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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 16

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

Surprise of the Day

Since Assyria had such a bad reputation for torturing to death enemy soldiers, how could Jonah convince even the king to repent? 

Jonah 3

Fact of the Day 

In this case, we need to examine world history and archaeological evidence for our answer.  Maybe Jonah did not know this, but by the time he arrived in the Assyrian capital city of Nineveh, the old king had died and there was a new king named Ashurdan II.  He had just ascended the throne and he was young, inexperienced, and impressionable.  He was 14 years old.  It was a time of new beginnings for Nineveh.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 13

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

Oops of the Day

God’s Prophet, Samuel, came up out of the ground and appeared to a witch

I Samuel 28:11-14; 19

Deuteronomy 18:10-12 – Deuteronomy  24:1 – Judges 6:12 – Judges 13:3  – II Samuel 24:15-17 – Matthew 1:20-24  – Mark 1:34 – Mark 16:1-7 – Luke 1:11-20 – Luke 1:26-38 –– Luke 2:8-15 – Luke 22:43 –  Acts 12:7  –  Acts 16:15-18 – Matthew 17:3  –  Revelation 1:12-17, etc.

Fact of the Day 

No!

(1) The witch was surprised when she saw the “ghost”. 

(2) Only she claimed to see it.  Saul did not see it.  

(3) Everyone who was around anyone seeing someone appear from the other world saw the person too.

(4) It came up out of the ground.  When Moses and Elijah appeared to Jesus, they were on equal level with him; they did not come up out of the ground. 

(5) All heavenly beings who appeared on earth, even when dressed like a human, either appeared on equal level or from above. 

(6) Jesus did not want demons to tell who he was, nor did Paul, even though it was the truth.

(7) Just because what the “ghost” said came true does not prove it was Samuel; Pagan Baalam’s prophecy came true, but he was condemned in Revelation. Saul and his sons did not have to wear their crowns into battle.

(8) God condemned all witches to death. 

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 12

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

Surprise of the Day

God sings!

Zephaniah 3:17 and Psalm 42:8

Fact of the Day 

Psalm 42:8 – ‘By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his SONG is with me, a prayer to the God of my life”!

Zephaniah 3:17 – “The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with SINGING!”

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ November 10

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Surprise of the Day

Jeremiah had the heart of a true soul winner today. 

Jeremiah 10:9

Fact of the Day 

“If I say I will not remember Him or speak any more in His name, then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire shut up in my bones!  I am weary of holding it in!  I cannot!”

 

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 9

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

Oops of the Day

Satan declared himself  the God.

Ezekiel 28:1-10

Fact of the Day 

No!  The passage in Ezekiel refers to a MAN.  Satan is never called a man.  Also, this person DIES.  Satan never dies.  Nearly all kings in ancient times declared they were God or a god…

…including the Pharaoh of Egypt, the King of Assyria, the King of Babylon, the King of Persia, the King of Greece, and the Roman Caesars.  Here are a few more:

  • Aram-Sin  2255–2119 BC       Mesopotamia/Babylonia
  • Shulgi       2037–2028 BC      Mesopotamia/Babylonia
  • Amar-Sin  2046–2037 BC      Mesopotamia/Babylonia
  • Shu-Sin    2037–2028 BC      Mesopotamia/Babylonia
  • Empedocles  490–430 BC       Italy
  • Pharnavaz     326–234 BC       Iberia
  • Antiochus IV  215–164 BC       Greece
  • Antiochus I    6 BCE–38 BC     Persia
  • Pharaohs       3150–30 BC       Egypt
  • Naram-Sin of 2255–2119 BC   Mesopotamia/Babylonia
  • Emperors        221 BC–1911     China
  • Alexander        356 BC-323 BC  Greece

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 8

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

Oops of the Day

The name of the devil is Lucifer.

Isaiah 14:12a –  Revelation 22:16

Fact of the Day 

No!  Lucifer is Latin for the Hebrew word meaning “light bearer”, sometimes also called “morning star”.

If the name,  Lucifer, is Satan’s name, then the Bible said Jesus was Satan in Revelation 22:16.

Actually, there were two Catholic bishops by the name of Lucifer – “light bearer”.

  • In 270, Lucifer of Cagliari was made a  bishop.
  • In 306, Lucifer of Siena was made a bishop.

In 382, Jerome, a Catholic priest, was hired by the pope to translate the Bible from Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, into Latin.   Jerome capitalized the noun “light bearer”  and turned it into a proper name – Lucifer – in Isaiah 14:12.  But…

  • Tertullian (AD 160-225) never called Satan Lucifer & never said he fell..
  • Augustine of Hippo (354-430) never called Satan Lucifer and never said he fell.
  • Martin Luther (1483-1546) wrote that it was a “gross error” to claim Isaiah 14:12 referfed to Satan.
  • John Calvin (1509-1564) wrote that using Isaiah 14:12 to prove Satan’s name was Lucifer “arose from ignorance”

Regardless, in 1611, the King James Version failed to translate the Latin word, lucifer, into English, but kept the word untranslated, thus “officially” leading readers to believe Satan’s name was Lucifer.

The popularity of using this scripture to declare Satan’s name as Lucifer seems to have grown during  medieval literature, intermingling European folklore with Jerome’s Lucifer.

  • Around 1000, Beowulf and Lucifer intermingle as the same person.
  • In 1540, Faust referred to Satan as Lucifer.
  • In 1667 John Milton, in his Paradise Lost, named Satan Lucifer.

Also, during the Middle ages, in Islam, Lucifer was an archangel assisted by the Jinn Iblis who had rebelled against Allah.   

More tomorrow….

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ November 2

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Oops of the Day

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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