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I Think Even The Bible Translators Themselves Are Afraid Of God — How Leviticus 26 Should REALLY Be Read (08/28/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

I’ve gotta be honest, I’ve noticed a lot of… off things with just about every study Bible I’ve ever had, including that like every translation of verse 30 is read as if God were to begin hating anyone even if they were His enemies (for we should remember the words of Jesus in Matthew 5:43-48 and Luke 6:27-36) but I guess it’s easy to do that when something goes wrong. The lyrics of Fear Is Easy, Love Is Hard by Jason Gray (taken from the A Way To See In The Dark album, released 2011) encapsulate this perfectly. I’ll write them here: [(Verse 1) Turn on the TV for the evening news, they’ve got plenty of fear and nothing to do. Another somebody who’s gone too far, makes you want to put up your guard. Fear is easy, love is hard. (Verse 2) So we draw up another dividing line, we label each other and we choose a side. Peace could come at quite a cost, so we won’t build a bridge across. Fear is easy, but love is hard. (Refrain) Fear will leave you hiding in the dark, but love will bring a light into your heart, so do not be afraid, do not be afraid. (Verse 3) “I’m sorry, baby” is what he should’ve said, but she wouldn’t listen even if he did. They’ll die without forgiveness soon, but no one wants to make a move, when fear is easy and love is hard. (Refrain) Fear will leave you hiding in the dark, but love will bring a light into your heart, so do not be afraid, do not be afraid. (Bridge) It’s hard to give your heart to a world that can break it, to offer love to those you’re afraid will forsake it, but a well-defended heart is always looking for a fight in a lonely war against an endless night… but love can bring a light. (Refrain) Fear will leave you hiding in the dark, but love will bring a light into your heart, so do not be afraid, oh-oh-oh-oh… (Verse 4) It comes down to a simple choice, shouting devils or a still small voice. One is spreading fear and dread, oh, but love has always said, “Do not be afraid, do not be afraid, do not be afraid, do not be afraid…”] (No copyright infringement is intended in the making of this post.)

The correct translation of the words at the end of verse 30, according to the original Hebrew, is “and I shall utterly cast you away.” That’s how we’re to see how God deals with His enemies; once someone rejects Him, He leaves them to their own devices, and that’s not good. Yet Jesus’ sacrifice is for all mankind, so for anyone to dismiss this is killing themselves. I find it incredibly ridiculous that so many people in the “Christian” churches are obsessed with reprobation, so that no one can really hope in Jesus even if they’ve never been to church before… but this chapter is found in pages 74-75 of the NKJV Bible I have for this, pages 95-96 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament, 1995 version) I have for this, pages 155-157 of my VOICE copy, and pages 154-156 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

While I’m on the subject of fear, while it’s indeed important to be safe (and I’ve needed it more than anyone else I could think of here), if someone’s looking for things to be afraid of, that’s not good. The news outlets in EVERY TV SCREEN and in ALL our devices, including social media, is a lot like witchcraft, which Jesus opposes (like how Saul betrayed Him in 1 Samuel 28 by calling a medium to talk to Samuel (he had heard that Samuel had died — I’m not really sure how)) — I’m convinced I can’t spend like any time on these apps, since I’m realizing they’re no longer good for friendship unless you curate your content enough, and no one can really do that anymore. It’s great to chat privately with friends and family members with any of these apps, though. But I don’t think it’s worth it to look at the news, as if it could give holy commandments. What, do they think God speaks mostly through outlets like ABC, CNN, FOX News, etc.? If He did, we wouldn’t have the Bible. I’m not sure where it says in the Scriptures to not pay attention to this except in Isaiah 8:12-13, and I don’t know how I’m going to avoid weaponization of such passages, nor do I know how I’ll avoid that with anything else. I don’t even know how I’ll reach the people among them for the Gospel… for even the Epoch Times isn’t a good outlet, seeing there’s papers from that news source available in grocery stores (and these kinds of heralds are always filled with propaganda, not to mention the truth is seldom as it appears, just as Switchfoot wrote in the Selling The News song (taken from the Vice Verses album, also released in 2011)). I heard there’s a bunch of Chinese companies in the U.S. (some of which are here in the Valley) that are likely to be in hot water, but I know Trump helped China with many things, including COVID-19, and he’s still not sorry for any of this, for he led an insurrection that disguised itself as Christianity after 2021 started. But I do pray for repentance among all the staff in each of these workplaces across the whole country, yes, in all 50 states and all its territories. Indeed, I know there’s a lot of people in China who love Jesus even though it’s illegal to do that there (for communism is enforced), and their faith is much more authentic than that of most of the churchgoers in the U.S., likewise in probably all the other countries where Jesus’ Name is criminalized.

I should also mention (sorry I’ve been putting it off), that the amount of curses is a lot more in this chapter than the amount of blessings in it, but that was because it was a custom in the Middle East long, long ago to have the amount of curses be several times longer and numerous than the amount of blessings in a writing or text. I found this out in college when I was taking biblical classes once. So I hope you’re not offended by this… it may not be effective to read this book first, for it would probably then give a bad impression of the whole Scriptures. Yet God has laid all His promises throughout the Scriptures, and we should focus on them. It’s not worth it to ignore anything in the Bible, though… but that’s what most Bible translators are doing here, for they want to insert hatred and unforgiveness into the Scriptures. They have broken the commandment not to add to the Word of God, something Jesus had warned them against in Revelation 22:18-19, not to mention they’ve removed Matthew 18 and similar passages for themselves… but unfortunately, I fear this truth will never be popular or even accepted by many more people, whether it’s in the churches we go to or not. I’m kind of scared it’s going to be criminalized, actually… I’d rather not be here when it happens, and I want my nieces to be loved enough so that unforgiveness may be criminalized in their lifetimes. For if even the safest nations of the world allow it, this isn’t good.

And speaking of forgiveness, when people do quote Matthew 5:38-48 and Luke 6:27-38, most of them preach that forgiveness and love should be for our enemies, and only for our enemies. And we’re told to forgive people when they’re not sorry, and only when they’re not sorry… I need to share this post online so I can possibly make it viral, if God wills (I don’t have much of a following on any social media app). Jefferson Bethke, before he became an author (or was it during his career?) — he released a viral video about Jesus dying for all mankind, and that worked for me! Too bad a lot of people eventually complained about it… that was in January 2012.

But after all the promises of judgment God gives in verses 14-39 if His people were to turn away from Him, He promises forgiveness and blessing for those who repent and follow Jesus in verses 40-45 (see also Acts 2:38). That’s what Jesus died to accomplish, and His atonement is enough for all mankind forever, just as the Bible also teaches.

I’ll also let you know, Deuteronomy 28 follows a similar pattern, but the curses are twice as numerous, and forgiveness is nowhere to be found, for it predicted World War Two, mostly. But that’s over, now, and the Jewish people have Israel as a nation again, between Syria and Egypt. They will never again be uprooted from their land, just as God had promised.

Sooner or later, I’ll be back with chapter 27 to conclude Leviticus, so stay tuned. Hopefully that’s in the next couple days…

I Should Take A Sabbatical… A Flight To Paradise By Means Of Leviticus 25 (08/28/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

When reading this chapter, I noticed there’s a lot of regulations for the year of Jubilee, and I can’t follow any of them without slipping up sooner or later. Even if I do a good job of what I imagine I’m skilled with, I won’t be able to observe all this super good. But I love the concept of a year-long sabbatical every 50 years! This NEVER happens in this world anymore, even in northern Europe or New Zealand 🇳🇿 and I want to implement this every 20 years in several places of this world (but I’m not a good speaker, and God’s Word doesn’t have much popularity anywhere) — perhaps Christmas is the next best thing? I still need at least a month off work every year or two, and I’d rather seek that in Norway 🇳🇴 where I heard a tuition-free university opened up for all applicants of any financial background 🎓🏫💯 I pray for hope, love, and joy for all the people going there 💕💝💖🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍💗💗💗💗💗 and if anyone wants to follow Jesus honestly, I pray for a good opportunity for them to seek Him 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I don’t think Israel had much schooling in the days of Moses, but this chapter is found in pages 73-74 of the NKJV Bible, pages 94-95 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament, 1995 version), pages 153-155 of my VOICE copy, and pages 152-154 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

The chapter begins with an overview of the year of Jubilee, starting off with a year of Sabbath rest for the whole country (verse 5), which I’m convinced the people began to be legalistic about after the 70-year exile, ranging from C. 605-536 B.C. (Jeremiah 25:11; sorry for the spoilers) during Jesus’ time — but everyone was allowed to eat anything edible during that year (verse 6). And I wonder, does Jesus want that today? Hopefully more good things like this are implemented in more places, but the likelihood of ANY nation doing this is close to zero. Yet all debts are to be gone because of verse 10, and they should’ve kept it up from the first time any head of state had declared forgiveness for all debts (like my student loans), but they declared it all unconstitutional, which is unbiblical — the Lord Jesus warned all the voters not to have the law of Moses mandated throughout the world (and I mean the unforgiving parts Jesus never wanted), and most of them gave no heed.

I love the truth of selling and dealing honestly in verses 14-17… but it’s not right that they’ve taken quite a few requirements of being thoroughly honest away by now (one thing I noticed years ago was that both Fry’s and Safeway say that after a certain time in the evening, they claimed the hot rotisserie chickens 🐔🐓 were free, but I guess there was a disclaimer… I don’t know, it didn’t seem right the ad didn’t say anything about the chickens being the same price even at like 10 p.m. — they’ve since stopped saying that though) — I think dishonest business will be even more commonplace, and that means that more and more scams will be legal, and not just the MLM nonsense they’ve passed around like weed-smokers passing a blunt to one another 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ all because the U.S. now loves deception more than ever and wants to enforce lies 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I’ll probably be told not to post anymore if enough people see this, too… and the whole world will follow them, just like they had done with COVID-19!

I also love how God says in verse 21 in response to someone’s question about if crops aren’t planted in one of the 7th years prior to the Jubilee (there’s seven of them between Jubilees, so it only makes sense for one year to be a Jubilee and the other 49 to be rather ordinary), “Don’t worry. I will direct My blessing to come to you during the sixth year so that the land will produce three years’ worth of crops in that one year” (VOICE). And speaking of which, I pray for this to happen sevenfold in all of Africa 🌍 for 60% of the world’s resources are in these lands, but most people there are super poor, and the leaders take like everything for themselves. Indeed, they’ve been broke too long. But one story I love is about a guy in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 who became a doctor because he had accidentally injured his friend playing basketball 🏀 there, and the country had like no doctors. So he became the first neurosurgeon in Sierra Leone’s history, and he’s on track to continue repeatedly uplifting its entire population of ~8 million people 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I pray for more brilliant minds in Africa to be unlocked so they can follow their dreams instead of being surpressed by people who claimed to be supportive but sabotaged everything last minute so it would fail and possibly the entire family is perpetually divided 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 indeed, extreme poverty is a nightmare, as God details in verses 25-46 concerning this… but talking about it will only bring up bad memories for me, and it’s not God’s will that they can’t get what they need from Him. It’s nice that a rich guy can help his family out, though, even a distant relative (verses 47-54). And I want to do this with my nieces if I become debt-free in the future.

With that, I’ll leave you to comment on this if you have a difference in opinion about anything, and I hope you have a great day! I’ll see you in chapter 26!

Olive Oil And Payback — How God Gave The Israelites Up To Violence Even Before Reaching The Wilderness — Leviticus 24 (08/25/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

I’m going to be honest with you guys, while I don’t think God’s Name deserves to be blasphemed (some dude does this in verse 11), it’s not right that this is the basis of discrediting Jesus’ words in Matthew 12:31-32, Mark 3:28, and Luke 12:10 concerning forgiveness for blasphemy against Him or anything else but the Holy Spirit. But more of that section of this chapter later; the whole chapter can be found in pages 72-73 of the NKJV Bible I have, pages 93-94 of the NASB Bible I have (the 1995 version, Old Testament), pages 152-153 of my VOICE copy, and pages 151-152 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I love how olive oil can be used to light a lamp 🕯️💡 or make a flame 🔥 given the words of verse 2 here. This may be what the bridesmaids had in mind in Matthew 25:14-30 when five of them had foresight to prepare for the bridegroom by using oil to trim their lamps, and they said to their ill-prepared friends that they should wake up a dealer to get some to trim theirs. Nowadays, we use tungsten to light a bulb to turn on the lights, and there’s LED-lights to preserve the environment a little better. But back then, in the 15th century B.C., when Moses lived and when he and Aaron were leading Israel together to the promise land, they didn’t have the technology to make a light bulb 💡🤔 so this is what everyone did until the light bulb was invented after the Civil War. Indeed, industrial stuff exploded in usage after that, but that’s beside the point. We should look to Jesus as our Supplier of oil for our faith…

…and we should look to Him on what to do if someone references verses 13-22 to override His words on not being violent in Matthew 5:38-48.

What I’m about to write down here is what too many people in the U.S. hate a lot, more than they love life, I think — they want unforgiving content to be enforced. I think I’ve said this before, but I don’t remember if I wrote this down in this blog 🤔 it’s really not cool that Satanism began to circulate widely in the media beginning in 1960, and the U.S. was already pretty unsafe, because they were dealing with Cuba’s warheads and loving violence even against Vietnam, where they didn’t need to invade, but sadly, because they had put their greasy nose in their business, it became Communist in 1975. They had already done this with Korea, so that it would be divided, now, and people even in the two Koreas are losing hope that it would ever be unified again. But if it does, I want it to be on Christ’s terms. Even when I talked with Jonathan about turning the other cheek (for that was and still is the way of Jesus, hence the Matthew 5 passage), he tried to trick me into the whole “stand your ground” thing. He was an Air Force veteran, and was in his right mind when he had said this, for it was 2017, and the pandemic wouldn’t start until the beginning of this decade. The end of the pandemic, though, shattered my heart in various ways, most notably in seven people dying in one year, all being unrelated to one another. I mentioned this to a coworker who was in my store (she’s probably since left to resume teaching exclusively at a school somewhere), and she was like, “Who have you been hanging out with?” Indeed, I didn’t know a lot as to why these things happened. I’m still clueless about most of it. But two people I’ve known so far have passed away this year, and both were probably in their 60s. So while I thank God no one below 45 passed away this time, I’m scared my one homeless friend, Kevin, is no longer with us 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 for he mentioned to me late in June, almost two months ago, that he was dying of heart failure, and we thought he had only a week left to live, but he lived for a while after that! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I haven’t seen him since I gave him two gift cards for food, though, one for In-N-Out and one for Raising Cane’s. So I hope to see him again soon… I remember he said to me he’s got plenty of life left in him after the first announcement in late June this year, but I’m not sure where he is… I hope the dude’s OK. He’s 40 years old, and I want him to live to be at least 80 like my grandmother had been.

I also think the attacks the U.S. loves to pull off on Matthew 5:38-48 (as though this chapter were grounds for this, and as if Jesus had contradicted the Scriptures) — the ones doing this show how hateful, spoiled, and unforgiving they are. Even though I don’t want any of us to pull off what God speaks against in verses 14-22, it’s like He had commanded the Church to be more hateful than Satan is. And no one can top that… indeed, it’s like God commanded unforgiveness for even ordinary offences like accidentally knocking over a bottle of shampoo at your local grocery store, whether anything came out or not. I do this FREQUENTLY, and I don’t like that I can be accident prone. The craziest part is, I work in northern Gilbert, so I wonder how the other Arizonans feel right now… I’m sorry that the Church has abused this chapter 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 Jesus cannot accept any of that 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ again, I have a dreadful feeling that forgiveness will be criminalized, so that the penalty for it would be death. They already do this with those who destroy Teslas… this atheism, prohibiting destruction of even one’s own Nazi product (for Elon Musk runs Tesla, and he gave the Nazi salute, with all his fans excusing him as if he had autism and actually praising him for his reprobate actions) — this is unforgivable. I mentioned on Facebook in January that if Trump thinks he can do what he wants, he’s surely going to be surprised when God sshowd up to rescue his victims and judge him and his men for everything the politicians have done, with or without Trump’s help. But when they make more atheist laws attacking the basic freedoms we need, no Bible verse will save us from them. For I have a feeling that Trump’s president again because of Bible prophecy. Indeed, why do you think the guy’s staging a peace deal with Russia about Ukraine? For if he had actually wanted peace, he wouldn’t even be a politician, let alone support Russian aggression against them 💔💔💔💔💔 he even said once on Twitter over a decade ago that a leader must never meet with a tyrant like Putin, yet they met together anyway recently. Don’t ask me how I know this; I never followed him there… I don’t even have Twitter anymore. Unfortunately, though, we’ll probably never be rid of him, even after three hundred years pass by. The man’s already in our gold coins, so I know that’s cursed. They even enforce atheism in the Alligator Alcatraz prison they built in Florida for July 4th, but thankfully, I heard it was shutting down, or they’re at least trying to. Yet I know they’ll build more prisons like these where Bibles and everything else are not allowed. Even Sudan’s prisons aren’t THAT foolish. And I’ve read about some of them from a Czech pastor last year when he was falsely charged with something there and then imprisoned with ISIS cellmates. But spoiler alert, he’s forgiven by the Sudanese president in early 2017 and was soon allowed to return home. I’ve told some of my friends this at work before, and so far, no one’s discredited me on this.

But what could be the reason for the slander of Matthew 5:38-48? Could it be that people think Jesus is encouraging people to be wimpy like that one kid who has no friends, eats lunch all by himself in the school cafeteria, and has Crohn’s disease so that he’s extremely careful what to eat? I don’t think so! Another thing I think is inappropriate is that the U.S. military claims to be Christian, yet warmongering is enforced for all the military members, and no one can raise any questions. I also pray against conscription here, if they ever try and enforce it again after 52 years of no military drafts (there were too many volunteers who signed up to obliterate the Middle Easterners when the 9/11 attacks happened and then-president Bush Jr. declared war against the nations who had done this), and likewise over all the other nations that have it, including Mexico 🇲🇽 Sweden 🇸🇪 Austria 🇦🇹 BOTH Koreas, etc. I also pray against the dust storm happening as I write this down, for a HUGE tree branch near where I live snapped off because of it. There’s also going to be a powerful thunderstorm tonight in the Valley, so I pray all my family and our friends are safe 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼👨‍👧‍👧👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👧🫂👭🏼👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏼👯‍♀️🧚🏼‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️👰🏼👰🏼‍♂️👰🏼‍♀️ especially the little humans we have in our lives 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💓💞💕💟❣️❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🤍🩶🖤🤎 I also pray my friend Hailey can be safe as she goes to Celebrate Recovery tonight to lead people to healing (although I can’t make it because of the powerful dust storm and subsequent monsoon 🌫️🌪️⛈️🌧️🌦️🌩️⚡ I could likely get injured or even killed on the way to church where this will happen) — I’ll have to wait until next week to resume attendance.

Also, people would mention that Trump’s a man of peace, even without all I wrote about throughout this post, but I know there’s none to be found, and that the pattern of Jeremiah 6:14 has repeated itself again. Even if I were in Iceland, the dude would rip us off, and even the safest countries would get angry and lose their footing, knowing Jesus had been subjugated to him, so to speak. But I pray against the U.S. government in their next move(s), for as Christians, our citizenship is in Heaven (Philippians 3:20). So we serve Jesus first and our countries second. So don’t think I wouldn’t pray against the regime until it’s gone! I’d even pray God’s angels obliterate the leaders while they’re sleeping, even in D.C., where nationalism dressed as Christianity burns the hottest. I also bet He would eliminate every building in the city due to its corruption exceeding even that of North Korea, seeing that they fuel the cartels past the U.S.-Mexico border and keep going until they reach the tip of South America. And their wealth should be distributed to all the bottom half of the world’s poor, however little they make, so that they may be able to outsmart their leaders in whichever nations they’re from, too. For a wicked ruler over a poor population is like a roaring lion or a charging bear (Proverbs 28:15). I pray God keeps the vulnerable safe and that many of them can find hope in Jesus 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

I don’t think I have anything else to say, so I’ll leave you with this: if you want me to pray for you about something, you can email 📧 me your requests at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape it to my bedroom walls! I hope you can be safe this week, and I’ll see you in the next chapter! Maybe I’ll be done with this book by Labor Day? We don’t know… but I pray I’m able to do that 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Party Up (Up In Here) — I’m Not Sure How Jesus Felt About These Feasts — Leviticus 23 (08/21/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

Upon reading everything in this chapter, I don’t have much to say but that all these feasts must’ve been way to difficult for all the Israelites to follow, given Peter’s words in Acts 15:10 about how the Mosaic Law had been overencumbering and that Paul actually said around that time that it was faithless (Galatians 3:12). But I love the concept of parties for good reasons 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈✨✨✨✨✨ I know I enjoyed my time in Arizona State when I was beginning to follow Jesus and wanted to know more about Him. Indeed, every nation has holidays of some variant(s). But the fact that North Korea only has holidays revolving around their “Dear Leader” — I pray for freedom there and for an end to the outrageous everything 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 this chapter is found in pages 71-72 of the NKJV Bible, pages 92-93 of the NASB Bible, pages 151-152 of my VOICE copy, and pages 149-151 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’m also happy to share the article on this site I had written about a few weeks ago! Sorry it took so long… it was about how children deserve safety from all of us. If any of us fail on this, at least one of them may feel worthless. Indeed, I find it difficult to remember God’s love and kindness sometimes, for I know they’re sucking the life from the entire population, the politicians, and anyone who still votes for them God reproved as idolaters. What does this have to do with the post, you may ask? Well, many of the poor and foreigners were probably abused as children… I know I don’t like how I was raised, but it’s better to not be exposed to any false teachings from the Church than to grow up claiming to follow Jesus, I tell you what. I’m getting the “poor and foreigners” thing from verse 22 here, for they need our kindness and support for simply trying to believe hope even exists! I know I’ve needed help with that before, and to be honest, who hasn’t? It reminds me of a post I wrote about an earlier chapter in Leviticus some time back. I mentioned in it that I wanted to leave twice as much food as per the usual recipe of that other Leviticus verse concerning leaving food for those who don’t have much or are homeless. I think it was in chapter 19. I’m still in debt to my college loans, though, and if I manage to increase my savings to a sizeable amount, I think they’ll call me to pay it up. Indeed, they don’t want me to take their time and pay it back, for if I did, they’d only be offended, I’m sure, and Jesus’ kingdom’s latter days would be worse than how the Christian faith started for me.

But… seeing all these feasts and noting that you can celebrate Jesus however you feel He leads you and/or how it seems best… it reminds me of my schooldays when I was a kid and waiting for the next fun day after the next fun day. Indeed, I remember that Eddy said in Ed, Edd n Eddy (my favourite TV show growing up), “To be cool, we have to be two fads ahead of everybody else.” He was speaking to Ed and Edd (he’s often called Double D) about how they’d be ahead of all the others in the cul-de-sac, where the episodes usually took place. At one point, Eddy actually said (because of their fad), “Some people just can’t deal with greatness.” So, yeah. There’s some late 90s trivia for you reading this at home or wherever you are (it was part of the first season, released in 1999) 😅😅 so I don’t think it’s wrong to anticipate excitedly for the next fun thing that happens. And if everyone is true to their words about this, the wait will certainly be worth it. Note that I said “if”. I could go on all day about how I feel patience is used as bait too much.

In the next chapter, I’m honestly not sure what to expect, but I hope to get a good look into it and be back soon to discuss it with you, whether in person or in the comment section! I’ll see you then, and I hope you can take it easy ✌🏼

More Conduct For Priests… Who Can Follow This Today? (Leviticus 22) [08/18/2025-08/19/2025]

Posted on by Ron Outland

I’m writing this note to add to the other two tonight… because I’m bored. Yet I find one particular piece of information interesting concerning Mario and Luigi’s wealth from all their games and their jobs across all media outlets Nintendo had been circulating over the last 40+ years, but more of that at another time. And by the time I get to the particular passage I want to talk about concerning this, they’ll either end the series or milk it to too many inappropriate lengths, because of the politicians here and because of their opposition to God and His holy words, for a decade may pass between now and then. But this chapter is found in page 71 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this journey, pages 91-92 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 149-151 of my VOICE copy (with a short note in-between some of the verses) and pages 148-149 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

Upon reading the first half of this chapter (verses 1-16), I can tell that punishment is worshiped. Indeed, it even says in 2 Corinthians 3:7-9 that Moses’ ministry, detailed in the books of Exodus-Deuteronomy, doesn’t bring much glory compared to Christ Jesus Himself and His ministry. God even said in Haggai 2:12 that the laws of Moses about food being “sanctified” —- they don’t work. But from the beginning, Jesus said, the laws of Moses weren’t the end goal (Matthew 19:8), but that He is (Matthew 5:17-18). God even said these laws were not good (Ezekiel 20:25). Indeed, just as Adam and Eve had been married before Satan came in to defame God and spoil His creation, so we need to hear Jesus about what it was like in Eden before anything else happened. Indeed, you notice that God doesn’t mention anything about punishment for the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament (in contrast to Amos 3:2, which many “Christians” think gives them the green light to be punishing, whether emotionally, socially, even physically), quite the opposite is commanded in Ephesians 6:4 and Colossians 3:21, actually… I will die on this hill, no matter how many people oppose me on this. For no one should play God in their homes, especially when their children are trying to grow and learn from them. Indeed, friendship is required for all familial relationships. Otherwise, God won’t forgive them.

There’s also a lot of stuff about animal sacrifices in the second half of this chapter (verses 17-33), but one thing I like is that for the first seven days of its life, a sheep or ox should not be touched (verse 27). Yet I’d go one better: don’t make any animal sacrifices at all, for it can make someone believe the devil’s going to win anyway. And if anyone questions me on this so as to… challenge God’s Word, don’t you remember what Jesus said in Matthew 5:21-48 about several things? He was giving the original interpretation of all the Scriptures He had mentioned during that sermon. One noteworthy subject is vows (Matthew 5:33-37) —- it’s not worth it to make any rash promises. If you can keep one, good, but consult the Lord Jesus before promising anything. I know it wasn’t easy for me to keep the promise of staying at the same house for more than three years (mainly between September 2018 and October 1, 2021 or later), but that was because of the federal loan guys, and I ran into several different obstacles along the way, all stemmed from COVID-19, which I never got sick with, but I can’t put the details about this on here, either. If you want to chat with me about it, I recommend sending me an email: ron.outland4727@gmail.com (it’s been the same email I’ve had for the last ten years or so, now). Another thing I can talk about concerning reinterpretations of any Scripture (contrary to popular opinion) —- Paul did the same thing with Jesus’ words from Luke 10:7 in 1 Corinthians 9:14 in that those who proclaim the Gospel should get their living from it. I know I don’t want to fleece anyone…

I’m not sure when I’ll write on the remaining five chapters of Leviticus but hopefully it’s soon. In the meantime, I need to get to bed… but in the email above, you can write to me any prayer requests you may have, so that I can write them down then tape them to by bedroom walls (though I’m more likely to do that by means of sticky notes, seeing that I have a whole bunch of them). I’ll see you in chapter 23 where we begin to discuss feasts! See you then, ladies and gentlemen!

Is God Apathetic To Those Who Are Disabled? An Analysis Of Leviticus 21 (08/18/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

These verses, I think, are what the devil uses often to convince people that the disabled humans (the blind, deaf, crippled, neuro divergent, those born addicted to drugs, etc.) that they don’t matter, and that’s not God’s heart. For verses 17-24 were what the Israelites wanted, and the note the VOICE copy writes only excuses the worthlessness they worshiped. Don’t you remember that God didn’t want Aaron to be Moses’ mouthpiece? (Refer to my note of Exodus 4.) I wrote about this nearly five years ago. Sorry it’s taken so long to be nearly 3/4ths of the way through the very next book 😅😅 but this chapter is found in pages 70-71 of the NKJV Bible I have for this project (mentioned in the previous note), page 91 of the NASB Bible (Old Testament), pages 148-149 of my VOICE copy, and pages 147-148 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I wrote the previous note in my room, several miles from the library, and I’m writing this note right after that one in my room, too. I still don’t have a working laptop 💻 or computer 🖥️⌨️ but that’s OK, for I can still use my phone 📱📲📶🛜📳 to write texts and other things, as long as it holds out. If it breaks and I can’t fix it, I’ll have to get it replaced, often for a higher price for probably less quality than this one. I don’t think it’s right that productivity is worshiped, though. When they try to mandate this, I’ll refuse, for I love God and will obey Him by not even doing anything work-related, regardless of what context it is. I’m surprised they don’t enforce it in Utah or even North Korea… but I know Mormonism is the most ridiculous popular cult there is, next to the Calvinism-Arminianism dichotomy, which they’ve made into a spectrum, which I knew to be a lie. I learned this in mid-2013. I found out by God’s Word that the political spectrum in this country is a lie almost five years ago, too, around the time I wrote the post I had referenced earlier this evening.

I do think it’s good they have decided to give all disables humans some level of service in many parts of the world, but I knew that when my mom tried to force me to take social security, it wouldn’t be enough to pay my debts, and even to this day, despite earning nearly 15 bucks an hour every time I work, it’s still not enough, partly due to the inflation and partly due to housing often becoming inaccessible when I need it. I mean, I thank God I have a roommate and friend I have a lot in common with, but I’d love to find a wife someday. I don’t expect that to happen, though. Indeed, I’m scared some of the single women I know, ten of whom I find interesting, will die on me because they’re too good for this world 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔 they’re all too young to die, just like me… I still remember how painful 2022 had been when I lost five friends, an 86-year-old coworker, and my grandmother (she was 81) —- I hope my dad’s stepfather, who’s 96 or 97 years old, is still alive (I just saw him in Prescott five months ago) —- the five friends were between 25 and 32 years old 💔💔💔💔💔 Regan, the 25-year-old, was the youngest, and she was done in by her abusive husband 😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔 I still love that she prayed for people nonstop until like 2 am on many nights she had been alive, and she also gave multiple Bibles to others. And I had given two to some of the people on my block (along with 60 bucks to one of them, who had gotten his rent money stolen from him by his roommate) before I had learned of any of that. I have two Bibles for someone to receive, and they’ll total 15 since I started doing that in early 2022. I do wish I could find someone in my church to distribute them to, though, if they’ve never been to one before. And I don’t want this to become about my own glory by doing the Lord’s work, so I pray for the right human beings to give these to.

If we need help for believing God loves the disabled, we can simply take a look at what Jesus did throughout His ministry (such as Matthew 8-9, John 9, Luke 7, etc.) —- I love how He gave His life for our healing, just as Isaiah wrote in Isaiah 53:5 that by Jesus’ stripes (being whipped repeatedly) we are healed 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💘💓💞💕💟❣️💌❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🤍🩶🖤🤎 Peter later references this in 1 Peter 2:24.

I don’t want to leave out that there were certain things priests should do… they probably had a stricter regimine than the civilians did. James 3:1 says also that most of us shouldn’t become teachers, since we all make many mistakes (James 3:2 (NASB)). I know I don’t want to run back to the same sins I’ve once found fascinating… I don’t even know how we become infatuated them them… I know I often think I’m getting better at fighting it, but when we think like this, we’re not controlling sin, but sin is actually in control instead. And the phrase “God is in control” isn’t found anywhere in the Scriptures, so I know they’ve come up with this saying to try and make everyone believe everything works according to His plan every time, so declaring God being first in rank to deny anything is an atheist move which He will never forgive. It reminds me of Jeremiah 6:14.

I don’t know what I’ll be able to do when it comes to releasing later chapters and verses in future Bible notes, for I know they want to make me believe hope doesn’t exist despite the fact they run many of the country’s churches, so I hope I can keep a low profile about all of it. I don’t know how I’ll be able to do that if I can detect someone hiding secrets from me, though. Indeed, if they are, I’ll soon believe all the more that too many people have something to hide, and will even be caught up in believing it’s not good to be private when needed, whether I can be safe to write something godly or not. I feel I’ve seen too much, actually… I don’t know who I should give a chance to when it comes to even a simple thing like friendship next. I can’t bring up what I’ve discovered about others on here, either. Maybe I should write about it in my spare time? I can’t say… but I hope to see you in chapter 22! (haha that rhymed)

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

Posted on 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!

It’s Not Worth It To Disregard The Foreigners — Other Ways To Love Others As Detailed In Leviticus 19:33-34 (06/21/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

This is huge, and I’m grieved in my spirit because lots of people in the U.S., though they had promised to be the hands and feet of Jesus to those who are disadvantaged, are now actually saying hatred is a virtue, and the proof is in the reality that there aren’t very many refugees here, maybe like 20,000 or less. I shared on my Instagram stories some time earlier this week that, believe it or not, Iran hosts more refugees than anywhere else on Earth. And they enforce Islam, so it’s kind of ironic they’re doing this, for Jesus had said that if we treat refugees badly, we purposely sin against Him 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 and He added that these will go into eternal fire (Matthew 25:46). Indeed, I remember that Peter Furler, former Newsboys frontman (he stepped down about 15 years ago), had mentioned in his 2008 live album, Houston We Are Go, at the end, that there’s a greater separation coming, far greater than the first one that had occurred in Genesis 3. And his character still holds up all these years later. This passage is found in page 70 of the NKJV Bible I have for this four-translation project, page 90 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I’ll be the first to admit I don’t really know much about hosting refugees myself, though, and I want that to improve, mainly in hiding a family in a safe neighbourhood if I’m married, but I can’t do it here, for even getting a girlfriend in this country means I have too high of a chance of being in poverty for the rest of my life, at least according to Arizona standards. I thank God the wages are more than double than that of places like Utah, Texas, Louisiana, etc., but it’s not enough, for I can’t save enough money every day, even when learning how to cook better foods. For as soon as I save ANYTHING, I have to use it almost immediately, usually if my tax return from early each year isn’t a part of it. I need to ask about what health insurance my job has, if there still is one 😬😬😬😬 if it’s not returning, and I can’t get affordable dental insurance, either, it’ll depend on luck or chance if I ever get out of debt, just as Ecclesiastes 9:11 says that the race isn’t to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men or women of understanding and intelligence, nor favour to people with a lot of skills, but time and chance happen to them all (author’s translation). The Lord Jesus is alive and His eyes are upon those who fear Him (who revere and worship Him with awe), who wait for Him and hope in His mercies (which are new every morning; see Lamentations 3:22-23) and lovingkindnesses to deliver them from anything deadly and keep them alive in famine (see also Psalm 33:18-19), but it’s because Satan has stolen Jesus’ authority (see 2 Corinthians 4:4) and has infiltrated the Christian church after Scripture was completed in greater levels than previously imagined, especially in weaponizing the truth of God being first in rank and inserting phrases in the Bible such as “He is in control” that too many want nothing to do with Him, just as Romans 2:24 says of Satan’s children that the Name of God is blasphemed everywhere because of them. Thankfully, Jude thought of this, too (see Jude 3-19), and no one was supposed to insert or remove anything in or from God’s Word, respectively (Revelation 22:18-19). Yet the wicked people have weaponized this, too, and they have the upper hand most of the time, just as Proverbs 28:28 says.

So the question is: is safety still possible? If so, great, but even a town like Gilbert where I’m writing this now in a library can have some deeply disturbing moments, like that one guy I heard about who relentlessly beat up a kid from Queen Creek with some help from his friends, and when he died, the guy actually emoted over his dead body! And if that wasn’t bad enough, their families are psychopaths, much like O.J. had been when he had murdered his ex-wife and her friend back in 1994. I actually found out one day that this interrupted the NBA Finals on June 17th that year. I mean, God can still make safety happen, but this might not be possible because over 75 million people chose Trump instead of Jesus, as though He needed a convicted rapist to do His work. Other people like this have taken office, too, but it’s too unsafe to be in the U.S. at this point… which is why I got a book titled Extreme Devotion by Voice Of The Martyrs over a week and a half ago. I just finished day 5 on my way to the library at a bookstore where I sometimes get godly content from. One of the first stories featured the Rachel Scott story from Colorado where two godless men exalted Hitler by terrorizing their high school on April 20th, 1999. I’ve written about this before, but just in case someone brings this up to me, it was partly why I’m now Christian, though I only heard about it in February 2008. Better safe than sorry…

The craziest part is, I’m in Arizona, where racism isn’t too high and there’s sometimes some hilarious content people make on the roads; I wonder how those in closed countries like Vietnam, Laos, Libya, Egypt, North Korea, China, Cuba, etc. are handling this right now. Indeed, yesterday was World Refugee Day, and I wanted to show some support, but all I could do was share some content on my Instagram stories about this (most of them have since disappeared, for they’re only available for 24 hours each). And I’ve been through too many dangerous things already, so if forgiveness is criminalized here, I’d much rather get blown up because I believe Jesus forgives others than locked away in the mental hospital again, or worse, be put in prison where I can be butt-raped because someone’s bored! Indeed, a nation can fall apart at anytime, including the U.S., so that’s why we must practice kindness to others, including the refugees and those seeking safety, especially… I pray God helps me dodge bad laws here, for I can’t afford a place anywhere even in a foreign country where it’s actually safe. Plus, I have a lot of debts, so I don’t expect them to not drag me back if I leave, temporarily or otherwise. Besides, I have a family here, and I want to meet my three nieces’ new half-sister, who was born on June 3rd at 4:15 a.m. Her name is Monika Lee Snyder (their mom had gotten a new boyfriend), and I’ve seen the nickname Mocha, and I think that’s adorable 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤🤍💗💗💗💗💗💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💘💘💘💕💞❣️❤️‍🔥❤️‍🩹 if her mom allows my brother and I to meet her, I’ll be forever grateful 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💖💖💖💖💖💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💓💓💓💓🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Oh, I should mention that I mentioned to someone on Threads last week I’d write on the Leviticus 19 passage, so I hope they see this. But those who die for their faith in Jesus are too good for this world (Hebrews 11:38), and I want more of God’s goodness both here and thereafter. I hope I can focus on an eternal reward even with the losses I’ve faced in multiple forms, but I don’t know how I can stand with others suffering for their devotions to Jesus if there aren’t enough people willing to stand with me in my opportunity to get a college degree and be financially stable that’s been stolen from me, and who can find joy if someone’s being told to be a masochist (one who takes pleasure in pain)? Maybe I need to read the Extreme Devotion book some more, which may take me years. And my 35th birthday is in just six months from Thursday next week, and I don’t know how much time I have left in this world if they want to clamp down on me for wanting kindness to be practiced 😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔 I don’t even know how I’m going to share this note… follow the words of Ecclesiastes 11:1-2, perhaps? That’s my only lead, and if I don’t get encouragement from the right people, I’m toast. The worst part about all this is that many people deny what’s happening, repeating the pattern of Jeremiah 5:12-13. I don’t know what to do here… if God’s faithfulness remains true like it says in 2 Timothy 2:13, that’s great. I want to rely on that. I hope we all can…

The final note I’ll be doing on this chapter will be on verses 35-36. I’m not sure when I’ll do that, but I hope to see you then!

Godly Tattoos Are Allowed, But Many Things Are To Be Avoided (Leviticus 19:26-31) [05/28/2025]

Posted on by Ron Outland

This was written so we’d avoid following evil spirits, for sadly, they’re real… and many of them of different sorts are in every nation, with some hidden in plain sight and others working behind the scenes. That wasn’t what God had planned for anyone. But in contrast to fortune-telling and soothsaying, prophetic revelation is of Jesus, and that’s awesome! This passage is found in pages 69-70 of the NKJV Bible I have for this project, pages 89-90 of the NASB Bible I have for it, page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I do hope to not find another human being who would weaponize any of this and call it loving your neighbour, akin to Leviticus 19:17-18, but knowing this world, I’ll probably find more people who actually practice this and use the above Scripture to justify it, whether I’m in ministry or not… and because the authoritarian agenda is almost halfway finished from those in power (and we’re not even halfway through 2025 yet), I don’t feel safe in the U.S., so that even in Gilbert, I’d actually find a bunch of godless men pretending to love what’s right. And Gilbert’s one of the safest places in the country, period, so if God wills, I want to go to some place like the Netherlands, for I heard they did tours I’d like to rephrase as decommissioning oneself from an unsafe land. (The original name I think is a bit inappropriate, hence the name change here.) And Jesus knows I only want to do what’s right… yet they do criminalize prostitution is most U.S. counties. I don’t know why it’s legal in most of Nevada… it’s not good. I pray for repentance and forgiveness there, and for the Burning Man festivals they have in the Nevada desert, for clothing there is optional. Yep, you read that right. You can legally show up there naked. I don’t recommend it 😅😅 — but still, nudity is legal in certain contexts in many parts of Europe. I think that’s wack 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 why they practice this I have no idea (verse 30 prohibits prostitution), but thank God hiking naked is no longer allowed in Switzerland! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 I pray for healing in Europe, since it’s safe in many parts but not many know Jesus there, much like in the U.S., though safety here is pretty hard to find.

And as for tattoos (verse 28), I don’t think all of them are to be avoided, for Jesus will have a writing on His robe and thigh containing something no one knows but Himself, and with it will be “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” (Revelation 19:16). So that tells me you actually can get good tattoos, and I don’t criticize them. But by now, this is probably common knowledge, for in 2012, when I first did Bible notes on a study Bible I had bought for a class or two that autumn (it was at ASU), I don’t think a lot of people really knew this too well… maybe they do now? I don’t know… but if money weren’t a factor, I would’ve gotten 60 godly tattoos all across my body by now. Yet I heard a guy not having tattoos is a flex, so maybe I should avoid getting ink’d up 😅😄😆😂🤣 I don’t want it to be like that one time at work when a customer confessed to me and a cashier that she got tattoos of flowers on her butt, though 😵😵😵😵😵😵😬😬😬😬 I legit couldn’t make this up. A month or two ago, she said this to us, and I can imagine other women got some… erotic tattoos of things in their private parts to satisfy the guys they’re sleeping with. I’m heartbroken for them 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔 I mean, I don’t think it’s right if a lady prefers me over Jesus… but a bit off-topic, many women are leaving the church, and that’s because of MAGA invading the Lord’s gatherings. Yet at the same time, I’m convinced people like me who love Him are among the unbelievers, including in the churches we go to. There’s this group called the “J6ers” who took part in the insurrection in early 2021 (they’re still not sorry for the violence and profane use of God’s Name they caused), and many of them are social media influencers. They’re also in our churches, and while I’ve heard reports that all of them in Arizona have been arrested, I’m not so sure that’s the case, for what do we do in case we see one? Indeed, I found out this one guy I’ve met before follows some of them, believing they have fruit of the Spirit. Don’t follow them, and pray you have a chance to escape their unrepentant souls. For they cannot stand against the Lord Jesus despite claiming to be on His side, but that’s always tougher to swallow.

In the meantime, I’m hoping my vacation request for work is approved, so that I can maybe go somewhere fun with a friend or two. But in the next post, I’ll write on verses 33-34, for I love that kindness to foreigners is encouraged 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💝💝💝💝💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘 hopefully that comes soon. I’ll see you then!

Circumcised And Uncircumcised Trees… And Deeds: Something Personal And Useful From Leviticus 19:23-25 (05/19/2025)

Posted on by Ron Outland

When I first read the Message version, found on biblegateway.com, verses 23-25 in this chapter stuck out to me like a sore thumb, for I couldn’t live in Tempe for three years after I become Christian… for what I don’t know. Maybe because offence had spread too much due to me losing my mind the summer before that this happened? I don’t know… but even in my fourth year at ASU, I was able to rent an apartment for the very first time with a friend of mine, but I still didn’t attend church much. But I didn’t know that churches could lie about being non-denominational, too 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️ I wish any church would preach truth 24/7 and not just themselves. Yet right before I started my fifth year at ASU, I started going to Antioch in Tempe (it was since moved to Chandler), and that was after my four-year anniversary of me becoming Christian (this was in 2013). I don’t want to talk about my personal history that much, though. Yet through a turn of events, I eventually made my way to Two Rivers Gilbert and have more or less been going there often since. I’ve believed I needed to step back from it a lot, and have even written some of it in previous posts… but I didn’t realize that Tom, the pastor, would rightly say some great stuff about not believing a preacher 24/7, and last week, I played a sermon he had recorded which contained him saying, as I can put it, “A leader can correct you and they’re right, but what happens when they do this and they’re wrong?” He then went on to say that’s even tougher to deal with. And I know about those who would weaponize Scriptures like Romans 13:1-5 and 2 Thessalonians 3. And I wonder, has anyone reading this been falsely corrected in their churches? I want to hear your stories, so drop something in the comments or DM me privately and tell me about all of it. This passage is found in page 69 of my NKJV Bible, page 89 of my NASB Bible (Old Testament), page 147 of my VOICE copy, and page 145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

The title of this post is based on a footnote I found of the VOICE version of this passage, in which the word “off-limits” is a reference to a tree being uncircumcised for three years. And it reminds me of Romans 2:25-27 about if someone’s got their hearts replaced by Jesus Himself or not (see Ezekiel 36:26-27, also Romans 6:17). I’ll get to these passages eventually, God-willing… and I’m also thinking of Titus 1:15-16 about if someone’s soul is pure, and if it is, everything is pure, but to the corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure… I don’t want to talk about someone else’s deeds to embarrass them, though. Indeed, there’s things I heard about I’m not ready to put on here, and by the time you read this, there may be more, even if I don’t leave the house before texting this to a friend. I do think this passage helped me lay out more of a foundation of where I should be in Jesus, though, especially concerning my history with Arizona State and other things that had happened in my first five years of my walk with Jesus. But there’s always room to grow somewhere, so that’s nice. I did lose all my data of my Bible notes after I had gotten a Bible to write some on in 2012, and then following what I wrote on a laptop, though. I still don’t know where it is… and I’ll probably need a new one soon, for they’re ending updates for my Windows 10 laptop in October. I pray they don’t drag me to a disgraceful place by then, for they’re willing to enforce Project 2025, criminalizing everyone but the Trump worshipers, not to mention they’re willing to put me to death simply for exercising the fruits of the Spirit should they declare kindness or forgiveness illegal. I’ll actually be more surprised if they don’t do this.

But whether or not you’ve followed me for a while, you can send me an e-mail if you need prayer or something at ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’m bad at checking my e-mails, though, so I’m sorry if I don’t see it. I’ll see you in verses 26-28 soon, God-willing. L8r!