{"id":16474,"date":"2021-07-01T22:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/genesis_35_1-15-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-06-27T00:09:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T07:09:54","slug":"genesis_35_16-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/genesis_35_16-29\/","title":{"rendered":"A Child at God\u2019s Right Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Genesis 35:16-29 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 35:16-29.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:16-18 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n16\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
\n17\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
\n18\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0As she breathed her last–for she was dying–she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 16-18:\u00a0\u00a0Rachel is giving birth to a second child but there are major complications with the delivery.\u00a0\u00a0Rachel dies in the process but not before giving birth to a son and calling him \u201cBen-Oni\u201d meaning \u201cson of my trouble\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Back then it was believed that a child\u2019s name reflected the child\u2019s destiny.\u00a0\u00a0Not wanting his newborn son to be destined for a life of trouble, Jacob steps in and renames him \u201cBenjamin\u201d, meaning \u201cson at my right hand\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0In Jacob\u2019s culture, a father\u2019s right hand symbolized his favour.<\/p>\n

Benjamin went from son of my trouble to son of my right hand all because his father spoke a new word into his life that changed his name, changed his identity, changed his destiny.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Similarly,\u00a0when we were destined for trouble, your Heavenly Father sent Jesus Christ to speak a new word into your life that would change your identity and destiny, so that we would go from being children destined for trouble to children destined to live at the right hand of God\u2019s presence, protection and blessing<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0The pain and trouble that we were destined for, God placed on His Son Jesus and the status that Jesus deserved \u2013 to be a son at the Father\u2019s right hand \u2013 was given to us. All because of a Father stepped in.<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:19-20 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n19\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
\n20\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Over her tomb Jacob set up a pillar, and to this day that pillar marks Rachel’s tomb.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 19-20:\u00a0\u00a0Jacob buries Rachel (v19) and sets up a pillar to mark her tomb and to honour her life (v20).<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:21-22a (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n21\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Israel moved on again and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder.
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 21-22a:\u00a0\u00a0Jacob, also known as Israel, moved on to a region beyond Migdal Eder.\u00a0\u00a0There Jacob\u2019s firstborn Reuben sleeps with Bilhah, one of Jacob\u2019s concubine wives, an act which effectively amounted to incest.\u00a0\u00a0Later the book of Leviticus would state that a man is not to have sexual relations with his father\u2019s wife, for in so doing he would dishonour his father and would be punished by death (Leviticus 18:8 and 20:11).\u00a0\u00a0Why would Reuben commit this incestuous act?\u00a0\u00a0Some scholars believe it was Reuben\u2019s attempt to usurp his father\u2019s position of power in the family, similar to when King David\u2019s son Absalom decided to sleep with David\u2019s concubines (2 Samuel 16:22).\u00a0\u00a0Later on Jacob would condemn Reuben for this act (Genesis 49:3-4).\u00a0\u00a0Reuben\u2019s act is very likely the reason why Reuben plays a less prominent role in the history of Israel as compared to other tribes.\u00a0\u00a0Instead of a double portion that would normally be afforded to the firstborn, that double portion would effectively go to Joseph\u2019s descendants later on.<\/p>\n

If Reuben\u2019s act of sleeping with his father\u2019s concubine wife was a power grab, the lesson we can learn here is in line with Jesus\u2019 own words, \u201cWhoever exalts himself will be humbled and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.\u201d (Matthew 23:12; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14)<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:22b-29 (NIV)<\/em><\/strong>
\n22\u00a0<\/sup>\u2026Jacob had twelve sons:
\n23\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The sons of Leah: Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar and Zebulun.
\n24\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
\n25\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The sons of Rachel’s maidservant Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.
\n26\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0The sons of Leah’s maidservant Zilpah: Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
\n27\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Jacob came home to his father Isaac in Mamre, near Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed.
\n28\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Isaac lived a hundred and eighty years.
\n29\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 22b-29:\u00a0\u00a0Genesis 35 ends with a listing of Jacob\u2019s sons and the short reunion of Jacob to his father Isaac in Mamre before Isaac passes.\u00a0\u00a0Esau and Jacob bury Isaac together.<\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that when I was destined to be a son born for trouble, You stepped in and in love called me a son at Your right hand.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You that through Jesus Christ You have given me a new identity and a new destiny.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is Genesis 35:16-29.\u00a0 Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

Genesis 35:16-18 (NIV)
\n16\u00a0\u00a0Then they moved on from Bethel. While they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and had great difficulty.
\n17\u00a0\u00a0And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have another son.”
\n18\u00a0\u00a0As she breathed her last–for she was dying–she named her son Ben-Oni. But his father named him Benjamin.<\/p>\n

On verses 16-18:\u00a0\u00a0Rachel is giving birth to a second child but there are major complications with the delivery.\u00a0\u00a0Rachel dies in the process but not before giving birth to a son and calling him \u201cBen-Oni\u201d meaning \u201cson of my trouble\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Back then it was believed that a child\u2019s name reflected the child\u2019s destiny.\u00a0\u00a0Not wanting his newborn son to be destined for a life of trouble, Jacob steps in and renames him \u201cBenjamin\u201d, meaning \u201cson at my right hand\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0In Jacob\u2019s culture, a father\u2019s right hand symbolized his favour.<\/p>\n

Benjamin went from son of my trouble to son of my right hand all because his father spoke a new word into his life that changed his name, changed his identity, changed his destiny.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Similarly,\u00a0when we were destined for trouble, your Heavenly Father sent Jesus Christ to speak a new word into your life that would change your identity and destiny, so that we would go from being children destined for trouble to children destined to live at the right hand of God\u2019s presence, protection and blessing.\u00a0\u00a0The pain and trouble that we were destined for, God placed on His Son Jesus and the status that Jesus deserved \u2013 to be a son at the Father\u2019s right hand \u2013 was given to us. All because of a Father stepped in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16475,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16474\/revisions\/16475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}