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OOPS OF THE DAY ~

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

Oops of the Day

The Jews were required to give a tithe to the temple every year.

Deuteronomy 14:22-28

Deuteronomy 26:12  –  Leviticus 1-5  –  Leviticus 27:2  –  Numbers 21:2  –  I Samul 1:11  –   II Samuel 15:7-8  –   Psalm 22:11, 25  –  Psalm 66:13  –  Psalm 76:11  –  Psalm 116:8,14,18-19  –   Job 22:27  –   Jonah 1:7-9

Fact of the Day  

Yes and No!   It was much more. A good Jew gave about one third of his income, not just one tenth. (1) The Jews had to give an extra tithe every three years for their welfare program. (2) They had to pay for their vows, which in many cases were really special prayer requests.  (3) They had to buy animals for sacrifices for intentional sins, unintentional sins and sins requiring restitution.  (4) If they wanted to thank God for anything special, they had to buy grain for a sacrifice  (5)  If they didn’t have mney to buy the animals or grain, they had to take them out of their own supply, thus depleting their own “pay check.” (6) And every time one of their flocks or herds had a first-born “first-fruits”, they had to sacrifice it ~ another depleting of the “pay check.”  

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 19

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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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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 13

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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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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 12

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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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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 10

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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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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 9

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 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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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 8

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There are some people in the world who are so pure and good, they are sinless. Plus, of course, the prophets and apostles were sinless.

I Peter 2:22  –  Hebrews 4:15  –  II Corinthians 5:21 –  Romans 3:23 – Ecclesiastes 7:20  –  I John 1:8

Fact of the Day 

No!  Several Bible verses state Jesus was sinlessness  ~

  • “He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth”
  • “He wastempted in every point as we are, yet without sin”
  • “He who knew no sin was made to be sin for us.” 

And the rest of the world?

  • “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
  • “Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins”.  
  • “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us”.  

Jesus was the only one who never sinned.  Never.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 7

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It took just a minor miracle for the Israelites to cross the Jordan River and enter Canaan as conquerors compared with 40 years earlier when they had crossed the Red Sea to leave Egypt as slaves.  Further, it took more time and energy for the Israelites to cross the Red Sea while fleeing their slavery than it did when they finally crossed the Jordan River to enter their Promised Land.  

Exodus 14:21 and 24 and 27  –  Joshua 3:15

Fact of the Day 

No!  It took the two-to-three million Israelites just one night to cross the Red Sea.  That leaves people to believe they crossed at the narrowest point near today’s Suez Canal.  There, the Red Sea is approximately 9 miles across and 80 feet deep at the narrowest place and time of year.

Forty years later, they arrived at the Jordan River ready to conquer the Canaanites during flood stage.  At that time of year, the Jordan is some 2-3 miles across and nearly 100 feet deep.  A  much steeper incline from the shore on the east side and back up again at the shore on the west side would have been much more difficult to manage. But they all crossed in a day.

So strength and speed required of the people to cross the Red Sea and the Jordan River would have been similar.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 4

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God doesn’t mind if I miss worshiping on Sunday.  After all, a person has to live.  I had unexpected company last Sunday, and well yeah, I will be missing the day of the big game.  But God understands.  We are tight!  He’s my buddy. 

Exodus 20:8-11  –  Exodus 32:1-35  –  Hebrews 10:24-31

Fact of the Day  

No!  People who are more interested in doing other things than worship would be miserable in heaven where they worship all the time.  Then, they would make heaven miserable.  This cannot be!

 It is one of the most serious crimes in the Bible. People today who “skip worship” on Sundays to do other things [desecrate] are similar to the Jews who “skipped the Sabbath Day” in Bible times to do other things [desecrate]. It is serious. What will happen to them?

During the days of the Old Testament and when the Law of  Moses was kept, this was the command:  “You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy. Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it [does other things that day] is to be put to death.”

And in the New Testament, Hebrews says in part, “…25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 26 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.”

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 2

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When I complain to God in prayer about all the bad things happening to me, he will hear my pain and solve my problems.

          Numbers 14:26                    

I Corinthians 10:10 –  I Corinthians 13:5c – Ephesias 4:30-31 – James 1:2 – Jude 1:16

Fact of the Day  

No! Complaining is akin to bitterness and harboring grudges.  When we complain, we are telling God we do not want to be where he wants us to be or to experience what he wants us to experience.  Instead of complaining, we are to rejoice that things are bad for us.  Huh?  Look it up.  

When you are tired and feel helpless, live in the moment.  Bloom where you are planted.  The world will notice.

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