Sometimes I wonder why certain subjects
are shared in the Bible. For instance, at the end of Genesis, Chapter 22, after Abraham is about to sacrifice Isaac, his only begotten son (the only son promised by God) the scripture says, “Some time later Abraham was told, “Milkah is also a mother; she has borne sons to your brother Nahor: Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel (the father of Aram), Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph and Bethuel.” Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milkah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor. His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also had sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash and Maakah.” Genesis 22:20-24 Most would think - why in the world is this information shared, especially at this time, right after Isaac is spared? The answer is... Nothing in scripture should be taken for granted! Everything written is for a reason! Why just need to dig in and find it. For instance, in Genesis Chapter 6, it is written, “the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose; and “There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.” Genesis 6:2,4 Really. We should learn to pay attention, and believe the Holy Spirit gave these words for a reason. I could go on and on about passages that people tend to skim over, but have tons of significance for what was then, what is now, and what our future holds. Like “the mystery revealed” in Ephesians 3:10, “the armor of God” in Ephesians 6-10, the “new earth and new Heaven” in Revelation 22, and the words declared by Jesus, “Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division.” Luke 12:51 This content is there for a reason! We definitely should pay closer attention? But this is not the poem I am writing about today - I am going down a rabbit hole. But wait - since the Lord gave me this thought - let me just finish what I am saying. So many "Christians" (and many pastors and teachers) fail to read, understand and share the truth in love. And when they do, they often twist them. Take for instance what Timothy says about women remaining silent in ALL things. Do you think that is really true? Here I am today, sharing scripture with you. Do you think the Lord has told me to shut my mouth? I am a nobody - a woman, completely unworthy; teaching on the written Word of God - spreading the gospel message for all to behold. Do you believe God wants to shut my mouth just because I am a woman? I think not - because I am only submitting to His call. Perhaps when reading Timothy, we should pay attention to the “female” demonology that had been ruling and reigning in Timothy’s time and Timothy’s kingdom. Ephesus had many female gods to choose from. If we understood what was happening in Timothy's culture and his mind, then we would have wisdom to understand what Timothy meant. Timothy goes on to say that they needed to get rid of old wives tales and ungodliness. Just as an aside, Timothy said, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.” I Timothy 2:12 Notice the “I” that begins that sentence - Timothy is the one making that decision because he has personally experienced the ungodly deception that has contaminated the culture of his time. He has felt the results of ultra feminism through demonic acculturation. Much like we see today - but many lack the wisdom that he had. Anyway, to understand, Genesis 22, verses 22-24, which explain the family of Nahor, we have to go back to Genesis 11, and then move forward to Genesis 24. Genesis 11 says, “This is the account of Terah’s family line. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. While his father Terah was still alive, Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans, in the land of his birth. Abram and Nahor both married. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milkah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milkah and Iskah. Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there. Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Harran.” Genesis 11:27-32 Nahor was Abraham’s brother, who stayed in the land of Ur, He married Milkah, his niece, Haran’s daughter. Now we have to jump ahead, to understand WHY Genesis 22:22-24 is said. Genesis 24 gives an account of the bride that was chosen for Isaac - after God allowed him to live - after Abraham expressed his grand faith by being willing to sacrifice his only begotten son. Abraham said to his servant, “I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell; but you shall go to my country and to my family, and take a wife for my son Isaac.” Genesis 24:3-4 “And the servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I take your son back to the land from which you came from?” Genesis 24:5 “But Abraham said to him, Beware - that you do not take my son back there. The Lord God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my family, and who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, ‘To your descendants I give this land,’ He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. And if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be released from this oath; only do not take my son back there.” Genesis 24:6-8 You see - God did not want Isaac to go and choose a wife for him. God had already chosen Rebekah. If she responded, then she would be the one he would marry and procreate with. “Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed, for all his master’s goods were in his hand. And he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.” Genesis 24:10 Notice - the land was named after him. This is the same way we got the land of Israel. “Then he said, “O Lord God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. Behold, here I stand by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water. Now let it be that the young woman to whom I say, ‘Please let down your pitcher that I may drink,’ and she says, ‘Drink, and I will also give your camels a drink’ - let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac.” Genesis 22:12-14 “And it happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother, came out with her pitcher on her shoulder.” Genesis 24:14-15 “Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord. And he said, “Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His mercy and His truth toward my master. As for me, being on the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.” Genesis 24:26-27 “Then Laban (Rebekah’s brother) and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you either bad or good. Here is Rebekah before you; take her and go, and let her be your master’s son’s wife, as the Lord has spoken.” Genesis 24:50-51 “Now Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi (the place that Hagar had named) for he dwelt in the South. And Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening; and he lifted his eyes and looked, and there, the camels were coming. Then Rebekah lifted her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from her camel; for she had said to the servant, “Who is this man walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took a veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.” Genesis 24:62-67 The promised son and the chosen virgin would give birth to two sons - twins named Esau and Jacob. Only one son would be fervent for the Lord. Only one son would wrestle with the angel of the Lord. Only one son would give birth to twelve more sons who would sit on the Throne of God. His name was Jacob, before God gave him a new name - the he became the land of Israel.
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