JESUS SAW HIMSELF IN GENESIS II About Godıs work in Jesus To Know: ³When the Lord saw that Leah was not loved, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.² (Gen. 29:31) Three times in three generations Godıs promise to Abraham appeared doomed. Abrahamıs wife Sarah, his sonıs wife Rebekah, and his grandsonıs wife Rachel were barren women. When Jesus read that barren women were the beginning of his family line did he realize that this was to prepare for his birth? ³Jesus,² we are told, ³grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.² (Elk. 2:52) Is this not an astounding revelation? Although Jesus was God incarnate, his humanity was exactly like our own and he grew up the way we grow up. With the passage of time, he became wiser and stronger. Is there any doubt that Christ Jesus fed on the word of God? Was Jesus not greatly strengthened by the knowledge that time and time again God overcame the barrenness of the women in his family line to bring children into the world through whom he fulfilled his promise to Abraham? In Christ, God went far beyond making a barren woman able to conceive. He granted conception apart from a man to bring into the world the child who alone could save the world. In his prologue, John states the great facts regarding the person and work of Jesus Christ. We read that not only was Christ conceived miraculously but Christians too are born of God. ³to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husbandıs will, but born of God.² (Jn. 1:12,13) 012910$-012910 <{{{{{{>< Other posts:
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