tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post8076967912963022963..comments2010-08-22T13:20:39.459-07:00Comments on My One Year Bible Blog: January NinthAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443723091812569074noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post-53133944852189349132010-01-11T06:44:01.775-08:002010-01-11T06:44:01.775-08:00Thanks Allison!!
You are such a blessing. I have s...Thanks Allison!!<br />You are such a blessing. I have such a long way to grow. I have had such a long up and down relationship with God that I am so surprised how naive I am. I am so excited learning more and more. <br />I really love this blog because when I am at church service I really want to raise my hand during the sermon and ask questions.(yes Jared laughs at me coz I always whisper questions at him and he hush's me :) ) So this is giving me just that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443723091812569074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7955447054878003107.post-4724129191756190932010-01-10T19:25:33.281-08:002010-01-10T19:25:33.281-08:00Esau gives up his birthright
Old Testament law sta...Esau gives up his birthright<br />Old Testament law states that the eldest son receives a double inheritance (Deut 21:17) Esau was never really interested in the birthright from the beginning. <br /><br />"Jacob knew that the birthright was valuable and he wanted it. Passages like Deuteronomy 21:17 and 1 Chronicles 5:1-2 tell us the birthright involved both a material and a spiritual dynamic. The son of the birthright received a double portion of the inheritance, and he also became the head of the family and the spiritual leader upon the passing of the father. In the case of this family the birthright determined who would inherit the covenant God made with Abraham, the covenant of a land, a nation, and the Messiah." - From David Guzik's commentary on Genesis 25<br /><br />Abimelech<br />This is not the same one as before. This would have been the son of the one that Abraham and Sarah encountered. <br /><br />Blessing<br />Issac loved Esau and Rebekah loved Jacob. Issac knew that God wanted Jacob to receive the blessing (Genesis 25:23) yet, he didn't want to give it to him. <br /><br />"Strangely, Isaac insisted on giving the blessing to Esau, the one God did not choose, who despised his birthright, and who has married pagan wives. It seems Isaac plainly operated in the flesh here, thinking only of the good food he received from Esau’s hunting." - From David Guzik's commentary on Genesis 27<br /><br />Blessing again?<br />Issac blesses Jacob after resigning himself to the fact the God chose Jacob to carry on the promise of Abraham. No, Jacob wasn't worthy, but neither was Esau. The instruction to take a wife that was NOT foreign was important since the line of the Messiah would come from Abraham's descendants.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672835339386027457noreply@blogger.com