Knee-Mail: “Potipherah, Priest of On”
From: Kent Hovind
Sent: December 4, 2009
To: Potipherah, Priest of On
Subject: Saving during good times to prepare for the bad times
Genesis 41:45 “And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
KH: Excuse me, sir. You seem a little upset. What’s troubling you?
Potipherah (PO): Oh, it’s these hard-headed Egyptian people that I try to help. They just won’t listen!
KH: Listen to what?
PO: Common sense! I keep telling them to get ready for what’s coming but they won’t listen!
KH: What’s coming?
PO: Well, last year Pharaoh had a dream about the world having seven good years followed by seven bad years. Joseph interpreted the dream for him so Pharaoh promoted him and gave him my daughter, Asenath, for a wife (Genesis 41:45). He’s a great son-in-law! Anyway, God warned us that there would be seven years of great plenty and it came true. I’ve never seen the earth produce so much food in my life! Times are great and everyone is getting rich but they won’t listen to me.
KH: What are you telling them?
PO: After these seven good years, come seven bad years. They should all be saving up for trouble, not buying new camels and houses they can’t afford. Let’s look at this logically. The average farmer makes about fifty piastres (Egyptian money) a week during normal times. While things are going good, they are making about a hundred per week. Pharaoh is taking 20% and saving it up (Genesis 41:34). That was Joseph’s idea.
KH: Sounds smart!
PO: It is, but the people don’t see what’s coming! During the seven bad years they are all going to go broke and have to live off the 20% Joseph is saving. They will all become slaves of Pharaoh if they don’t plan ahead. They are going to be living on twenty piastres a week for seven years. If they would just save while times are good now, they won’t have to sell everything when bad times come.
KH: I see what you mean. They will have to live on twenty then, so why not save another 20% or more themselves for the bad times? When they get a hundred, they just buy more stuff they really don’t need, and they will lose it all later. They will become servants. Anyone can see that coming. Solomon said, “the borrower is servant to the lender” and “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on and are punished (Proverbs 22:3; 27:12).
PO: Great advice! Who is Solomon?
KH: I’m sorry. My bad. He won’t be born for about eight hundred years.
PO: We’ll be dead by then for other reasons beside the famine! Anyway, Joseph is a wise man to plan ahead for the famine. He is having huge pits dug in every city to store grain. He’s planning way ahead!
KH: Great thinking. Moses also said people should not borrow (Deuteronomy 28:12-13, 44-48). People who borrow or don’t plan ahead will eventually become slaves.
PO: I agree with those teachings and can see it coming for my fellow Egyptians, but they won’t listen! Who is Moses?
KH: I’m sorry. He won’t be born for a few hundred years either, but all the Egyptians will know about him when he comes! Anyway, what are you doing to prepare?
PO: I’m saving up! I’m telling all the priests to do the same. It just makes sense. We know we can live on fifty piastres a week under normal times; so, while we have a hundred coming in, we should give Pharaoh his twenty, save forty, and learn to live on forty. Then, when the hard times come we won’t even notice. We should plan ahead. It’s obvious!
KH: Sounds simple to me! Americans will be hurting here soon because they didn’t read and head Joseph’s advice! We’ve had it good for many years and most people were foolish during the good times.
PO: Where is America?
KH: Never mind. Thanks for talking with me, sir. Congratulations on getting Joseph as a son-in-law. He’s an amazing man and one of my heroes.
PO: I appreciate him more and more each day.
KH: Me, too ( I Corinthians 10:6, 11).
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Dr. Kent E. Hovind is currently at the Edgefield Federal Correctional Institution in South Carolina. Please send postcards and letters to:
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Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Dear Brother Hovind;
This holiday season brings with it exciting news, as I finally seem to be zeroing in on that transitional species you’ve been searching for; I never dreamed it could be so close at hand!
The family gathering took place as it usually does this time of year. This time, however, something seemed very different; upon entering the room, I had the sense of entering a lost world, straight from the mind of Arthur Conan Doyle!
Upon joining the festivities, the evidence of transitional species started to build. I was greeted by my brother Ed, with his turtleneck; Cousin Emily was home from college with her new boyfriend—they were off by themselves, acting like lovebirds! Grandma Esther could still move nimbly about, but her spider veins and crow’s feet were plain to behold. My young twin nieces, Amber and Ashley, were both proudly displaying their pony tails, though they were oddly quiet. This only seemed to confirm my observations, when it became plain that they were each a little horse (hoarse).
Things grew yet more convincing when we sat down for the meal. My Aunt Sally was there. She eats like a bird, and had once taken up dancing; but long term dreams were dashed, because of her pigeon-toes. She’s really too flighty to stick with one thing for very long, anyway.
Our neighbor Mr. Thompson showed up again; mom says he’s such a parasite. His could be a case of microevolution, though not in the traditional use of the term! Absent from the gathering was Tommy, my cousin—he is now a dogface in the Army. Apparently they won’t discriminate against transitional species. When I asked why great-grandpa Al also couldn’t join us, someone told me he’d finally croaked (I’m not sure why that matters, but apparently frogs are terrible dinner guests!).
Another amazing thing happened when my great Uncle Bob turned into a hog right in front of us! I’m sure Stephen Gould would have been elated to witness this “hopeful monster” mutation; though it may also have simply been an example of the survival of the fattest (fittest).
The post dinner observations didn’t disappoint, either! Grandpa Mike wouldn’t budge from the sofa. He is renowned for being the family “couch potato,” but I haven’t seen much resemblance; they sure are hard to separate, though. My older cousin Nate stayed mostly to himself—he had a chip on his shoulder. This may be an example of a vestigial appendage. Anyway, it seemed his fall out may have been with my dad, who is typically bull-headed. Mom says that he has always been this way, and I am familiar with this concept of irreducible complexity. On the lighter side, my nephew Johnny just wouldn’t stay away from the chestnuts, and we have known him to act pretty squirrelly at times.
Maybe none of this constitutes as real evidence, but it seems to provide hope that a transitional species may soon be found. We’ve all been searching too long, too hard, and too far away—the best evidence we’ll find may be reclined in our own living room!
Kent,
You are certainly in our prayers, and I know that the Lord has your case solidly in hand (Proverbs 16:9). It seemed that perhaps a lighter moment could be appropriate, for “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.”—Proverbs 17:22. We are believing the Lord for you, “to bind up” your broken heart, and “proclaim liberty” to you who are presently captive. It is a work which Jesus came to do, and He declared, “It is finished!”
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:”—Romans 1:20
Love in Christ,
Andy Schwankl
I am still looking forward to the day when they release you brother. I’m praying that you’ll continually be a blessing to all who have contact with you. I love you brother. When God blesses me with a church I definitely want you to come and preach. Hope thou in God!
Fine Sir Hovind,
I think you must be in training in there? ‘The world’ is out hear preaching evolutionism like it is a fact that everyone should know. I have limited media here, which is always very secular, and I hear them regularly reffering to it in the past, present, and future tense. When you get released with the rest of us sheep amongst wolves, I pray that you will be as innocent as a dove, as well as wise as the serpent.
God Bless you #06452-017
Your Alaskan friend and supporter~
I’m not sure if any of you guys have seen this, but a libertarian blog has a great story about Dr. Hovind and his plight. It is clearly sympathetic:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/sardi/sardi143.html
I’d say this is one of the best explanations of what is going on that I’ve seen.
Dear Brother Kent Hovind,
As many join in prayers & fasting for you today, I pray our living God will undertake and send millions of his angels on assignment to ensure all goes well to your favour in Jesus worthy name.
Our God is a prayer answering God. Remember Ex 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
2Sa 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
Our God who is your deliverer will deliver you out of all snares of the enemy in the mighty name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is well in Jesus name.
Sade Tennyson
London, UK.
Beloved Kent and Jo
My husband and I are praying for you both as well. We live in South Africa. I prayed for my husband’s salvation for 29 years. A few months ago, he quietly gave his life to Jesus all on his own.
Four things convinced him of the fact that God is who He says He is and that Jesus Christ is God incarnate.
1. Angus Buchan (S.A’s most well-known evangelist) called him out of a crowd of people one day and spoke to him alone for a while.
2. My husband watched all your DVD’s with me (we have the entire collection) and was convinced that the Bible is God’s true Word
3. He received a miraculous healing after almost 2 years of severe illness
4. Just before he decided to accept Jesus as his Lord and Saviour, I told him how passionately God loves him – just as he is.
You are 25% responsible for saving him from hell. May God bless you richly for this!
We’ve made copies of your DVDs for others as well – Christians and not-yet-Christians. We are watching the collection again for the 3rd time right now. Thank you for giving our wonderful God all the glory and we want you and Jo to know that we love you both.
Keep running with God until we meet in heaven one day. Our Father works all things for good to those who love him and are called according to His purpose.
For information only: Mr. Hovind’s appeal for a rehearing before the Supreme Court has been denied.
you in the Spiritual lineage of John Bunyon “pilgrims progress” what a blessing!!!