need to be ashamed of themselves when they were little 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I don’t think I can emphasize enough how heartbroken I am for these people because of what shame does to their souls 💔💔💔💔💔 no post can do it justice, actually… (long pause)

But on with this post (though I want to be prayerful for the people mentioned above throughout this entry): this chapter is found in page 23 of my NKJV Bible, pages 29-30 of my NASB Bible, pages 50-51 of my VOICE copy, and pages 49-50 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. Indeed, Judah has some strange stuff happen to him and two of his sons, and he actually sleeps with his daughter-in-law, Tamar thinking she was someone he didn’t know. I won’t comment on the bizarre stuff here as much as I can say that God can make a purpose through even the most ridiculous circumstances. Hopefully, people are united in Jesus a little more despite the pandemic. I do pray against martial law, though… but if the Bible prophesies that it’ll happen, we’re screwed. Thank God that probably won’t happen for very long, though… and yet, I can see by the Holy Spirit that the great apostasy about conservative takeover (coupled with Calvinism vs. Arminianism imposed on literally every churchgoer ever) is being perfected before our eyes. Once that happens, there’s no stopping it from world domination. The best thing we can do is pray that people all across the earth would be saved because there’s no redeeming human leadership in terms of diplomacy. Take notes, my friends, I hope you read this post; I’d like to see more people get saved because of me… I’m sorry if I’m sounding difficult 😅

But despite the lewd events that happen here, Perez grabs his twin brother out of the womb and he actually happens to be one of Jesus’ ancestors, as written in Matthew 1 and Luke 3:23-38. I’d like to meet people descended from Perez’s brother, though, I pray they are saved, too. I don’t know how many years pass between Joseph’s capture and this, but this must’ve been before they went to Egypt several chapters later (chapter 46). Indeed, this actually connects this book with the rest of the Bible, even the New Testament, to lead the greatest faith in history. I’d love to see my niece again, though, for it’s been several weeks since the party and I miss her badly. The pandemic is making it difficult for me to do anything, really, but I don’t mind being at home a lot until this blows over, if it even happens 😧😩😖 I’m not expecting really any economy to recover, actually… 💸📉⏱⏲🚇🚆💨 we’ll need new things to look forward to. But we can preach the gospel a lot because this is a historic time in which we can get people saved out of this! 😁😁😁😁 (By the way, I don’t plan on using every emoji in this life; I just know I should be careful how I use everything.)

Any prayer requests you want to e-mail me about? Do that in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down (if they’re good), then tape them to my bedroom walls! I really should share my Bible note blog website to others if they’re up for it… I did it with a guy at work on his last day there, but I still haven’t seen him, yet I pray he receives Jesus if he hasn’t still. I’ll see you in the next chapter, where I’ll likely get lost in the details 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 l8r!

Hello, friends, I haven’t written anything in like two weeks because, well… I just don’t have a lot of creative juices flowing and I didn’t have much to say about the pandemic that’s gripping the entire world right now. (For the record, I don’t make money off of this.) But today, I’m willing to say that Jesus is able to heal you of any virus or bacterial infection… just in case you haven’t heard before. If you have, it’s probably nothing new, but since the coronavirus is killing so many (though the death rate still isn’t very high), I’m thinking that while fear-based shopping or anything is not good, it’s best to prepare enough and practice social distancing to an extent for quite some time right now. Regardless, we don’t need to overdo it. I know I don’t want to fall into the extreme of social isolation or anything like that. Besides, I still have my job as a courtesy clerk at Fry’s, so I’m bagging a lot of weird orders. However, shaming someone for whatever sin they are doing (or anything fear-based) is NEVER ok, and that actually imprisons the soul into reprobate everything of that person were willing to shame the person for this. I’ve found this at work yesterday, and that person (I won’t mention names) actually defended the president’s travel ban. I’m like, “What?! This shouldn’t happen! It’s actually hindering godly progress!” But I guess that’s what those leaders are going for, unfortunately… I don’t know why so many would still worship them. And the Church has actually helped this kind of idolatry prosper most of the time since the end of the first century A.D. I’m like, “Soon, God might have to put the Church out of business if this continues.” But there’s always faithful men, women, and children in each apostasy that happens, for they don’t bow to them as the 7,000 Israelites hadn’t bowed to Baal in Elijah’s time (1 Kings 19:18, also Romans 11:4).

While I pray for more people to become Christian during this difficult time, I can’t say there’ll be much success in the U.S. and the nations it’s influencing, for my nation (that is, the U.S.) has been doing everything backwards for a long time, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the economy never recovers from this. And God will say to them, “You don’t deserve to be a people, for you have cruelly oppressed many others and withheld from too great a population or number of people groups, just as Assyria (especially Nineveh) had done long, long ago (see Nahum 2-3).” But hopefully we escape this insanity (that is, those few people who deserve to know God) — it might be too late already, though. We might already be on our way to losing an entire generation before their time, and also, we might have significant numbers in other age groups never really wanting to be the same way again. For it’s bad enough that several Middle Eastern nations have been put under a travel ban over three years ago, but they include all of Europe in this, too? And several other nations have done this, too… but a large amount of other nations haven’t done much in terms of stupid travel bans like this. For is it too much to ask to believe God that you’ll be ok no matter where you go, knowing He is able to shield you from any disease or affliction? I don’t think so! I’m really sorry that I don’t sound favourable today… but mind you, seeing a lot of evil and abusive things happen (and unfortunately, most of them are legal) has done a real number on me, yet I can’t find much favour in terms of employment outside of Fry’s and even in other sources to make some cash, but I think I should resume where I left off today. Will it be before or after Awaken online tonight? (They’re having all church functions online unless anything’s cancelled due to the pandemic.) I don’t know yet, but I will be working at least 28 and a half hours this week, so I’ll be paid pretty good 😎😎😎💰💵📈📻🎵🎶 also, I want to make more emojis here, I’m sorry I sound so severe half the time, too. I don’t want to be known as Moses is known today, for just one mention of his name makes most people afraid of God at best 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔 — of course, there was lots of insanity throughout his life, even after he had died (see Deuteronomy 31:16-21 for the prophecy against Israel and their doom — please note that I first took note of this after reading it a few times in September 2012 shortly after I had started writing Bible notes for the very first time, and from that, I quoted it A LOT to emphasize the doom most of Israel’s people deserved to have, yet I’m grateful that the 12 tribes are one nation again physically (Ezekiel 37:15-28), but I pray for more people in that nation to become Christian, for more and more people are giving in to conservative worship that Jesus subtly discouraged in John 5:43)… but anyway, God wanted them to have a future, and He wants the same for each and every person alive today. For as Jon Foreman of Switchfoot said in his Always song (recorded in 2009 with the rest of the Hello Hurricane album that year), every breath is a second chance 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💖💗💓💘💝❣❣❣💟💌💌💌💌💌 I pray I remember this more wholeheartedly, for I want to announce hope instead of another prophecy of doom, because I don’t like giving bad news to anyone. I don’t think God enjoyed it, either. Yet the Pentateuch after Joseph’s death is full of severity (with some episodes of goodness here and there), so I’m not looking forward to it all that much, for it breaks God’s heart 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 just as Genesis 6:6 said of what was happening in the world at Noah’s time.

I don’t think I can be apologetic enough about creating a misunderstanding about anything; I even wonder if I should mention all the truths in Genesis 38 on here, except I can’t avoid having to report the sleazy events that happen in this crazy chapter… but keep in mind that one of Judah’s sons, Perez, is one of Jesus’ many ancestors, and the Old Testament is full of promising prophecies that are more or less fulfilled today, all of them good. I guess I just don’t want severity to be the only thing preached anywhere… it’s not worth it. As a result, I’ve avoided even a lot of Two Rivers services lately, but I think the only reason for that is that God believes I should hear what the pastor’s currently saying at another time, whether I know it or not. Some of his words I might even disagree with, but I believe neither of us have perfect theology, and we can learn more from God, and also, I believe he wants to do good constantly. Besides, I find it difficult to not get triggered sometimes, and as a result, I find it better to get most of the godly messages from Two Rivers Awaken and even some Hillsong and Heidi Baker videos on YouTube… for now, at least. I don’t want to go anywhere in which something unbiblical is preached, which happens way too much, like in a Baptist or Calvinist church of any kind. Those I always find to be unfriendly, and if Two Rivers welcomes that and encourages people in it to believe this, I wouldn’t go there anymore. For my hope is not in any church but Christ Jesus only, and we should never shift from it (Colossians 1:23). So, yeah, there’s my two cents on the coronavirus pandemic and the church’s response to things like this over the centuries, not to mention the future of my Bible notes. With that, I pray against this pandemic in the hope that it’ll be gone one day, even if it takes a long time for anything to blow over, whether it happens or not. This world’s going crazy… but hope is always available in times like these, and it’s found in Jesus. For He loves you and wants to cry when someone gets sick with something the media is either making panic about or making false reassurance with 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝✝=❤

I hate to say it, but evil stuff like what I read in these verses (despite the fact slavery is now illegal everywhere) still happens to a huge extent today, and most of it is never dealt with legally, even twenty years into the 21st century A.D., nearly 4,000 years after this occurs. I think it’s nuts that Joseph’s brothers sold him into slavery and told their father he was dead! One thing I did notice, though, is that it says in verse 35 that Jacob has multiple daughters on top of having many sons by this time. I’m like, “Interesting…” I didn’t know this! I also found out today that Dinah is mentioned one more time in Genesis 46:15… I’m so sorry; I thought she was never mentioned again 😅😨😰 I’m like, “How embarrassing!” 😓😓😓 But even if you get something like this wrong, whether it’s in the Bible or not, God’s not embarrassed with you ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💕💞💓💗💖💝💝💝 I do wish people were more forgiving in matters like this, though, for it’s not like I’m trying to lead anyone astray… by the way, this passage is found in pages 22-23 of my NKJV Bible, page 29 of my NASB Bible, pages 49-50 of my VOICE copy (notes and all — Joseph shouldn’t have been said to be arrogant, but we see here that Jacob had already decided in the Holy Spirit not to give his birthright blessing to Reuben because he had slept with his Jacob (Israel)’s concubine; see Genesis 35:22, and also Genesis 49:4 — this helps for Jesus to come from Judah much later, for Simeon and Levi had acted violently in Shechem, thus prompting Jacob to avert the birthright blessing for them, too; see Genesis 34:25-26, 49:5-7) — sorry, this went really far away from the main topic; I went in a tangent I couldn’t help but fall into the rabbit hole of — and pages 48-49 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Those who know me would already know what I would say when someone brings this chapter up, so I feel no need to bring it up again — it’s a long story anyway. But needless to say, I’ve learned that this culture is highly offensive to Jesus, as if God had encouraged people to persecute Him worse than the Jewish people did. The sermon that Jonathan Edwards wrote in 1741, as I’ve mentioned before, is unfortunately still a really popular thing in the Church today, and I want to undo that hateful legacy by means of getting people saved, but the political strife I’m seeing everywhere is getting in the way of that. Feels bad, man… also, have you noticed that many young adults are hated for the dreams they want to pursue? The “Christian” families who have known them all their lives are among the worst because they should’ve preached the Gospel to them. I know that was the case for me, and as a result, I got roasted so hard I couldn’t really bounce back into getting a degree, even to this day, 11 years later. At least my time at Arizona State wasn’t wasted, though… I just wish no one else had tried to drive me away from there, either. But it doesn’t matter because jobs are still hard to come by, and I’m actually convinced there may never be a lot of opportune occasions for me to seek work again, even to some extent — not to exaggerate it — getting another self-employment gig. At least I can sell things in good condition on eBay and make a pretty good living out of it, though 😊😊😊 if I play my cards right, this can actually be pretty lucrative 💰💵💳🧾 speaking of economic advantages, I pray Japan’s economy is booming in the Holy Spirit!! 📈📊 Seriously.

When Jacob had heard the fib Joseph’s brothers told him, he was inconsolable, willing to die grieving for Joseph, thinking he had died. Also, he was sold to slavery in Egypt. Some of you may recall that last year, I wrote about how Abraham lived in Egypt for a time because of a famine that was occurring in the land of Canaan. Well, it was there that Joseph later saved all humankind by the Holy Spirit giving him knowledge of dreams and interpretation of them (see chapters 40-41), thus leading him to store lots of food during another famine in Egypt. Too bad the people groups (Hebrews and Egyptians) had enough strife towards one another that they eventually enslaved them, and the Israelites found it unbearable to even get through the day (Exodus 5:1-6:9). Yet they had adopted lots of idolatries by the time they had left… and I don’t know why. Maybe it has something to do with the lack of willingness to preach God’s Name among the citizens there by many of those who knew about Him then… but I’ll get into it later; I just know that God speaks of this in Ezekiel somewhere. At least Jesus came to save the world, though (John 12:47) 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

Any prayer requests? I haven’t gotten any still, so feel free to write me one at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! Oh, I forgot to mention one last thing: I think Jacob’s favoritism on Joseph prompted his brothers to hate him enough to not even want to speak of him, and this continued the division Esau had started years before (Genesis 27:41). There’s hardly anyone wanting to reconcile as a result, and I honestly think that the conservative crap that’s being touted so much, even without the big elephant symbol, is promoting endless division between the rest of the people, even trying to divide the godly people, seeing that Satan’s last-ditch effort in taking people captive by means of the Bible and godly things is his most diabolical scheme yet. Sadly, because of it, and especially in the last several years, the U.S. has already lost, but if you’ve read many of my notes before, that shouldn’t be anything new. Regardless, I pray for godliness to have its way throughout each nation, and I’ll see you in the next chapter! This’ll get pretty shocking…