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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 31

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

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 28

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

Surprise of the Day

The Creator re-created a man’s eyes?

John 1:1-4; 14  –  Matthew 15:30 – Matthew 8:2-3 – John 9:6

Fact of the Day

This man was born blind.  God made man from clay.  Jesus was the Creator (John 1:2).

Jesus healed the maimed, that meant he made arms and legs grow back. When Jesus healed leprosy, that meant he made healthy skin grow back.

When he formed the clay for the man’s eyes, was he making eyeballs for him?  Anophthalmia is a disease where a person is born without eyeballs.  About 1 in every 5,200 babies is born with this.


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(Right now, we are reading  Shadow of Death in my Easter Series.)

 

OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 27

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

Oops of the Day

No prophet ever came from Galilee.

John 7:48-52 – 2 Kings 14:25  –  John 1:43-51

Fact of the Day

No!  Consider the source.  Who was saying this?  Look carefully. Also, notice what they call the worshipers:  A cursed mob that doesn’t even know the Law of Moses.  If they didn’t know, why had they traveled so far to come to the temple in Jerusalem for one of the major feasts of the Jews?

“The Pharisees retorted, “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.” 

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”

Okay, so let’s “look into it.”  We find that Jonah was from Gath-Hepher, about three miles from Nazareth which was in Galilee.  Annnnd, the city of Capernaum means “city of Nahum”.  Hmmm…

The Jewish  religious leaders were power-hungry liars and killers!


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 25

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

Oops of the Day

At one time, Judas truly believed in Jesus.  But, after three years, he turned on Jesus.

Mark 14:10-11  –  John 6:64

Fact of the Day

No! Judas never believed.


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 15

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

Oops of the Day

A woman anointed Jesus with precious oil worth a year’s wages. That’s a lot of money just to put hairdressing on him in that dry climate.

Mark 14:3 & 5 – Exodus 30:22-30 – Psalm 23: 5 –  Revelation 5:10

Fact of the Day

No! Mary did pay probably an average year’s wages for that oil.  But why?  This was a way for her to make Jesus her Messiah, her anointed one, her priest and king.

And, while we’re at it, when Jesus, our Good Shepherd, anoints our heads with oil, he is also making us priests and kings.


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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 11

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

Surprise of the Day

How much was one mite worth?

Mark 12:42

Fact of the Day

The poor widow gave God all that she had left – one mite.  The mite she gave to God was worth 1/64th of a day’s wages.


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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ March 7

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

Oops of the Day

The Samaritan woman at the well had lived with five men not her husband and the current one was not.  And she was an outcast since she went to the well at noon (Jewish time) or 5:00 PM (Roman time) and everyone always got their day’s supply of water in the morning.

John 4:15-18  –  John 4:39-42

Fact of the Day

No!  This woman had gone through the agony of being widowed five times!  Could you?  True, her sixth was not her husband, but she had been married to the others and lost them probably in tragedies of diseases and accidents and maybe even war. 

She was respected in the city.  When she told them about Jesus, she influenced the whole city to stop what they were doing, go down to Jesus and hear him.


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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ March 3

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

Surprise of the Day

How could Nathaniel possibly know instantly that Jesus was the Son of God?

John 1:48-50

Fact of the Day

Jesus had seen Nathaniel “long distance”. 

  • Perhaps he was in that orchard for peace and quiet so he could study the prophecies. 
  • Perhaps he always studied in another orchard, but that day, the fruit pickers were there and he could not be alone. So he moved to another orchard. 
  • Perhaps on his way home from work he was so troubled about something, he went to the orchard to be alone and sort things out.
  • Perhaps he had just gotten a new job as a fruit picker and that was his first day.
  • Perhaps he knew a widow with arthritic hands and not much income and decided to take her some of the fruit from the orchard.

Whatever the unexpected reason that Nathaniel was in that orchard, Jesus saw him there when he thought he was alone.

The day before, Jesus had spent the day explaining things to Andrew and Philip over in Bethany where John was baptizing. Jesus had seen Nathaniel long distance.  Only God can do that.


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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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OOP OF THE DAY ~ October 30

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

Oops of the Day

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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