JESUS SAW HIMSELF IN GENESIS II About God in the flesh To Know: ³Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife, because she was barren. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, Why is this happening to me?ı² So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, Two nations are in your womb and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger that the other, and the older will serve the younger.ı²(Gen. 25:21-23) Every so often our youngest daughter reassured herself that she really was our child. Her older brother, our youngest son, was the villain. He delighted in her distress when he told his little sister that we found her abandoned out in the woods. There was something strange about the birth of Jesus. Jesus amazed his hometown when he taught in the synagogue. It was known in Nazareth that Mary was the mother of Jesus but Joseph was not his father. Regarding the worshippers we read, ³Where did this man get these things?² they asked. ³Whatıs this wisdom that has been given him, that he even does miracles! Isnıt this the carpenter? Isnıt this Maryıs son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Arenıt his sisters here with us?² And they took offense at him. (Mark 6:2,3) In ancient Israel, no one was referred to as a motherıs son and not his fatherıs son unless it was believed that he was conceived out of wedlock. Matthew traces Jesus family line back to Abraham. He begins his gospel, ³A record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers² (1:1,2) God the Word, the creator of all, was the Word become flesh in order to make his dwelling among us. (Jn. 1:1,3,14) Because Jesus was not only the true God but also a real man, he must have thrilled to read that the first three women in his family line were barren yet bore children. Did it not strengthen the Lord to read that God can bring children into the world regardless of the impossibility facing barren women like Sarah, Rebekah, and Rachael? Is faith not strengthened when we believe that nothing is impossible to God? 012510$-012510 <{{{{{{>< Other posts: |