02/07/2024 Daily Bible Reading

 Genesis 38:

Judah's son Er is evil, and the Lord killed him.  Judah's second son refuses to obey, and is also killed.  

Psalm 39:

I will not sin in what I say.  I will hold my tongue around the ungodly.

Proverbs 7:

Don't wander down the wayward path.

Analysis:

I don't have a lot to say today.  I will be the first to admit that I do not understand everything that God has written down and passed on to us.  I think this is on purpose.  We can't possibly understand everything that God know.  It's impossible.  He is omniscient (all-knowing).  He is all-powerful.  He is I Am That I Am.  

It is chapters like Genesis 38 that people point to, and say this is clearly a man made text that was used to explain tribal warfare, etc.  I do not believe this.  I believe that Judah and Er were real people.  I believe that Er was evil, and God destroyed him.  I have no idea what he did.  I have no idea why he was evil.  I know he offended God so much, that God could not let him live on.  I believe that God gave him chances to redeem himself, and I believe that he did not.

I do know this.  We can watch our words, and that will help the ungodly to see that we are different.  I know we can follow the straight and narrow, and that God will always be there for us. 

I know this sounds contradictory.  Er was killed by God, but God is always there for us?  I am not God.  I do not understand all His ways.  I think that God gives us all chances to repent and turn to Him.  I know that not everyone does this.  My God is a loving God, but he is also a God of Holiness.  I do not know how many chances God give us.  


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