Things in the Bible not really in the Bible …and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

No one other than the high priest ever was allowed to enter the Holy of Holies of the Tabernacle or Temple.  Even then, he could only do so once a year.

Exodus 25:17-22  – Exodus 33:7-11  –  Leviticus 16  –  I Samuel 2:26  –  I Samuel 2:35  –  I Samuel 3:3-4 & 9  –  Hebrews 10:19-25

Fact of the Day 

No!  God made the law, he can change it, and I think he did – once.  God made one exception to his Only-the-High-Priest rule and the Once-a-Year rule.  And that exception was with a little boy. 

When the holy golden Ark of the Covenant between God and man was made some 450 years earlier,  they made a lid for it which God called the atonement cover.  It had two cherubim on it facing each other with their wings overshadowing the lid.  Before the holy Tabernacle of worship was erected, the ark was in a special tent for Moses and God told him, “There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.”  And so, the Bible says,  ^“There the Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend…”  (Remember, the Holy Tabernacle of Worship had not been made yet and Aaron had not been made high priest yet).  Then, after listening to God,  “Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.”

Now 400 years later we find little boy Samuel sleeping in the Holy of Holies (kind of like what Joshua had done.)  Really?  Are you sure?   “Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord” (holy Taberncale of Worship), but not just anywhere in the house of the Lord.   He was lying “Where the ark of God was…. and the Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” and spoke to the little boy a message to pass on to the High Priest.

Why would God do that?  That is another surprise for tomorrow!

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible …and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Samson, the strongest man in the world, was always making bad choices of women and showing off  his strength. 

Judges 14:5-9  –  Judges 16:3  –  Judges 15:8  –  Judges 16:31

Fact of the Day 

No!  Samson judged the Israelites for 20 years and there are only a few accounts of his strength.  Though smart, perhaps he realized he also had a temper problem.  So, he seems to have lived in the cleft of a rock (cave) in Etam in the hills above his home town of Zorah and judged from there until his final capture and ultimate death at the end of his 20 years.

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible …and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

The reason the Jews worshipped idols so much and were enslaved so often in the book of Judges is because they needed a king and didn’t have one.  It says so four times in Judges that there was no king.

Judges 17:6  –  Judges 18:1  –  Judges 19:1  –  Judges 21:25  –  Judges 8:22 & 33f  –  I Samuel 8:6-9

Fact of the Day 

No!  It does not say they had no king available to them, but that there was no king over them.  I think a lot of people  today interpret that as their needing  the stability of a king.  Well, once they did try to make Judge Gideon their king, but he refused because God was their true king.   (The Bible always interprets itself.)   He finally consented, but the point had been made.  They would not let God be their king.

And, after over 400 years of this type of thinking, to make matters worse, they  fired the last judge (Samuel) so they could have a king.  What?  Huh?  Say again?   They finally admitted it!  They wanted a human king, not the all-powerful king, Maker of the universe, and lover of their souls.  And God’s sad, sad reply to Samuel?  “They have not rejected you.  They have rejected me as their king.”

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible …and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

The Jews were slaves only in Egypt, Babylon, and Assyria.

Genesis 15:13 –  Judges 3:8 & 14  –  Judges 4:2-3  –  Judges 6:1  –  Judges 10:8  _  Judges 13:1

Fact of the Day 

No!  After they moved into their promised land as led by Joshua they kept worshiping the gods of the local pagans and ended up serving them a total of 59 years.

God told Abraham he would make a great nation of them, but first they will be slaves for 400 years. After they entered Abraham’s promised land….

• 07 years  – Conquered evil Amorites
• 08 years – Slaves to Mesopotamia
• 40 years – Judge Othniel
• 18 years – Slaves to Moab
• 80 years – Judge Ehud
• 01 year – Judge Shamgar
• 20 years  – Slaves to Hazor
• 40 years –  Judge Deborah
• 07 years – Slaves to Midian
• 40 years – Judge Gideon & King
• 03 years – King  Abimelech
• 23 years – Judge Tola
• 22 years – Judge Jair
• 18 years – Slaves to Philistine Ammonites
• 06 year s– Judge Jephthah
• 07 years – Judge Ibzan
• 10 years – Judge Elon
• 08 years – Judge Abdon
• 40 years – Slaves to Philistines
• 20 years – Judge Samson

418 YEARS 

It took the Jews 400 years to get out of Egypt.  It took another 400 years to get Egypt out of the Jews.  

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Things in the Bible not really in the Bible …and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

 After entering their Promised Land and settling there, the Jews stopped worshiping their idols and threw away their statues.

Joshua 24:23

Nearly 100 Bible verses.  Look them up by the name of the pretend god or goddess

Fact of the Day 

No!  They added to them.  Why?  Because it gave them power and pleasure.  They liked the way each god was “worshiped” and calling it a religion made their acrivities “acceptable”.  Here they are alphabetically:

1. Adram-Melach & Anam-Melach  –  Child Sacrifices
2. Ashema – Orgies
3. Asherah/Inana – Temple Prostitutes
4. Ashtoreth – Witchcraft
5. Baal – Temple Prostitutes & Child Sacrifice
6. Chemosh – War & Child Sacrifice
7. Bell – Temple Prostitutes
8. Moloch – Child Sacrifice
9. Nergal – War
10. Nibhaz – Witchcraft
11. Nisroth – War
12. Succoth-Benoth – Temple Prostitutes
13. Tammuz – Temple Prostitutes
14. Tartak – Witchcraft

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