Ron And His Stories

I can’t help but think we’re in danger, for I found out via theatlantic.com last Thursday through a Facebook friend that the Brazilian president is trying to make the fire grow so that the forest is gone 😨😱😰😬😭😭😭 it accounts for tons of oxygen that we’ve got in our atmosphere, and if more trees burn down, we might have some unfixable problems by any human means. My friend, Jamison (he went to Awaken until last spring several months ago; he’s turning 30 next month) called the Amazon rainforest “the world’s lungs.” And I don’t blame him! People don’t believe me, but they either don’t know or are too shocked… or both. But I haven’t told many this… and when I was reading the verses for this post (which are found in page 9 of my NKJV Bible, page 12 of my NASB Bible, page 20 of my VOICE copy, and pages 20-21 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy, by the way), I couldn’t help but think of that. For Jesus had contemplated hiding from Abraham the terrifying end of Sodom (verses 17-19) and He let Abraham hear what He was planning to actually go there and see what’s happening (verses 20-21). The “bargain” takes place in verses 23-33, but I put that word on quotation marks because God doesn’t bargain, for He needs nothing from others. Instead, He wanted all to be saved (1 Timothy 2:4), and still does. He never changes (Hebrews 13:8)! Besides, I’m not covering that now…

We also see what some people in Sodom are trying to do to some angels conversing with Lot and his family, but that’s in chapter 19; I won’t cover that one today, either. But another huge reason (and what I think is the main root of the problem) was that Sodom and her neighbours had tons of good but didn’t aid the poor or neglected (Ezekiel 16:49). I wonder how Israel had heard that many years later… nearly 1,400 years had passed between Sodom’s end and Ezekiel’s ministry (spanning from 593-573 B.C.) — but they must’ve behaved the same way that Sodom had done, I don’t know. But many nations behave in ways like this, particularly empires that claim they’re the hope of the world or something. You have to be pretty conceited to believe this, and if you’re not offended by such godless systems, something’s wrong here. True, not everyone knows about that, but I think many multitudes here in the U.S. and in many other parts of the world had their chance. Yet I pray revival in every tribe and nation 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼👐🏼🤲🏼⛪ also, it may seem ironic that I put a church emoji here, but I believe Jesus is the head of the church still, but only the churches that are approved by Him. Regardless, I wish the churches had been more righteous. Speaking of which, hopefully Sarah and I (and maybe some friends and family members) can start some house churches in the area or across the world, if God wills. I believe He’s called me to make many disciples of Jesus across the earth, much of that being in communities. But hopefully no one needs a church building to believe that it’s a Christian community, for where two or three are gathered in Jesus’ Name, there He is in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20). Also, for some reason, the NKJV Bible I have doesn’t make His words red there like all the others. Nevertheless, I can’t investigate now 🔎🙅🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

An interesting note: when I discovered that the Brazilian president was trying to grow the fire, Jamison found it shocking, and I believe the Holy Spirit spoke to me as I was telling Sarah that the same day, saying that politicians (not just the U.S. leadership) all over the world are trying to help the antichrist rebrand the whole world in his image, and that this is prophesied in Scriptures such as Daniel 11:33-39 and 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8, but I think the antichrist will be Jewish (don’t worry, it’s not Bernie Sanders — the man of sin hasn’t been revealed yet — but I don’t think any politician is Christian in the U.S., so I’m not expecting much of anything, but I can at least pray for some salvations 😎😎😎😎😎 — it’s not as though people should get into leadership to served or anything, and I haven’t seen any hypocrisy from him yet, but I don’t want to endorse anyone, as if I should show exclusive allegiance to them). We don’t know who he is, but I did find out that Cyrus was racially tolerant and accepting of freedom of religion — two things that the president of today has never been completely interested in. I pray for my family and I (and Sarah, Josh, Abby, and their families, of course) that we’re all safe in these trying times… and that I’m not sleeping or extinct in faith or something. For it’s hard for me to be bold in Jesus if I can’t find enjoyment in anything.

Got any prayer requests? Drop them in my email: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read them all and write them down and then post them in my bedroom walls! Anyway, have a safe Labor Day tomorrow (U.S. and Canada)!

Hi, friends! This might seem a little unusual, but as I said on my last post, you can go to this website by clicking the link of my Instagram bio! I wasn’t feeling too sure of it yet, but I decided that though I didn’t want to put it there when I was writing on Genesis 15 earlier this summer, it probably would’ve been too long of a wait if I had decided to leave it out until I was done with Abraham’s story on Genesis 25. So I feel like chapter 18 really works. I’m not doing the rest of the chapter yet, but I feel like (probably by the Holy Spirit’s prompting) that because I didn’t get any hateful replied to my post on both chapters 18-19 as a whole (for no one I knew to be hostile to Christ could see it because I hadn’t encountered any opposition), and also I had mentioned it at work to a cashier last week, now’s the right time to put my content on social media, at least for one site. I’ve shared it with some friends on Facebook Messenger in the past, but none of them were public messages, so that doesn’t count. Still, it’s nice to expand a bit, don’t you think?

Also, I’m hoping still others read my content and enjoy what I’ve said and believe Christ is speaking through me throughout the entire thing. Obviously, though, I don’t have everything perfect, but I can at least pray that Christ continues to speak through me here, as He just said not to delete this website, of course — He wants all people to know Him and the truths He preaches (1 Timothy 2:4). I don’t know when I’ll expand some more, but I think I’m having fewer moments of being afraid of any publicity, so I thank God for that 😌😌😌😌😌 I’m like, “What a relief.” Anyways, you can submit any prayer requests to my e-mail, ron.outland4727@gmail.com 😊 and I’ll see you in the rest of chapter 18, at least after midnight tonight.

I know, I know, no one is born in Heaven, but two of them were actually angels, and the third one was Christ! (I forgot to mention this in my note of Genesis 16, but you can see the footnote of verse 7 in the Amplified Bible: Classic Edition version, which I should say where this passage is found (and in the other three versions I’m using) — the passage is found in page 9 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 11-12 of the NASB Bible I’m using (Old Testament section), pages 19-20 of my VOICE copy, and page 20 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.) I’m just going to say it now: Jesus is addressed as the Angel of the Lord (though not explicitly) in verse 22. I’m not going there today, but I at least want to mention Him here.

I’ve already mentioned on the previous note that someone might be an angel or even Jesus in disguise, so we shouldn’t ignore them, especially when they’re destitute of everything. I know I won’t ignore my homeless friend, Kevin, for he’s been in and out of the streets for 11 years, now. Please pray that he can get the job to get him out of homelessness soon, because he might lose hope if he doesn’t get that one. Besides, it says in Hebrews 13:2 to show hospitality to strangers because we might be unwittingly entertaining angels. The Newsboys band wrote a song about something like this a long time ago. I don’t think I can find a good enough search for it on YouTube, but I believe you can find it on Spotify… I just tried it as I was writing this as there’s some results for it 😊🎼🎶🎸🎹 — anyway, it’s pretty cool how angels can pretend to be human beings! Someone in early 2017 actually asked me more than once if I was an angel! But obviously, no, for I’m not good at staying away from sins much of the time, even when I press into the Holy Spirit. But it doesn’t matter because we don’t need to become angels, thank God! I believe human beings are lovely and fantastic as they are.

When they were done, Sarah laughed but then feared the three men were no ordinary guests. I know I wouldn’t turn down an offer for someone to live with me if I had some room and enough cash to help them, even if only for a few nights and days.. Too bad I can’t really do that with the fact that money’s always tight, though… I wish I could pull off some hospitality to others as my friends have done for me in the past. Romans 12:13 says to give yourself to hospitality, right? If any authority figures don’t like it… too bad. Not to diss them, of course, but something’s gotta change because there’s not enough testimonies of homeless people escaping the ditches of utter destitution and actually thriving because God had pulled them out of it. I hate that expectation keeps you away from the good, too… you know? But I can always let my niece live with me if she needs to ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💗💝 and if anyone in my community is opposing this, they’re going to Hell, for they are knowingly attacking God. Someone could be an angel, and I won’t risk anyone’s eternal ruin!

If you have any prayer requests, drop them in my e-mail, ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I just checked and no one’s said anything, but I think it’s just because I haven’t put my URL anywhere yet. So I guess I’ll do that with Instagram soon because I don’t want to put it on Facebook… too many toxic things there. But I’ll see you in the next post!

While God had a good reason of eliminating Sodom and Gomorrah, we should remember that it’s never anyone who deserves to know Him that is eliminated by Him — God doesn’t even hate those who reject Him! Yet, as Moses said several hundred years later in Deuteronomy (I forget which chapters and verses), God was angry with everyone there (though Lot had escaped), and though He’s not enraged at anyone now, the truth is… sometimes you notice someone who’s behaved rather unkindly to others and taken delight in their demise, so they don’t have a good ending. I really wish I could avoid such people, but the truth is, they’re everywhere 😭😭😭 and many of them know to quite an extent about the words of Jesus, but they hate Him for saying these things. And I know people who have hated me for telling them the truth that Christ doesn’t delight in politics. Some of them were close friends, and I’m sure I know people like this today who have gained my trust in the past, but I don’t know who it could be… I wish I could share the gospel with anyone I see, but people’s love for politics and their efforts to tell me stuff that doesn’t work as well as Jesus’ teachings do are getting in the way of that. For there’s never any forgiveness in that, even when the belief about something is good. Oh, I should mention that these two chapters are found in pages 9-10 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 11-13 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this project, pages 19-23 of my VOICE copy, and pages 18-23 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I really don’t want to say anything else about this, yet because these chapters are now in today’s Bible canon that Jesus had willed for everyone to read (for these instructions, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 10:11, are for all of us, for whom the end of the ages have come), we should talk about this sooner or later… I don’t think everyone has the opportunity in life because sometimes you hear of one cut short by some tragic accident. Still, I’ve been around for 28 years, so I think I can mention this at least once, but contrary to popular opinion, Sodom and Gomorrah didn’t get destroyed because of homosexuality… you don’t really see any episodes of that except for one in chapter 19, and unfortunately that one was attempted gang rape on angels! That deeply pisses me off, and I don’t want to hear of ANY such cases again, male or female. Have you known someone who’s been raped before? I have known some people who endured this, and I don’t want to find that someone else has suffered like this… It’s bad enough that someone I know has been raped by someone she had trusted in late 2016 (I won’t put on here who’s done what or what her name is), but if this becomes more popular or even legal, I won’t be happy about any of it, particularly for Sarah’s and Bee’s sake, for I don’t want anyone else hurt, particularly those close to me. I haven’t seen Bee in weeks, but I can hopefully make it to her swim class on the 30th, for I had requested that day off for that purpose.

Anyway, I realized that the three men in the first half of chapter 18 are angels as I was reading it, and I think Sarah respected and honored them as Abraham had done. Then he pleaded with God about Sodom, to not obliterate it (by the way, look at Ezekiel 16:49-50 to see Sodom’s real guilt — I can’t stress this enough, for the idea that homosexuality is offensive to God and thus enrages Him is stupid, for God’s not even remotely offended at this) — sadly, none but Lot deserved to know Him, so he tried to get his family out, but his sons-in-law believed him to be joking, and they perished, for they ignored the Holy Spirit’s instructions, and God won’t forgive anyone who does that. Plus, Lot’s wife looked back and became a pillar of salt (Genesis 19:26, also Luke 17:32) — I don’t want to do this, for those who look back aren’t fit for Christ’s kingdom (Luke 9:62). Thank God Lot still made it out, but weirdly enough, his own daughters got him drunk and fornicated with him, since their spouses died… that’s how Moab and Ammon later were founded, because they had each borne a son to him out of incest, so they didn’t get along with Jacob’s descendants very well — it’s not worth it. I’m grateful my brother and his family actually want to listen to me, as I would’ve listened to my mom had she actually been sincere with me in the first place. Think I’m making this up? Well, check again, guys… if my niece’s parents reject Christ, too, Bee and I won’t be able to stop them from their incessant wrongdoing, just as I couldn’t stop my mom from doing anything she wanted, no matter how much I more or less hated it. I want to lead my niece to Christ before someone else gets to her first. I’m just grateful that Christ appeared to me in a vision in 2009 so I’d become His forever. His teachings are a lot more liberating and perhaps more profitable than the others’ ways of life are (though I’m not seeking anything above Him) and more fun!

I’ll go on more further into chapter 18 before I explore the city of Sodom throughout the Scriptures… I guess it’s a good thing I was born almost four thousand years after it was gone (there’s still no trace of it today because of the fire and brimstone) — I wouldn’t do well with it. Yet the U.S. is a lot like Sodom today, but I won’t mention anything about it now. Instead, I’d like to ask (because we’re at the end of this note): do you have any prayer requests? Send them to my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll write them down once I read them and tape them to the walls in my bedroom. If I do find that there’s a lot of them, I’ll probably buy some large post-it notes or something, but it might be better to use paper and tape. Also, if you’re following me on here, and you’re writing posts like I am, you’ll notice a number after the URL you’ve made, as I notice one after mine. I like to think of the one that’s appearing here as the Deer Valley Road route… if Valley Metro here in Arizona creates it. I think it’d be brilliant, at least from 35th Avenue to around Tatum Boulevard, beyond the 101 freeway in north Phoenix. My family lives not very far from that road, and I think it’s really awesome! I had always loved the northern Phoenix area, especially in the rural portions, but even when you go beyond Deer Valley Road, it’s not so rural anymore… still, I’d love to buy a house in Carefree or something close to the forest, and maybe rent it out, if I could afford the place and work with others who want a safe place to live. Nevertheless, I’ll see you in the next few posts when we explore more of chapter 18!

I just reread chapter nine of Brian Houston’s There Is More book, and noticed verse one of this chapter in it. And it’s in the first Amplified Bible version that the author had pulled it from! (Speaking of which, this chapter is in pages 8-9 of the NKJV Bible I received as a gift once (this is the same Bible I use for that translation; I didn’t switch to a bigger one, likewise for any of the others), page 11 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 18-19 of my VOICE copy, and pages 19-20 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.) The verse was quoted in page 130 in that book, on the bottom, actually.

I hope to remain blameless before Christ, which I’m sure He’ll continue to do for me, but I’ve seen people try to ruin the dreams God had spoken for me, even after some friends had declared me a prophet to the nations! (Disclaimer: I do not believe you should set yourself up to be someone like this; it depends on Christ’s call. But you don’t need to be one to be prophetic. Besides, it’s just one part of Christ’s invisible Church that He’s got.) Whatever Christ calls me to do, I’m going after it with everything I’ve got! It’s really hard to do that (not to mention frustrating) when I see anti-Christian oppositions such as blaming one’s own sons or daughters for any reason, a rude cashier fueling the fires of godless anger, worship of politics, and sometimes un-Christian products I don’t touch, just to name a few. I’ve written before how the whole country has delighted in anger since before its inception. Well, Calvinism (a belief in things such as double predestination, limited atonement, and perseverance of the saints, all of which are thoroughly false yet embody Christ’s truth and godliness, even quoting numerous Scriptures to try to back them all up) is actually a big reason the U.S. now exists! I don’t know how many others may have had a similar conception (I speak in terms of making new countries), but one thing I know is sure: Christ and His teachings have never been popular. I hope people read this, for I want other people who may or may not live in the U.S. to become Christian as well. For Jesus has never not wanted people to be saved. And I’m just going to warn you right now: the circumcision thing — that was more often than not done religiously after God had said the things recorded in this chapter of the Bible. For Stephen says in Acts 7:51-53, ” You stubborn, stiff-necked people! Sure, you are physically Jews, but you are no different from outsiders in your hearts and ears! You are just like your ancestors, constantly fighting against the Holy Spirit. Didn’t your ancestors persecute the prophets? First, they killed those prophets who predicted the coming of the Just One; and now, you have betrayed and murdered the Just One Himself! Yes, you received the law as given by heavenly messengers, but you haven’t kept the law which you received” (VOICE). Stephen was recounting Israel’s history from Abraham to David and Solomon and notes God’s statement in Isaiah 66:1-2. As the note that is printed between this and verse 51 says, such a strong message strikes a nerve, and Stephen becomes the first martyr of the Church because of it. Thank God he said as he was dying just moments later, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” (Acts 7:60, NASB) I think we’re past the point of no return, seeing that tension between the believers and the hypocrites who go to churches such as Cornerstone (not bashing any persons, but there’s too many fakes in these places). Six years ago, I mentioned the Calvinism problem in my Tumblr post, before I no longer posted anything on it. And, well… just read it. Many things have happened since then, of which I can’t go into detail tonight. But right-wing ideas have since gained more power, and I think we’re ruined as a result. I don’t want to have a fatalistic mindset, though. I’ll explain why…

Jesus is coming to take His people into the heavens who are still alive, fulfilling the Rapture prophecy (1 Thessalonians 4:17). Hopefully, I’m one of those people who experience this opportunity. Yet from the popularity of this teaching in the 1970s throughout the Church came much hatred against Christ, thinking, “This world is going to Hell. If we don’t promote the truth like crazy, Jesus won’t come back!” But this was the attitude of the Pharisees when they were alive in Jesus’ time, for they expected political power to triumph over the Romans. It’s no different in the world among churchgoers today, for not only are gunmen worshipping the president and promoting God’s Name in what seems like endless hatred as if He encouraged it… people are dragging down those whom Jesus came to heal, such as the asylum seekers fleeing violence in Central America, the transgender and homosexual people, the impoverished in any part of the world, those who want a future (whether they can afford college or not), enslaved men, women, and children, the suicidal, those who harm themselves, the homeless (I’ve been homeless twice myself in the span of five years, and both stints were before my 27th birthday less than two years ago), the rape victims (and others afflicted by sexual abuse and violence) — I could go on. It’s not as though God put Abraham in Canaan for nothing, though. For Jesus was born from him about two thousand years after this occurred, and He lived a perfect life, forgiving everyone in the end by His sacrifice, and rising again so we could live. Too bad many grotesque things happened in between those two lifetimes, and people still follow after these evil deeds, with many by now knowing the truth of Christ’s love for them and others bot not believing it by being unmerciful and unforgiving — you can turn to James 2:13 for what happens to those who hate mercy. It does say that mercy triumphs over judgment, though, thank God! 😁😁😁😁😁

Just a sidenote (this doesn’t have much to do with the post), Ishmael’s 12 sons fathered the Bedouin tribes now in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where Islam was later founded in 622 A.D. by Mohammed the “prophet” — he was said to be the last of Abraham’s offspring, but I think Abraham still has many descendants today, even those who don’t have Sarah as a matriarch (read Genesis 25:1-6 for Abraham’s other wife (and their descendants) after Sarah’s death). Mohammed did many reprobate deeds anyway, so that alone should tell you Islam is no good (he had founded the Islamic religion and had written the Quran, teaching nonstop hate — thank God many people in the Middle East hate a lot of what’s in it!) Also, Muslim tradition tells you that Abraham built the “kabah” (Arabic for “cube”) — that wasn’t built by him, I don’t think. It’s not like Abraham would establish anything violent… you know? Didn’t Jesus say that Abraham didn’t behave like the Pharisees did during His time? (See John 8:40.) Still, I pray for many people in the Middle East to become Christian; hopefully someone can translate this in Arabic, including the statement that Jesus loves everyone. The Internet is a huge platform with too many possibilities, numbering in trillions upon trillions (and counting) of informational things and hilarious clips, not to mention entertaining videos of Nintendo games such as the Mario Kart series and Super Monkey Ball 2. But I’m sure you know there’s inappropriate content across the websites, so watch out for any demonic influences and idolatry and sexual innuendo. Still, someone’s gotta know Arabic and English fluently; there’s nearly eight billion people in this world, you know. I pray people in Iran become Christian, too… I had a dream once that I was in Iraq and I was trying to share the Gospel with someone and authorities found out… it wasn’t very pretty, but thankfully, the dream ended there.

Also, Abraham was doubting that God would give him and Sarah a child, for they were well advanced in years, but still they were holding out for Him to bring Issac into the world. I think we can all behave like this sometimes. But just to be clear: I do not believe in the prosperity gospel message, for they say it always happens to believers in Christ and the Bible tells us otherwise. The prosperity message is embedded in American culture, too. I think it’s Calvinistic as well; it’s really weird. Unfortunately, people get offended by things like this, and that can silence even a strong speaker. I’ve been told I was offensive by the spiritual gifts I was trying to speak about, not to mention the truth about Christ’s love for everyone, and that none is left out of His sacrifice on the cross — little did I know that offense was a powerful weapon, for I was put in a mental hospital for no good reason. and many bad things followed after I was released. Those were dark days, guys. I still get flashbacks. I’m grateful to live with two friends who love me like brothers, but even though a year had passed before I got calls about paying back debts last summer (it’s now mid-August), it’s not enough; I thought I could pay them back later… I guess our country’s leadership has always been greedy for cash. My student loan debt has actually increased even with my rehabilitation program for it finished. Thank God the company I’m working with isn’t backed by any political power, though.

Anyway, it’s almost midnight and I have work in less than ten hours, so do you want to give me any prayer requests? Drop them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one and write them all down on my bedroom walls! (I still haven’t gotten any, though, but maybe I just don’t write on here much.) Anyway, I really need to go, so I’ll see you in the Sodom and Gomorrah chapters… oh, God, this’ll be a wild ride 😨😰😱

I’ve looked at this chapter before as to how I would have met a woman I wanted to marry a few years ago, but long story short, she’s had a few boyfriends by now (she’s still with the third man she’s dated), so I’m not really sure what’s going to unfold. She was pretty happy that I wanted to marry her when I typed something on a Facebook post, so I said, “I’m the happiest man in the world!” But we still haven’t met, and obviously, she’s not single again, so I’m hoping for anything from Christ in the future. But the marriage thing isn’t why I’m writing this down. In fact, I don’t even wish to think about it right now. Besides, I want to get closer with Jesus. And this chapter is found in page 8 of my NKJV Bible, pages 10-11 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 17-18 of my VOICE copy, and pages 18-19 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

This chapter is how I found out that sexual immoralities we could pull off sometimes don’t mean the one doing it is an unbeliever. Not that I want to do that, of course 😅 I just wish we did better with our bodies. But anyway, ten years went by after God had promised Abraham countless descendants, both of Israel and of Christ (Genesis 15:5, also Galatians 3:6-9) Despite that, he stood firm in the promise, but he was becoming uncertain it would happen… I think that’s why he was having sex with Hagar, the Egyptian servant girl he had. (It’s important to note that slavery was everywhere, but Abraham didn’t believe in that or condone it. I know I don’t.) Even with Hagar being pregnant, she got conceited and Sarai (Abraham’s wife) got mad and clamped down on her super-hard (talk about a cat-fight between two women in envy of each other; that’s not right, for 1 Corinthians 13:4 says love is not jealous, so neither were godly women; see 1 John 3:15 (for jealousy is hateful)) — all this began to make entire nations wrestling with Israel for generations, even to this day. Ishmael was simply the first of Abraham’s descendants to turn on his family, for we see across the Bible that they wanted to take many opportunities to humiliate them, but not all of them did, I don’t think. Too bad that Ishmael eventually had a descendant that founded the Islamic religion in 622 A.D. It’s pretty violent, if you ask me. But more of that later, probably in the next post. I do pray for all of them to become Christians, though, the descendants living today (they went to the land now called Saudi Arabia).

Also, before I began writing this post, I started thinking of the Sanctus Real song written nearly 15 years ago called “I’m Not Alright” — they’ve released an album with that song on it; you can watch a video among many online. They’ve released several albums, but they’re no longer making music today. I don’t remember why… but anyway, it got me thinking: did I not go anywhere because I was convinced that God wouldn’t move in my life again if I did, or if I didn’t? (I’m speaking of when I had moved into my mom’s house again five years ago, but I’ve since moved out; hopefully I never live with a parent or sibling again.) And if that were the case, why did I endure so much because of it? I miss when I could be openly confident in proclaiming Christ’s Name because I knew little to no abuse would happen by others. Maybe I couldn’t really do it because the sinister reality of extremist religion was unfolding, and now, five years later, I might be canned if I said anything spiritual, so that Christ might be put to death in the U.S. and in many parts of the world this time. (Disclaimer: I’m simply using an expression; I don’t believe Christ can die again (see Romans 6:9), but I am saying that there’d be no more believers left in the U.S. anymore, and likewise many parts of the world; we’d be in trouble if that happened, and knowing how successful evil can be, I pretty much have no chance in getting a fourth person saved at this point even though I pray my niece would become Christian.) Indeed, maybe I’m stuck not being able to say anything in or out of work because God knows that the reality that Amos 5:13 briefly summarizes can sometimes happen. I’m praying that one day the “Christian” terrorism is gone, but I can’t expect all of us to survive the onslaught of the ridiculous crusader mentality. For it’s not “convert or die,” it’s instead showing mercy to everyone. I think that’s where people think Christ is useless, which is a stupid assumption in my opinion. It is true that we can honor the past without looking backward, though. Too bad that the face of Christianity is not being recognized as Jesus; instead, the expression that calls itself godly is looking a lot like radical Islam. I fear that Jesus will never be recognized as the Centrepiece anymore, not now, not 20 years from now when my niece turns 21 (she turned a year and a half today; congratulations!) — not ever. If He doesn’t take His people up into the heavens soon, He’s not God. Remember the El Paso shooting that happen a week and a half ago, and another incident that was also occurring in Dayton, Ohio? They (and numerous other incidents like this that have happened in fairly recent times) all have one thing in common: worship of right-wing politics! We could be next on their hit list!

But even so, I really have enjoyed what Christ has done since 2014, even though several years have gone by since I last heard anything from Him about going to the Pacific/Asia area to get many people saved there, except maybe the billion-soul harvest in which a billion (or more) will be saved like simultaneously. Thank God nothing can stop this from happening, though 😇😇😇 I do wish the culture and the church weren’t working together (in some circles, at least) to eliminate every last godly man, woman, and child who didn’t submit to the extremism I talked about earlier, though. It reminds me of the 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16 passage, actually. They follow the Pharisees in killing everyone who had even the slightest trace of wonder or curiosity, just as they had sentenced Him to death and later spread a deceptive rumor about faking His resurrection. It’s not as though Jesus didn’t rise again, for death couldn’t hold Him (Acts 2:24). And many people who might read this post would hate and thus reject Him and become more conceited than Hagar, even though they know all this! On the contrary, they (like the Babylonian king/regent Belshazzar in Daniel 5) have exalted themselves against God in heaven! Thus He will announce that they won’t make it to New Jerusalem. I don’t address anyone in particular; I just wish no one else would be killed because of Voldemort recruiting people to take over the world lest Christ actually gets a permanent death this time.

I hope you’re not discouraged by anything I’m saying today; I just wish I could get more people loving Christ and others as I do. I might actually hesitate on sharing this… but if you do read this, what are your prayers for today? Leave one in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one and write them down, then stick them to my bedroom walls so I remember them! I’ll see you in the next chapter (the next few are quite diverse, but Isaac isn’t born until chapter 21). Ciao!

Here, we see God giving Abraham and his descendants (and their spouses, I guess) some lands we now know as Israel, which is interesting, but if you’ve read some of the other Old Testament books before, you’re probably wondering, “If God’s so good, why did He send the children of Abraham to kill everyone in the land?” First, I’m like, “What? That’s kind of a weird question,” and second, I don’t think God wanted any peoples eliminated. Besides, if Jesus later says that the Gospel will be preached to all peoples first, and only then the end will come (Matthew 24:14), doesn’t that mean if any people group has been eliminated before, there’s at least a disciple of Christ in each of them by now? But even so, genocide is NEVER God’s heart or will. Indeed, this passage is found in page 8 of my NKJV Bible, page 10 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 17 of my VOICE copy, and pages 17-18 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I should also mention that in those days (and for a very long time after that), the tribes fought each other constantly. I’ll say this repeatedly throughout my notes in case you don’t forget 😊 — I believe it’s no human right to eliminate any people group for any reason. Remember that Revelation 11:18 warns that God will destroy those who destroy the earth… and people are artistic because God made each one, including the homosexuals. Indeed, to be “cheesy,” earth without art is just “eh” 😂😂😂 it’s not worth it for any other people group to be destroyed. I’ve read about the Edomites (some of Abraham’s descendants through Jacob’s twin, Esau, both of whom are two of his grandchildren through Issac, his son of the promise (spoiler alert!)) having no future, but I think Jesus meant salvation for them, too, even with Obadiah’s strong words throughout his 21-verse book (it appears right before Jonah). It’s a real shame that many people believe that they should exclude others for the sake of being godly. This was never in Jesus’ heart. Didn’t He keep running off to the despised people of His day? We should do the same thing if we’re truly His. Indeed, I’m actually convinced that although most of the nations in the Middle East have behaved quite maniacal and evil in the past (with exceptions, of course), the U.S. has become more evil than this, just as Israel had done with her neighbours in 2 Kings 21. No wonder God called for a removal of the people from that place (2 Kings 21:10-15). I’ve let you know beforehand, so don’t worry. I especially believe this because gun violence is not only worshiped, but embedded into the very fabric of the U.S. itself. Just think of a few things, will you? Sandy Hook (2012), Trayvon Martin (2012), the 2016 police brutalities, and more recently, last weekend’s El Paso shooting… they’ve all got one thing in common, guys: political intimidation! We could be next! [silence] But thank God that people can be saved anyway… although if this continues a while longer, we might not have salvations happen anymore. God will not stand for this.

Have any prayer requests? Drop them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I hope you’re not offended by my words, but this is important. But I’ll read each e-mail you send me, and then write the prayer requests on paper and tape them to my bedroom walls 😁 I’ll see you in the next chapter!

I must be honest, it’s been difficult for me to read many Bible passages without the temptation to enjoy the disgusting things the authors recorded (but didn’t delight in) many centuries ago. I wish I could fight off the demonic influence better! I’m describing this as, to the best of my knowledge, similar to a mixed martial arts match in which I’m outnumbered. Thank God He’s always around to fend off anything that had rebelled against Him under Lucifer’s rebellion (including the devil himself), but I need to find out more of how He does it. It’s true that angels encamp around each believer (Psalm 91:4), yet to discover what exactly anyone’s doing I can’t find out right now, for not only do I want to not be nosy, but also… I don’t enjoy anything that has incensed God in the past, particularly the slave trade Noah’s descendants had (re)established. For Jesus said that His return will happen similar to the flood in terms of a cultural climate (Matthew 24:37), and Revelation 13 tell us that slavery will still be around 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I wish I could end the enslavement across the entire planet! Yet due to these Scriptures, before it’s eliminated, the Tribulation will have already begun (read 2 Thessalonians 2:1-8 for some of the events prior to its beginning and how it will start). I’m just going to warn you right now; you’ll probably see me mention Revelation’s events a lot… I don’t know. But one thing I can say is that while people left and right are getting saved, Satan and his servants are building the Third Temple to usher in the antichrist’s rule so that he can have a religious center to deceive the Jews and others who have seen something biblical in the past, for he’ll declare himself to be God (see Daniel 11:36-39). I’m going to say, though, wouldn’t it be hilarious if I stood in the middle of that temple and I said, “I AM NOT GOD!!” 😂😂😂😂😂 That’d be crazy, don’t you think? But I’d enjoy every minute of this comedic timing 🤣🤣🤣 I’d hate to see anything satanic, though.

Anyway, I won’t say anything else about future events in this post (in the previous one, refer to where this passage is located) — I’m sorry if I’m a little late on when I’m doing this. I’ve just been freaking out about finances (I don’t want to mention any of them here, either), but at least I can get a better position in my Fry’s store 😇😇😇😇😇🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙏🏼👊🏼 (that one was a bro fist #poundit #dudeperfect — I wanted to give you the links to the hashtags on Instagram but decided not to because there’s some inappropriate posts people have made; I’m sorry) — Wow, I went off-topic… but anyway, the judgment that happens from God… that’s actually never happened before, for it’s not the case that any believer gets judged by Him (John 5:29). Indeed, God’s never been interested in punishment before, and He won’t start now. I wish people would mention the fact that Jesus said no one needs to go to Hell for any reason! Didn’t He die for everyone? Are the people who say otherwise really His disciples? But the iniquity I mentioned in the previous post, I think — I believe I’m just repeating the words I wrote because it’s just been two weeks, not that I believe a majority of people who come across this blog don’t want to believe in Christ, maybe I just need to remind myself — it won’t reach its full measure until the events of Joshua happen, several hundred years later, after this episode of Genesis occurs. But unfortunately, people are still trying to fill up the measure of their iniquity today. I don’t want to do this! But 1 Thessalonians 2:16 tells us that God’s wrath will come to them even though it’s no anger issue I imagine someone might say He’s got; it’s not even anger God would have! We see that in Isaiah 54:9-10, this grinds to a halt with Jesus’ death and resurrection until some unknown date in the future (to not scare you, I’ll finish this chapter shortly) — I’ve always believed God would delight in mercy to others… I guess not everyone wants to agree with me on this. For we still have many opposing the billion-soul harvest coming up not only to my generation, but to our children, and our children’s children… and so on. I think Satan’s scared of all of us. I’ve seen many 80s and 90s kids do amazing things, and year after year, they somehow manage to survive for themselves and perhaps even their aging parents who are fed up with them because they’re more compassionate and progressive, like how Jesus is, in fact. And that’s a huge reason why I want to emulate Him in everything. We were born for such a time as this, ladies and gents.

In the meantime, you might be wondering, “Why didn’t God free the Israelites in Egypt sooner? Doesn’t slavery offend Him? If so, why did He wait for hundreds of years?” Those are good questions. But I guess people have learned that iniquity offends God, and so that they can take advantage of Him, they do many good things to conceal their hypocritical character. As a result, we have systems all over the world that Jesus rejects, just as He had rejected the system the Pharisees had set up (see Matthew 23). He was pretty angry with them when He spoke those several woes! Yet He died so we could be free from that. I don’t know why anyone would still commit hypocrisies… shouldn’t they have learned from the Pharisees by this point? But I guess Satan has learned the axiom Jesus had spoken in Luke 12:48: “From everyone who has been given much [privilege], much [responsibilities] will be required, and to whom they are entrusted with much [gifts], of him they will ask all the more” (NASB). Thus he knows he can’t interfere with anyone who loves Christ for too long, Satan hates it, but I’m glad Jesus blocked him out of many places by now! It’s similar to in the Harry Potter series when Voldemort learned that Harry’s mind was good so he could not control it and fled, explaining why Harry’s scar didn’t hurt throughout Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, both in the book and in the movie. But I think Satan has learned a few tricks since then. Have you noticed that there’s another large influx of gun violence and worship of politics in the world? It’s true that another election is coming, but even so, I don’t want to see any of this. I know there’s a highly charged atmosphere already, and ignoring it doesn’t seem to work anymore. If there’s no honest politician who can erase any greed left before next year’s election in early November that year, I’m afraid we’ll have a repeat of the previous one three years ago. Thank God you can simply unplug from this and enjoy Him anywhere, but with so much obsession of biased information, it’s actually pretty hard to do. But if I find it really hard to enjoy Him easily due to lack of strength against the demonic influence politics brings, I’d rather enjoy some Super Mario Maker 2 content online, and perhaps get a Nintendo Switch with a copy of the game (both made by Nintendo) myself, than listen to these. (Just a note: this blog is a hobby I enjoy doing, and I do not intend to promote any businesses unless explicitly mentioned as a recommendation to a friend or any family member, and even then, I do NOT have partnerships with that.)

Have any prayer requests? Drop ’em in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read any that I see and write it down on a piece of paper (or maybe a sticky note or two) and post them on my bedroom wall! It won’t be long before I finish this chapter! (About time, am I right?)

First of all, I’m sorry I waited too long to give this to you, but it’s 11:55 p.m. somewhere in this world, like how it’ll be in Hawaii three hours from now. If you don’t read this before midnight tonight, don’t worry, you can blame me for watching Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) first. (We were going to get Alita: Battle Angel, but the DVD wasn’t released yet, so we rented Shazam! — but then Jonathan wanted to sleep, so I put in that Marvel movie instead of the other ones. I would’ve made a double feature for myself, but I wanted to write this. This was written before midnight on July 18th.)

Anyway, I’m here to give you a pretty important piece of information concerning the history of Israel, as we now see it, nearly 4,000 years later. Abraham has multiple descendants over the next three generations, and ten of them put their brother, Joseph, in the hole, sell him to slavery, and report him dead. (I’m like, “Eck! That’s really reprehensible!”) But over time, the land of Canaan suffers a famine, and Joseph liberates not only himself and his family, but everyone around him! (You can read chapters 37-50 for more details, as I won’t get to them now.) Then an evil king, who, unlike Joseph’s king in his day, enslaves the Hebrews, but then some crazy stuff happens… you can read from there through the end of Judges 16 for some more information (and on how Israel’s leadership system worked before David was born). But as for this passage, it’s found in page 8 of my NKJV Bible, page 10 of my NASB Bible, pages 16-17 of my VOICE copy, and page 17 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Most of these five verses explain Abraham’s family’s future briefly, though I added a few more details in that previous paragraph, but I once watched a video (I think it was by Perry Stone) in late 2012 after I had read this chapter when I was doing my first round of Bible notes (this and chapter one were the only chapters throughout the entire thing in which I never wrote notes for, but I did put one in the beginning, yet removed it later, as it wasn’t chronological) — I really don’t want to say it, but the man explained that based on verse 16 of this chapter, only when iniquity is full, judgment occurs. He had said the four levels were sin (missing the mark, which we all do daily though I want to do what’s right), trespass (sub-consciously going out of bounds when it comes to something we should do), transgression (violating something knowingly), and iniquity (not caring about wanting to do good but only taking pleasure in evil, and without the fear of God) — I really don’t want to say anything else about this, but these days, my heart is in great sorrow and in deep dismay, for right-wing politics is gaining too much ground, and I think those who promote those unforgivable ideas not only want to eliminate the good around them, but all across the world. Revelation 11:18 says that God will destroy those who destroy the earth, and I think that includes wiping off an entire species or ethnicity. Fortunately, though, God’s heart is not judgment. It’s not as though it has occurred yet, but there have been many episodes of retribution from Him in the past, most notably the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C. and the absence of any life for nearly 1,900 years — between the Second Temple’s destruction in A.D. 70 by Titus and the Romans and when Israel was restored in 1948 as a result of the Nazi regime ending just three years before.

But even so, God’s heart has always been restoration, and I don’t want to preach fire and brimstone at all, even though we’re just a few chapters before the controversial Sodom and Gomorrah account. I’m going to warn you right now: it’s not because of homosexuality that those two cities and their neighbors got destroyed. It’s not as though we should freak out about any sexual sins as much as the unholy injustices occurring all over the world (though lust is a pretty scary thing, and as a result, I won’t go to any strip clubs; I hate them so much!)

I’m going to show some people this post over the next 12 days (I won’t do that with anyone I don’t know, but if you are reading this for the first time and don’t know me, that’s ok 😊 but I still am on the fence on making my website public), and hopefully, I get some good reactions. I pray people would respond to this with the reality that good prophesies can undo the bad stuff our nation’s caused for so long. I do believe still that the U.S. is the Babylon of the 21st century, and preaching the gospel anywhere is difficult, not to mention that our country ranks 127th out of 163 nations when it comes to safety and such… you can find this information and the top 10 safest countries as of this year in this video, brought to you by General Knowledge of YouTube. (Sidenote: I found that other videos when I searched for “top 10 safest countries in the world” also have the thumbnail saying that the U.S. is not safe — we need to do better lest anyone create an even more ridiculous and unbiblical reality than the one we already have.) On the plus side, when WatchMojo.com made a top 10 video about what the Europeans consider strange about the U.S., at least that one had honorable mentions; otherwise it would’ve just been a prophetic indictment. I think it’d be pretty fun to explore other cultures firsthand! I just wish I could travel on a bargain…

If you need prayer for anything, please drop a request in ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read the e-mails (if there are any) and write them down and post them on my bedroom walls! And speaking of top 10 lists, I don’t have many ideas, but I can give some good opinions about some Mario games even though I’ve played about 20 of them (though I played Mario Kart 64 and Super Mario World until I was blue in the face). But I still want to honor Christ in everything, including any gameplay on a Nintendo console or something. Anyway, I’ll see you in less than two weeks! Ciao!

You may not know this, but today’s the ten-year anniversary in which I became Christian in 2009. It is also the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 launching for humans to set foot on the moon for the first time. I learned this first by watching Men In Black 3 (then finding out something about the moon landing online — totally real, by the way, I do not discount anything that happened).

I still don’t have any leads on the deli job, though. I wish I could get a transmit message from the store to where I’m at without even having to use the phone to call them, for that just seems super-annoying. But while I write this down, I have to ask: why do people question anything we see that’s real? Where do people get some conspiracy stories from yet get hateful about the people Christ created? Those questions I don’t have clear answers to, but this much I can tell: people know but don’t believe the truth.

I did manage to jump in the pool at my backyard, though. I would’ve gone to a waterpark today, but I wanted to savor the memories Sarah and I had made when we went on June 29th. I pray we are able to spend plenty of time in the Six Flags waterpark in northwestern Phoenix when we can… and also (this came as an afterthought) I would’ve spent a little too much going anywhere today, I think. Not that I didn’t want to spend any time with my niece (I thought there was a swimming class today, but my brother told me otherwise), but I just don’t have any cash. Still, I pray to get some help soon, for I owe too much to pay off for my student loans early next month. I’m working over 20 hours this week, which would be great for savings-wise, but whatever. Indeed, I don’t think I can make the first payment even with the deli job (I owe more than $300). How will my family react to this? I just don’t understand why anyone would get me to college and then screw something up before I even get to start 😓😖😭😭😭 and it’s hard to remember encouragement even from God when I’m stuck with too many payments and not enough hours at work. Pray that I might escape this madness…

If you also have a prayer request, send one (or multiple) in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! If I see any e-mails, I’ll write them down and put them on my bedroom walls! I’ll make two posts about Genesis 15:12-16 in the next two weeks, and the first one will be tomorrow night. See you then!