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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

Fact Of the Day

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

Facts Of the Day

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

Fact Of the Day

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

Fact Of the Day

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

Fact Of the Day

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 5 ~ Things in the Bible Not Really in the Bible…and a Few Surprises

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A Different Oops Every Day

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Did Adam and Eve Actually Walk through the Garden with God?

Genesis 18:1-19:1, 29; Genesis 22:11-12; Genesis 16:9-13; Genesis 32:24-30;

Numbers 12:8; Numbers 22:22,31; Joshua 5:13-15;

Judges 6:12-16; 21-22; Judges 13:3,6,12-22; I Kings 19:7-9;

Daniel 3:24-25;  John 1:1 & 14.

OOPS:   It is impossible and blasphemy to claim God ever materialized on earth in human form.

FACT:    God materialized  to Adam and Eve regularly.  He appeared as a human often described as the Angel of God but called Lord or God by the people he appeared to.  He appeared to Abraham twice, Hagar, Jacob, Moses, Balaam, Joshua, Gideon, Samson’s mother, Samson’s father, Elijah, Shadrach-Meshach-Abednego In the Old Testament. And one more time in the New Testament. 

July 4 ~ Things in the Bible Not Really in the Bible…and a Few Surprises

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WHEN WAS LIGHT CREATED?

Genesis 1:3-5 – Genesis 1:14-19

OOPS:   The Genesis account of the creation is wrong.  God could not have created light on the first day since he did not create the sun until the 4th day.

FACT:    This is assuming the earth is the center of the universe. But it is not. The earth is a tiny spec in the universe. The entire universe does not depend on earth’s sun – just one of the stars created the fourth day. Beginning the first day, God’s glory shined brightly.

A little extra seeking and knocking

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Strip of InspirationalAh, how can I praise you enough, Jehovah God? You are so good to me. You poured out your heart to the world in your Bible. How lucky I am to have a copy of it and live where anyone can have as many copies as they like. Lord God, I adore you. You are so high, I delight to follow you and try to reach up as high as you do. You’re never quite so far that I cannot sometimes touch you. To know you is to love you. You are my God and will be forever. 

Thank you, God, for freedom to study your Book of all books.  I have a copy of your very own words. How amazing. Every word is so fascinating. You pour out your heart and withhold nothing of your plans, emotions, and doings. And thank you for the exhilarating gift of mind that allows humans to know of your existence and to understand who you are. Thank you for making me so much in your image that I have your same emotions, instinctively long for wisdom, and delight in creating. Thank you for all that I am.

The scripture for today, July 7 (7/7), is Matthew 7:7 as found in the New Testament of the Bible:

“Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.”

How beautiful. The Creator of the universe pays attention to each and every one of us. How does he do it? How does he even sort us all out when thousands of us are praying to him at the same time?

But sometimes you may think he is not listening to your prayers. It takes time to answer some of them. If I am praying to meet my future husband or wife, God may have to move him or her from the other side of the country, get a new job for him or her and arrange for the two of you to “accidentally” bump into each other. This is just one example.

At other times you may ask for something like winning a ball game. When Jesus said whatever we seek will be given to you, he had already explained that you must “seek first his kingdom and his righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). So, within that context, God will give you your heart’s desire.

Maybe today, you can do a little bit of extra seeking and extra knocking.

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Delightful Serendipity. And I smile.

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OldOldTunes-mediumHeaven stirs. The song comes near. Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Angel wings are heard then stilled.  Prayers rise from earth and soar to your majestic throne.  The mountains declare your glory and the ocean answers with a mighty roar.  Your love is like trees in a storm, bending but not breaking, and coming back stronger than ever. My praises break forth from my heart, dear Lord, in jubilation. The forests shiver in excitement and the tiniest creature answers with its tiny squeak.

Your love melts the hardest heart and chases away the worst sinful thoughts. Your love strengthens the weakest heart and makes it bold in the face of fear.  Your love shouts from the mountain tops in glistening white purity and spreads delight, wonder, and exultation to those willing to look up. You emerge from the depths of the oceans in face of storms, for nothing can hold you back. You reign from the heavens and are all glorious. Whatever I do, you are there. Whether I run or walk, you are there. Whether I work or rest, you are there. You are in my song and in my silence.

It is dawn. The sun is shining today. We have had a lot of rain and that made the gardens happy. Now the sun is back, gleaming in a deep blue sky while cottony white clouds bounce here and there in satisfaction. Delightful serendipity, no matter what the heavens bring day by day, I thank you for that.  And I smile.

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Created for his pleasure

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0-Come Fly-ChildsCartoonMediumCoverI praise you, Jehovah God of the universe and God of my heart. You are above all things, below all things and in all things. Yet you live in my heart and speak to me in your Word ~ Jesus, your brainchild. You have poured out your heart to mankind in your Word. You have exposed your greatest desires, greatest disappointments, and greatest glory in your Bible.  You reign over the world, crowned with honor, truth, and love. How can I thank you enough for your Bible? I read and learn, read and learn, and there is no end to it So amazing it all is ~ each sentence you breathed into it. It contains examples of every type of behavior and how to keep doing it or change.  It contains the answers to life’s questions. It is all I need or could ever hope for. It tells how much you love me and your patience when I walk away from you. It sings your praises and draws me back to you. I bow to you in gratitude.

Ah, my Lord.  You made us for your pleasure, for Love cannot stand to be alone. Love must have others to love. But pure love must give a choice to love in return and not be forced. You gave us choice, thus taking the chance we might reject you.  Little children love you because not too long before their birth, they beheld your face. May I be as the little child. May my eyes always twinkle, my lips grin wide, and my arms reach out for you. And when I my soul trips and falls sometimes in its hurry, may you reach down, wipe my tears away, hold me in your protective arms and kiss away my hurt.  Help me be like a trusting little child.  I am trying, Lord. I am trying.

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