Author: Ron Outland

As I begin writing this post, I remember the awful incident that shook all of Connecticut eight years ago today (an elementary school called Sandy Hook was shot up by some deranged maniac in 2012), and I pray there is healing for victims’ (now) ex-classmates. Also, I found out last night that some other butthole tried to kill people once a Christmas concert in New York City was ending during the afternoon — this took place outside the unfinished cathedral (I forget the name, sorry). We need comfort for this crazy year, since it looks like what’s coming is more of the same for the next several years… I pray my nieces are safe, too… and what’s crazy is that people are apathetic towards all this, just as the Pharaoh had been. This passage is found in page 35 of my NKJV Bible, page 45 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 78-79 of my VOICE copy, and pages 75-76 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I say the Pharaoh is apathetic towards all this because he had hardened himself as Jesus had predicted. And if we’re honest… I’m noticing an unusual amount of spiritual apathy this Christmas, despite the fact Jesus is the reason for the season. Weird, huh? I don’t know why anyone would get this way… and I don’t have much support from my friends or family, either, about wanting Christmas to be miraculous for everyone even though I’d simply pray Jesus gives the world a Christmas to remember this year, since we’ve been in a pandemic for several months, now. Even I’m feeling like it’s difficult to be happy concerning the fact the most wonderful time of the year is here… I guess what I want to say is… Don’t. Ignore. Jesus. Having remembered Jeremiah 5:12-13 about people not listening to dreadful news when we need to know what’s going on sometimes (the U.K. banned Christmas this year — I did hear about some relaxation of the rules for five days later this month, but I don’t know if any of this is true or not, regardless, I wouldn’t dismiss this as insignificant) — I feel like other parts of the world will follow suit, and I’d rather die than be unable to celebrate Jesus… thanks, COVID-19! 😡😡😡😡😡 I don’t want to be unthoughtful about my speech, but this is ridiculous. Oh, and they’ve blocked Trump from taking a second term, so I’m like, “This is pretty cool,” but no one who is able to replace him is Christian, just as he was a hypocritical lunatic, and if you know me, you’re aware that I don’t like really anything in politics, left or right. I think the Bible needs to be preached A LOT more. Ten or so years ago, God spoke to me about a famine of His Word (see Amos 8:11-12), and even though I’ve noticed good teachings come from some churches I’ve gone to since then, I feel like the Bible is still being dismissed completely. And even if it weren’t, it’s still unsafe to go to church where someone can get COVID-19 because of me — I hate to say it, but it looks like I won’t be able to go to Awaken anymore. Part of that is due to the fact I’m turning 30 in just 12 days, but mostly, I think there needs to be safer measures of doing church right. Not that the law should clamp down on anyone, but I want to avoid getting the virus myself. I pray for Jesus to reign instead, as the Israelites were to give Him the glory soon after the ten plagues… I just pray there aren’t any waters that turn to blood while I’m alive. Literally. I’ve noticed this kind of thing happening before, but Jesus said this kind of stuff will happen before the Tribulation starts (see Matthew 24). The water all over the world will turn to blood, John writes, in Revelation 16:4. Thankfully, all the believers will be in the heavens when this happens, but God’s not looking forward to it. Oh, and please note; I’m mostly doing Bible notes on this website, so I’m writing biblical information most of the time, but I’d like to release another top 10 list soon. I’m thinking of doing a top 15 list of Super Mario power-ups by Christmas, since there’s so many because of Super Mario Maker 2 with all its updates… it’s going to be a good time.

Any prayer requests? You can write me one in an e-mail to ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! In the meantime, I’ll be seeing you! Ciao!

I don’t want to comment much on the ten plagues that happened in Egypt (God didn’t even like that these things happened even though the Pharaoh had hardened himself too much), but I do believe God was engaging Himself in a showdown against the Egyptian leadership and government in these several chapters of this section of Exodus (until the end of chapter 14). Of course, we know He won, and that’s an amazing victory to relish in. But until then, most people didn’t know about Him, even among the Israelites… and it’s likely the story is the same now, only this time, people had preached His Name a lot, yet most of it was hypocritical, and the general population is “realizing” that Jesus isn’t going to save the earth and that no one is safe from the end of humanity. But while I am aware that there are those who preach cheap grace, there are many that preach no grace or reason at all. I’m literally not making this up. Seeing this happen in the church once in college actually defied what I thought was legitimately possible in a pastor’s platform. (This wasn’t in the church I go to now, as I hadn’t even heard of Two Rivers Church until later that same year, yet I’m not going to any functions even at Awaken for a while because of the virus getting so strong again. I’ll comment on that some time later, though.) Because of it, I’m now convinced that many people don’t believe forgiveness even exists, especially among the older generations who should’ve taught us the Word when we were little, but instead, they stole the biblical truths and used them as weapons to destroy other people. This is still happening today, and it seems like it’s at a greater quantity, too. Oh, I almost forgot, this passage is found in pages 35-39 of my NKJV Bible, pages 45-50 of my NASB Bible, pages 78-86 of my VOICE copy, and pages 75-83 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. Oh, I’ll let you know if newer versions of any of these come out; I just got word last week that the NASB 2020 translation came out; I’m using the 1995 version, since I bought this Bible in 2017, but this is another good version of the NASB if you want something updated 😁😁😁😁😁

I’m writing this because of an IHOP pancake place visit Jonathan and I took near our house tonight. I know I have an appointment tomorrow morning at the doctor’s office, but thankfully, it shouldn’t last long, but I wouldn’t — sorry, I was taking my medications; it’s related to the weird episode that I was dragged into in 2014 about when someone made a frivolous accusation against me and, for the most part, as a result, my suffering lasted three years. I was still in my mid-20s when I moved into the house I’m now living in. I still hate that someone had managed to gain the upper hand for so long… that accuser is going to Hell… anyway, I wouldn’t stay up too long, since it’s rather early in the day that this’ll happen, but thankfully, I’ve already showered 😁🚿🧼🧽 🩺💉🩹 and as I was saying, I went to IHOP tonight and the server spent a while taking our order, but I wouldn’t criticize her for this. It looked like she was having a rough time with her job and I pray she is forgiven by the general public. But so many people, even close friends of ours, seem to immediately go “people are stupid (and thus worthless) and the only way to prevent that is if they listen to me and only me” — WHAT?! Who put them in charge of the world? Don’t they intend to abuse this generation in their 20s as they did in their childhood? I think they do. The younger guys are counting on people such as myself who are able to lead them into the path of restoration Christ Jesus set up. But many people hate that reality that God gives to everyone and are saying in their souls, “We don’t want to see them do a good job in life.” Unfortunately, it’s difficult for anyone to find Jesus even without persecution, as Proverbs 11:30 and 1 Peter 4:18 testify to all of us about. So I can’t count on most churchgoers, even in my church, to actually believe the next guy isn’t a half-breed of a human and a pig. I don’t know if I’ll ever have anymore advancements in godliness, actually… Josh told me several things he believes (and thankfully, knows) are actually good about me, but even then, I can’t be encouraged very highly. I still can’t find any Bible verse that explicitly states Jesus isn’t quite as interested in good behaviour as He is in people’s needs and satisfaction being met in Him alone. I thank God He’s enough for the whole human race, but I genuinely can’t seem to find any understanding (other than Matthew 11:28, I guess) about this. I can’t seem to find the truth I need to know… maybe if I had been shown enough clemency when I first became Christian, I would’ve been fine. Too many people care about good behaviour too much (and all of it is hypocritical), and I’m sick of it. WHYYYYYY?!?!

My mom had made many stupid comments about restaurant workers and such over the years, and when she succeeded in gaslighting me in 2009, I’ve been struggling to believe, on and off, that God even cares about anyone besides the elite. People now call Him a phony due to this, which I think that’s what my mom had wanted all along. I’ve talked to some dude from Australia about it once. (Maybe he’s from Florida, but he told me he had Australian parents.) He thinks God was negligent on rescuing me… this is why it is written in the Scriptures a few times, such as Romans 2:24, “The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you” (NASB). God has no good news for those who succeed in turning others away from Him… anymore.

I don’t have much to say on this part of the book, other than the fact God is able to keep track of literally every genealogy lineage there is. (Refer to some of my Genesis posts for how the people of Europe were descended from one of Noah’s sons, and that nowadays, there’s many of them living in North and South America. I still think Asian Christianity can be biblical; it just shouldn’t be cultural. This is a different lineage I speak of.) One thing I noticed is that, weirdly, Moses’ father had married his great aunt, Jochebed… again, this was because the world population still wasn’t very high in those days, but around that time, God no longer wanted it to happen — there’s nearly eight billion people in the world today, and I’d honestly rather not get married to someone up to my tenth cousin or so. Besides, the families between Noah’s time and ours are too far apart for it to be considered even remotely inappropriate if a man and a woman from two different families got married (barring the cousin thing I mentioned a little while ago). This is in verse 20 here. Oh, and this passage is found on pages 34-35 of my NKJV Bible, pages 44-45 of my NASB Bible, page 78 of my VOICE copy, and page 75 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’ll leave you with this interesting tidbit of information, though: if someone seems immature, they may actually be responsible people who don’t want to engage in adult content most of the time, but are childlike in faith and conduct. Unfortunately, though, I can’t say all who are like this are Christian, but I sent my friend, Sarah, the link I found with a little Google research. I pray she never feels afraid to be herself, and neither do my nieces 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️👯‍♀️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋💅🏼💃🏼🧜🏼‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️🧖🏼‍♀️ I don’t think any lady should be afraid to be herself 😊😊😊 I think we, as guys, should understand women better.

I’ll see you in the next several chapters where we, well, bear with the ten plagues that happened (Exodus 6:28-12:41). Ciao, guys!

First, I hate to tell you this, but people at my church have caught COVID-19 last weekend, so I can’t attend any services there since they shut it down for a short while. So can you pray all of them are healed and no one dies from the virus? It’s bad enough I don’t feel comfortable going to most of the events that are not Awaken-led since almost no one wears a mask or stays at least ten feet away from others so sneezes can’t travel to the others, but this actually trying to cripple the church? But I must say, there weren’t really many people among the Israelites or the Egyptians who wanted to honor God, since most of them complained so angrily about God’s provision in the wilderness (Exodus 15:22-Numbers 20:29 — Numbers is the fourth book of the Bible, after Leviticus) — and of course, I can notice how stupid I sometimes sound when I writing these posts. Sorry if I’m making you uncomfortable, but I really don’t regret writing the stuff that promotes freedom for those who deserve it. But again, feel free to comment whatever you wish, even if you’re mad at me 😂😂😂 I recognize I’m still a long way off from total sanctification in this life, and I don’t want to not be dynamic in my devotion to Jesus, so I’ll keep going. I just don’t want any of us to get bored at Him… by the way, this passage is found in page 34 of my NKJV Bible, page 44 of my NASB Bible, pages 77-78 of my VOICE copy, and pages 74-75 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m not going to have much to say about most of the chapters in the next few books or so right now, so I’m sorry if you’re expecting a lot of well-thought out statements and I’m disappointing you — I simply wish to be considerate of others non-stop. We tend to think we need everything figured out by the time you reach a certain age, and even when you read the Word and study it a lot, it does seem like it’s necessary, but knowledge of God is more important than physical maturity. It’s not like anyone can grow from too little milk, either (see 1 Peter 2:2-3). Personally, I don’t think you need to be perfect in this life. Heck, even Paul didn’t imply any perfection in Philippians 3:15 when he was talking about pressing onwards to the future in the previous few verses. I’m not good at combatting the unfortunate complication of when someone misuses Scripture, though, even when I immediately recognize it’s being used as a weapon. But no one should try to silence you for being the amazing human being you are, especially if you’re attempting to set others free in Jesus as you have been. But I don’t know how many of my readers are actually Christian… I’d rather not judge between others. But the Egyptians weren’t letting the Israelites worship God at all… all they cared about was work, and they criticized them even if it was done, like, perfectly. That’s how it was from my mom growing up, even after I had turned 25. I began to fear for my life, and I imagine the Israelites did, too, so that’s why God was about to fight the Pharaoh like two competitive boxers in the ring. I still can’t expect my mom or other family members (before my niece was born and even before I met her mom) to actually… you know, respect anyone. Because if I was the punching bag of the home five years ago (not literally), other people will be my mom’s victims, too. She’s not even as welcoming as she says she is, but I don’t encourage any angry mobs. I just pray each of us get along with one another… Oh, by the way, last year, my brother commented on how inappropriate our mom can be. I’ll be the first to admit I don’t always say the best things, but at least I don’t impose my convictions on others. I do feel ignored almost everywhere, though.

Bottom line: if you claim to have any knowledge about something biblical, practice it. It’s not like hypocrisy is often avoidable… and if you think you know everything, you’re deceiving yourself. That’s all I can write on here.

If you have any prayer requests, you can leave one at 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! Oh, I just thought of something: during the mid-2010s when I was living with my family again after my academic disqualification, I kept mentioning to others that Isaiah 30:1-5 was my go-to in terms of not using government dependence for livelihood when I know I could work a job — ironically, I had a hard time focusing because I know how my mom would constantly rant about something good or forgivable she believed was bad or even something that, in her belief, would be grounds to call the human doing it a mistake. And if someone is saying, “That’s gossip,” about something legitimate the Holy Spirit gave you in terms of knowledge (for there is no fallacy in His understanding), chances are they’re trying to silence you or even take away your discernment and mold you into their image instead of God’s. And I think I should use that Isaiah passage to remember I can’t always get help from family, but since I was homeless for several months in 2016-2017 until Jonathan invited me to live with him (and I’ve done that since), I can’t expect a job to actually give me even one hour of extra time. I think I worked an 8.5-hour shift on Monday, but I still won’t get paid much, even though I’ll have enough to cover my basic needs and even get two or three pairs of pants at the local thrift store. So God’s provision can be blocked really badly because the devil seems to be winning. But the beat goes on…

I’m scrolling through Facebook (sorry, I should stay away from social media), and I’m noticing that people are trying to keep division on both sides and racism on mostly one alive. I remember a group of people even evilly chanted “Send her back!” at a conference once a few years back or so ago… truly disgusting. I don’t think Biden will help, much less anyone who is still evangelical or such. Their deeds are actually worth less than nothing. That’s what it was like for the Hebrews in this passage, so what can I say but that those who are doing this to the marginalized today are actually inviting plague after plague here in the U.S. even if someone else takes over until God kills all the firstborn who reject Him! Just read until chapter 12 to see what happened, and even then, the Pharaoh changed his mind after this. I pray mercy for my family and other families across all of Arizona and in each state “weast” of it. #patrickstarishilarious #whatkindofcompassareyoureading

I’d pray for most other states, but these ones are under God’s holy ban if they rebel against Him once again, but I pray something good happens in New England and even the Pacific Northwest. I don’t like how Oregon legalized hard drugs, though. Even a number of people who live somewhere else in the U.S. might be told by God to go back there so He could destroy them, since they all hated Him so much, so He will say, “I never knew you” (see Matthew 7:23). That’s what happened to Egypt, and God will break the country apart one way or another, even if someone other than Jesus replaces Trump anywhere. I don’t want anyone to perish, and neither does God (for the record, I mean earlier about the death of the firstborn that they do this to themselves alone, and it’s biblical to say this). It’s crazy to imagine that this is normally a hypothetical scenario, but it’s kinda not. But this passage containing the offensive taskmasters who blaspheme the Holy Spirit is in page 34 of my NKJV Bible, pages 43-44 of my NASB Bible, pages 76-77 of my VOICE copy, and pages 73-74 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

These people have actually dehumanized the Hebrews in this passage, so God unleashed His anger against all of them with the ten plagues in the next several chapters or so. God will likewise disgrace all who marginalize, enslave, dehumanize, or even declare someone to be a “half-breed” against others, but thankfully, He isn’t angry with anyone now. But their judgments He will boomerang back on them, just as Jesus prophesied He would in Matthew 7:1-2. He is through with them. He might even erase the country off the map. It’s possible; He’s done it in the past. But as other empires have fallen, the U.S. will, too. It’s long overdue.

I’ll return fairly soon with the passage about God’s intervention after the Israelites accuse Moses of making things worse, for as even Hitler’s generals rebelled against him, so will the U.S. against the system. Pray nothing bad would happen to me or my family…

It’s only fitting I use such a scathing description for the degenerates who tried to keep Israel from worshiping Jesus. They delayed Him even more than they had done for all those years prior to this! Unfortunately, many people are like this today, and since Biden won the election this weekend (I don’t support either candidate, just so you know), the people are going to have a field day, especially in states like Arizona, given what I wrote a little while ago (see previous post). I might even lose my life because I decided to write in Jesus — they could even let the white supremacy lovers go free, and I’m a white dude myself! That’s not how I treat anyone! I pray for the right words to say in the next several chapters’ posts I’m writing on here, since I think I might just word vomit all over the place. (This passage is found in page 34 of my NKJV Bible, pages 43-44 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament; again, don’t expect me to say this every time), pages 76-78 of my VOICE copy, and pages 73-75 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. Also, I just checked my citations from my previous post… they’re all correct. But you can use any Bible you want 😊😊😊 each good translation is very helpful.)

Here’s another problem: others can’t relate usually, when I try to tell them I’ve betrayed the stereotype I’m expected to carry. Even my roommates would probably have a hard time believing me, but I don’t accuse them or anyone else of things. I don’t expect anyone to bear with me in something, but no one but God needs to pioneer others in everything 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I just pray anything the last president wrecked the Holy Spirit would restore even if He doesn’t involve the one to come. He probably won’t, but you don’t need to trust anyone more than Jesus. I’ve been saying it for years, and now, I think the time of reckoning is coming for those who still worship the left vs. right system.

Anyway, the taskmasters here are a lot like many managers all over the world in literally every community today, so God will punish them as He later punished the Egyptians for their unreasonable demands. I mean, for God’s sake, it’s super-hot there! Anyone who uses a passage that says work is good as a weapon (such as 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 or anything in the Proverbs) will be destroyed, as if God never created them, even. This passage should be brought up every time the others are even if it’s not being used as a weapon. It even says that too much labour is not good (see Psalm 127:1-2). But we won’t need to work at all in Heaven, and I’m so excited for it I’m tempted to get there myself. I want to stick around for my nieces, but a life without meaning for me is worse than death, if I don’t get to see them very much. Even with Jesus, I still want to be supportive of both of them in literally every good endeavour they can find. I’m serious. Don’t try to talk me out of it! God will punish those who do this; see 1 Timothy 5:8.

I don’t want to say much more on this, but I’ll be writing two separate notes on this passage, one on most of chapter 5 and the other one between there and Exodus 6:13. Stay tuned, my crazy friends 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🖖🏼🤘🏼🤙🏼

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 also should remember to use my room for a prayer tent rather than anything else (though I still want a bed or a beanbag chair to sleep on) — but I’m sorry I haven’t replied to your e-mails, if you’ve written me any… later!

With the U.S. still awaiting election results, someone might notice that fear is really an attack from the enemy to resist change for the better. I don’t have time to go into detail about this now, but more and more people are believing politically-inspired violence is acceptable, but thankfully, a large majority of people in the U.S. still aren’t ok with it. I know I’m not. But Satan is gaining more and more momentum in every corner, and is trying to prevent more and more people from ever receiving Jesus until there’s no one left who’s willing to seek him and God eliminates whichever population does this. Mind you, that’s just what the devil wants… don’t give in to it! Also, don’t be afraid to stand firmly in Jesus during this difficult time. Satan wants the younger guys to believe God is irrelevant so he can convince them later that God’s really only favorable towards worship of conservative atheism and nationalism of some kind, as he as tried to do with everyone in each generation in the past. This time seems more unprecedented than any other, though. The invisible Church is facing perhaps no greater threat in history. I think the devil has somehow gained awareness his time is almost over, but not even he knows the Rapture date (Matthew 24:36, Mark 13:32). But nowadays, it’s crazier than ever, for whomever wins the election, we lose, and even as I write this, I know the U.S. will never be the same again. For freedom is never practiced correctly that much anymore, and is actually used as a weapon too much; plus, the world is super-confused as a result, and Jesus will soon be forgotten if we don’t preach His Name. I think God called Moses to deliver Israel from Egypt without Aaron’s help because He knew His Name would soon be forgotten if he didn’t. Yet even with Aaron’s help, it worked 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I think that’s why God was angry with Moses way back then, for Aaron wouldn’t have been a good fit for Israel’s second-in-command leader. When you read far enough into this Bible, like in the next several books, for instance, you can see how quick this tanked, like how the Fall Guys game dropped in popularity so fast after it being a top meme last summer. Oh, this chapter is found in pages 33-34 of my NKJV Bible, pages 42-43 of my NASB Bible, pages 74-76 of my VOICE copy (with notes), and pages 72-73 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

The reason I say this is because things were getting worse for the Israelites in Egypt (see the next chapter or two), and soon, cosmic disturbances happened and Egypt fell, for they would not honor God. But (you’ll definitely call me crazy for this) I believe God can have Arizona and the states west of it secede from the rest of the country and unite them under His non-partisan rule, not to mention have other parts of the U.S. break off from it to try and do something better as well, for neither of the candidates are willing to honor Him. The country’s getting too divided, civil war might break out, and the nominees aren’t even that different from one another, so I’m not impressed with those who say they have any good ideas. Besides, the Trump campaigns have been too worldly in both elections, as all the others (with few exceptions, some worse than him and some not even malicious in any way). Billy Graham was right in saying that the majority of Christian evangelists don’t identify with right-wing stuff (I hate those ideas with a huge passion myself), and considered it a nightmare for the Church to work together with this. And I don’t blame him! Calling him a heretic is akin to masturbating furiously to plan for a rape attack against the Lord Jesus. And God won’t forgive anyone who calls Him Satan or is sexually violent in some way, including if it’s against Jesus Himself (Matthew 12:32, Mark 3:29, Luke 12:10). Of course, I wrote in Jesus because I want to do the right thing (not to mention two other people only so they would be saved), but too few even recognize that He exists and is alive today! I find that pretty strange, don’t you think? But Jesus will put an end to politics and all worldly things one day, and I’m beyond excited for this to happen!

The last bunch of verses say we should obey Him out of love for Him, and I’m looking forward to seeing more people become Christian, since God just dethroned right-wing stuff in Arizona this week 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 I actually believe there’s potential for revival, now! What will happen next? Perhaps only God knows…

At this point, Moses is 80, and Jethro is really old by this time, so the Israelites probably believe he’s dead by now, since someone had spread a lie about him, probably. But their suffering is getting worse, so they entreated God to set them free, and He loved hearing from them, so He was willing to send Moses to save them… and work Jesus’ power, as mentioned in Jude 5. But first, he is to be aware of the task and be convinced that he’s the one to do it… and spoilers, he doesn’t set them free by himself. Indeed, God actually got angry with him about 20 minutes into the dialogue (I imagine Moses was awestruck for a while; see Exodus 4:14-16 for what happened later) — He won’t be mad at you today, though 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 — maybe it wasn’t 20 minutes later, but whatever. This chapter is found in page 33 of my NKJV Bible, page 42 of my NASB Bible, pages 73-74 of my VOICE copy (with its notes) and pages 72-73 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Before I say another world, let me mention something about Moses’ older brother, Aaron: he had a pretty pliable personality (whatever that means), so he was a pretty poor leader and co-assistant in delivering the Israelites. If Moses hadn’t complained to God about himself so much, he wouldn’t have been with Aaron, the Israelites would’ve had many long years in the land of Canaan without exile, and they’d still be blessing the world in untold good today. Don’t worry, though, Jesus came anyway, but Pharisaic thinking got the Romans to kill Him, and He wasn’t even responsible for it. What followed were nearly 19 centuries of exile from the land after this happened, and the global Church had the wall rebuilt between the Gentiles and the Jews (though it never was a wall that God built in the first place, for there were Gentile Christians in every generation, even top this day, such as myself, for I have no Israeli ancestry, unfortunately), plus, even after they returned to the land one final time (for they won’t be uprooted anymore), conservative thinking is still giving Jesus a migraine. They actually worship the xenophobic leadership system we have (though there are some Jews in Israel that love Him, thank God; I wouldn’t say all of them are doing this) — there’s a reason Jesus said in John 5:43 that if someone came in his own name, they’d receive him, namely, the antichrist. I don’t think anyone in the U.S. or Canada is the antichrist, but whatever. Like Jesus, he’ll probably be 100% Jewish, and he’ll make a religion of his own and force everyone to worship him (Revelation 13:15) — I pray revival in the Israel, and likewise in other nations, too. I don’t know why Moses believed himself to be inadequate, but he at least acknowledged that there’s a resurrection of the dead (see Luke 20:37), for he knew that to God, everyone was alive (see Luke 20:38).

I’ll comment more on the awful devaluing Moses did to himself later (sorry if it’s not the right word), but here, we see that Moses started debasing himself here. That’s not what Jesus commands. Self-hatred is of the devil. But I like how Moses wanted to introduce his people to God, namely, the Hebrew name Yahweh, or, “I AM WHAT I AM” (Exodus 3:14). He figured no one would know who He is. But it’s important that we don’t fear anything but Him. If we fear, we just might give godliness an unwanted detour. I’ll be the first to admit I’m not good at being brave in most things, though. And I don’t know how to move past that… 😔😔😔 I actually think most of the time that being brave, even in the right context, will get me in trouble. After all, I was sent to a mental hospital for a month for my faith in Jesus and I had much unwanted and unnecessary suffering most of the time for nearly three years after that… and for me to do it again, I think I might become a statistic. Better for me to be a martyr tonight, for I’m planning on writing in Jesus during this divisive season. Also, politically-inspired violence is increasing, and many more people are becoming ok with it. Well, I can’t accept this! You call THAT Christian?! It must be because of the xenophobic leadership I mentioned earlier… I pray we’re all safe, you, me, and our families and friends while merciless men hunt us down for making the right decisions. I pray for my nieces’ wellbeing and safety especially, for it’s not their fault our country wants to end everyone who believes something different than what certain men believe 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 it’s actually worse here than in the Middle East, at least for non-evangelical Christians like me. I don’t vote right-wing anyway… and I never will! I pray I do this biblically instead…

I know this is pretty disturbing, but trust me, the Lord can still provide safety to you while you mind your own business. And if you yield to Him now, I swear, He won’t let you fall 💖💖💖💖💖 I pray we’re faithful to Him all our lives, though… help us, God, have mercy on everyone! I’ll be back with part 2 of this dialogue soon…

Moses turns 40, and it comes into his heart to see the Hebrews, and an Egyptian was beating one of them, so he killed him and hid him in the sand. Personally, I wouldn’t do this to anyone, ever, but I find it funny that someone said that Moses didn’t receive negative recompense from God — he died on Mount Nebo many years later, without violence — he didn’t murder anyone; I don’t know why God permitted this… but this He doesn’t command today. Just remember: one day, God will command you to do something, but some time later, it doesn’t work. I need to remember that… (I speak of the same deed you might try years later if you’re doing something of Him now…) I don’t think God would send the ten plagues on any land today (read chapters 7-12 here) — the Old Testament is full of puzzling passages with enigmatic things like this. But don’t expect me to say anything on each of them, for I’m not a professional theologian, and I want people reading this to truly understand God for who He is. But anyway, people find out about this incident and Moses flees to Midian. Later the Pharaoh who wants to kill him because of this dies, and someone even worse is put in charge, probably Ramses II (sorry, I don’t know how to spell it), so God’s heart is moved to set the Israelites free, and the last verse of the chapter says in the NKJV that He acknowledges them. He’s not done with you, either 💝💝💝💝💝💖💘 and this passage is found in page 32 of my NKJV Bible, pages 41-42 of my NASB Bible, pages 72-73 of my VOICE copy, and page 70 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

This book is full if interesting episodes, like a movie, hence The Prince Of Egypt that Dreamworks made in 1998. We’ll get to the deliverance part in the future, but to see Moses have a peaceful life in Midian is excellent! He takes a woman named Zipporah, and a couple chapters later, God’s judgment almost takes him out but he circumcises his son, Gershom (Exodus 4:24-26). But Moses doesn’t encounter God in the burning bush scene until he’s like 80. Thankfully, this shows that God can use you at any time, any job, anywhere. I do think Satan tried to take out Moses so he wouldn’t deliver Israel from Egypt, though. I’ve been noticing — this is a recap of what’s happened the last couple of weeks — someone steals a bike wheel I used to have, then I find out the axle for the pedaling is too jacked up, and I find that it’s too expensive to repair, so I have to rely on my mom’s finances to get a new bike (even though I think it would be cool if I didn’t need to ask anyone someday), and the next day (today, that is), it gets a flat tire! I believe this is a plot of the devil to take me out, since my phone no longer works, either, and he’s also trying to screw up my living situation, so I pray against any evil influences getting to any of us, too. Oh, my roommate, Dean, is heading to Texas to live near his family in about a month, so I’ll need to pay for the Internet myself — he’s paid his share — hopefully, Jonathan can help, but this economy is too busted for me to live on minimum wage, even if I go full-time, with or without student loans. I sure do pray that Jesus would keep me safe, though… I feel like I’m in danger because someone managed to steal one of my wheels in my previous bike in the first place! But I’m locking my new one to something at work (it’s where no one can take it, that is, the locker room) — if they took off with the bike and the chair, it’d be pretty suspicious. I pray my bike is safe… and that no one would manage to grab it, even with my new lock! It’ll take years for me to replace it if it’s gone, too, even if I’m full-time every week! So I pray I can transfer to the new store by my house, where I’m typing this now (in my room, actually) — I need to tell Jonathan, for Dean and I are thinking it might be necessary, and so is management. Even without a water bottle dispenser for me to use, I might need to go there… sorry if I’m disappointing anyone who lives near the church and they shop at the store I work at all the time… I need to pray against the evil one more often.

Any prayer requests? You can e-mail me one at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! In the next post, I’ll speak about the famous passage of the burning bush in Israel! Ciao!

I love how the VOICE starts this chapter with the words “One day” — there’s something good about those words, like something legendary happens right out of the blue. I don’t have much to say about this, but I can mention that powerful people wanted Moses dead, and yet the Pharaoh’s daughter loved him as if he were her own son, since she took so much delight in him 😭😭😭👩‍👦👯‍♀️ I don’t think this happens much in this world, but I love how Jesus told the woman to adopt Moses and name the boy this. This passage is found in page 32 of my NKJV Bible, page 41 of my NASB Bible, page 72 of my VOICE copy, and pages 69-70 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I love footnote b of that last version on verse 4, for it says, “They launched the ark not only on the Nile but on God’s providence. He would be Captain, Steersman, and Convoy of the tiny ark. Miriam stood to watch. There was no fear of fatal consequences, only the quiet expectancy that God would do something worthy of Himself. They reckoned on God’s faithfulness and they were simply rewarded when the daughter of their greatest foe became the babe’s patroness (F. B. Meyer, Through The Bible Day by Day).” The Hebrew for “ark” there is the same as in Noah’s story in Genesis 6-8, as the VOICE version teaches us (but in that version, it’s called basket — weird) I actually find a similarity on the current events and how God may be working… why do you think the culture is trying to repress many people under 34? They know God is up to something, and they want to shut Him down! I still remember back in January that the woman named Anita (in her mid-70s, by the way) believes it’s unfair that violence plagues my generation so much for no good reason and I would completely agree. Remember when I wrote that? It’s ok if no one does 😂😂😂😂😂 but in the U.S., I’ll have to be married if I want to adopt any kids. It can be a man or a woman, but I’d rather go with a lady who loves Jesus in my age group. Also (I hope not to disappoint anybody), God told me back in early 2014 as I was working on 1 John for the first time that I should avoid taking a wife or having any children here in the U.S., for things are getting too terrible by now to have any children, and I (or at least one of them) may not make it. Their mom might even be raped repeatedly 🤬🤬🤬 I don’t think it’s worth it to risk it. I’m serious. Literally. The system’s too crazy for anyone to make it out of the rat race unless you’re somehow given a lot from like out of the blue — the rat race is having less passive income than expenses and most people don’t make it out — why waste your time? For it’s better to have a heavenly hope than anything in this world. Much better, even if your life is cut short by persecution, legal or otherwise. I read a story about a woman who went to Syria for healthcare or something helpful like this, but she was murdered for her faith in Jesus. But her parents didn’t believe forgiveness was a good idea, for they want military action instead of Gospel-preaching… I can tell by their attitude on a YouTube ad I saw a little while ago.

But do you want prayer for anything? Send me an e-mail to ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each letter, write any good requests down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you soon when I write on the second half of this chapter… this is going to be interesting.