Author: Inspirations By Katheryn

I am kind of a world traveler. I have lived in Korea, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Tokyo, Canada, Afghanistan, India and USA. I remember when President Kennedy was assassinated, watched the first human walk on the moon, Alaska became a state, President Kennedy & Martin Luther King were shot, and the first human walked on the moon. I remember when the first Star Wars movie came out, 900 religiously misguided humans committed suicide in Guyana, when Microsoft was "invented" and the Ayatollah Khoumeini took over Iran, kicked out western companies (employers) and returned his country to the dark ages. I WAS THERE WHEN MOUNT SAINT HELENS BLEW. I remember when the Berlin Wall fell, the Internet was created, the first warm-blooded animal was cloned (a sheep) and the Hubble Telescope was launched - all in the 1980s. And you?

July 23~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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The Law of Moses had only the famous Ten Commandments

The entire book of Leviticus, 3rd book of the Bible

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No!  Try wading through the book of Leviticus written for the tribe of Levi from which came their priests who made sure the Law of Moses was kept.  Leviticus has 27 long chapters of intricate instructions.  It included three kinds of laws:  Moral, Ceremonial, Judicial (civil).  There are people today to want to dip back into the Law of Moses to do things they would love to have an excuse to do.  Incense in worship is part of the Law of Moses.  Candles in worship is part of the Law of Moses.  A separate priesthood is part of the Law of Moses.  Etc.  But, the Bible also says that if you keep part of the Law of Moses, you are obligated to keep all of it.  And that includes stoning for adultery, stoning for working on Saturday, and stabbing animals to death for sacrifices to God. Wow!  

 

July 22~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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The Egyptians Enslaved the Jews

But before that,  Jewish Joseph enslaved the Egyptians

Exodus 1:6-11 and Genesis 46:34

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When the Egyptians enslaved the Jews, it was PAYBACK TIME.  When Jewish Joseph controlled Egypt’s food during a 7-year famine. the Egyptians ran out of money.  So they gave all their land to Joseph who passed it on to Pharaoh.  But the famine kept going.  The Egyptians did not have anything left of value, so sold themselves into slavery to Joseph who passed them on to Pharaoh.  So a couple of hundred year later after Joseph died, the Egyptians “turned the tables” on the Jews and enslaved the Jews.

 

July 21~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Abraham’s age when…

Isaac’s age when…

Jacob’s age when…

Genesis 25:26 & 21:5  –  Genesis 35:28 & 47:7

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Abraham’s grandsons, Jacob & Esau, were 15 years old when Abraham died.  (Abraham was 100 when Isaaac was born.  Isaac was 60 when Jacob & Esau were born.  Abraham died at age 175.)

Jacob took his family to live in Egypt ten years after his father, Isaac, died.  (Isaac was 60 years old when Jacob was born.  Isaac died at age 180 when Jacob was 120.  Jacob was 130 when he took his family to live in Egypt.)

 

 

July 20~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Noah and his family were in the ark 40 days and 40 nights.

Genesis 7:6, 11, 24 and Genesis 8:13

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No. It rained 40 days and 40 nights.  But the springs under the ocean kept coming up and the water kept going up for 5 months.  Then they had to wait for the water to go back down.  Noah entered the ark when he was 600 years old, and stepped off the ark when he was 601 years old.  Noah and his family were in the ark a full year.

 

July 19~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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When Abraham prepared to kill his son as a burned sacrifice to God, he believed God would bring his son back to life immediately afterward. 

Genesis 22; Hebrews 11:17-19

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What faith!  He really believed he could kill his son and the son would come back to life!  Abraham told his servants to wait for them while they finished  going up to Mount Moriah, adding, “WE will return”.  In the Hebrews it says the same thing: Abraham knew, if he killed his son, God would bring him back to life.  He KNEW it!

 

July 18~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Abraham was being mean when he made his slave mistress and their 15-year-old slave son, Ishmael, go out into the desert to die.

Genesis 21:1-21; Genesis 25:12-18; Genesis 2:8-9

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It was just the opposite.  Hagar was a slave. Therefore, her son, Ishmael, was a slave. When Abraham sent them away, he was giving them their freedom. They would no longer be slaves. Both Hagar and son, Ishmael, prayed to the one true God, so God blessed Ishmael.   Eventually, Ishmael  had 12 sons who became twelve tribes and they settled from today’s Arabia to Havilah (what we today call the Middle East) “where there was much gold”. Archaeologists have found gold artifacts dating back to 4000 BC in ancient Mesopotamia in today’s southern Iraq. The Pishon River originated in the Garden of Eden.

 

July 17~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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How many times did Abraham have to move before settling in his Promised Land?

Genesis 11:26 – 25:10

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Abraham and Sarah moved 12 times covering over 1000 miles before finally settling in his Promised Land.

Ur to Haran = 600 miles.
Haran to Shechem = 450 miles
Shechem to Bethel = 20 miles
Bethel to Negev = 100 miles
Negev to Egypt = 250 miles
Egypt to Negev = 250 miles
Negev to Bethel = 20 miles
Bethel to Hebron = 20 miles
Hebron to Gerar = 50 miles
Gerar to Negev = 20 miles
Negev to Beersheba = 25 miles
Beersheba to Hebron = 50 miles

July 16 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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God told Abraham to sacrifice his son to him in order to find out how much faith Abraham had

Genesis 21:5; Genesis 22:1-12

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NO! God knows everything.  Abraham believed he would have a son but needed reassurance periodically during the 35 years waiting for that son.  He was reassured by God every time he made a major move that he would have that son.  When a child learns to walk, the parents say things like, “Come on.  You can do it.  I know you can!”  It is a confidence builder.  This is what God was doing  The word “Now” with “I know” is not in the original Hebrew of the Bible.  God knows everything.  He said, “I know your faith is burned deep in your heart.”  It was reassurance.  And in the process, Abraham learned just how strong his faith was. 

July 15 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Abraham had to wait 25 years from God’s promise to the birth of son, Isaac at age 100.

Acts 7:2-4; Nehemiah 9:7; Genesis 11:25-32; Genesis 15:7; Genesis 2:10-14

Fact Of the Day

Abram was 75 when he left Haran, not Ur.  His original call was in Ur down near the former Garden of Eden. Father Terah died at age 205 when Abram was 75, so was 130 when Abram was born. According to the Talmud, Terah was born c. 2135 BC. So Abram was born 130 years later around 2005 BC.  Ur was conquered around 1940 BC by Elam (part of today’s Iran) when Abram was age 65.   This may have been the reason God called Abraham out of his city at that time.  Then ten years later up in Haran, Abram was called again and resumed his journey to Canaan. at age 75.  Therefore, Abraham had to wait 35 years from the original promise of God until the birth of his promised son, Isaac.  

July 14 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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We know where the Garden of Eden was.

Genesis 2:10-14

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“Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden: and from there it divided and became four rivers.”  We do not recognize the names of the first two rivers – Pishon and Gihon.  Their courses may have disappeared during the flood.  But the other two are still there:  “The name of the third river is TIGRIS.   It flows east of Assyria. [today’s Iraq].  And the fourth river is the EUPHRATES.”