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In the last verse of Genesis, it makes me laugh what a caricatured mother-in-law Rebekah is: "I'm disgusted with living because of these Hittite women" !
ReplyDeleteIt's one of those things we'll never know, but I've always wondered, since the fatherly blessings were so powerful, how God would have worked it out to make Jacob the ruling brother if Rebekah and Jacob had not deceived Isaac. Makes me glad we live in a culture of more equality where parents try not to do this to their kids, although God had a plan to raise up Jacob from birth.
I am always confounded by the fact that the Fathers of our faith were such lame people sometimes. They did some pretty rotten stuff. It makes me think about how God really sees us. Sometimes, we think that God can only use us if we are "good" enough, but God used the people in the Bible for His plans regardless.
ReplyDeleteNot to say we shouldn't be concerned with being good (or holy), but it would seem that it doesn't stop God from using us if He wants to.
This is one of my favorite parables that Jesus ever gave.
ReplyDeleteMatthew 9:14
One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”
Basically John the Baptist's disciples are asking Jesus why his disciples are free from the traditions and rituals of the law. Jesus responds:
Matthew 9:16-17
"Who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new patch would shrink and rip away from the old cloth, leaving an even bigger tear than before.
“And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
Jesus is saying that you can't mix Jesus' new covenant of grace with the old law. His disciples are not familiar with all the traditions of the law and it would kill them if Jesus laid those burdens on them. They would bust like old wine skins and tear like cloth. It's such a cool analogy. The gap between the old law and Jesus grace is extreme. I like the way it is worded in Hebrews 12....
Hebrews 12:18-24
You have not come to a physical mountain, to a place of flaming fire, darkness, gloom, and whirlwind, as the Israelites did at Mount Sinai. For they heard an awesome trumpet blast and a voice so terrible that they begged God to stop speaking. They staggered back under God’s command: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned to death.” Moses himself was so frightened at the sight that he said, “I am terrified and trembling.”
No, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless thousands of angels in a joyful gathering. You have come to the assembly of God’s firstborn children, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God himself, who is the judge over all things. You have come to the spirits of the righteous ones in heaven who have now been made perfect. You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.