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My Bible study this morning included Genesis 38, the story of Judah and his daughter-in-law, Tamar. At first blush, it is an embarrasing tale of the sordid relationship between these two characters, resulting in the birth of twins, Zerah and Perez. Like Jacob and Esau, there was an issue over who was the firstborn, but, contrary to the l…
My Bible study this morning included Genesis 38, the story of Judah and his daughter-in-law, Tamar. At first blush, it is an embarrasing tale of the sordid relationship between these two characters, resulting in the birth of twins, Zerah and Perez. Like Jacob and Esau, there was an issue over who was the firstborn, but, contrary to the laws of primogeniture then universally in effect, we learn that it was the second-born who had God's favor. But we don't come to realize this until we read Matthew 1: 1-17, where we find that Tamar and Perez are to be found in the geneology of Joseph, husband of Mary, foster father to Jesus! Obviously, our contemporary society would have preferred to have aborted Tamar's twins in order to eliminate the social stigma. And in its earthly "wisdom" our society would have prevented the arrival of mankind's Savior. Of course, this would have been satan's preferred plan, but God thwarted it! Satan has throughout all history sought to prevent God from implementing His plan of salvation, yet he has never been successful, nor will he, thank God. And so it is with all these ever-so-enlightened "modern" thinkers, who disdain to have children for all their highfalutin reasons, but all of which boil down to the same root cause, i.e., selfishness. The divine "Me" rules in their lives and while they claim to be living wonderful and fulfilling lives, in the final analysis, they are life's biggest losers. And who can tell whether the child they chose not to have might have played a part in God's plan?
Satan made his choice: “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven”. He chose poorly.
Actually, one could say that is the same motto the Marxist/Left has adopted about the United States. They don't mind trashing the U.S., because ruling, even over the ashes, is what they think will fill that hole in their soul.
(Hint, it won't!)