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

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 πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ 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) β€” 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 πŸ‡³πŸ‡΄ where I heard a tuition-free university opened up for all applicants of any financial background πŸŽ“πŸ«πŸ’― I pray for hope, love, and joy for all the people going there πŸ’•πŸ’πŸ’–πŸ©·β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€ŽπŸ–€πŸ©ΆπŸ€πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’— and if anyone wants to follow Jesus honestly, I pray for a good opportunity for them to seek Him πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ 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 β€” 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 β€” 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 πŸ”πŸ“ 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. β€” they’ve since stopped saying that though) β€” 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 πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ all because the U.S. now loves deception more than ever and wants to enforce lies πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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 πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡± who became a doctor because he had accidentally injured his friend playing basketball πŸ€ 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 πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌ 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 πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ 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 β€” How God Gave The Israelites Up To Violence Even Before Reaching The Wilderness β€” Leviticus 24 (08/25/2025)

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 πŸ•―οΈπŸ’‘ or make a flame πŸ”₯ 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 πŸ’‘πŸ€” 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 β€” 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 πŸ€” 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 πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌπŸ™ŒπŸΌ 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) β€” 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 πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” Jesus cannot accept any of that πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ 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) β€” 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 πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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 πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ Sweden πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ Austria πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ή 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 πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§β€πŸ‘§πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘©β€πŸ‘§πŸ‘¨β€πŸ‘§πŸ«‚πŸ‘­πŸΌπŸ‘©πŸΌβ€β€οΈβ€πŸ‘©πŸΌπŸ‘―β€β™€οΈπŸ§šπŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ§œπŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘°πŸΌπŸ‘°πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ‘°πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ especially the little humans we have in our lives πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’“πŸ’žπŸ’•πŸ’Ÿβ£οΈβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ©Ήβ€οΈβ€πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯❀️‍πŸ”₯β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ©΅πŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ©·πŸ€πŸ©ΆπŸ–€πŸ€Ž 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 🌫️πŸŒͺοΈβ›ˆοΈπŸŒ§οΈπŸŒ¦οΈπŸŒ©οΈβš‘ I could likely get injured or even killed on the way to church where this will happen) β€” 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 πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ’―πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡πŸ˜‡

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 πŸ“§ 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 πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ

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

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 πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽŠπŸŽŠπŸŽŠπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆπŸŽˆβœ¨βœ¨βœ¨βœ¨βœ¨ 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” β€” I pray for freedom there and for an end to the outrageous everything πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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) πŸ˜…πŸ˜… 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]

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!

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

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 πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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 πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜πŸ˜β€οΈπŸ§‘πŸ’›πŸ’šπŸ’™πŸ’œπŸ€ŽπŸ–€πŸ€πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’•πŸ’žβ£οΈβ€οΈβ€πŸ”₯β€οΈβ€πŸ©Ή if her mom allows my brother and I to meet her, I’ll be forever grateful πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’—πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°

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 πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ˜­πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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]

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 πŸ˜…πŸ˜… β€” but still, nudity is legal in certain contexts in many parts of Europe. I think that’s wack πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£πŸ€£ why they practice this I have no idea (verse 30 prohibits prostitution), but thank God hiking naked is no longer allowed in Switzerland! πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³πŸ₯³ 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 πŸ˜…πŸ˜„πŸ˜†πŸ˜‚πŸ€£ 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 πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” 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 πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜πŸ’˜ 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)

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 πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ 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!

Love And Hope Go Together β€” Pondering on Leviticus 19:17-18 (Part 2) [04/30/2025]

After three weeks of waiting to write this down, I can say I’ve had good feedback from all those who read this, however few of you chose to do so πŸ˜„πŸ˜… one friend says, as I can put it, “Atheism disguised as Christianity? Yikes 😨😨😨😨” β€” I don’t know how much momentum I have concerning this but she’s right… but I still have a book called Barefoot Tribe by Palmer Chinchen, and I want to read it when I’m done with two others (one I’ve actually read before). It’s very tempting for me to play hardball with this sort of thing in terms of being people-centered, though, for then I’ll forget to rely on Jesus, and I don’t want that. But I don’t want to hang around with even one of the MAGA freaks who claim to support this, either… it’s all really confusing. My only reasoning about this passage and the dilemma of looking like a worshiper of left-wing extremism, a remark I’ve gotten before (though not often), I don’t really know, I guess I’ll have to keep a low profile about it… but I’m publishing this at roughly 10 a.m., Arizona time, so I guess the low profile thing is impossible at this point. But one thing I remembered recently (probably last night, I don’t remember) was that following the words of 1 Corinthians 10:32 where it says not to give offence to anyone was one way I could love my neighbour. Indeed, one maintenance man’s from Morocco, and I’m not sure what kind of Muslim content he practices, but I hope to lead him to Jesus without offending him away from God, just as Paul had written in chapter 8 of the above letter that introducing someone to godly stuff prematurely (if they don’t know it’s good and they’ve likely had a hard time with it growing up) isn’t worth it (see verses 9-12).

I also don’t want any kind of deportations happening, and they usually go after the wrong guys for this, so I pray against all that πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ for if someone wants to stay in the U.S., I believe he/she should have an opportunity to feel safe from the violence I imagine they fled from, but Satan is stirring the churches to chase them away, to the point that I don’t even want to be here, so that if I leave there will be trouble, and if I stay there will be double the pain. Please tell me at least a couple of you understood that reference… I know I don’t want Russian aggression against anyone, but knowing the evil one has subjugated many people here to this, I can’t make many more friends here, even if more people are born and then become Christian. I actually think Jesus has never been more ashamed of the U.S. than He’d ever been, given the circumstances, including that I can’t mention to really anyone else even at church the problems those in power are creating, seeing that most of the Valley loves them, not to mention half the other metro areas in the U.S., in general. Even those who never planned for this don’t seem to care… I think Jesus has given this country up to an atheism-enforcing mindset. So at this point, the only way He’ll really receive glory is that this nation is… replaced, given the abundant lack of forgiveness that’s always happened.

What are we to do when the government fights back, pretending to be Christian once again? For they’ll hunt down and eliminate those who follow Jesus for real, since they love to weaponize Romans 13:1-5. Yet people would say Isaiah 10:1-2, a Scripture that’s long been overlooked in too many circles, is more weaponized than anything. They’d even mention that Putin’s a good leader and that Zelenskyy, though he’s indeed quite corrupt, can [insert highly suggestive comment here]. These men have attacked the Leviticus 19 passage many of them claim to love. I think they want to make unforgiveness mandatory. They also know law and order doesn’t really work, for too often, the laws in many lands, on top of what had already been put in place on or before 1980, have been apathetic towards the Gospel. Yet they complain abortion is worse than the death penalty, but I know they don’t want to give that up here. I think both should be eliminated, but it’s too bad that without abortion being legal, there’s an even higher infant/child mortality rate here. I think the U.S. worships the spirit of death, especially around Halloween πŸŽƒπŸ¦‡πŸ¦‚πŸ•·πŸ•ΈπŸ˜“πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ and that’s six months away.

So the only conclusion is, despite the fact that more and more people want to enforce unforgiveness, love anyway. At least we’ll go out in a blaze of glory and to be welcomed to Heaven like heroes, and that’s not just because 1 Peter 3:17 says what it says. If you have any questions about this, you can either e-mail me at ron.outland4727@gmail.com or pray to God that someone much smarter than me can answer you here. You can also type something in the comments a time when you’ve been wronged, hurt, or left for dead by an unforgiving human being, if you wish πŸ˜… anyway, it’s like 10:20 a.m., now, so I need to publish this. Later!

Love And Hope Go Together β€” Pondering On Leviticus 19:17-18 (Part 1) [04/09/2025]

These two verses are the backbone of all my theology, including about God’s and Christ’s Deity! For if He didn’t show interest in someone in this world, what could we do? Indeed, Jesus quoted verse 18 in most of the Gospels, and so did some of the New Testament authors! I wish this was more commonplace in the U.S., but the vast majority of the people will never accept it, especially in the churches across the world that more or less think they follow Jesus when they clearly don’t πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” and every time I try and address legit concerns of how this is ignored in some form (like in an Instagram story post or even texting a friend), I usually get more criticism than a holy response. This passage is found in page 69 of the NKJV Bible I have, page 89 of the NASB Bible I have (Old Testament), page 146 of my VOICE copy, and pages 144-145 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

I thought I’d write not one, but two posts about this because it’s probably the most important commandment in the Pentateuch along with the Shema (Deuteronomy 6:4-5). For I want to send this post to about a maximum of 15 friends to see the feedback on this, seeing that Tim, the Two Rivers Awaken pastor (as of late 2019), wants to read everything I’ve posted on here the last two weeks. Yet, I feel something… disturbing brewing among us, for there are those in my church (and I sometimes fear this is in my inner circle) that think God’s so important that people are meaningless, given their worship of idols that they think Jesus accepts. This isn’t what He had in mind, and that’s how the Pharisees were so critical of Him in the first place, given the words of John 5:39-40.

In the meantime, where can we pray for hope for others? For I recognize I’ll need to get to the human being to preach the Gospel to them before a false disciple or false prophet does. Yet a lot of people in the U.S. discount evangelism across the earth, and I won’t be surprised if the U.S. is no longer a sending nation, because of the atheism disguised as Christianity that’s popular in different forms in every state. The Lord Jesus won’t forget these people’s sins, and He won’t forgive them, either, for they have… attacked Matthew 18:21-35, thinking justice and forgiveness are contradictory. It was supposed to be restoration according to the good the abused deserve 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Brian Zahnd’s book, Radical Forgiveness, explains it in a way I hadn’t imagined up until I read it in 2017. For it says that if someone’s unforgiving, they re-enter the world of retribution forever and ever. For more details, you can find it in a library in your area, if that library’s got the book. I also fear that unforgiveness will be enforced, too, and because they’re deporting so many people to El Salvador for slavery so unjustly (they want to take U.S. citizens like me away, too), soon, I won’t be able to do anything. I pray against this unjust fate where the wicked people always have the upper hand…

Anyone who doesn’t know me, either, please feel free to read this, for I’m making this post public. Indeed, this passage encourages forgiveness, too, given the fact that it forbids grudges and revenge. But slavery was what the Lord Jesus had rescued the Israelites from! He didn’t die and rise again for all mankind only for the U.S. to enforce hateful content and imprison all of us who resist Donald Trump’s reprobate laws! Before long, NO ONE will want to worship Jesus anymore… why even re-establish slavery in the first place?!

The Farmers’ Leftovers For Those Who Are Broke β€” (Some Of) God’s Economy Spelled Out In Leviticus 19:9-10 (03/31/2025)

When telling a friend I was going to write on this, he sent me a big text from his ChatGPT app that I don’t know how to send to my laptop where I’m typing this now, but I did find this on the passage. I don’t know how many nations practice anything like this today, but there weren’t any welfare systems in Moses’ time, and Israel, by God’s command, was supposed to be the first ever to implement generosity for those from other countries looking for hope and love that they couldn’t get from what they were following (that is, the idols of their lands). It’s too bad USAID was gutted, though… it’s not cool that Trump shut it down to make himself richer than ever, and his fanboys (which comprise at least the 29% Americans who espouse “Christian” nationalism, meaning there’s about 100 million people in the U.S. alone who believe this damnable heresy) β€” all of them love it. But I don’t even identify with the U.S., really, for they recrucified Jesus for themselves, even after seeing God’s glory in many places in different parts of the world. Indeed, because they have done this, God’s curse is upon them and all their families and those who follow this, even in different countries. So if I were to preach the Gospel in these lands, some of them will probably follow me there and harass the receivers of the Lord’s Word, just as Paul’s enemies had done with him during his missionary journeys like in Acts 17:1-15. But this passage is found in page 69 of the NKJV Bible I’m using for this four-translation project, page 89 of the NASB Bible I’m using for this, page 146 of my VOICE copy, and page 144 of my Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copy.

And after I read the passage again, I realized I wanted to do a double gleaning on my lands and not pick up anything to leave for those who can’t afford it… but that’s me. I’m the broke guy! I found out the poverty threshold in Arizona (as of about a year ago) is roughly $32,000/year (gross income) and I made several thousand bucks or so less than that last year πŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’ΈπŸ’Έ I still can’t pay my debts back because I don’t have a high-paying job, but at least they’ll be forgiven at the end of April 2039 if nothing happens… and that’s a BIG if. For we know how unpredictable the leaders in this country are, akin to some funny stuff I’ve faced in the past, of which I can’t put into detail right now, nor can I mention how much my savings is (but at least I got it to a desired amount tonight! Thank God!) β€” I do like how it was commanded in those days, but I wish the Israelites hadn’t requested empty religion by means of God’s words in Exodus 16:28-29 (this showed how Canaan’s influences were still in all Israel in those days, for the Canaanites had a strong influence in Egypt while Jacob’s descendants were living there, and everyone followed that stuff, having ignored God’s faithfulness to Jacob and the patriarchs) β€” so that there’d be works-based religion no one could follow in the first place. But Jesus followed that perfectly! Thank God He’s Heaven’s Son! As for me, if I were a rich farmer, I believe God would command me to follow the instructions of the passage in the title of this post but leave twice as much, at least. Indeed, this sort of giving (and other giving commandments that were in Old Testament passages like Malachi 3:10) was (and still is recommended) to be the floor… but that sort of thing is usually used by unscrupulous men behind pulpits to get rich off the backs of others, such as what the Lord hadn’t commanded. We need to be careful not to fall into the temptation of greed. It’s nice to have a big sum of cash if you can get it, but we need to use it for God’s economy, not solely for our own benefit. I do want to give my family a lovely Christmas every year, though.

If someone mentions that this is required for following Jesus today, they’re actually deeply and sorely mistaken. Look at Acts 15:1-35, Galatians 2:15-5:26, and even Matthew 19:17, Mark 10:18, and Luke 18:19… not to mention Ezekiel 20:25-26. And when they challenge these truths saying that there were many good things that must be implemented, knowing we’re saved for works and not from them, as James 2:14-26 says, they’re actually using these principles as a stumbling block to those who’ve lived on empty religion all their lives and wanted to follow something else! This isn’t what the James 2 passage is for. Indeed, too often people contradict the other Scriptures with this one. But God doesn’t look at how much you’ve done, good or bad, given the Hebrew for Isaiah 64:6. Literally. But if someone can’t get to a generous human being who does anything like this, I’m really sorry πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’” I wish I could get to some of the homeless people a bunch of good food in downtown Phoenix or even for some homeless friends who stay nearby the store I work at… it really breaks my soul because that can happen to anyone, and I know that none of the homeless people staying there deserve their plight. But there’s not enough good people in the world, and I still have much more debt than savings, and that’s saying something. I pray these guys are safe tonight πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– I put two bags with a bunch of clothes in a bin for those who don’t have much clothing, if any, recently, for Jesus said what He said in Matthew 25:31-46 for a reason. I don’t think I can do enough in my community to eliminate poverty for good, and Gilbert’s the #1 most prosperous area in the U.S. (but I’m staying somewhere else) β€” so what does God want me to do in terms of this verse? Hmmm… maybe I should bring a bunch of chips I had bought for one of them, if I see him again tomorrow or Wednesday. I don’t know what these people want, though… I wish I could understand them better…

Another important thing to know: most homeless people didn’t become homeless by choice. I know I didn’t, and neither did the other people at the store who’ve become homeless and can’t get anything. I do hope and pray I take better care of myself, though. It’ll soon become blindingly hot in the Valley, and I pray there’s no homeless fatalities this time. I also pray for plenty of water to be given to them, for the deserts’ summers are brutal, with 110Β° temperatures and little to no rain… until the monsoon starts so that many communities are flooded (but thank God they’ve built drains over the years) β€” hard to believe Phoenix is getting uninhabitable, ain’t it? This city’s a testament to the stubbornness of humanity… in general. And the many homes and concrete everything is only making it worse, for they don’t want to switch to rubber (rubber make heat bounce off whereas concrete traps it), since they’re too cheap to save the city and even their own lives! I’m not against people moving here from other places, though. At least it’s nice to see them.

I have more passages of Leviticus 19 to get into, but not right now, for it’s getting late. Verses 11-16 are next! If you have a prayer request, you can e-mail me at 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 passage. Later!