Genesis 36 is once again a genealogy chapter. This one also list the kings in the land.
Genesis 37 begins to tell us the story of Joseph. Joseph is a son of Jacob and is most loved by Jacob. Joseph has a few dreams where his family is bowing down to him. This does not make his family happy as he is the youngest. The end of chapter 37 is the story we are probably most familiar with in regards to Joseph. We read about how his brothers plot to kill Joseph. One of the brothers convince them not to kill him as he is of the same flesh as they are. They agree and end up selling him to so Midianites who in return sell him to Potiphar when they reach Egypt. His brothers then tear his robes and dip them in goats blood and take that to their father. Jacob goes into mourning and no one is able to comfort him.
The next chapter of Genesis which is 38 has a lot of twist in it. We find a woman named Tamar who ends up being married to both Er and Onan. Er and Onan are both sons of Judah. The Lord could not find favor in either one of them and they both die before they can produce offspring. Tamar then goes out to live with her father until the younger son is old enough to take her. She then tricks Judah into sleeping with her and produces a child from him. She is later to be found as a prostitute and goes to Judah. He spares her life and she gives birth to twins.
Matthew 21 begins with Jesus entering a town on a donkey. The people come out to great him and lay their coats and branches from trees to pave a way for the Lord. As they follow him into the city they sing songs of praises. The next portion we see Jesus enter the temple and is not very please. The people have turned the temple into basically a place of robbery. He overturns everything and begins to heal the blind and the lame. Children are shouting praises as this is happening. This must have been a site to see. The last portion of our reading for today has a important message for us. Jesus is hungry and comes to a fig tree, however the tree is bear and Jesus tells it that it will never bear fruit again. Immediately the tree withers and dies. The disciples are amazed by this and ask how it is possible. Once again Jesus tells them that with faith you can tell a mountain to go and throw itself into the sea and it will be done. It shows us that we need to have faith and that their is power in prayer.
Tomorrow's reading is:
Genesis 39, 40 and Matthew 21:23 - 46
36. I try to read the genealogy but I honestly get nothing from it.
ReplyDelete37. Couldn't help but think of "The Ballad of Little Joe" the Veggietales movie when I read this. Also, (more proof that I watch to much tv) I expected this robe to be techno colored. I'm learning so much.
38. Sometimes I find it hard to tell who is the good guy and who is the bad guy in these chapters. I guess it's just like life that way.
21. Admittedly this is the first time I've read the bible, when I read that things (like Jesus riding in on a donkey)are to fulfill what (fill in the blank) prophet predicted, I wonder where that is. Are these things all someplace else in the Bible or is this the first and only time we are hearing about them? The power or prayer/faith is truly amazing. Makes you wonder what the world would be like if everyone had the faith of a mustard seed.
Most of these prophecies are written in other places of the Bible we have just not read them yet.
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