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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 31

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Oops of the Day

God was mean to tell the Jews to take over someone else’s land.

Deuteronomy 12:29-31

Genesis 15:13-16  –   II Kings 17:16-18,  &  29-30  –  II Kings 21:3-11

Fact of the Day  

No! God  promised Abraham that his descendants could take over  land occupied by other people – the Amorites. But not yet.  They had to wait until the sins of the Amorites peaked . The Amorites were practicing human sacrifice to the fire god Moloch (later adopted by Baal priests).  God used the Jews to punish the Amorites.  And he warned the Jews that, if they ever did the same things, that when they reached the peak of their evil, he would give the land to yet someone else.   Then later, the two Jewish kings did the same horrible thing – sacrifice their own  children.  So God kept that promise too. He let two nations come and take the land away from the Jews as their punshment. They ended up in today’s Northern and Southern Iraq – Assyria and Babylon.  

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 30

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Oops of the Day

If anyone has a vision of God speaking directly to them, it proves they are saved.

Numbers 23:7-10  –  Numbers 23:18-24  –  Revelation 2:14

Fact of the Day  

No!  The pagan prophet Balaam made beautiful prophecies about the Israelites and Jesus, a savior who would come 2000 years later.  But he did so against his will.    God put those words in his mouth.  God made him bless the Israelites and would not let him curse them as Balaam wanted to do.  To try to counter his blessing, Balaam stayed around  and enticed those same Israelites to sin by eating food offered to idols and worshiping with prostitute temple priestesses in Moab (today’s southern Jordan).  Therefore, Revelation says he was the one who was cursed.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ August 29

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Did you know the Israelites sometimes sacrificed their children in fire?

Leviticus 18:21

Leviticus 20:1-27 –  Deuteronomy 12:31 and Deuteronomy 18:10 –  2nd Kings 3:27  –  2nd Kings 16:3  –  2nd Kings 17:17-18  –   2nd Kings 21:2-6  –   2nd Chronicles 28:3  –  2nd Chronicles 33:6  –  Psalm 106:37-38  —  Isaiah 57:5  –  Jeremiah 7:30-34  –  Jeremiah 19:5  –  Jeremiah 32:35  –  Ezekiel 16:20-21 –  Ezekiel 16:36-38  –  Ezekiel 20:25-31  –  Ezekiel 23:37  –  Hosea 13:2

Fact of the Day  

One of the things the Israelites did when they worshiped the pagan non-gods of people around them, is that they sacrificed even their children in  fire.  Look at all the scriptures telling them not to.  God warned them that, if they became like the people he drove out of Cnaan so they could have the land, he would drive them out too.  So, they did and he did.  How horrible righteous Abraham’s grandchildren became.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 28

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The Israelite slaves escaped Egypt with a few necessities like tents, blankets, cooking pots, axes, and the clothes on their backs.  And a few donations from neighbors to get rid of them.

Numbers 7:13ff 

Genesis 15:16  –  Genesis 47:28  –  Genesis 45:10  –  Genesis 46:28-34  –  Genesis 47:1-27  –  Genesis 50:8 & 22-23  – Exodus 8:22  –  Exodus 9:26  –   Deuteronomy 34:7

Fact of the Day  

No!  Joseph lived to see 3 generations.   Remember, great grandfather Israel lived to be 147 and God had told Abraham they would escape during the fourth generation.

Pharaoh not only gave them Goshen (the best land of Egypt) to live in, but Joseph probably built a house (estate) for each brother and his father and occasionally gave them gifts.

After the tabernacle was erected in the wilderness, each tribe donated…
-1 silver bowl weighing 3-1/4 pounds of silver which would be worth $635 USD each in 2025
-1 fire pan weighing 4 ounces of gold which would be worth $12,200 USD each in 2025

They do not seem to have come from donations from the Egyptians (for back pay?) when they left because they were ALL ALIKE. Perhaps they had been gifts from brother Joseph since he likely gave his father and brothers all the same gifs..

Perhaps they treasured those special gifts from Joseph, so saved & protected them. Where ever those gold and silver dishes came from, they were ALL ALIKE.

By the way, the total value of all the donations (minus the animals) would be
-$7620 USD total value of silver in 2025
-$146,400 USD total value in gold in 2025

$154,020 USD TOTAL VALUE IN 2025

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SAMPLE OOPS OF THE DAY – August 27

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The Law of Moses consisted of only the Ten Commandments written by the finger of God on stone.

Leviticus

Fact of the Day  

No!  There were over 600 commandments.   Here are the categories and sub-categories.  If someone kept them all and never broke a single one their entire life,  it would make them perfect.  But no one could.  No one could be perfect.  Well, until Jesus came along.

RELIGIOUS & CEREMONIAL LAWS

  • Against Idolatry and Paganism
  • Against False Spiritualists
  • Blasphemy
  • Dedications
  • Tithing
  • Sabbath
  • Special Feasts
  • Sacrifices and Offerings
  • Other Rituals
  • Rules for Priests
  • Special Years
  • Purification
  • Persons Excluded
  • Special Vows

GOVERNMENT

  • King
  • Respect for Rulers
  • Judicial System

SPECIAL CRIMES

  • Against a Person
  • Against Property

PERSONAL RIGHTS

  • Restitution for Loss
  • Seduction
  • Injuries and Damages
  • Masters and Servants
  • Credit, Interest, Collateral
  • Contracts and Agreements
  • Weights and Measures
  • Inheritance

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, SEXUAL RELATIONS 

  • Marriage
  • Divorce
  • Sexual Violations

HEALTH AND DIET

  • Health Regulations
  • Dietary Regulations

GENERAL WELFARE

  • Requirements for Benevolence (Welfare)
  • Respect and Support
  • Treatment of Animals

WARFARE

  • Preparation for Battles
  • Rules of Siege
  • Camp Regulations
  • Soldiers and Marriage

RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARD THESE LAWS 

  • Obedience Required
  • Duty to Promote
  • Blessings of Obedience
  • Punishments for Disobedience

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 26

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The golden calf that Aaron made for the newly-freed slaves of Egypt to be their new god was Apis the Bull.

Exodus 32:1-35

Fact of the Day  

No!  It does not say that.  It does not say Aaron made a golden bull.  It does not say he made a golden cow.  Eight times it says they made a baby bovine – a calf – out of their melted gold.

Back in Egypt, the goddess Mehet Werat (centuries later known as Hathor) was the creator goddess, the mother of all.  She is sometimes depicted as sitting and sometimes standing and carrying a child.  Normally, the sun is between her horns.  She supposedly gave birth to the sun god, Ra.  Ra dies every night, but his mother goes to get him and brings him back from the dead which we call dawn.    

The Israelite slaves went into Egypt alive and well under Joseph.  Then they were plunged into slavery – their darkness.  Now, they have not only been resurrected, but they are about to give birth to a new kingdom – their dawn. For over 400 years, they had been exposed to the mythological gods of the Egyptians with hardly a mention of the one true God, the “I AM” – Jehovah/Yahweh.  It is easy  (but not excusable) to see how they could have “gone astray”, even though they did know who the “God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob” was.

No Egyptologist knows who that golden calf represents. But one thing is for sure:  It was not a golden bull.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 25

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Moses sent his wife, Zippora, and his two little sons back to Midia, divorced her, and married another woman from Cush.

Exodus 2:21 & Numbers 12:1

Exodus 18:3-4  –  Exodus 4:20-26  –  Exodus 7:7 – Exodus 18:1-6 & 27 – Exodus 19:1  –  Exodus 6:16-23  –   Hebrews 3:2

Fact of the Day  

  1. No! Moses was 40 when he married Zipporah IN MIDIA.  They had two sons – Gershon & Eleazar. 
  2. After 40 years of marriage at age 80, Moses took his wife and two fully grown sons with him to head for Egypt.
  3. Part of the way there, Zipporah circumcised one of their sons (now ages c. 40 and c. 38).  Moses sent them back home (for circumcised son to heal and because of too many hardships in Egypt?). 
  4. But, in less than 3 months after Moses freed the slaves, his father-in-law brought his wife and two sons back to Moses.  
  5. Soon after, his father-in-law left, but not Moses’s wife and sons.

Later, Moses’s sister and brother complained about the Cushite woman he had married.  Historians sometimes describe Cush as Ethiopia, sometimes as Sudan, sometimes as Yemen, sometimes as South Arabia.  MIDIA WAS A NOMADIC TRIBE IN ARABIA.  It is believed the burning bush was somewhere around Mount Sinai in Arabia.

Centuries later in Hebrews 3:2, it says Moses and all his household were faithful to God.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ August 24

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Joseph enjoyed high status as second in power under Pharaoh the rest of his life.

Genesis 50:22-25  

Genesis 47:18-19  –    Genesis 15: 7 & 13-14  –  Genesis 50:4-6  –  Genesis 48:21

Fact of the Day  

No!  Joseph lived long enough to see the third generation of his descendants. And, remember, God had told Abraham they would be freed from their slavery in the fourth generation.  What happened?

JOSEPH WAS AGE 57 WHEN HIS FATHER, Jacob/Israel DIED.  But Joseph could not speak to Pharaoh directly.  He spoke to someone in Pharaoh’s household and asked them to ask Pharaoh to let him go back to Canaan to bury his father, with a promise to return. 

WHEN FATHER JACOB/ISRAEL DIED. He told Joseph, “I am about to die, but God will be with you and take you back to the land of your fathers.”

WHEN JOSEPH DIED he told his brothers “God will surely come to your aid and then you must carry my bones up from this place.”

Both Joseph and his father were embalmed, so Joseph still was treated as a prince, perhaps still living in his fine estate, but apparently a minor prince with little or no power by the time of his death.

Here is some external research I did:

(ALL DATES BELOW BASED ON WIKIPEDIA’S LIST OF PHARAOHS.  Which Pharaoh ruled during Jossephj’s lifetime are my own calculations)

  1. IBIAU was reigning when Joseph arrived at age 17
  2. AI reigned 24 years, including the 14 plenty and famine years (Joseph age 21-45)
  3. INI reigned 2 years  (Joseph age 46-48)
  4. SEWADJTU reigned 3 years (Joseph age 48-51)
  5. INED reigned 3 years (Joseph age 52-55)
  6. HORI reigned 5 years ( Joseph age 55-60)

After Hori died, there were 14 years of Pharaoh’s that archaeologists have not even found the names of.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ August 23

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

Surprise of the Day

They were howww olddd?

Genesis 5:3-31  –  Genesis 11:10-26 and 12:4  –  Genesis 21:4  –  Genesis 35:28  –  Genesis 47:7

Fact of the Day  

  • Noah was 56 years old when Adam died.
  • Abraham was 58 years old when Noah died
  • Jacob/Israel and Esau were 15 years old when Abraham died
  • Jacob/Israel took his family to live in Egypt 10 years after Isaac died.

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ August 22

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Abraham and Sarah moved 12 times covering over 1000 miles chasing his illustive dream.

Genesis 11:26 – 25:10

Fact of the Day  

  1. Ur to Haran = 600 miles.
  2. Haran to Shechem = 450 miles
  3. Shechem to Bethel = 20 miles
  4. Bethel to Negev = 100 miles
  5. Negev to Egypt = 250 miles
  6. Egypt to Negev = 250 miles
  7. Negev to Bethel = 20 miles
  8. Bethel to Hebron = 20 miles
  9. Hebron to Gerar = 50 miles
  10. Gerar to Negev = 20 miles
  11. Negev to Beersheba = 25 miles
  12. Beersheba to Hebron = 50 miles

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