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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ JUNE 7

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

Oops of the Day

 A little boy – Paul’s nephew (his sister’s son) – warned Paul about a plot to kill him on his way between Jerusalem and Caesarea to be tried by the Jewish governor.

Acts 20:7 – Acts 20:11  –  Exodus 20:8

Fact of the Day

No!  While in Jerusalem for his very last time, the Jews rioted, Paul was arrested, and the Roman commander decided to transfer him to prison about 60 miles away.  Paul’s  nephew  did  warn him  of  a plot  by  the  Jews  to  kill  him  on  the  way,  but he  was  not  a little  boy. 

Considering the reigns of kings, high priests, Roman consuls and prefects mentioned in the accounts of Paul, Paul was between 55 and 60 by now.  His sister would have been close to that age and her son now grown.  So, Paul’s nephew was probably between 30 and 40 years of age.

  
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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ JUNE ` (correction)

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Baptism is a memorial ritual like the Lord’s Supper.  It is to remember and declare that you were saved some time in the past.   

Acts 20:7 – Acts 20:11  –  Exodus 20:8

Fact of the Day

No!  Only the sinless can enter heaven. God is sinless and cannot co-exist with sin.   

It takes only one sin to be a sinner.  So, if one sin was on one person in heaven, it would not be heaven.

Only the sinless can go to heaven.  How is that possible? The apostle Peter said your sins are all forgiven at baptism.  The apostle Paul said he  was baptized to wash away his sins.


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~

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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 ~ November 2

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Satan was thrown down from heaven once for all time.

Isaiah 14:12b  –  Job 1:6-7  –  Zechariah 32:1-3  –  Luke 10:17  –  Revelation 12:9-11

Fact of the Day 

No! Satan periodically goes to heaven.  See Job.  See Zechariah.  Check out where Jesus was watching (present tense) Satan fall from heaven as the 72 were preaching. Finally, look at Revelation, where Satan was thrown down to earth. When?  At the time of Jesus’ crucifixion.  “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb.”

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 1

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The ten tribes that made up the Northern Kingdom called Israel were all captured and taken to Assyria forever.  They became known as the “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel”.

II Kings 17:21-23  –  II Chronicles 30:1,6, 10-11

Fact of the Day 

No!  The term “Ten Lost Tribes of Israel” is not in the Bible. Nor is it a fact by insinuation.  When King Hezekiah of the Southern Kingdom restored the Passover decades after the Assyrian invasion, he sent couriers to the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Zebulun, and Asher – all part of the former northern kingdom.

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QUESTION OF THE DAY ~ October 31

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Question of the Day

When the Syrian/Aramaean army surrounded a city to destroy it, Elisha saw chariots of fire covering the mountain to defend them.

II Kings 6:8 – II Kings 6:14-17  –  II Kings 2:11

Fact of the Day 

All we know is that Elijah, who had mentored Elisha, had just gone to heaven in a chariot of fire.  So, that is a curiosity.  Were the chariots of fire defending that city led by Elijah in his chariot of fire?  Hmmm…

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OOP OF THE DAY ~ October 30

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In the Aaronic Blessing – “The Lord bless you and keep you,” – it means “may God  provide you with many blessings and keep you by his side.”

Numbers 6:24

Fact of the Day 

No!  The word “bless” in Hebrew is not to provide things for someone.  It means to bow down or kneel down. 

So, this blessing is saying, “MAY THE LORD KNEEL DOWN TO YOU!”  You may object that we kneel down to God, he does not kneel down to us.  But think again.  Our loving Father in heaven sometimes kneels down to be eye level with his child – as any good parent would do- and promises to protect that child.  That child is us!  

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OOP OF THE DAY ~ October 29

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Oops of the Day

God is good.  And I never did anything really, really bad.  So he’ll forgive me for everything I ever did and let me into heaven.

Proverbs 1:18  –  Proverbs 1:27-33  –  Proverbs 3:20-34  –  Proverbs 8:36  –   Matthew 7:2 – and many more

Fact of the Day 

No!  Don’t forget the boomerang effect.  What we do to others backfires on us.  It’s throughout the Bible.

  • Proverbs 1:18 – commit armed robbery
  • Proverbs 1:27ff – Find excuses to not read God’s advice — the Bible
  • Proverbs 3:27-28- Too busy to help someone needing you
  • Proverbs 3:30-34 – Lie about someone
  • Proverbs 8:36 – Hate God
  • Matthew 7:2 – Are judgmental of others.

….and many more.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ October 28

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Surprise of the Day

 A WARNING TO FIVE GENERATIONS IN ONE PSALM

Psalm 78

Fact of the Day 

  • Generation 1: “our fathers have told us” –our grandparents (v. 3)
    Generation 2: “not conceal from their children” – our brothers and sisters. (v. 4a)
    Generation 3: “tell to the generation to come” – our children (v. 4b )
    Generation 4: “the children yet to he born”- our grandchildren (v. 6a)
    Generation 5: “to their children” – our great grandchildren (v, 6b)

This is a warning that our inheritance could be taken away.  So, stand fast.  God had freed the Jewish slaves from Egypt, but…

1 – They kept the mentality of complaining slaves until, over 40 years wandering in the wilderness as nomads, they all died. (Generation 1)
2- They kept the mentality of children of slaves until, after God gave them a land to settle in, they complained again and the generation of the slave children all died. (Generation 2-3)
3- – Therefore, God takes away the throne of Jacob’s oldest son by his favorite wife – Joseph & Ephriam — and gives it to Judah, the oldest responsible son of Jacob’s hated wife.  (Generation 4-5)

Hmmmm.    

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ October 27

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 Jesus was made a little lower than angels.

Psalm 8:4-6  –   Malachi 3:1  –  Hebrews 2:6

Fact of the Day 

No.  The original Hebrew of the Old Testament and original Greek of the New Testament both say “messenger,” often translated into English as angel.   

But there are other kinds of messengers besides angels.   Malachi predicted there were going to be two messengers – (1) a first messenger to introduce the second messenger, and (2) the second messenger.

Psalm 8:6 says this second messenger created the world, and all things were put under his feet.  Angels do not create and will never have all things under their feet.  The translation should be that God made him a little lower than God. 

Malachi was prophecying about John the Baptist and Jesus.

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