Voting on Laws
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Genesis 38
Well, I guess my post yesterday was a bit presumptuous - the meat of Joseph's story doesn't start until chapter 39. Today we have an odd account, in which God kills a man for being evil (we don't get an explanation of what he did), and then kills another man for withholding a child from the first man's wife. These were both sons of Judah, who then goes and pays a prostitute for sex who turns out to be the woman in question: his daughter-in-law! That, though, does not seem to warrant God's wrath - or at least not the same level of punishment. This seems odd to my sensibilities, but I suppose that is just further proof that God alone should be the judge of people's actions and motivations.
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Yeah, I always seem to forget about this "little gem" of a story. Totally messed up!
Interesting to note, though, that the firstborn of this "special" family relationship--Perez--is a key figure in the ancestral line of David (and, thus, of Christ). Ultimately, everything results in bringing about God's glory.
Ah - perhaps that explains the Lord's zeal in making sure that Tamar had a son: He had chosen her to be the ancestor of the Savior!
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