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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 8

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

Oops of the Day

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

Oops of the Day

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 6

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Oops of the Day

There was only one Joshua in the Bible and he was the one who led the Israelites into the  land that had been promised to Abraham centuries earlier, and conquered it.

Numbers 13:16  –  Zechariah 3:1-10  –  Matthew 1:21 – 2nd Corinthians 5:21  –   Hebrews 2:9  –  Hebrews 4:14-16  –  Revelation 5:5

Fact of the Day 

Yes, no, and no.  There were three Joshuas.  And one of them did lead the former Israelite slaves into their promised land upon crossing the Jordan River from today’s nation of Jordan.  He was a general.  His father named him Hoshea, meaning one who saves.  But Moses renamed him Joshua – Jehovah saves.

The second Joshua in the Bible  was a high priest.  The prophet Zechariah had a vision of high priest Joshua  who was clothed with sin.   Symbolically he was a wooden stick snatched out of the fires (of  hell?).  The stick was also called wooden Branch and wooden Root that would take away all sins of the land in one day. 

The third Joshua is found in the New Testament identified as a wooden root or shoot or branch.   The Hebrew name of Joshua was pronunced differently by the modern Greeks of the New Testament.  Joshua is who we call Jesus.  On the cross he wore the sins of the world and bore our sins on the wooden cross.  After his return to heaven, he is identified as the sinless high priest. 

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SURPRISE OF THE DAY ~ September 5

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

CAUTION:  WHAT IS BELOW IS VERY DISTURBING. 

IF YOU DO NOT WANT VISIONS OF IT HAPPENING, DO NOT READ IT.

Surprise of the Day

During time of war when people were starving to death, some of the Jews stayed alive by eating their children.

Leviticus 26:27-30  –  Deuteronomy 28:53-57  –  2nd Kings 6:24-29 –  Jeremiah 19:7-10 –  Lamentations 2:20  – Lamentations 4:10 –  Ezekiel 5:7-11 –  Micah 3:2-3 –

Fact of the Day  

Here are 3 verses predicting  it would happen and warning them:  

  • Leviticus 26:27-30 
  • Deuteronomy 28:53-57 
  • Jeremiah 19:7-10 

Here are instances when it happened and who did it:

  • II Kings 6:24-29 –mothers
  • Lamentations 2:20  –  mothers
  • Lamentations 4:10 – mothers
  • Ezekiel 5:7-11 – fathers & sons each other
  • Micah 3:2-3 – leaders

Now, to get your mind back off of it, sing a song.

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OOPS OF THE DAY ~ September 4

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

Oops of the Day

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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October 20 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Surprise of the Day

To this day, every March, Jews keep a festival to remember how a former slave in the Bible saved the Jews from extermination around 450 BC. 

Esther 1 – Esther 9:1-32

Fact of the Day

Surprise!  Jewish Esther arrived in Babylon as a little slave girl. A while later, Xerxes, king of Persia conquered Babylon, Egypt and many other smaller kingdoms. When he marched to conquer Greece, he had such a temper that, when a storm stopped his advance, he ordered the sea beaten with 300 lashes.  So, when Esther asked King Xerxes to spare her people from extinction, she had to admit she was a former Jewish slave. With all that against her, Xerxes honored her wish and saved the Jews.

Oh, and the remains of her palace in Susa still stand today in Iran.

Susa: a gateway to must-see destinations - Iran Tourism News 2024

 

 

October 19 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Surprise of the Day

To this day, every March, Jews keep a festival to remember how a former slave in the Bible saved the Jews from extermination around 450 BC. 

Esther 1 – Esther 9:1-32

Fact of the Day

Surprise!  Jewish Esther arrived in Babylon as a little slave girl. A while later, Xerxes, king of Persia conquered Babylon, Egypt and many other smaller kingdoms. When he marched to conquer Greece, he had such a temper that, when a storm stopped his advance, he ordered the sea beaten with 300 lashes.  So, when Esther asked King Xerxes to spare her people from extinction, she had to admit she was a former Jewish slave. With all that against her, Xerxes honored her wish and saved the Jews.

Oh, and the remains of her palace in Susa still stand today in Iran.

Susa: a gateway to must-see destinations - Iran Tourism News 2024

 

 

October 18 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Oops of the Day

Daniel was alive when Esther married Xerxes (Ahaxeurus), and her grandson was King Darius, son of Xerxes (Ahaxeurus) as mentioned in Daniel 9

Esther 1:1-2 – Daniel 1:1f – Daniel 5:31 – II Kings 24 – II Chronicles 36

Fact of the Day

No! 

610 BC – DANIEL b.  
594 BC – To Babylon, age 16?

                    King XyaXARES of Media was Darius’ grandfather.
522-486     KING DARIUS I (THE MEDE), reigned using the Law of the Medes and Persians. 

520              Daniel had  vision, he was c. 90 years old.

Esther’s Artaxerxes was much later.
486-464     KING XERXES I reigned  – m. ESTHER
464-423     King Artaxerxes I: reigned (her son?)
424-404     His grandson was Darius II, reigned 
DANIEL WOULD HAVE BEEN 186 YEARS OLD IN DARIUS II’s 1ST YEAR,

October 16 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Oops of the Day

Most of the men who returned to Jerusalem from their captivity in Babylon sinned by marrying pagan women

Ezra 2 and 10:18-44

Fact of the Day

No! Even though Ezra made 106 Jewish men separate from their pagan wives, the population was made up of 42,360 men.  So they accounted for only .0025 of the Jewish men who had married pagan women.  Bad, but not as bad as we thought.

October 13 ~ Things in the Bible not really in the Bible…and a few surprises

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Oops of the Day

The  Samaritans wrote Persian King Artaxerxes  asking him to force the Jews to stop rebuilding their temple.  That king was Esther’s son.

Ezra 1 – 7 & Ezra 8 – 10

Fact of the Day

No! There were two kings named Artaxerxes.  

  • 559  BC – King Cyrus became King of Persia 
  • 539 BC – King Cyrus also became King of Babylon and freed the Jews his 1st year (Ezra 1:1ff)
  • 537 BC – The Jews began rebuilding the temple in their 2nd year (Ezra 3:8).
  • 522 BC – King Darius became King of Persia after fighting 19 others claiming to be king, among them Artaxerxes I (Ezra 4:4-7).
  • 520 BC – Work on the temple stopped until the 2nd year of King Darius (Ezra 4:24).
  • 514 BC – The temple was completed the 6th year of King Darius (Ezra 6:15)
  • 465 BC – Esther’s Son, Artaxerxes II, son of Xerxes (Aha-xuerus) became King of Persia (Ezra 7:7)
  • 458 BC – Ezra arrived in Jerusalem the 7th year of King Artaxerxes II (Ezra 7:7)