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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Rebekah - Gen27

In Gen25:23 Rebekah had an encounter with God and received a word" And the older shall serve the younger."
This to Rebekah could be like a lifetime calling like Abraham's:"you shall have a child..."
From the very beginning of birth Rebekah started to favour Jacob and seeked as her mission to fulfil that word in Jacob. She did with a passion and she didn't care what price it would take.
Although it was a big lie and it was greatly distresseing to other people, God didn't seem to be bothered.(there's no reference in this chapter)
This could be another example of breaking the universal ethics(as Craig would say)in order to fulfil a higher purpose. We see it in Abraham planning to kill Isaac, we see it in the destroy and killing through the flood(Noah), we see it in the devastation of Sodom and Gomorrah, we see God sacrificed Jesus His own son...while killing is definately condemned in any universal law.
At this stage, Esau was no longer fit for the enheritance of the blessing, as he had married the daughter of Hittite.
However, Jacob paid heavily for the price of this lie:
He loved Rachel, but he was tricked with Leah first and then end up cursing Rachel; He favored Joseph, but Joseph was badly mistreated and sold out,etc.