When you look at all the deceit, all the plotting and manipulation that went on, you wonder why God ever chose this family. Why would God bless these people with such an awesome responsibility as being the ancestors of the Messiah? They certainly weren't holy and righteous. They really don't seem to exhibit the traits you would expect the Savior of the world to come from.
But then again, Jesus didn't come for the holy. Jesus didn't come for the righteous. He came for the plotter, He came for the manipulator, He came for the liar, the thief, the unholy and the unrightous. He came for the sinner. He came for you and He came for me.
Where would you be if He hadn't come? Aren't you glad He did?
Genesis 27:46 NLT
46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I’m sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them.”
Genesis 28:1-5 NLT
1 So Isaac called for Jacob, blessed him, and said, “You must not marry any of these Canaanite women. 2 Instead, go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of your grandfather Bethuel, and marry one of your uncle Laban’s daughters. 3 May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations! 4 May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham.”
5 So Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to stay with his uncle Laban, his mother’s brother, the son of Bethuel the Aramean.
Blessings, Cecilia
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