John 16:2: Is this a verse about terrorism today?

Lord, I started to look at cross-references on Matthew 24, a chapter on Bible prophecy. [In fact, check out the previous journal entries today on verses about Bible Prophecy.]

And, look at the one I just found:

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John 16:2 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.

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Today is the day where arrests have been made after three states were impacted by terror over the weekend (New Jersey, Minnesota, and New York).

John 16:2, in the second half, from "in fact" on, this describes what the terrorist Jihadists think. They think they are killing all infidels in the name of Allah, their god. Furthermore, they think they will be rewarded for doing so.

Did this verse talk about today's age? 

Did Jesus Christ, in John 16:2, refer to the Islamic terrorists of today?

I am going to study this verse now. 

Here is a place to read several commentaries on this verse:

http://biblehub.com/commentaries/john/16-2.htm

It's hard fining more information on this subject. Ugh.

I will continue to try to dive into this verse. 

#BibleProphecy

This journaling blog: What more to expect

I will journal about every day life here in this journaling blog. 

What else will I share on this blog? I'll share my reading, studying, journaling, and praying through the Word of God, the Holy Bible.

The prophecies of the Bible is another topic I will address. given everything going on in this world, it's a good idea to focus on one-quarter of the Bible a lot of us do not know much about, if we were to be honest (myself included). 

Furthermore, I will capture my life on the page in this journaling, which I will publish on this blog. 

So, stay tuned. 

A new journaling entry series

I am going to start a new focus or theme within my journaling. It will be a series of journaling entries, which I turn into blog entries, which will one day be turned into my spiritual memoir. This is where it all starts. 

The title of this series is:

"How Going Against the World Has Brought Me Great Joy and Blessing: A spiritual memoir written through journal entries"

It has been a while

It has been a while since I wrote specifically on this blog of, http://myjournalinglife.blogspot.com, which is My Journaling Life. 

The truth is, I am not sure why I stopped writing in this blog. I know that I included it in my main writing blog, http://rypstories.blogspot.com, RYP Stories (RYP stands for: Remembering Your Present). Is that why I stopped writing here? 

Well, I have decided to blog here mainly now. I will also put this blog on RYP Stories from time to time, but this will also be my new main blog.

I will journal more and add it here in a bit. Stay tuned. 

This Time of Year: A Time of Reflection

This time of year makes me very reflective. I am not sure why, but it does. 

Is it because another birthday has passed?

Is it because of Fall and the changing of the seasons?

Is it because Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year are approaching?

Is it because I associate Fall with giving thanks?

Is it because on September 26, 2015, we put our cat Kara to sleep?

Is it because of the second round of IVF failure that happened at this time of year?

Is it because I started using my favorite online journaling program, Penzu, at this time of year?

Is it because I started reading ONE THOUSAND GIFTS by Ann Voskamp?

Or, is it because of all of the above?

What is it that makes me reflective at this time of year? It is because of all of the above indeed. I have no doubt. 

Life is rarely about the "or" situations, but is about the "and" situations. 

Hence, I am going to focus on writing and journaling about this:

"A Way of Life: The Faithful Trio of Prayer, Bible, and Thanks"

This is my spiritual memoir told through journal entries. 

(Written on September 13, 2016 in the evening.)

2 Kings 16:1: The Study, Journaling, Prayer, and Thinking Through of the Verse

2 Kings 16:1 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Judah’s King Ahaz
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah,(A) Ahaz(B) son of Jotham became king of Judah.
Cross references:
16:1-4 : 2 Ch 28:1-4
16:1 : Is 1:1; 7:1

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB). Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.

My Questions: Who are Pekah, Remaliah, Ahaz, and Jotham? When was the seventeenth year of Pekah’s reign? Why were all these people listed and not just Ahaz? Where did this take place? Why did Ahaz take the throne or why did he become king? We're all the people listed kings? Why are all these people listed in the Bible? What can be learned from these individuals? 

2 Kings 16:1 Expanded Bible (EXB)
Ahaz King of Judah(A)
16 Ahaz was the son of Jotham king of Judah. Ahaz became king of Judah in the seventeenth year Pekah son of Remaliah was king of Israel.

Cross references:

2 Kings 16:1: 16:1–20; 2 Chr. 28:1–7, 16–27

Expanded Bible (EXB). The Expanded Bible, Copyright © 2011 Thomas Nelson Inc. All rights reserved.

2 Kings 16:1 New Living Translation (NLT)
Ahaz Rules in Judah
16 Ahaz son of Jotham began to rule over Judah in the seventeenth year of King Pekah’s reign in Israel.
New Living Translation (NLT). Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

2 Kings 16:1 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Ahaz Reigns over Judah
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, (A)Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king.
Cross references:
2 Kings 16:1 : 2 Chr 28:1
New American Standard Bible (NASB). Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation

2 Kings 16:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
Ahaz Reigns in Judah
16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
New King James Version (NKJV). Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Each version or translation of the Bible brings new insight to the Word of God. Therefore, it is important to read several versions and see how much more I can learn.

It is also important to do the same with the cross-references.  

Here is one:

2 Chronicles 28:1-4 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Judah’s King Ahaz

28:1 Ahaz was 20 years old(A) when he became king and reigned 16 years in Jerusalem. He did not do what was right in the Lord’s sight(B) like his ancestor David, 2 for he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel(C) and made cast images of the Baals.(D) 3 He burned incense in the Valley of Hinnom(E) and burned his children in[a](F)the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(G) 4 He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places,(H) on the hills, and under every green tree.

Footnotes:

- 2 Chronicles 28:3 LXX, Syr, Tg read and passed his children through

Cross references:
- 28:1-6 : 2Kg 16:2-4
- 28:1 : 2 Ch 27:2
- 28:2 : 2 Ch 22:3
- 28:2 : Ex 34:17
- 28:3 : Jos 15:8; 18:16; 2 Kg 23:10; Jr 7:29-34; 19:2-6
- 28:3 : Lv 18:21; 2 Kg 16:3; 2Ch 33:6
- 28:3 : 2 Ch 33:2

- 28:4 : 2 Ch 28:25

Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.

What more do I learn about 2 Kings 16:1 based off of this passage and cross-reference?

I definitely learn more about Ahaz. 

Ahaz tool the throne when he was about twenty years old and reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. 

He did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord. 

To be continued...

(Written on September 13, 2016, Tuesday, 1223 p.m.)

This and That

I have decided to include a little of this and a little of that on this blog. Therefore, check it out each day. I will tackle everything from counting our blessings to preparing for Thanksgiving, preparing for Christmas, preparing to close this year, preparing for the New Year,  journaling verse by verse or passage by passage through the Bible, and thoughts on politics and the elections.

This is a biblically focused blog.

I will talk about my thoughts on the Bible.

I will also talk about prayer and share some of my prayers. 

This blog is also a conservative focused blog for when it comes to politics.

I might even talk about new stories from the day. 

I will tackle the thought stuff in love and in living the ancient words of the Bible today, centuries after the text was written. 

Mainly, however, this is my personal journaling blog and is my memoir. 

I will try to journal five days a week. Sometimes, it may be seven and sometimes it may be two. Stay tuned and see. 

Welcome to the journey of this thing called the Christian life, where we will try to be biblically focused and we will try to do what is right. The Christ and Word centered life is not easy, but it is abundant and fruitful. 

31,102 Verses

There are 31,102 verses in the Holy Bible. 

I am not sure if I will be able to journal through all of them in this blog or not. Nor am I sure if I will live long enough to give each the attention they deserve. 

The truth of the matter is, I want two days per verse at least to read, study, pray, meditate and think on, and journal about over time.

31,102 times two days equals 62,204.

At that rate, it would take 170.43 years. Well, I have about a quarter of that to live. Therefore, I will not be able to cover every verse of the Bible. However, with the cross-references of each verse, I might come awfully close. 

We shall see how long it takes me to thoroughly study each verse. Then, I can determine about how long this thorough study will take me on average.