Ron And His Stories

Hello, guys. Sorry I hadn’t updated sooner, I was going through something… I’ll have to keep it private, and I’d rather have no one ask me. In fact, I don’t get much energy from being around others as much as I used to… I guess I’m a lot more introverted these days. Maybe that’s also why I don’t update much anymore, because I don’t expect others to not feel violated because of me and I can’t seem to try hard enough, in fact, I think I’m terrible at growing in this or in even trying to keep something private, whether it seems necessary or not. I hope I can get some alone time with Jesus here because I don’t think I can do this very good 😔😔😔😔😔 and even if I do succeed, I don’t think anyone’s really happy with me, and I wish I didn’t need to talk with others very much 💔💔💔💔💔 I can’t put this very well in a blog post, either… but this chapter is found in page 51 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 65-66 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this, pages 111-112 of my VOICE copy, and pages 106-108 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I realize from reading this chapter again I’m actually not surprised by the idolatries i see at work nowadays 🙃 I wish I didn’t have to see these… I think I’ll get in trouble for saying something about this at work if they find out about this… that’s another thing: I don’t think I can escape trouble most days, and now I know why: the story is quite similar for many people with a background like mine, dealing with controlling people in childhood and such. I pray for a spirit of humility… I don’t feel myself right now, actually… what am I doing wrong? Everything, I think. I know not many read this, either, but I don’t think I should explain where I live right now (but I feel safe every day) —- and I think the pandemic wrecked me enough in that I’m not sure I’ll be the same again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 and the worst part? People will say when I’m trying to make Jesus known to them (which occurs fairly often), “Dude, you never had a chance to have any dreams in the first place, why should you bother get any and encourage others to do the same?” But I think this chapter is why people say things like that, ultimately coming from Moses angering God about his stuttering problem in the first place (Exodus 4:10-14)… this doesn’t happen today, mind you, but in those days Jesus hadn’t been born yet. Indeed, God hasn’t been angry since Jesus died… but it’s too bad Aaron wasn’t very stable in his mind… but I think it’s hilarious that he said, “out came this calf!” —- in verse 24 of this chapter 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and this led to many bad things on Israel’s part and is why they were captured and why many people still think they suck. But this is unwarranted… mind you, most Old Testament passages point to the 586 B.C. capture of Jerusalem in part. I don’t want to speak of that too much, though.

I wish I knew what to do about how to hold fast in a world in which idolatry is growing more potent, but hopefully the churches across the world can be more authentic. If it doesn’t happen, we’re doomed. Thank God this is happening in many parts of Asia, though 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🌏✝️ = 💖 and I realize also that it’s easy to take being in a safe area for granted, but I don’t want to be caught in the crossfire. Besides, most parts of the Phoenix area are unsafe (the outskirts of town are usually better), but if I could, I’d head to Costa Rica or northern Europe. I do want to be content with what I have, though. Still, I think it’s really weird when a church practices idolatry… I pray my heart follows God’s ways… and I pray you would, too. Oh, I just remembered: I had this dream about Florida, and I think Disneyworld rocks! But anyway, hopefully we stay on the right path, and if you’ve never followed Jesus before, I encourage you to start now, since it might not be long before it hits the fan greater than ever. It’ll be worse than COVID-19, trust me. Jeremiah 30:7 and Daniel 12:1 briefly mention this. But Revelation in the last few chapters says Jesus wins, Satan loses, and those who accept Jesus will reign with Him forever (see also 2 Timothy 2:12). I hope I see you there… later, guys!

“You can’t hurry love, no, you’ll just have to wait.” That seems to be the theme for what I’m doing for this book… sorry 😅 but I think this religion of paganism is ridiculous. The Israelites shouldn’t have gone off to worship the abomination! This actually reminds me of the Trump statue I heard about some time ago… weird, huh? And a lot of people doing this still claim to be Christians? I guess that’s why they call it America. Oh well 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ I hope repentance is actually possible for them, but to this day, not a single rioter has repented from the violence that had happened nearly a year and a half ago. Thankfully, no one I know supports this… but this is worse than the first idolatry, since we’re well into the last moments of human history 🕦🔜🕛⏱⏳⌛🛑 there aren’t even enough reports about this. What up with this black magic? This is evil… but this unit is found in pages 51-53 in my NKJV Bible, pages 65-68 in my NASB Bible, pages 111-115 of my VOICE copy, a pages 106-111 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

There’s more I could say, but I’ll have to keep most of it private… for now at least 🔐🔒🤐 I’ll get to chapter 32 in more detail by Wednesday! See ya!

I can’t be long but I thought I’d share that it’s good to be in fellowship with God always, as written in a verse here two or three chapters later. (This chapter is found in pages 50-51 of my NKJV Bible, page 65 of my NASB Bible, pages 110-111 of my VOICE copy, and page 106 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.)

I want to be in fellowship with God always, and so should everyone else. The Israelites went nuts soon, but we’ll cover that next, in due time. Later!

Hi, everyone, sorry I haven’t been active in this platform, for I’m processing several things, but at least I can write this tonight. Indeed, God has a lot of instructions here for Moses, who, unfortunately, is often associated with His severity —- but the good news is that He lives forever, and His heart has always been for people, nothing less. Indeed, this chapter is found in page 50 of the NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 54-55 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this, pages 108-110 of my VOICE copy, and pages 104-106 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Again, for those who don’t know, this part of the Bible is to let us know the beginning of Israel, and also for us to not follow idols of any kind. You’ll see in about two chapters, but I can illustrate several reasons idols always suck. I’ll only touch on one tonight, though… the root of all sin is false belief, and even a slight detour from God’s truth will take anyone who goes there to a nasty end. But fortunately, there’s always a way back 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 and I hope anyone reading this would get to know Jesus and His gospel and love for each human being, since He was the One to atone for all mankind’s sins ✝️ = 💝 I’ve seen people go down the worst direction possible due to lack of trust in God, and I don’t want to go there again. But I pray the war in Ukraine ends soon, and if you want me to pray for something, you can send me an email at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll see you in the next post! Later!

If you’re anything like me, you probably find it difficult to remember all the details God is having Moses write down for what the Israelites had signed up for (given the content of what I’ve written on here before, and also Ezekiel 20:25-26, believe it or not) —- so there’s not much I can say again… but this chapter is found in page 49 of my NKJV Bible, pages 62-64 of my NASB Bible, pages 107-109 of my VOICE copy (with the notes sandwiched in-between some of the verses) and pages 102-104 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I think there isn’t much I can actually remember, but verse 26 does talk about a wave offering to God, and I’m reminded of a Tumblr post I saw years ago hilariously preaching that crowd-surfing is in the Bible 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🏟🎼🎵🎶🎙🎚🎛🎤🎷🎸🎹 I still believe they were speaking the truth, honestly, for we need some interesting elements in this world, since earth without art is just “eh” 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ this is found again in Numbers 8:5-13 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 I hope I don’t get reproached for saying this… but the last two verses in this Exodus chapter I can remember deal with the fact that Jesus deserves to be our leader and our God, too. Hopefully we remember He loves everyone and believes friendship is good.

Also, it’s important to remember that if God wanted something done a certain way, He’d show us the steps. But the Israelites actually believed in religion… weird. Still, we see that politics wasn’t a thing until Samuel’s time was drawing to a close (1 Samuel 8) I showed a friend from church the Judges 11:29-40 passage about a week ago, and it’s difficult to map out what exactly the protagonist did after his victory, since he’s still a pillar for the faith in Hebrews 11:32 —- I don’t actually think his daughter was sacrificed, since technically, the Hebrew for verse 39 doesn’t quote him word for word on verse 29. I’m convinced she was taken into Heaven without death, actually… it says in the Hebrew of verse 40 she was commemorated. Good news, I think. But more of that later.

What I can write down tonight on here, though, is that we should be lights to the earth, as Jesus said in Matthew 5:14. I hope I can pull off a better example of this, honestly… but I pray that we can enjoy Jesus and life, and I’ll see you in chapter 30!

I always thought, since I found out about these, that the Urim and Thummim were two large coins the size of a basketball… when I read what they were in late 2012 when I first read about them in a study Bible I had purchased to write Bible notes from start to finish for the very first time. I was 21. But anyway, that’s a lot of extraneous detail about what Aaron and his descendants were to wear for their priestly work uniform code. Thankfully, we don’t need to do that today, but I think it’s weird that the VOICE translators had rendered the Hebrew in the last verse here “forever” —- I don’t know if that’s the actual word there… I’ll go look as I finish this note. This chapter is found in pages 48-49 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this project (God-willing, I finish the whole thing, of course), pages 61-62 of my NASB Bible I’m using for this, pages 106-107 of my VOICE copy (with its notes), and pages 101-102 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy. (I’m using my phone to type this, it predicted much of what I was going to write down in the previous sentence. This phone is smart! I love it.)

The reason I’m saying God-willing here, well… I’m coming to terms with the fact that due to what’s going on in the world today, I might not be able to finish due to having no chance to live much longer, possibly, if someone kills me for my devotion to Jesus because He doesn’t like nationalism of any kind, just as a girl in 1999 who was only 17 when she died for her own devotion to Jesus… this happened for the same reason (the two men hated God and worshiped Hitler, I think). The shooters’ names? Eric(k) and Dylan. They shot themselves dead soon after that, and are now in Hell, but the girl is now in Heaven and partying it up with Jesus big time forever. I didn’t find out about this monumental disaster until I was 17 myself, in early 2008, when my high school drama teacher, Brandon Flowers, from Colorado (did he go there? He was in his 20s back then) told us all about these events. I was actually inspired and wanted to live boldly for Jesus since then, especially after receiving Him almost a year and a half later after graduation. Still, I don’t like writing about horrific events like how I explained above… but they actually made a movie by Pureflix Studios explaining what happened called I’m Not Ashamed. The girl’s name was… well, I guess you can figure this out. The movie was released 5-6 years ago, and I’ve seen it twice, but I don’t think we need to watch it at an inopportune time…. but it was quite educational. I sure hope nothing like this EVER happens to my nieces, though 👯🏽‍♀️👭🏽🦋🦋🦋 I want to be around for them all my days 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I do want for them to put Jesus above me, though, for they don’t need to listen to everything I’m saying. No one does, actually… and if someone slanders me for saying this, they should learn to mind their own business and not put themselves above God or others. I’d rather not overshare anything though.

I have other things to say, but I can’t put them anywhere on the Internet, so I’ll leave you with this bottom line: we should revere God and do His will regardless of what anyone thinks but without offending others as far as we can take it. For one thing I can think of, I was implicitly discussing with a fabulous friend from college this week about males being the bride of Christ as well as females 🫂 I’d rather you email me about this or some other request at ron.outland4727@gmail.com. I’ll see you in chapter 29! Later 😊

Edit: I couldn’t find the Hebrew for the word in my study Bible, but I can understand that it can be interpreted as hyperbole, and the Hebrew-to-English translations are often pretty awkward at best. But whatever. We don’t need to do any Mosaic things today.

I’ll see you in chapter 29, ladies and gentlemen! Take care.

To start, I’m really glad I could celebrate Bee turning 4 today! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👸🏽💅🏼👯🏼‍♀️ We went to Kiwanis Park in Tempe, fed ducks, had some pizza and cake, and I also read her Peppa Pig three times! I actually should remember to read the same story to my nieces more than once if they want to 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰👭🏽👩‍❤️‍👩🧜🏽‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️👯🏽‍♀️ I want to do this more often 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 I do hope I can spend more time with them in the future, though… things aren’t looking so good for me right now. DM me if you know me, since I don’t think I can tell anyone I don’t know about this. But I hope you’re not bored with these notes or the content of this book 😅😅 this chapter is found in pages 47-48 of my NKJV Bible, page 61 of my NASB Bible, page 105 of my VOICE copy, and page 100 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

As you can imagine, I’m becoming more private nowadays, and I’m realizing I shouldn’t really share someone else’s information with whomever more or less knows we exist, even if it’s not private. But my main point is to share what I’ve learned from my walk with Christ and my Bible studying so far. But with the “dusk until dawn” phrase I notice in my VOICE copy of verse 21 here, I’m reminded that being awake at night, no matter how late, isn’t intrinsically wrong, thankfully 😇😇😇😇😇😇 I don’t think I can be up very late much right now, but it doesn’t matter since there aren’t a lot of jobs that allow you to work graveyard (overnight). And even if you could, safety is often a hit-or-miss. But hopefully a reward comes to you soon if you follow God’s instructions about something regardless of if it’s day or night… one thing I think is underrated, though, is the blessing of driving in the city suburbs with no one else around and enjoying a burger at a restaurant at 2 am. Man, does that sound good at any time of day!

Bottom line: this verse (along with Psalm 134) is helpful to answer the naysayers about being awake at seemingly unconventional times. But don’t expect them to have no reply…. it seems they’ve thought of everything. Yep, every answer, every topic, every issue, every time, everywhere. Jesus was able to silence His critics on many occasions, but they managed to get the Romans to crucify Him outside the city. So even though He rose again, there’s still too many children of the devil, and we don’t know how literally Ecclesiastes 1:10 should be taken. Besides, even if I can find an answer, someone or something can and will come up with a clever rebuttal ten minutes later. I don’t know how I’m supposed to do God’s will at work in the future, actually… but while I find out if God even wants me to do that in terms of getting anyone saved, I’ll read into the next chapter a little bit. I’ll see you then!

God commands the Israelites to make a tabernacle here. I noticed in the note for the VOICE translation that everything was to be portable because the people of God were on the move. It’s quite an elaborate and lovely design here! 😍😍😍😍😍 I just noticed the object(s) dyed blue in the VOICE translation, and I think that’s pretty awesome 🔵🟦💙 and this chapter is found in page 47 of my NKJV Bible I’m using, pages 60-61 of my NASB Bible I’m using for this, pages 104-105 of my VOICE copy, and pages 98-100 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m sorry I didn’t make a Christmas 2021 post, but I hope everyone had a good time with their families. I know I enjoyed my nieces big time, and I even saw The Polar Express for the first time, too. It truly is amazing to bask in the joy of Jesus 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 and even though Christmas has ended, it’s not the end of the fun. I hope everyone can celebrate Jesus in every season, yes, those that are willing to follow Him. I don’t have anything else to say concerning this chapter, but I hope we can be as fabulous as the temple is by dedicating ourselves to Jesus first 💅🏼💁🏼‍♂️💁🏻‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️👯🏼‍♀️👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨👭🏼 I’ll see you in chapter 27! Later!

I like that God says “whose heart is willing” to obey Him here, not some religious obligationary tactics (sorry if I got bad grammar here haha). There’s a lot of details on how this should work, and as I was discussing it with some friends last time I was in southern California in early 2013 (this was in the days of when I first wrote Bible notes for everyone to see, and I think I was writing in John’s Gospel, or Acts, I can’t remember… but my friend, Taylor Haze Warren, might remember, since we were at In-N-Out that afternoon in the Palm Springs area. Hey dude, if you’re reading this, I’m glad you and your wife with the same name exist,, and I pray blessings on you both, and if you have any children 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 I’d love to catch up with you sometime. And don’t worry about how I’ve turned out years later, even though I’ve had some setbacks after we last talked, I’m doing much better now, and am actually getting fairly close to becoming debt-free for good! I’d love to hear your perspective on this and COVID-19, though. Sorry if this is inconvenient for you, bro, but I’m hoping to hear from you soon. This chapter is found in page 46 of my NKJV Bible I’m using for this, pages 59-60 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 102-104 of my VOICE copy, and pages 97-98 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I have a study Bible as of last summer in the NKJV, but I don’t think I can use it every time, since my laptop is busted and I don’t know how to write Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic in any technology… I still don’t know any foreign language very good, either. Oh, right, I think there’s a lot of detail, Taylor had said, because God cares how everything in Jesus is done. I think the Bible would’ve been a lot longer if there needed to be a lot of chronicles about later Christians’ devotions to Jesus, but the world would’ve had no room to store the works of Jesus even in the mid-first century A.D. (John 21:25) ✝️ = 💝 And the stories of every Christian’s walk with Jesus ever? The earth would probably fall out of orbit if the stories were written in the places the devotions had occurred, but thankfully, that will never happen (see the psalms). Also, the last verse in this chapter is quoted in Hebrews 8:5, but is soon followed by Jeremiah’s prophecy of a new covenant (Hebrews 8:8-12, 10:16-17, also Jeremiah 31:31-34, cross-references: Ezekiel 11:19-20, 36:26-27).

Any prayer requests you want to mail to me? 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’ll see you in the next chapter where we continue with God’s next set of instructions to Moses! Ciao!

Here in this final section of Exodus we see God commanding the Israelites to build a place for Him until they march towards Canaan. I can’t sat much about this since I’m not very well-versed in this part of Exodus but this section is found in pages 46-57 of my NKJV Bible, pages 59-73 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 102-122 of my VOICE copy (with its notes), and pages 97-119 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m writing this on my phone since it’s a lot easier for me to type this down, for my laptop is likely on its last legs, but options to type something unique are limited, and there’s no Ctrl, Alt, Delete in it. (The O.G.s recognize that this often helps the computer when it’s struggling.) But anyway, there’s some instructions from God to Moses, and they have fellowship together like beloved brothers. It’s interrupted, however, by Aaron succumbing to the Israelites’ desire to make a golden calf from what they had. And they had LOTS of gold and riches, so whatever you read after this for the three books ahead of this, pay close attention: it’s an important detail to what happens after this book ends. I should also let you guys know that people used the words “golden calf” as an idiom for the idolatry and unfaithfulness to God in today’s world, and really any society throughout history. I know the U.S. worships the media a lot, so we should be salt and light instead of being salty about nothing. There’s also a lot of weaponry worshiped by too many here, and Psalm 44:6 contains the psalmist writing down that he wouldn’t trust in his bow or his sword. And those were probably the majority of weapons available in the days of the psalmists, centuries before Jesus was born. Unfortunately, though, I’m sure people want to criminalize the Bible for promoting peace like this, here in the U.S.! I still remember the ridiculous Lee Greenwood translation they wrote and tried to make reality, but thankfully, Christian publishers like Zondervan didn’t take it. But you never know… politics is way too potent already, and they’re trying to make it the state religion and enforce worship of whatever they believe. When this happens, we’ll need to stand our ground and bow down to nothing but Christ ✝️=💖 and risk losing everything. They might even make it so we can neither live nor die for Him. They’re trying to turn Christianity into a perpetual thing of shame… 😨😰😥😢😭😭😭 and are actually helping the world persecute the believers all across the earth. As it is, I’m going to need some help from God to follow Him should… well, I guess I should refrain from saying anything here. But pray for me, please?

The final six chapters are other tabernacle instructions and it resumes where chapter 31 left off. I’ll comment on them later, for I don’t know much about the content in them. I’m no expert in the Pentateuch, actually… but I’ll see you in the whole of chapter 25! Later, guys!