Love, Revenge and How Do You Get Your Information
How far does one go to show family love? At the start of this story, a good
one by the way, we see a reunion of brothers that turns out much better than
expected. Jacob has been away from his brother Esau for sometime and the
reunion of sorts was far better than what Jacob thought it would be. His
brother is wealthier and more powerful and due to the long time away among
other circumstances Jacob was concerned about his servants, tribe, wives and
family, yet Esau surprised him.
One of the things I've learned myself is that time heals and the love
between family can be a deep and passionate love can overlook past
transgressions. We can all be surprised at the possibility of reuniting with
family if we will only give family a chance. Believe me, I know all too well
the hardship that family can cause on each other, but, I also understand the
ability of God to heal broken relationships if we give Him a chance. Of course
we have to use wisdom in these decisions, we have to be smart, we see the
efforts of Jacob to make sure that there is a healing and a effort to bring
peace, I think God rewarded that, yet today, we see so many who are unwilling
to do the way of love towards anyone, including family who may have done wrong
at one point. I know one thing for sure in my life, there are many situations
where God may provide healing, but I also know that there are some situations
where there will never be peace and healed relationships, but it is important
to know, that doesn't take place because you haven't tried, it takes place
because the other party hasn't accepted it or tried. I wrote this last week, before
I knew the circumstances of the last few days, how true I know the importance
now of both parties willing to do what they should, and others who involve themselves
to search out truth prior to involving themselves into a family matter,
including people with other church groups.
We also see in this passage the love of a brother and sister as Dinah is raped.
The brothers, as I an imagine many brothers, decide to take action into their
own hands after nothing seems to be done. While I'm not advocating for
vigilante justice, it is easy to understand why these brothers did what they
did. They thought about a plan, put the plan into action and then were
successful in their actions. I guess for me, while there are a lot of things to
think about in this story, the one thing I think about is the need to think
through ones actions, especially when there is the possibility of danger.
In some places, and in some times, law does not exist. Later we will see the
establishment of laws that God puts into place to see to it that appropriate
justice takes place. In this time though, we see the need of revenge often has
consequences, even for those who may be innocent.
Matthew 2
From the very start of Jesus life, there were those who wanted to do harm to Him
as well as others who wanted to worship Him. We see that illustrated in this
passage.
We see how there were those who warned Herod of one that was coming that would be like a shepherd but also be a king. Of course just like today, many hear certain things from a Biblical perspective and take them totally wrong. Herod was prideful and worried about his power, he didn't want to give anything up. Sound familiar?
Then there was another group who had heard the prophesies and saw Jesus in a different light and wanted to worship him. One group was hearing from God; Herod was hearing from people who had read the prophesies but didn't know or have a relationship with God. In many ways, this explains the different perspectives people have today. I think a good thought is that one has to know God to understand God and His ways or teachings, There is a difference.
The question I have, which of these do you fall into. Are you like those instructing Herod, reading and thinking you understand scripture or you one that knows God and therefore has a different insight into scripture. Of course those who don't know God will disagree and come to their own conclusions, and those who know God will fully understand and get what I am saying.
To see Genesis Chapter 33 and 34 and Matthew 2 Click the following link:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+33%2C+34%2C+Matthew+2&version=CEV
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