Author: Ron Outland

Hey, guys! Before I get started here tonight, I want to ask: how did I somehow become unable to post anything on here until I found a setup link enabling me to do so? I didn’t get any e-mails saying I was in violation of code — I hope I’m not violating anything, so I pray I follow the guidelines here and not upset anyone… but seriously, I think it’s fun to post good content, and I don’t want to offend anyone who reads this. Literally. Still, this passage is found in page 30 of my NKJV Bible, page 39 of my NASB Bible, page 67 of my VOICE copy, and page 65 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. But I’m sorry if anyone gets upset about something I’m posting on here; I just wish to communicate biblical truth in a tactful manner. And I don’t want any human rights violated, EVER.

I looked into one of my study Bibles for Zebulun’s borders, and it turned out to be landlocked in northern Israel — I wonder if the tribe now borders the Mediterranean today, for Jacob prophesied about this in verse 13. But I guess this prophecy was fulfilled near the end of Joshua’s life in the sixth book of the Bible. Spoiler alert, though, I don’t want to comment much of the conquest, for I’d rather say that God was NOT interested in wiping out any people group, and wouldn’t have done this, for Jesus said every tribe and nation will receive Him to some extent in Matthew 24:14. If any tribe is gone, though, that sucks, but at least there are some disciples from them in Heaven today, though 😇😇😇😇😇✝=💖 and for now, I won’t say anything else on a sensitive subject; I’d rather discuss these with my close friends. I can’t say anything to my family about it, though… for my brother thinks the RFID chip is good, as I said in the last post, so it’s unlikely I’ll be able to communicate much else to him in the future. I think his children deserve a glorious future, though 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼💅🏽🤝🏽👯‍♀️🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🐾💯💯💯💋👑 and I think their parents should receive Jesus right now. I’m like, “I implore you guys to see reason: the evidence that Mom’s trying to mislead everyone is incontrovertible. She doesn’t even believe human rights are for everyone…” But at least some of us do. I won’t say who, though, mostly because I don’t have an exhaustive list of people who I can talk to about literally anything… but anyway, I think it’s great that Jacob prophesied blessing on his sons here.

On Issachar, though, I think it’s pretty cool that he saw rest and paradise and decided to work pretty hard, first. And the Hebrew for this verse on rest and pleasant land… hang on, let me look for a minute… hmmm, this is interesting! First I’ll say that the Hebrew for rest is the same as in 1 Kings 8:56 about God giving rest to Israel on all sides in Solomon’s reign, and translating this into Greek, it has a feminine connotation. Plus, it’s the same as in Matthew 11:29 about limitless rest, so Issachar was pretty tenacious about being productive here on Earth, first. I know I want to do that and have fun throughout the whole thing 🏬 (sidenote: I looked through the emojis near this one and found a lot of stuff from Japan; I wonder if these emojis were all made there…) — I just know I don’t have many opportunities to do other things right now, for when I was trying to go full-time at work, doing this in a pandemic with a lot of outside work in the heat was not what I had in mind. I actually felt like I was getting killed because of the scheduling system. But I guess I shouldn’t have tried to change my availability to work on Sundays… I don’t know. I just know I wanted to go to Sedona to hike there with some friends, but they didn’t let me know soon enough because the whole thing was planned on such short notice. I wish they wouldn’t do this again, the shift scheduling guys. Maybe then I’d actually be more productive; I’m not getting paid anywhere over minimum wage, either. It’s cool that I have a big check coming from it this week, but I can’t seem to enjoy much of it anymore, and I heard they might implement the RFID chip thing in the future, so once that happens, I want to get the heck out of that field. I think I’d have more fun in YWAM anyway. (If you don’t know, YWAM is a Christian discipleship training organization (non-profit), and there’s a lot you can do! Plus, it’s open for all ages, so I can still have a chance! Thank God!! Who said you can’t have fun when you’re around my age or older? (I’m turning 30 in four and a half months.) I want to do nothing but serve Jesus and love others while doing it.) Oh, I should mention that a word that rhymes with rest here in Hebrew occurs only here throughout the whole Old Testament. And when translated into Greek, it has the same root word for “faith” in Hebrews 11:6. So this tells me a pleasant land can be trusted, and I think it speaks to all of us that any paradise or idyllic place can literally be Heaven on Earth, for Jesus made it so. Put that on a T-shirt and sell it! No seriously, get a shirt with the words “Hawaii is literally Heaven on Earth.” The only downside is that the wages aren’t so good, only like $10 an hour for its minimum. Don’t worry, though, Texas’s minimum wage is much worse, but Arizona and California actually have good state minimum wages! I just know a lot of people hate living in California, so I’m like, “Come here to AZ, if you can handle the heat” 😂😂😂😂😂🏜🥵 And don’t worry, it’s biblical to say that Hawaii makes you productive and trustworthy, too. I just know it’s very expensive, so I can’t go there right now. I’d LOVE to visit one day, though 🛵🏖🌅🌊⛱😌😇

Asher also borders Zebulun for a short distance when Joshua allots the land for his people after the conquest of Canaan, but my favourite verse of this group of nine is verse 18: “I wait for Your salvation, O Lord.” I think Jacob wanted Jesus to bring him into Heaven, and it’s actually fitting, for sadly, he was dying… it pains me to see someone much older than I in pain, and I wish I could bless them long enough for them to make it to the Rapture 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but I have nothing else to say tonight, so if you want to let me know of a prayer you might have, you can do so at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’d really appreciate it, for I still have no requests in my inbox 😭😭😭 but you can let me know there, and I’ll write them down and tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in verses 22-28 where we see how Joseph and Benjamin were blessed! Later!

Hi, guys! Sorry I haven’t released any notes the last few weeks; I’ve just been trying to enjoy what good there is left… there’s a weird idea being pushed around so much about a “coin shortage” from the U.S. Federal Reserve… personally, though, I don’t believe there’s any shortage of coins; it’s just a gateway to the mark of the beast nonsense we were warned about. But the good news is, I don’t discount this pandemic as any nonsense. I thought the Fourth of July party a few weeks ago was surely at risk of being cancelled because of this, and the fact there’s more and more cases every day, but it was still on, and it did not disappoint. Everything went right, saw a bunch of fireworks, had good conversations with the neighbours, played Mario Kart 64 at the friend’s house we were at (however few of us there were — side note: you should get an N64 and a copy of the game; that’s what I want to do), and we even played some Uno at the end of the night. It was worth requesting the day off for.

Anyway, this passage is found in page 30 of my NKJV Bible, page 39 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 67 of my VOICE copy, and pages 64-65 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy, so I’ll say that praise is still good even in the craziest of times. It certainly isn’t any Roman invasion that’s happening, but it might as well be, for friends are quitting their jobs at my Fry’s store due to what they saw on the news, my own family believes the RFID chip crap is actually beneficial (it’ll send you to Hell) — I pray my niece and her siblings never believe this, for my brother and I don’t impose our beliefs on them (he’s also expecting a new baby on January 30th next year, so I’m pretty happy to meet them 😁😁😁😁😁 he does know I can’t raise a college fund lofty enough for ten years for each of them, though, but who can on his or her budget, honestly?) — by the way, that’s a different news story than what I heard about today… a train de-railed itself as it was crossing Tempe Town Lake this morning, then the bridge collapsed, and it caught fire! At least it wasn’t the light rail train, though; that would have been a tragedy 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I pray such things are averted, though. But imagine this: this story is so crazy that it made it onto dailymail.co.uk! It’s also the only bridge that goes between Phoenix and Tempe by freight train, so it’ll have to take a pretty long detour to the north if it comes from L.A. or San Diego, but thankfully, there might be a good shortcut that passes Phoenix that follows a road deviating from Interstate 8 in Gila Bend. Regardless, that railroad passes through northern Mexico, I think, so I imagine it might be difficult for those trying to get through the endorheic basin that covers most of Nevada, going from the Gulf of California near Rocky Point. There shouldn’t be any travel restrictions, yet many people believe travel is the enemy. I actually think it’s the devil himself, as the Bible says. The craziest part is that I’m in the U.S.; I wonder how my friend, Alex, in Bali, feels right now… but the good news is, if it were easy for me to get there, I’d seriously book a two to three-week stay there. I don’t know where I’d reserve a room, but I don’t want to sleep with any women, for I’ll definitely be prone to stumble… wow, I got REALLY off-topic, I’m sorry, guys… but for real, praise should be a weapon to use against the forces of darkness instead of offensive comments that can’t be considered dank memes. A side note: when you see a dank meme that has no mature or offensive content; that’s really funny 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t wait until I see Jesus in person in Heaven, when all this is over, and it will be… soon. But Jacob was bestowing the birthright blessing on Judah to prophesy about Jesus’ coming from him. It’s no coincidence that Judah is noteworthy for many milestones in the Old Testament, even the interesting enigma of Jerusalem being its capital and the center of the world (Ezekiel 5:5).

I don’t want to forget the Scriptures, like, ever, and I honestly wish I saw more godly moments happen. But there’s some good news here: some of my friends at work don’t believe there’s a coin shortage, either — I can even see revival happening at my work still, but it probably won’t be long until Christ is forced out completely, because I hate seeing drama there. I won’t even bother telling you what I’ve seen… but Isaiah 63:1-3, Numbers 24:17, and Revelation 5:5 and 19:11-16 are referenced in the Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) here. I don’t know why Jacob said Judah’s eyes were darker than wine… brown or black eyes, perhaps? But this interesting to think about.

Have any prayer requests? Drop ’em in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I hope you can share this with your friends, and if I see a good request, I’ll write them down and tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the next post where we discuss the next several sons of Israel and what he says to them! Ciao!

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) 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇🎇🎇🧨✨ — 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 😌😌😌😌😌😌😌 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 😭😭😭😭😭 — 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 🤦🏼‍♂️ he offended EVERYONE in Italy — someone snuck a photo of this — and it became a meme 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 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 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 — I’m not missing out on this comedic gold mine 😏😂🤣 truly awesome!) I eat my pizza normally, so I wouldn’t be blocked from traveling to Italy 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕 I’ve GOT to have their stuff. Wow, I went really far off-topic; I’m so sorry 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 but this was something stranger than fiction. Literally. I think it’s illegal to eat pizza backwards in Italy 😂😂😂😂😂🍕🍕🍕😋 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 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 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 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 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 😂😂😂😂😂

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.)

We see here that Jacob makes a prophecy on all his sons as he lays dying in his bed from the sickness (mentioned in the previous chapter). The first three, he didn’t give his birthright blessing to, but Judah he did. Later Jewish people understood this to be a sign that Jesus would come from Judah. And so He did (see Hebrews 7:14, also Genesis 49:18). But I’m not talking about all of Jacob’s sons today; I’ll put the first three in the next note, Judah on his own note, and the other eight… I don’t know what to do with them yet. I pray to God I make only the right moves… but this chapter is found in pages 30-31 of my NKJV Bible, pages 39-40 of my NASB Bible, pages 66-68 of my VOICE copy, and pages 64-66 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’ve heard theories that people say things to come on their deathbed; indeed, I’ve heard stories from others I won’t mention here, for some of them are really creepy. I don’t want to go there 🤐😖😓😰😱😱😱😩😩😩😩😩💤💤💤 I don’t even want to think about anyone dying; I’d especially be forever downcast if my niece was fatally struck with something 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but I’m sure her parents are doing a decent job with her, but they’re younger than I am, and I don’t have much of a clue on how to take care of a kid! I pray for some wisdom there, knowing that first of all, there should be no hostility against them, only friendliness should be done to them. I know you’ve probably heard me say this before, but I’m insisting on this so much because I never had true friendship with my parents growing up, and while my dad and I got along ok in his final years, my mom is more and more unrepentant each day, even though I can honestly say we all make many mistakes, some really stupid. Indeed, it was in mid-2009 when she revealed her true colors. I couldn’t trust her again since, no matter how much I tried. (If she’s reading this, I don’t want her to hurt herself, but to be kind to everyone instead. I’m scared how she’ll react, to be honest…)

I thought I’d group Reuben, Simeon, and Levi together first because they’re the ones who went either lewd or vengeful, and it’s a sobering reminder for me to never use anger as fuel for revenge as Simeon and Levi did (Ephesians 4:26-27, contrast Genesis 34:25-29). Spoiler alert: he prophesies they won’t be so numerous in the post-conquest era (read Joshua and Judges for the events after Moses’ death but before Samuel’s birth, and also Ruth). A footnote in the first Amplified Bible says in the beginning of this chapter that Moses blesses the children of Jacob in a similar manner to Jacob himself. Another footnote told me in chapter 48 (sorry I missed it) that Ephraim outnumbers Judah by about 20,000 people at one point (again, in the first Amplified Bible). But Peter in the New Testament is later named after Simeon here (read from Matthew 4 and throughout Acts 1-12, also 1 & 2 Peter). I pray I don’t go in a direction that he wouldn’t approve of (I mean Jesus’ disciple, Peter)… 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

If you have any prayer requests, you can submit them to me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I don’t think I have any e-mails with prayers in them from you guys still, so I’d really like this to happen… but comment what you feel the Holy Spirit leads you to say. Thanks for reading this and I’ll see you in the next note, coming up Friday night! (Today is Wednesday.)

I’m sure everyone knows that Egypt founded itself in northeastern Africa, and it’s not all that difficult to see that they were (and still are) quite unique, and that most of the other African people are Black, but I think it’s stupid that they’re still ignored by a ridiculous extent, even in today’s world. I’m a firm believer that these of African descent are legendary, though. Yet sometimes, we forget that the Arabs make up most of northern Africa, so I think they should be celebrated as well, but we MUST pray that more people in the Sahara Desert become Christian, or we’re going to have some problems. I know for one thing, my niece is half-Filipino (my brother and I are U.S. Caucasian), so I think she should be accepted everywhere. Period. Besides, if she gets rejected by the time she’s five, she’ll probably believe she’s stuck with the spirit of rejection, and I want to celebrate her every single day, not caring where anyone’s from or the skin color they’re wearing. I find it weird that racism is still here, yet I’m more challenged to protest against it. Indeed, I wish George Floyd hadn’t died. He was not only black, but Christian as well! At least he’s in Heaven, now, but I think the police mean to exterminate the faith of Jesus as well, even though it’s completely legal, and likewise other faiths. Ironically, someone can trick the government into believing that because of your devotion to Jesus, you’re promoting civil disobedience, just as the Jews had accused Paul and his friends of this in Thessalonica (Acts 17:6). But this blessing in this chapter starts a legacy of loving others in different nations that becomes perfected in Jesus nearly two thousand years later. This chapter is found in page 30 of my NKJV Bible, pages 38-39 of my NASB Bible, pages 65-66 of my VOICE copy, and pages 63-64 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

There’s more against racism to be done, which if you haven’t seen it as obvious in the last few weeks, I don’t know how you managed to not hear of anything like this, for more people of African descent were killed by policemen and white nationialists. This is not good, and I think, for the most part, those guys are going to Hell for judging them like this. This month’s events reopened a deep wound in the U.S., and I won’t be surprised if God promises each nationalist no descendants or even a nation. I do wish citizenship by birthright happened in more countries, though. They do it here and in Canada and in Mexico, so why not Europe and Asia, and Africa and the Pacific? Most North and South American countries like the U.S. and its neighbours do this, so I think it should be more popular. I feel bad for those who live under the constant threat of one’s citizenship being stripped away because of their devotion to Jesus. And knowing how immigration across the world is nearly impossible right now (they atheistically stopped all immigration to the U.S., and I’m like, 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 — this shouldn’t happen!!) I’d rather be taken to Heaven by God’s hand than have this happen. So I pray that God would decimate the systems that are killing immigration for at least 20% of the world’s countries/population, for it is right for Him to judge them for good. It might even be necessary for certain nations to be replaced as a result, developed or otherwise. The riots have screwed up everything, and the government is fueling them. At least curfew’s over across the country, though, but I’m afraid to go anywhere more than five miles away from home by myself again. I just wish I could enjoy God in peace…

So, yeah, there’s my two cents on what’s been happening this month. But the editor who did the note in this chapter of the VOICE version of the Bible got it wrong: God doesn’t always privilege the younger over the older; in fact, there’s no partiality with Him (Romans 2:11). I pray anyone would understand this for the first time, knowing He loves each person equally.

If you have something to pray about yourself, let me know! You can send me an e-mail at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each letter, write the requests down (if they’re biblically solid), then tape them to my bedroom walls! And speaking of being biblically solid, racism is literally everything antithetical to the Scriptures. Those who use the Bible to promote it — there’s a special place in Hell for those godless buttholes. People are meant to be included, for God doesn’t believe in exclusion. So I pray we move forward in the U.S. against racism, and so does wherever else you may be from. I’ll return sooner or later for chapters 49 and 50! See ya!

We see here that Joseph and the Pharaoh worked together to stop the madness going on around the world in their time. He had the Egyptians buy all they could from him, sell their livestock to him, and even worked for him for a while, but it was slavery in that area. This is not good. Of course, it was everywhere in the world, but that doesn’t make it ok. It reminds me of peer pressure you’ve probably faced in class growing up, but I don’t know what it looked like for you… but in my case, I wouldn’t make slaves out of ANYONE. Literally. I don’t know what Joseph was thinking, but thank God we never needed slavery in the first place 😌😌😌😌😌 this chapter is found in pages 29-30 of my NKJV Bible (I’m randomly thinking of Finding Nemo as I write this), pages 37-38 of my NASB Bible, pages 63-64 of my VOICE copy, and pages 61-63 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Oh, I forgot to mention that Jacob had Joseph make a vow to him because words are important, and I believe today’s world (particularly those who should be leading the younger guys and even helping any inexperienced young adults go through life in ways we weren’t taught in school) is negligent of teaching that words have power. Those who believe words don’t matter, as if actions always spoke louder than words (which don’t work if the words are nothing but problematic) was true. Instead, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks, God said (Matthew 12:34). Those who have made the world forget this fundamental truth are going to Hell. I’m serious. I know I’m speaking really strongly here, but this should NEVER be ignored ever again. I’ve been torn to pieces by hateful words by my own family and from professing Christians who don’t have the slightest trace of godliness, and it’s made me want to die before. Please don’t do this 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😖😖😖😖😖 I pray I don’t forget this truth, either, for tampering against the Word is a matter of life and death! I’m literally not exaggerating here… indeed, those who say words don’t matter speak nothing but worthlessness. Literally… I hope I don’t get an angry mob after me because of this truth… but I’m not going to post this in many places; I’m probably going to just leave it unshared anywhere… for words can either build or destroy (Proverbs 18:21). I want to speak only what’s good, for my part…

Also, I’m thinking (from reading this chapter), are you being proactive in this pandemic we’re in? Send me a story if you have anything worth mentioning to me, if you wish 😊😊😊😊😊 you can also submit a prayer request to me about anything you need by e-mail: just go to ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the next chapter concerning Jacob’s blessing on his sons! Ciao!

Sandwiched in the middle is a list of all of Jacob’s family members that he more or less brought into the world, but Jacob is beyond thrilled to see Joseph when he arrives in Egypt. And there they stay for a long time. (Remember that Genesis 15:13 says they will live in a land that is not theirs for 400 years.) Regardless, Joseph and his family settle in the land of Goshen in Egypt, and the Pharaoh is even allowing them to cultivate a good population there. But now’s not the time to say anything that happens once this book is over. Indeed, God prophesied that Jacob would see Joseph again, and they saw each other again, too, for He is faithful (see Hebrews 10:23). I’d love to see this played out some more in this life, for me and especially for my niece next time I see her 👨‍👧💏 — that last emoji is only for between her parents, but that’s just one way of putting the four of us into emojis; here’s another way… 👨‍👩‍👧 + 😁 (me) — I’d love to see her develop a healthy mind by not going on Facebook much, if not ever, but this chapter is found in pages 28-29 of my NKJV Bible, pages 36-37 of my NASB Bible, pages 62-63 of my VOICE copy, and pages 60-61 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I don’t know why the Egyptians thought the shepherds were literal poop, but it’s great that Jesus is our shepherd; I think I can find this on the post of this chapter on the website skripturesketches.tumblr.com, but I don’t know. WAIT… nevermind, it’s not there anymore. But they put up a pretty funny error page 😅 still, I wish I could see it again, but maybe I’ll get illustrations of each chapter in the Bible when I’m in Heaven after my life runs out of juice. I think Jesus is creative enough to have this happen. A bit off-topic: I wish I could get a moped and take a friend or family member on it with me. I think we’ll both need helmets, though. I do pray I can pay off my hospital bill from 8 years ago, but also that more stimulus checks come… we need them. Many people who have been unemployed are suffering badly due to the pandemic, and things aren’t looking good because of it. I sure do have a lot of prayers against those who oppose them… but most of all, I pray those greedy people wouldn’t be able to bother them. But I thank God prosperity can happen in godly ways still… I just hope that no good thing is universally seen as an abomination as being a shepherd was in Egypt back then.

Want to sumbit a prayer request to me? You can do that on ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each prayer, write them down (if they’re good) and tape them to my bedroom walls! I still don’t have any, so it’d be very appreciated if you sent me anything… but I’ll see you in chapter 47! This was so sudden, though; I’m sorry if it’s a lot of information for you 😂😂😂😂😂 but I’ll be back soon!

When everyone receives the news of Joseph and his brothers seeing each other, they’re all really happy, and I love it! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 Jacob (a.k.a. Israel) also finds that Joseph is still alive! I’m thankful my niece is still in good shape during this pandemic, even though it seems the second wave is deadlier than the first. Regardless, I want to see her at least once soon, so that she can be encouraged and receive some good books from me that she’ll really enjoy (more of them than not are Frozen-related) 👧🏽❄💃🏻🥰😘 I just pray that nothing would get to her first. This passage is found in page 28 of my NKJV Bible, page 36 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 61-62 of my VOICE copy (with the long note) and pages 59-60 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’ve read up until Acts 16 of that last translation, but I’m really looking forward to finishing this. But I don’t want to treat the Bible like something common, or Jesus like He’s not God. I’m finding it can be pretty easy to do sometimes… but I’m thankful God is constant during the trials and the changes in this world. Still, I wish that we would honor Him better… but more than anything, Jesus wants to be everyone’s best friend 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 but this can only happen if we submit to Him, giving Him the lead in everything in our lives, and even letting Him have our lives themselves. Of course, not everyone will be saved, but for those who haven’t rejected Christ, it’s not too late, thank God 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 I’m like (sorta how the Hillsong Young & Free song goes), “Come now with power, cover each land, like You’ve done it before, won’t You do it again?” (Disclaimer: that’s not really how the Lord Send Revival lyrics go, but that’s how I’d sing them.)

If you have any prayer requests, you can submit them to my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’m sorry I didn’t mention much about this half of Genesis 45 on here today, but this is a short post, as I said, so I wish I could’ve gotten more information down, but I think I was just thrilled there was a reunion here. I’ll see you in the next chapter!

I really must be honest, after nearly a year and a half of writing notes on here, I’m still scared to display this to more people. For even though Joseph wasn’t judged for revealing his identity to his brothers so they could know he was alive (and that eventually the extended families would know as well), and neither was I when I made all sorts of confessions during my first year of college, I was judged quite a bit a few years later when I found out Redemption Church was Calvinist. I still think places like that should be avoided, too! I also got a lot of backbiting about the gifts of the Spirit during my attendance of the Antioch church that was near ASU at the time while I did a fifth year of school (and was failing spectacularly due to the schisms I was dealing with), as if Jesus didn’t give that out today! And that was at a church where they were openly encouraged! Yet despite the fact that it was imprinted in the Bible about 2,000 years ago, they treated that as if it were not some biblical truth, but an optional conviction. I’m like, “It’s necessary that everyone has gifts of the Spirit of some kind, supernatural or otherwise.” Not that they were required for salvation, but that it’s necessary for Christian growth. Eventually, I was kicked out. And when I was taken from the apartment where I was living in back then to a ward for four days, and then a mental hospital for another month or so, I had to move back to my mom’s place, for it was either that or the homeless shelter. And upon discovering this, when I left the mental hospital, I was like, “Oh, my God! If I don’t hide enough, this is it!” And so that’s why I speak about the low profile thing quite often despite the fact that I talk about a lot of random stuff to a few friends (and possibly counting) and some of the customers at Fry’s. I’m afraid of all this happening again, for after my mom lost her house two years after I had moved back in last time, I was homeless most nights and had to go to a homeless shelter when I couldn’t find a place to stay from a friend. It took so long for me to get to where I am now that I don’t think I can risk anything else again, really. I don’t know if God even wants me to step out in the future… but this passage is found in page 28 of my NKJV Bible, pages 35-36 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament) page 61 of my VOICE copy, and page 59 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I don’t want to live in fear, but I can’t help but think I’ll lose too much again should I say something good, even if no hostile enemy hears me. This was a turning point in the story about how Joseph and his family were suffering during the famine… and maybe it’ll be the same for me and my family members should we get our stimulus checks I heard they would give out if they are legally allowed to… I don’t know. I wish I could find God in more places, but I’m not expecting glory to last, and even if everything turns out right, I could lose something significant again… I want to keep my niece, not lose her! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I’m still praying she’s safe from the pandemic we’re in…

I can see several similarities to this and to my own life now, since I want to see my niece again but I’m still not able to right now. But they are apparently ending the lockdown on Monday; regardless, I don’t think I can do much at this point despite what I plan to give to my mom and my niece’s mom for Mother’s Day next weekend (I’ll arrive at the latter’s house later, if God wills). Indeed, the pandemic can still go pretty strong, and I’m not confident everyone will be ok, particularly my niece if something happens, for she’s only two years old 👧🏼💖😩 I can even detect the idea that someone I know will be lying in wait to eliminate me, for the evil one is trying to destroy the connection due to this. Indeed, I pray I can get to her house soon 😭😭😭😭😭🚲🏠 I’m keeping everything ambiguous right now because I want to not let it slip what I plan to give to the women my niece is descended from. I want it to be really good, a blessing, actually… Yet I know that my mom could try again to eliminate my soul, as she has tried before in the past, but it didn’t work. Literally, it’s a Jezebelic thing to do, and I can’t survive with that around. I hope I can forever put her wrath away by the gift, but if that doesn’t work, either, I’ll be stuck without a good means to pay for my phone bill, for the virus is decimating the meat and many plants, and Satan’s also probably sending murderous hornets our way. (I heard about this a few days ago.) But in Arizona, it’s not much of a new thing, yet I pray God’s protection over all of Arizona anyway, and even some of the neighboring states west of here. I did see something red fly in my Fry’s store’s parking lot, though. But this passage is found in pages 27-28 of my NKJV Bible, page 35 of my NASB Bible, page 60 of my VOICE copy, and pages 58-59 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Of course, like Joseph in verse 17, I NEVER want to take anyone’s freedom away, including my mom’s… even though I know she has blasphemed the Holy Spirit before by saying He was tantamount to willful ignorance. I’m wholeheartedly against that satanic idea, for it is unforgivable, and no Christian can even think that. Indeed, I want to be sure no one else I know does this, but that probably won’t happen, for a friend of mine had become Calvinist some time ago. I had shared some of the Bible notes on here with him on Facebook Messenger, I’ve discussed certain things from them with him, but I can’t trust him. For those who don’t know anything about Calvinism vs. Arminianism, it’s essentially the idea of God not loving everybody vs. God being unable to keep His children safe, for the T.U.L.I.P. acronym is literally the atheism that is total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace, and perseverance of the saints (refuted in Scriptures such as Genesis 42:28, Matthew 22:14, Romans 14:15 (and many others), Acts 7:51-53, and even Romans 8:35-39, respectively), and the idea that you can lose your salvation comes from a slight error in interpretation from Hebrews 6:4-8. But we shouldn’t take advantage of God, though. I’ll leave you to search up more yourselves, but if you want to ask me about it, let me know in the comments! As for me, I’m convinced it’s the Great Apostasy that has happened for hundreds of years, since the Reformation, even, and is now being perfected, as I said on my previous post.

In the rest of the chapter, Judah speaks up and explains the situation to Joseph (they still don’t know it’s him, Judah and their brothers), and… wait until you read chapter 45 to see the outcome. But if someone attacks your freedom because you were being honest and repentant about everything, stick a fork in it and you’re done. It’s like getting coins as an item in Mario Kart… you’ll know what I’m talking about it you’ve played Super Mario Kart and/or the Mario Kart 8 games. It’s highly unlikely you’ll win the race… and you might not even be able to believe the same thing again. Thank God I was brought out of that horrible situation three years ago last week after having been couch-surfing and going to a homeless shelter a lot for eight months beforehand, but that was because Jonathan brought me to the place I now live. I can’t not be thankful for him! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👊🏼👍🏼👌🏼✌🏼🤙🏼🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 My mom even reconsidered her state program plan for me because that would’ve sucked. I don’t think she knows I have a pool… I’ve never been any happier in other living situations, not even in Cole’s! I just hope she doesn’t impose anything on me again, because if she does, I’ll likely suffer forever. Anyone who imposes something on another human being or pet, even if something good, will not be saved, likewise if they disagree with this to even the slightest extent. There cannot be a good or forgivable interpretation about imposing like this from under heaven (as if it were a good thing), just as God cannot be mocked (Galatians 6:6), so they, too, have blasphemed the Holy Spirit by doing this, seeing that they saw from themselves God’s reality… permanently. Yet they claim their hellish crap is God’s reality is the only acceptable one from under Heaven. Weird, huh? It’s the problem of striving against the unjust (Proverbs 28:4). Indeed, there are always more atheists than reported…

Any ideas what to pray for? Write me an e-mail, if you wish, at ron.outland4727@gmail.com if you want to submit any prayer requests to me! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! In the meantime, I pray I’m not some coward like how the U.S. reacted after the Vietnam War happened… but that truthfully is very graphic. Still, I’ll see you in the future with chapter 45! Sorry this took so long, by the way 😅😄😆