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Genesis 20:3-7 Abimelech's dream - Day 19

Here is my catch up for yesterday.  I take passages such as this as descriptive of what did happen, not proscriptive of what should happen.

Blessings,

Jeff

This whole marriage to his half-sister thing is pretty shocking.  In what universe is that a good idea?  And how does taking a 90 year old woman into his harem make sense to Abimelech?  Then God warns him in a dream. Revelation to a pagan king. 

So why does God include thus episode in scripture?  How does it advance redemptive history?  Moses must have asked God "Are you sure you want this in the story of faithful Abraham?".   

 God does not need any help to preserve His saints. He prevents Abimelech from having sex with her and inhibits fertility of all his wives and slaves.  Really showing Abraham that deception is not a godly characteristic. Remember, I promised to make you father of nations. Do you think I would allow someone to kill you so they could have Sarah?  Solid practical theology keeps His saints stay out of complicated moral situations. 

Our Father - the constant reminder of Your relationship to me.  The perfect Father who redeems my life from the pit.  Who knows my lying down and my rising up. 

Your will be done - not just words. Really asking to know Your will so  that I can act accordingly in whatever situation I am in.

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