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Another Passover And The Directives To Head To Canaan: A Brief Observation Of Numbers 9:1-10:10 (02/24/2026)

Posted on February 24, 2026 by Ron Outland

I’m not going to lie: I don’t have much to say concerning all of this, but I love how God wanted the Israelites to celebrate Him in every season, good and bad. I think this defeats the idea that He can only be celebrated when things go south 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️ I guess this is one reason why Numbers was written. This passage is found in pages 83-84 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this four-translation project (which I need to hurry up with, for I only have one life to live, and I’ve spent over seven years on just this blog, largely due to being uninspired half the time and not knowing what to write), pages 106-107 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 170-172 of my VOICE copy, and pages 173-174 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m wondering how many people recognised Jesus as King and Saviour during the second Passover here, but I don’t think I’ll be spoiling anything by revealing most of the people are judged in Numbers 14-20. For I’m sure if you’ve been in a church even for a few months, you may know of their unfaithfulness, or if you’ve followed my blog for a while, you may recognise this anyway. But it is pretty nice we can celebrate Jesus in every season 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 I’m not looking forward to much of the next 15 chapters, though, for most of these stories deal with what Hebrews 3:7-19 explain much later. And (I’m going to go off on a tangent here) I wonder if you, the reader, know Jesus yet. It’s not too late to love Him, though. The only real issue is this: that we cannot find enough encouragement from others half the time, and even if we go to a good church, that can fall apart, too. I guess in my case, I was looking for a church that actually taught the words of Jesus, as opposed to using Him as a keepsake to pretend like all is well or using Him as a prosperity machine instead of generosity, but I was broke for most of my life, and I’m still in debt, now, but I did get a couple of small raises apart from the annual minimum wage increase that happens here in Arizona every year, so that’s been a big help 😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇😇 I hope I can get a couple more of them in the same size later this year, too. I remember overhearing a maintenance man had said to someone over the phone that he got paid pretty handsomely for his work, maybe like three bucks over minimum wage per hour, but it’s still a big help. And I was getting these raises because I had covered for him every time I went to work for nearly two months, and I requested back pay from the union, for I didn’t know I could do that 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵 since then, I’ve been getting a raise every six months, and I later discovered that if they train you for another position after working in the one you’d been in during your tenure at Fry’s (I wish raises were a bit bigger and more common due to living costs, but I guess that can’t happen here) that they count you as a general store worker! I can see why some people don’t want a job, though. But if I get another raise late next month, even if it’s only by another 15¢ per hour, that’ll be a big help.

Again, the next several chapters deal with constant complaining in the wilderness (mostly after chapter 13), but the Israelites were rich! And their clothes didn’t wear off the whole time, as Moses will explain later. For now, because I want to be at the Gilbert library where I’m typing this now (I’m also charging my phone, so I’m writing all this in a computer they provide here; there’s many of them), maybe I’ll read the rest of chapter 10 and write on that… this’ll be a doozy. See you then!

Census Numero Uno (Numbers 1) [09/10/2025]

Posted on September 10, 2025September 15, 2025 by Ron Outland

I tthought I’d do some of the title in Spanish to make things a little more interesting 😂😂😂😂😂 every country has a census around every some-odd ten years, I think. I don’t know when Canada does theirs, but the latest one here in the U.S. was in 2020 during COVID-19. So in less than five years I can only imagine what it’ll be like if I have to do the 2030 census. But this chapter is found in pages 77-78 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, pages 98-99 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this (Old Testament, 1995 version), pages 160-161 of my VOICE copy (with both censuses on the top of page 161 and the difference between them, see also chapter 26), and pages 159-161 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I often find this part of the book not-so-useful, but I find it interesting that Judah (verses 26-27) has the biggest amount of soldiers, 74,600 men in all (in those days, they had counted the guys at least 20 years old and could fight in combat). I don’t want to join the U.S. military to destroy my mind, though, and I don’t believe it’s worth it to engage in violence, for all of it is un-Christian. Any accidents are forgivable, though, so thank God for that. But the truth is, I’ll probably mention the same stuff in this post that I’ve done over the last several years as I’ve been learning of the U.S.A.’s warmongering tendencies… except, I find it interesting that no one under 20 could join! Here in the U.S., if conscription was enforced again (this hasn’t happened since 1973), all males at least 17 or 18 (unless he’s at least 27, but they could change it because, you know, fear and paranoia) will be required to join the military… for what I don’t know. Knowing Trump, he’d assign us all (I’m 34, and they’d make us serve until we’re 35 or 36) for all sorts of things that don’t even have any congruency with the Gospel, and when I refuse (although I thank God a man with autism like myself isn’t forced to join the military under any circumstance, but that can change, too), I’ll be put in prison because I had followed Jesus’ Word of peace, just like one Christian in the days of the early church had done — he wanted to be a man of peace, since Gospel-preaching is far better than combat of any kind (I do pray repentance from that for many soldiers in places like Russia and Myanmar, though) — he was executed for it. But the Lord hugely rewarded him for this, just as He had rewarded Paul for his service to Him, seeing that he had been executed by Nero because of his love for Jesus (2 Timothy 4:6-8 says he had done his best and is now in Heaven awaiting the heavenly city (see Revelation 21)). I put parentheses in my sentences too many times, I’m realizing. I apologize, people.

I also thank God that as of Friday, they’ll bar all military activity invading cities here, for the Lord has willed that love should be the norm. Yet I remember someone in my church whom I’ve known for a long time… the man mentioned that the judges were ruling against Trump one morning in April during ManPrayer at my church when one of my best friends was in town, and the man wanted us all to pray for Trump, but I feel like Jesus says, “No, no, no, dear friend. I’M ruling against him!” Such words the man spoke will not be forgiven. His wife also believes that abuse is completely criminalized, and she hates the lawmakers for it. So they’re not safe people to associate with, yet they’re prominent in my church. I hate it. I don’t know what I should say to anyone who’s visiting for the first time. I hope Evans, the man from Haiti, can feel at home in the town of Gilbert, where it’s actually safe… for now.

But here’s one thing that doesn’t seem fitting… why did God command the death penalty for any foreigner for getting involved in verse 51? Oh, wait… the Israelites didn’t want to be inclusive, and Jesus had to be 100% Israeli. Yet He knows that nothing should be built with blood (see Habakkuk 2:12). And speaking of prayer in the mornings, I never have it in me to visit when it’s sunrise, and now I know why: some people are required to be awake when many people are asleep by design — this comes from an ancient tribal pattern from thousands of years ago in which some people were awake at night to watch for predators (like being a watchman for a city, see Psalm 127:1). I don’t know which video I saw that contains this truth, but Doug Sharpe has many interesting fun facts on YouTube (that’s the channel I got that from, but you don’t need to agree with him in everything). So, if you feel frustrated because someone’s sleeping for a long time after you get up, you may actually be in good company, for he may be trying to keep you safe 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 I mean, many of us in developed nations don’t usually watch for predators when we have keys and Ring doorbell systems, but for those who can’t afford the latter and don’t feel safe, that may be annoying. But thank God it’s not required by law right now! If it were (and Trump’s bill from July 4 will probably mandate worthlessness with it, and if that’s not the case, Project 2025 may step in to shred our dignity), the Lord’s commandment of Proverbs 17:19 about not taking on any needless defences will be abolished. They’ve already violated this with the national security content, believing Mexico and other nations south of it combined were more dangerous than the U.S. is, but I know the government here has fueled all these nations’ cartels, and I don’t know how long they’ve been doing this for. So the U.S. has no safety, for a lot more than half the country thinks they need to have purity of race. And they were warned against putting a dictator in power, too. So, God will erase the U.S. from the map.

I hope chapter 2 goes well… this is going to be either interesting or unfamiliar… I don’t know what it says. Later, guys!

I’ve Been Meaning To Do This For Quite Some Time…

Posted on July 31, 2025July 31, 2025 by Ron Outland

So, back in early June, someone emailed me about her sister’s wedding, and I gave her some good ideas for it (I’ll be alternating between writing this and double-checking her post she wrote about it) —- I’ll be looking at each paragraph today, for I’ve been busy with work and I’m not good with checking my emails, like, at all 😅😅

So firstly, the post starts with showing up for the kids the Church forgot. And last night, I was posting on my Instagram story about some girls in Kenya that are in danger of child marriage (I can’t believe this still occurs today) and when I chose a song for it I started crying BAD. But thank God we don’t need to leave our homes to try and provide hope to the little humans somewhere else, thanks to Internet giving. Indeed, I often forget about the dangers the U.S. children face unless I’m at work, but I’m glad she let me know about asking teachers, social workers, and youth pastors to provide safety for those facing abuse at home… but I don’t think there’s enough abusive content that’s criminalized. I could go on and on about this all day, though.

I’m also glad she wrote about kids not needing grand gestures but that we shoe consistency instead. I pray God helps me to do this… I often feel trapped in a precarious place while I notice ANY family because I know there’s a very high chance a little human or two is being bullied at home, and often I can’t do anything about it, for they messed with the laws akin to Isaiah 10:1-2. A bit off-topic: why should ANYONE claim this passage is weaponized much more than Romans 13:1-7 is?! I know they love unjust power, for I did some research with ChatGPT last week about this, the answer of which I’ll post in a week or two, God-willing.

The author of that post also wrote that writing a check does indeed help, but if we have children in our lives, we need to show up A LOT. I wish I could be present with my nieces and their half-sister every day… they just live in Phoenix and I’m like 50 miles to the southeast, plus, I don’t have a car, and I need to save BIG for my student loan repayments. Thank God I still probably don’t need to pay for anything (I had signed up for a zero-payment plan several years ago, before COVID-19 had happened).

She’s also right about trust healing hearts. It’s too bad the U.S. has a lot of violence, either here or causing it overseas, but for those who don’t want any of that, good. A low-crime area like Gilbert is likely a high-trust area, and I’m privileged to have lived there for several years not they long ago (I often dream about going back). So starting a nonprofit can be based on a high-trust community, and we need that trust to raise money for that, seeing there’s sometimes a fraudulent organization that serves only themselves (Scripture repeatedly warns against this) 😓😓😓😓😓 but if we give to a good organization and see where the money actually goes to, that’s God’s call to keep giving whenever possible 💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💘💓💞💕❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

The author of the post also noted not everyone is called to foster or adopt, too, for if everyone were, I don’t think we’d actually have a safer world, for there’s indeed a lot of destructive people that pose as friendly humans (I know what it’s like to have lived with some of them) —- if anyone within their means wants to adopt any orphans, such as a couple who loves Jesus and doesn’t disobey 1 Peter 3:7 in even the slightest fashion, I think they should do it. And if silence feels safer, there’s actually something very very very wrong with this picture. For Proverbs 31:8-9 calls all Christians to speak for those who can’t speak for themselves, just as the author also noted.

It’s also an easy temptation to try and “fix what is broken”. (The author notes that, too.) I know there’s all these parents in our world that, by doing this, they play God. And that’s just not right. If we rescue someone instead of walking alongside them (maybe the temptation comes from watching movies like the Spider-Man trilogy that came out roughly 20 years ago) —- indeed, often a victim doesn’t know if they’ve been rescued —- we do them a disservice, for they may not know they’re in danger. I know I don’t think danger’s easy to notice here… but I found out several years back that the U.S. often threatens others’ safety, even in a good area. I also feel I’ve mentioned that a lot in my posts… I apologize, people 😅😅 but thank God the author also said that lectures don’t work; love and time does more than these.

The final two paragraphs mention that Jesus didn’t wave from afar but He stepped into time and did His thing on Earth 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 for He welcomed the strangers and touched the untouchable so we may want to love Him and do the same, just as she noted. I hope we can encourage our own little humans to follow the dreams God gave them, for they, too, are made in His image, just as Genesis 1:27 says they are 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 I don’t believe in contacting one without their parents’ permission, though, mostly for myself. I don’t trust myself with children, really… I often fear I’m making them uncomfortable, seeing that it’s easy to sin against them even by accident, and I don’t know if God will forgive me while I take utmost caution. If He does, that’s great 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

Bottom line: the post is really good, and I hope to follow all the precautions it gives me if God entrusts me with the task of sponsoring an orphan or someone in a conflict zone… also, I find it thrilling the author, whose name is Michelle, gave me a shout out at the end of her post! Thank God for her 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 I pray love and mercy for Michelle and that she’s able to follow the right stuff still 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I hope she finds this and appreciates it, maybe I’ll send her this in my email? I think I’ll do that once I publish this post. Anyways, I hope to see you soon in Leviticus 20!

I Think God Can Use Any Business Opportunity For His Gospel Work… If It’s Good: Being Cautiously Optomistic About Any Country In Light Of Leviticus 19:35-36 (07/23/2025)

Posted on July 23, 2025 by Ron Outland

Well, what do you know? Last night, I had a conversation with a friend of mine, and he told me people come to the U.S. from all over the world in business dealings, mostly… so I think that’s actually good, for it can be an opportunity for me to preach the Gospel to anyone arriving if he/she is receptive about it, including those who speak a different language (don’t worry, every language has meaning, as 1 Corinthians 14:10 says). But I just realized that Babylon (a.k.a. Rome, read Revelation 17-18) will do the same thing during the Great Tribulation, and that’ll be doomed to fall as previous empires did. And I think the people will only be angry at me in most cases if I preach the Gospel to a foreigner and they receive Jesus as a result… but I believe in fair business dealings, as this passage says, which is found in page 70 of my NKJV Bible, page 90 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy (along with its note appearing soon after), and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m not sure where that friend stands on the issue or if he even realizes the Babylon thing explained above (for I actually told him that the Maldives only allows Islam, and he didn’t know that previously, plus he’s over ten years older than me and a pastor of a ministry at my church), but I’m not really sure what to believe concerning most people I know 😓😓😓😓😓 yet I did find out this morning I can still write my Bible notes from my phone, which I’m doing right now at home instead of going to the library… sorry I didn’t write any notes earlier this month; I should’ve known I could just tilt my phone horizontally and press “new post” 😅😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 silly me 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 now I know what to do for future notes if I run into any technological complications… unless I need to get a new phone 📱📲🔋🪫💻🖥️⌨️🖱️🖲️💾 (the floppy disk was for me potentially saving my documents) 😅😅 but anyway, I think it’s good that business in any country is an opportunity to preach the Gospel there, for it says in Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, “Cast your bread on the waters, for you will find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth” (Amplified Bible, Classic Edition) 🍞🥐🥖🫓🥨😋 yea, it even confirms Luke 16’s investment teachings (verses 1-12).

I ddo feel business may be the only thing the U.S. is good for nowadays, though (besides the good-looking nature areas, but even then, they’re not too safe whether there’s a huge crowd or not). I’m surprised forgiveness may still be legal, actually… they passed the giant bill on July 4th to ruin many more things, including possibly making it impossible for my student loans to be eliminated, even if I get a five-figure check for any reason. I really hope to leave the U.S. and never come back so I’d actually have a chance of being more effective in God’s work of forgiveness and restoration, if He will do this. As it stands, though, I feel all the Lord’s messages only fall on deaf ears even when a friend of mine may be willing to hear the truth in a town like Gilbert. I don’t want to face only unreceptive people… and I think it’ll only get worse where I work, even if a coworker is at least a decade younger than me, not just in my Fry’s store, but any store I work in this country. I also remember another friend of mine came here from Australia to be a pastor at my church under the senior pastor’s leadership, and when that didn’t work, he decided to do something else (but thank God he’s still here, living within five miles east of me, and if he has to leave, I’d like to join him). Indeed, I feel my time in the U.S. may come to an end soon, even though I was born here and hadn’t visited anything outside of it… but that’s OK if I am able to get to a country that actually gives this generation the respect they deserve, such as my nieces and their half-sister. Yet I don’t have the money or even the connections to do this, and I think Trump knows I need my loans erased, so he’s decided to make it even more painful for me and other borrowers who couldn’t finish their education due to family drama and persecution for what they believe in, especially if it’s good, even making it impossible for me to feel safe again, if he could. But God can prevail against him 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💗💗💗💗💗💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 for His love and faithfulness still endures for those who suffer for His Name’s sake like how 2 Timothy 2:13 says.

If I can, I’ll be back with chapter 20 of Leviticus soon, so I’ll see you then! In the meantime, I need to check back on a lady who emailed me something and wants me to post it on my website… I hope to get to that soon, too. I’m just ridiculously bad at checking my emails 😅😅 OK, enough rambling on my part. Later, guys!