Ron And His Stories

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.

Weird how the Egyptian pharaoh that ruled some time after Joseph’s death thought the Israelites would overpower them because they didn’t assimilate into the culture. I think that’s how the world reacts when they notice we don’t take part in like any worldly things of any kind, but there aren’t many people like me who do this. I can tell you that there’s enough bars in the world to fill up like 6 billion people out of almost 8 billion currently in the world… but that’s just me. Still, I believe there’s a lot of harmful stuff in each of them, and even if someone were to take an entire bar to church (which doesn’t happen much, but I’ve seen it in a Bethel movie once), much of the time, you won’t get many people blessed or anything… but I don’t like the bans of alcohol in Islamic countries. Ok, sorry, I went off-topic, but this chapter is found in page 32 of my NKJV Bible, page 41 of my NASB Bible, page 71 of my VOICE copy, and page 69 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

This time, I’ll purposely go off-topic in that I’m finding it difficult to keep believing many things I’ve learned over the last several years or so, for I’m not finding much support or agreement in like any of them, for I know I won’t be able to bless most of the people at work with anything spiritual I might say because they would somehow get offended at the fact I don’t believe God condones division. It doesn’t even have to be politics someone might be upset about, for literally ANYTHING can be a heated issue for no reason, including if someone wants coffee or decaf. Or it could be a glass of water with an order of chicken strips. But the Israelites forgot God during their time in Egypt, so that’s why they had the idolatry which even the best of men struggled against in the 8th century B.C. — I found this on something online; I don’t even know if it was an article, but someone’s neglect must’ve made it difficult to have Jacob’s grandchildren and their descendants to know God over the centuries. But Jesus isn’t far from any of us, just as Paul said in Acts 17:27. The funny thing about this is, though, someone who claims to be Christian can say the New Testament is corrupt like a third world nation’s government always is. I pray for freedom in places like Pakistan, by the way… but unfortunately, many people who claim to be Christian but not Mormon or something would say this, too. Bizarre, huh? But that’s nothing new to me… just thought I’d say it in case you’ve never seen it before. But anyway, I guess that person’s neglect eventually caused the Egyptian pharaoh to think of the Israelites as repulsive because they somehow didn’t make it clear to him that they were meant to bless the earth, like it says in Genesis 12:3. I don’t understand… he must’ve followed Satan. But at least the time was approaching for Moses’ birth and eventually their divine rescue 80 years later 😌😌😌😇😇😇😇😇 — I’m like, “Thank God!”

Many people believe that Moses only brought severity for others, since his name is associated with the severity of God, but in God’s heart all along was good things for everyone and no evilness, for He cannot be tempted by evil, and never tempts anyone, ever (James 1:13). I don’t know why the Israelites of his generation complained so much against him, but the same is true for an overwhelmingly high amount of people from the U.S. and many similar countries that were born in the generation following World War II. But again, I can’t understand why this happened; it must’ve had something to do with the fact that I heard about the prosperity gospel heresy gaining so much momentum quite rapidly shortly after the war ended. But why was the prosperity gospel preached at that time in the first place? My only guess is that Satan led the whole country into false hope. That’s why the consumer mentality started in like the 50s, and nowadays, we have barely any zest in even the best businesses. I don’t want to be caught up in this problem… I thank God for my job at Fry’s, but I want to be on full-time ministry one day 😭😭😭 oh, well… I think this’ll do for now. I pray for even tighter character development in the meantime… but I don’t expect anything to be restored, such as flights between faraway countries 🌎🛫🌏 —the leaders all over the world ignored the coronavirus problem and now we’re stuck with it for probably the rest of our lives 💔💔💔💔💔 it’s great that people all over the world can receive Jesus in any circumstance, but where are the gospel preachers? (See Romans 10:15.) But please don’t believe Satan’s won… for evil has a beginning, but God doesn’t.

I’ll see you in chapter 2, for I have nothing else to say about this chapter — I think it’s just a transitional chapter explaining how Israel became in need of rescue. But that’s where God kicks in, literally every single time. Ok, I’m done tonight… see ya!

This section of Exodus, found in pages 32-40 of my NKJV Bible, pages 41-52 of my NASB Bible, pages 71-90 of my VOICE copy, and pages 69-86 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy, tells of the famous escape from Egypt that Moses led. I’ll let you share any similar experience you may have had or how it’s affected you in the comments, but I thought I’d note that the midwives of the Hebrews, or at least, Moses’ parents — they were not afraid of the Pharaoh’s defiant command, as the author of Hebrews writes about (Hebrews 11:23). I think it may have been Apollos who wrote that letter (Timothy is mentioned near the end, for they knew Paul), but whatever.

I went to Awaken tonight, and Tim preached about rewards every Christian will have in the Bema Seat (see 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 for how this works), and he mentioned that the Holy Spirit said our work done in Him is not wasted. Thank God I’ll be handsomely rewarded when I get through a third election standing firm in Jesus by not voting the wrong guy in. And in this case, it’s literally everyone on the ballot, like always. Too bad I’ll likely get flack if someone notices, though… I pray that this kind of obedience isn’t overlooked by too many people here on Earth, either, just as the Israelites were brave enough to keep a lot of their boys alive. Thank God I wasn’t born in that time, for I would’ve been dead! I believe God put me here in this time for a reason, but I don’t know what else He wants me to do besides avoid politics altogether, for many people are hostile to Him, and yes, I need to wrestle against the demonic pressure to disobey God. I might lose a lot, but the good news is, persecution doesn’t mean that your dreams cannot happen. There’s this teaching going around that all Christians face is persecution, and that’s certainly not true; take a look at Acts 18:9-11 when Paul was in Corinth! They also say that when persecution happens, you can’t pursue any dreams anymore. That’s not true, either. Satan would tell you to dismiss the Holy Spirit’s words here, but those who do this will not be forgiven by Him. I’m like, “Wake up, Church…” I’m serious. The practical atheism of this world is always imposed by too many rebellious people, especially if they’re conservative in something, for being conservative is wildly different than being radical. It’s especially true in Christianity.

Well, I’ll leave you with this: please don’t discount something different the Holy Spirit might be saying to you… at least, not too quickly.

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” — 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 😳🚨🛑 — 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! ✡☮✝

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

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 — 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…

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 — 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 — they were born to Mashir, who had been born to Manasseh — 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 😓😧😰 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!