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#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 21 15-17 – Reuben Could Beget Jesus
If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
Since most people today don’t practice polygamy, what principles can we learn from this passage? God is righteous and just, and he has sympathy toward the wounded and downtrodden. Jacob had two wives, and he favored Rachel and disliked Leah. Jacob also favored Joseph, and eventually Joseph got a double portion of the birthright. But it was not Jacob who took the birthright away from Reuben and gave it to Joseph. It was Reuben who defiled his father’s bed and lost his right of the firstborn. God promised that Christ would come as the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But only later in the Bible does it mention that Christ would come as the lion of the tribe of Judah. Did Reuben ever have a chance to become the ancestor of Christ? I think it is possible. But he and his two other brothers all sinned, so they missed the chance. Judah and his two sons also sinned, but Tamar helped Judah fulfill this prophecy.
I believe that God would not have taken away Reuben’s birthright if he had not sinned. God would not have allowed those who hated the unloved wives to take away the firstborn son’s birthright. But Reuben sinned and lost his own birthright. He slept with Rachel’s maid. Why? Because the negligence of his father Jacob produced hatred in Reuben’s heart. This hatred, plus his lust, caused him to sin, and he lost out on one of the greatest blessings on earth: being in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Reuben missed out on so much blessing!
Today, we may think we are the sons of Leah who are not loved by people. Will we allow our hatred to twist our hearts so that we lose out on our blessings as the sons of God? Will we receive double loss, like Reuben, or double blessing, like Joseph?
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By Jairus#Bible Study With #Jairus #Deuteronomy 21 15-17 – Reuben Could Beget Jesus
If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, then on the day when he assigns his possessions as an inheritance to his sons, he may not treat the son of the loved as the firstborn in preference to the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn, but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the firstfruits of his strength. The right of the firstborn is his.
Since most people today don’t practice polygamy, what principles can we learn from this passage? God is righteous and just, and he has sympathy toward the wounded and downtrodden. Jacob had two wives, and he favored Rachel and disliked Leah. Jacob also favored Joseph, and eventually Joseph got a double portion of the birthright. But it was not Jacob who took the birthright away from Reuben and gave it to Joseph. It was Reuben who defiled his father’s bed and lost his right of the firstborn. God promised that Christ would come as the seed of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But only later in the Bible does it mention that Christ would come as the lion of the tribe of Judah. Did Reuben ever have a chance to become the ancestor of Christ? I think it is possible. But he and his two other brothers all sinned, so they missed the chance. Judah and his two sons also sinned, but Tamar helped Judah fulfill this prophecy.
I believe that God would not have taken away Reuben’s birthright if he had not sinned. God would not have allowed those who hated the unloved wives to take away the firstborn son’s birthright. But Reuben sinned and lost his own birthright. He slept with Rachel’s maid. Why? Because the negligence of his father Jacob produced hatred in Reuben’s heart. This hatred, plus his lust, caused him to sin, and he lost out on one of the greatest blessings on earth: being in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. Reuben missed out on so much blessing!
Today, we may think we are the sons of Leah who are not loved by people. Will we allow our hatred to twist our hearts so that we lose out on our blessings as the sons of God? Will we receive double loss, like Reuben, or double blessing, like Joseph?