Day 2 Part 2: So this is where the trouble started! 12/13/05 Genesis 17:1-28:19
We cover quite a number of years in today's reading. Enough that we can see the similarities and differences between the generations. I had previously posted regarding Isaac and Jacob's shared desire to stay away from Canaanite women, and their common deception regarding making their wives pose as sisters.
But what really amazes me is the text below.
Genesis 17:15-20 (Today's New International Version)
Ge 17:15 God also said to Abraham, �As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.�
Ge 17:17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, �Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?� 18 And Abraham said to God, �If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!�
Ge 17:19 Then God said, �Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.4 I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Sarah and Abram get impatient and try to have a child through Hagar. Abram and Hagar have Ishmael. Then, just like God said, Abram and Sarah have Isaac. This is the births of the nations of Israel and Islam. The birth of two warring nations happens because Sarah and Abram took matters into their own hands.
Now I'm not normally one for saying, "What if?", but this one has my mind reeling. If a one-time slip up can cause world powers to wage war over the centuries, what can come of the so called "tiny sins" that I think are trivial in my own life? Now that we are really involved in Arab national affairs and Iran is trying to make Nukes for retaliation at Israel, we see that the consequences of sin in the world are many and catastrophic.
On a lighter note, the Christmas tree fell over this evening. Ornaments and needles everywhere. Our tree is really dead. If we have needles left by Christmas Day, I'll be surprised. For a good laugh, go read the 1daymore archives for last December's tree hunt. O Christmas Tree!
But what really amazes me is the text below.
Genesis 17:15-20 (Today's New International Version)
Ge 17:15 God also said to Abraham, �As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. 16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her.�
Ge 17:17 Abraham fell facedown; he laughed and said to himself, �Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?� 18 And Abraham said to God, �If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!�
Ge 17:19 Then God said, �Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac.4 I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Sarah and Abram get impatient and try to have a child through Hagar. Abram and Hagar have Ishmael. Then, just like God said, Abram and Sarah have Isaac. This is the births of the nations of Israel and Islam. The birth of two warring nations happens because Sarah and Abram took matters into their own hands.
Now I'm not normally one for saying, "What if?", but this one has my mind reeling. If a one-time slip up can cause world powers to wage war over the centuries, what can come of the so called "tiny sins" that I think are trivial in my own life? Now that we are really involved in Arab national affairs and Iran is trying to make Nukes for retaliation at Israel, we see that the consequences of sin in the world are many and catastrophic.
On a lighter note, the Christmas tree fell over this evening. Ornaments and needles everywhere. Our tree is really dead. If we have needles left by Christmas Day, I'll be surprised. For a good laugh, go read the 1daymore archives for last December's tree hunt. O Christmas Tree!
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