I will finish the Three-Month Bible Reading Notes soon, but I got burnt out from doing so many Bible reading challenges. Also, the Epistles don’t flow like the rest of Scripture. I am not going to lie—those letters feel like opinion pieces rather than “thus saith the Lord.” I wish we could find the other letters that the authors were responding to. But you know, the Father leaves things vague in order for Him to be the final authority, to encourage us to seek truth from Him.

I am watching two Biblically-inspired series:
Historical and Chronological Context of the Bible by Rev. Bruce W. Gore (YouTube)

Based on his book of the same name, Rev. Gore creates a timeline of historical events and its parallels within Scripture. Yes, there are mistakes and denominational (with cultural) biases, but the overall work is entertaining and inspirational. The series is complete.

Biblical Series: Exodus by Dr. Jordan B. Peterson (YouTube)

Peterson hosts a roundtable with various men (mostly intellectuals) analyzing the second book of Scripture, pulling from random sources and ideas of the human condition. This is not for either Biblical purists or babes in the faith. The complete 17-part series is behind a paywall (DailyWire+), but on YouTube, each episode is being released every Monday. After a while, the first episode will remain on Peterson’s YouTube channel, but the others will be deleted.

Two books that have my attention:
Experiencing God by Henry and Richard Blackaby, Claude King
It is fascinating to see the various ways Avinu Malkeinu reaches out to us.

Return of the First Church by John Fenn
I need to finish this one. I stopped reading because I didn’t want to get my hopes up this would happen in my lifetime.

Current revelation: Today, I watched/listened to two different videos mentioning Vision of the Woman in the Basket (Zechariah 5:5-11). I don’t believe in coincidence. Two things: 2 female entities with stork wings and the transference of evil from one place to another that wants it. The latter reminds me of Matthew 12:43 where the expelled demon wanders through waterless places, looking for rest. Waterless in this case means “no blood flow;” therefore dust (red dirt, adam) + living (flowing) water = blood (dam), life, soul.

These evil entities are forever drawn to us, which explains one need for the fiery pit in Isaiah 66:24 and Revelation 20:10 (the other being His holiness).

I argue they feed on our negative emotions and sins, as pronounced in the curse on the snake in Genesis 3:

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.

Belly symbolizes the “seat of desire” (fleshly inclinations), or gut intuition (gut instinct). Dust is us outside Yah’s will and purpose. Without the living (flowing) water—His Spirit, His Word—we are the dust He will eventually knock off His feet (Matthew 10:14, Mark 6:11, Luke 10:11, Acts 13:51, Acts 18:6. Nehemiah 5:13), since we exist on His footstool (1 Chronicles 28:2, Psalm 99:5, Psalm 132:7, Lamentations 2:1, Isaiah 60:13, Isaiah 66:1, Matthew 5:35).

Current struggles:
1) Prayer – I don’t know what the deal is, but I strain to get past opening a prayer with praise and thanksgiving. I still say things to Him throughout the day, and around others worshiping I have no problem. I got a hangup somewhere, and I need to identify it and wrest it off me.

2) Two different sources telling me I have decisions to make. What decisions?

3) Keeping my imagination under subjection – that has been the Lord’s work-in-progress for many years. I have improved greatly, but I still have to fill any voids with what He wants me to picture. Thank Yah for YouTube and books to fill in some of those gaps.