My Thoughts On Exodus (10/01/2020)

Hello, guys! I’m back to begin writing on Exodus tonight! For those who don’t know, it’s the second book of the Bible, and it’s 40 chapters long, so it’s the second-longest of the Pentateuch. I went through Genesis over the last two years, so naturally, I want to go through the whole thing a little faster. I pray I write only what Jesus wants me to write here…

Anyway, it’s about Moses’ early life and the deliverance of Israel from Egyptian taskmasters, and the Israelites and God begin a relationship… but that soon goes south (read chapters 32-34). To be fair, though, not a lot of people remembered Him during their time there, and… this is why there was lots of idol worship in Israel later, even after Joshua’s conquest of Canaan (found in the book of Joshua; spoiler alert: it’s book #6 of the Bible, right after the Pentateuch ends). I should also remind anyone who doesn’t remember that the Pentateuch is the first five books of the Bible attributed to Moses, but unfortunately, not many read the Scriptures each day, and that’s not good. The book ends with a temporary housing for God’s Spirit even though He doesn’t dwell in temples (see Acts 7:48), but anyone can have Jesus live inside them. The rest I’ll talk about later.

My thoughts, though, on this, is that it’s one of the hardest books of the Bible because people so often quote “God hardened people’s hearts” โ€” I’m like, “What?! That’s not what the Hebrew was going for!” Sadly, I’ve had family members question my faith as if it couldn’t withstand their satanic attacks, like it wasn’t from God, even. But Jesus has proven faithful to me time and again; I just don’t know how He’ll be faithful in the future. Also, too many things in this book are used as weapons to destroy, and people get nuclear on others with this all over the world ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿšจ๐Ÿ›‘ โ€” what I mean by saying this is that they poison their souls with taking Scripture out of context. But keep in mind that Moses says in Exodus 20:20 that God was proving the Israelites (I use such verbage here because “testing” isn’t a good or biblical translation, as I’ve learned) of whether they’ll be faithful to Him or not, and they had wanted too many sickening things, like, several hundred laws that God never wanted. There’s nuggets of wisdom in some of them, but not necessarily in this book may we find any. But God’s heart from the beginning was redemption for every human being, because we’re all prone to many many mistakes and we sin daily, plus, unjust systems can gain the upper hand from time to time, like they do in the early chapters here. But The Prince Of Egypt shows how this went down, if you’re more of a visual learner. I recommend reading the first fifteen chapters of this book for context with the movie, though. It came out in the late 90s, I should’ve watched it as a kid! Sorry, everyone, for I still haven’t seen it, but I’ve heard a song or two, and I love it! โœกโ˜ฎโœ

With this in mind, I’ll soon release a note on the first part of this book, so stay tuned.

Genesis Retrospective (09/21/2020)

Hi, guys! As promised, the retrospective on Genesis! I don’t think I can say much since I’ve commented on it for nearly two years, but the word “genesis” means “beginning” in the original Hebrew. It tells us of how everything came to be: creation, humanity, sin, the nations, and the start of a grand plan from Heaven! And thank God He had thought of it before the world was even created! I had a lot of fun writing on this book, and I can’t wait to go through the other four books of the Pentateuch (which, as a reminder, are the first five books of the Bible, a.k.a. the books of Moses, and essentially its foundation for the rest of the Scriptures, including God mentioning the resurrection in Exodus 3 as Jesus said much later). Tomorrow, when I’m not working, I should write on the beginning of Exodus โ€” spoiler alert: you won’t find a lot of promising things for a while, and most of this will be very high severity, since God’s heart was broken multiple times. But I don’t want to comment on the severity as much as I would declare God’s goodness to everyone.

Well, here goes nothing…

Joseph Forgive His Brothers: Some Comments On Genesis 50:15-26 (09/20/2020)

I love the way how Genesis ended, with Joseph reconciling with his siblings, seeing they were worried he would hate them now that Jacob was gone (but never forgotten; the reunion between him and Joseph must’ve helped him repent from his sins โ€” again, see Matthew 8:11). Thank God I wasn’t going to do that when I got my first apartment in 2012! I even figured it might help my mom become Christian, but sadly, if you know how events turned out for me after that, she took my forgiveness for granted more than once. I won’t go into it today, though. I just pray no one else I know does this even after I’m dead. Oh, right, I can’t expect that to happen… and besides, I find it difficult to focus on Jesus whenever someone preaches almost anything from the Bible, even in a church like Two Rivers. I think hateful correction still has a tight grip on biblical growth for me… I can now see that this kind of thing is fleshly and actually not as strong as Jesus is, but offence can stay His hand a lot, sometimes for many years. But we can’t get greedy for the supernatural… you know? Oh, this passage is found in page 31 of my NKJV Bible, page 40 of my NASB Bible, page 69 of my VOICE copy, and pages 66-67 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. I’ll go read the VOICE version really quick…

Hmmm… this is interesting! In verse 23, it says that Joseph adopted some of his great-grandchildren โ€” they were born to Mashir, who had been born to Manasseh โ€” what happened to him before Joseph died? He wasn’t yet 80! (Remember that Joseph had turned 30 before Manasseh was born, start at chapter 37 and keep going until his sons’ births are mentioned.) And 80 is a good age to live past in today’s world, for we have a lot of medicine today, as opposed to 1945 before World War II ended. Thank God history didn’t repeat itself! But we see that God’s name is being taken in vain more than ever now, 75 years later, due to COVID-19 and the terrible atheism that helped it spread throughout the world people call “evangelicalism.” Weird, huh? But even though I know the mark of the beast will be implemented soon, I won’t have to take it and be spiritually destroyed; that cannot happen to anyone who loves Jesus, so I’m going to spend a little more time on these Bible notes each week, God-willing. Oh, and my roommate and friend, Jonathan, is heading to Colorado for vacation, so I pray he’s doing ok there, and that the weed and drugs don’t get to him. (He’ll be in Denver, and the airport there is full of demonic and satanic things. It’s even shaped like a swastika! Total godlessness if I’ve ever seen it, so I’d rather drive there instead of fly if I was given an opportunity to go to Colorado again. I don’t want to go to that airport ๐Ÿ˜“๐Ÿ˜ง๐Ÿ˜ฐ I rebuke the evilness there, actually…) oh, well, anyway, he’ll be out of Arizona for a week and I hope I can talk to him while he’s there over the phone, but I pray he has fun with his brother there. Also, I love how there’s one final note after the book ends about the Israelites awaiting the promise from God, which… since promises from Him always involve pain sooner or later, I’m not sure I can face anything again, even if I’m walking in the comfort of the Holy Spirit the whole time. Christians aren’t masochists, you know. (The promise-from-God-always-involves-pain-from-something truth I found out last Thursday night hearing a testimony from the retreat last weekend. I went to Prescott, it was a fun time, but I still find it difficult to focus when I hear almost anything from even a good church, so I don’t know what I should do about this… I could go on.) Maybe pain of any kind always comes from sinfulness in this world? You can tell me anything about this in the comments (or in a message, I don’t mind that, either).

I wish I could look forward to more promises that make things better, especially if they result in someone’s salvation! And God’s kingdom will never shrink from this world plus the heavens, so I’m like, “This is pretty cool!” But for now, I’ll just meditate on the fact that I finally managed to finish writing notes on this book after nearly two years! I’ll write a short retrospective about this soon (probably in the next few hours) and until then, I’m out. In the meantime, you can write me an e-mail requesting prayer 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’ve gotten any still, but you can write me something to pray for (no hate mail, please). I’ll see you later tonight with the retrospective, then in the future, we’ll move on to Exodus! (Spoiler alert: it’s a very hard book, and you’ll no doubt be confused as to what some of its phrases mean.) Later, guys!

Jacob Is Buried (Genesis 50:1-14) [09/17/2020]

Hello, friends, I’m back with another post! I believe I should write a little about how burials are a result of sin in the world because we make mistakes all the time (James 3:2). We need to remember how sin can literally take away another human’s life is we’re not careful; pray you don’t do this, especially on purpose! I know I don’t want to be responsible for anyone’s death… but so far, this has never happened to me before โ€” I still don’t want to risk anything, though. I don’t think we can be super-meticulous about it because we’ll go in a ridiculous direction should we choose that route, chances are… probably like 99% of the time, at least. But it doesn’t matter because accusers are watching us to see how badly we’ll screw up, and when they’re the ones who start the scenario for the drama to happen, even then we get blamed, as if we were the worse criminals than the godless freaks who love to watch the world burn. I don’t even have a criminal record, but I don’t want to be in trouble anyway. Oh, sorry, I went off-topic, but this passage is found in page 31 of my NKJV Bible, page 40 of my NASB Bible, page 68 of my VOICE copy, and page 66 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. But still, I was going to comment a bit on Jacob’s burial, so here goes nothing… better safe than sorry…

Jacob was just getting really old in those days (oh, I keep forgetting, he lived to be 147; see Genesis 47:28), so unfortunately, because Jesus wasn’t going to appear for a long time, and with God’s declaration of human life being 120 years maximum after the flood (see Genesis 6-8), he left this world to sleep with his ancestors, but at least Jesus spoke of him being in His kingdom (Matthew 8:11), so I’m like, “Thank God!” He must’ve repented from all his sins after Joseph was taken into slavery. Oh, after this note, I’ll write about the final verses of this book about how Joseph forgave his brothers, since they wanted to preserve him. And in the end, the tribes got along pretty well. This set the stage for future events among Jacob’s descendants. But anyway, I wish forgiveness meant anything to my mom, for she’s still inappropriate as ever… I pray she doesn’t do any harm to anyone… but we don’t know how unpredictable many people can be. The worldly system is so unforgiving and exaggerates the truth about literally everything, while downplaying the promises of God so that I’d have a hard time finding anything to hear from Him. Still, I might hear something edifying tonight at Awaken, but I’m not expecting anything to be any good. I feel like I’ll hear nothing but difficult messages from now on, actually… why do we live if God doesn’t encourage every once in a while? I know He does, but I’ve become convinced that not even the good churches are edifying the people all the time… I don’t know ๐Ÿ˜ข I pray I might hear something from the Holy Spirit tonight when Awaken starts… but one thing I know, God’s been faithful before due to the prophetic command fulfilled here (Genesis 50:7-8) โ€” it was a huge gathering! (See Genesis 50:9.) I pray for God’s faithfulness to be displayed here…

If you have any other prayer requests, you can leave 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 need to remember to check my e-mail…) I’ll be back with the last part of the book soon! Later!

So I Went Out Of Town Again…

I wish I could say I do this often, but then I’d be delusional, for I can’t leave town very frequently. I would’ve gone to Sedona last month for a hike, but I couldn’t get that day off ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ however, I was able to go to Prescott (a city in northern Arizona) for a retreat with Awaken this weekend, so I enjoyed everything there. I had trouble with the messages, but I guess Jesus hadn’t spoken through the main speaker to me much, if at all. But I was able to hear Him through some friends, and now I know I don’t need to pay attention to divisive things, and that when someone uses Scripture as a weapon, it’s a thing from the flesh instead of the Holy Spirit. Oh, normally, I write a note on a Bible passage here, but I feel led by the Holy Spirit to take it easy like I did in Prescott this weekend. Still, I feel it necessary to say I don’t think it’ll be easy to focus if the peace of the Holy Spirit is never mentioned in anything… the speaker came from a place where things were rough, but while many people in the churches comment on the West Coast and how chaotic it is there, I feel the need to say this: why aren’t there many people from most other places praying for them? This isn’t the U.S. I can take pleasure in… oh, I’d go out of town more often, I just don’t want to get in trouble at work, and I’m sick and tired of getting too few hours there, but don’t worry about it, for I can sell books online. Maybe I can make a good revenue from it? I pray for the Holy Spirit’s blessing on this! Oh, anyway, you know how the speakers too often mention persecution? What if most of them are trying to spoil the fun? That’s something to think about. But I’ll see you later, sorry I didn’t bring up any Bible passages here; I just figured I’d instead write on how this weekend’s trip went. But if we’re honest, I’d like to get away for recreational purposes (not by smoking weed, come on, I mean I’d simply enjoy the area) more often because I can’t seem to find the right content for me to enjoy when I go on a church trip these days. Ok, now I’m done talking… see ya!

Genesis 50: The Final Chapter Of A Good First Book Now In The Bible (09/06/2020)

First off, I wish I could take another day off tomorrow, but that won’t happen because it’s an 8-hour shift, and I shouldn’t miss it this time, even if I get sick. At least it’s not so hot in the morning, though ๐Ÿ˜Œ and we don’t need to sanitize carts anymore, so that’s also a huge plus! (I work at the Fry’s store at Gilbert and Baseline still.) I do wish this hot weather would cease, however ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅด๐Ÿคช โ€” yep, I could lose my mind if the 110ยฐ weather extended some time into October… it’s fall, dude! Hot weather shouldn’t continue on like this! I’d like to know why this is happening… but anyway, there’s my rant about the unfair temperatures we’re currently experiencing. In this final chapter of Genesis, Joseph mourns for Jacob big time (I should mention that Jacob had received Jesus by the time he died, for Jesus says we’ll see him in Matthew 8:11), but the Egyptians find out about this, and thankfully, they allow him to mourn for his late father. I know I’m still not thrilled about my own dad passing away… I prefer not to talk about it, actually… I wish I had more time with him. We don’t know why he went… but anyone who receives Jesus will never be gone for good โœ = ๐Ÿ’– and Joseph and his brothers carry Jacob’s remains to Canaan, and some time later, they start to live in fear of Joseph, wondering if he had held some sort of grudge against them for what they did 13 chapters ago. Thank God he forgave them, seeing that they saved the earth (Genesis 50:20), but to mention anything about sovereignty in relation to this I don’t think should be allowed under heaven. I’ll elaborate why when we get there, but this chapter is found in page 31 of my NKJV Bible, page 40 of my NASB Bible, pages 68-69 of my VOICE copy, and pages 66-67 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I don’t know what else to say about this, but I want to be more up-to-date on here. I think I should share this with like seven friends… I dunno. But if you want, you can send me a prayer request by e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each letter, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I think I need to find if the student loan company I’m working with has taken care of my lack of funds yet… but I’ll see you in the next post where I write about verses 1-14!

Jacob Leaves The World For Good… A Short Take on Genesis 49:29-33 (09/04/2020)

Hi, friends, I don’t have much to say on this so I’ll keep it brief on here for now… but first, I’ll mention that I want to get excited about Jesus and what He’s doing; it’s just that politics is trying to override Him as if He was created by the system. Weird, huh? I do have a color-changing light bulb in my room, though, and I got it in the mail today, and I love it! I wonder how the neighbors will react if enough of them see this… I probably won’t have anyone coming to my house and saying it’s a really cool trick ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ but I’m still cracking up about how the weird leader of the U.S. eats pizza backwards ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ I hate it a lot ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ I’m sure Italy thinks this is ridiculous, and I completely agree with everyone there. Eat it from the tip of the slice, guys! I’m sure you can incur God’s wrath if you do it like this ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ no, I’m kidding, but seriously, leadership here is stupid, and we need Jesus to take over. Unbelief is ridiculously high, but the good news is, so is stability in the U.S. Watch Zimbax’s latest video about some interesting things you can learn about countries all over the world! (He’s an Estonian Youtuber, and I love him!) All random tidbits aside, this passage can be found in page 31 of my NKJV Bible, pages 39-40 of my NASB Bible, page 68 of my VOICE copy, and pages 65-66 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

The Val Vista Fry’s store got shut down this week near my house, but a new one like next door to me opened the next day. Jonathan and I went there, and we loved it! Jesus mentioned that if a grain died, it bears a harvest (John 12:24). But if a human died, there they lie until he/she gets a burial. Some people don’t get a chance to have their remains buried properly, which is not good. But death always happens because of sin in the world (see Romans 8:10). Remember also that Jacob lived to be 147 (Genesis 47:28). At least everything went according to plan about his burial, for God instructed Jacob’s descendants to bury him in the land of Canaan (now the nation of Israel), and He did the same about Joseph’s remains (now found in Hebrews 11:22; read the final chapter of Genesis for this).

Before I finish this note, I’d like to ask: how has an ancestor’s passing affected you? I know my dad passing away at 55 wasn’t good, and I was homeless twice as a result, kind of, but I’m glad no one else perished since then. I’m not looking forward to the next one, though… I wish my relatives would accept Jesus so that maybe they can make it to the Rapture! But I can’t expect them to… but leave a comment about your own story here on this website. In the meantime, if you want me to pray about anything, you can write an e-mail on ron.outland4727@gmail.com so I would know about it. Sorry I don’t often check my e-mail: I’m pretty much not good at double-checking stuff ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ but anyway, I’ll read each letter, write down the prayer (if it’s good), then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in the final chapter of this book! Bye!

Joseph And Benjamin Are Blessed Sons, Last But Certainly Not Least (Genesis 49:22-28) [08/20/2020]

I think it’s great that Jacob’s blessing on Joseph had just as many verses as when he was blessing Judah (verses 8-12)! Bible scholars have concluded from here that they would be heads of two different nations: Israel and Judah (read 1 & 2 Kings for how this transpired). This goes in line from what God had said to Abraham in that he’d be the father of many nations (see Genesis 17:6). And look! We have, like, ten different nations in the Middle East today, none of which would have been possible without Abraham, for God prophesied that he would bear this legacy. People still talk about it today. I doubt any of us can be fathers of many nations today, though, since we’re in the end times season, and the coin shortage deception is deepening in this nation and eventually the rest of the would become cashless in the future. Still, I think I’ll talk to my Awaken pastor, Tim, about this, and pray that I get accepted into YWAM before it’s too late, if God wills. This passage is found in page 31 of my NKJV Bible, page 39 of my NASB Bible, pages 67-68 of my VOICE copy, and page 65 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. (Note: the pages of the latter two versions don’t fuse together anymore, so you’ll see me with individual citations of each one from here.)

I don’t want to mention anything related to death today (or literally ever), but have you been bestowed a revolutionary blessing from a passing relative before? I’ve never been a recipient of such a thing, even from someone who wasn’t going to pass away anytime soon. I find it saddening when someone leaves the world, though, even if they love Jesus ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ I wish I could pray they make it to the Rapture enough so they don’t face the agony of death… I know I’m not looking forward to leaving this world if it means I don’t get taken into the sky without experiencing death (see 1 Thessalonians 4:17). Why did Adam and Eve bite the fruit in the third chapter of this book? They should’ve known the horror that followed… and I don’t think I’m exaggerating here… but at least Jesus came to reverse the pain of death (see Isaiah 25:8, also 1 Corinthians 15:54). I’ll mention more of this in my next note when I write about Jacob’s obituary, so stay tuned. In the meantime, do you need prayer for anything? If you wish to write me something, you can do so on ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read the e-mails, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls, if I find anything good. Also, can you pray I’m actually on top of this website in terms of writing stuff on here constantly? I’m just busy at work, and most days, I’m still scared of posting anything spiritual online, for I know that hostility against the Holy Spirit is quite high in the U.S. I don’t want to shy away from it, but I feel it necessary to not say anything to anyone most of the time still. I pray I’m doing ok enough to write again on here soon, for I don’t want to report any drama that might happen.

Six More Sons To Bless โ€” I Had A Hard Time Trying To Start This Post on Genesis 49:13-21… Weird, Huh? (08/11/2020)

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 โ€” 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 โ€” 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 ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿ˜‡โœ=๐Ÿ’– 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 ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’…๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘ฏโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’ฏ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ‘‘ 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 ๐Ÿฌ (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…) โ€” 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” ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿœ๐Ÿฅต 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 ๐Ÿ›ต๐Ÿ–๐ŸŒ…๐ŸŒŠโ›ฑ๐Ÿ˜Œ๐Ÿ˜‡

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 ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ 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 ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ 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!

Still I Will Praise You… (Genesis 49:8-12) [07/29/2020]

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 โ€” 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) โ€” 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 ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ 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?) โ€” 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 ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ˜ญ 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 ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ 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 โ€” 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!