Genesis 38 False accusation, leading to almost being burned alive. Yeah, boring old book NOT!

    


Trickery from a widow to restore an oath, a threat of death for a false accusation of harlotry. But wait, there’s more! There is also this little interesting detail woven through the Bible, a scarlet thread that many think is to signify the Blood of Jesus shed for us to pay our price to be with God in heaven. You see, it is this blood that washes us and frees us from the death we deserve! I find this scarlet thread theory to be flawed, but it is an interesting read with some merit, but maybe not in its appearance in chapter 38 of Genesis. Mind you, I find no flaws in the Blood of Jesus paying our price, just with the scarlet thread representing Jesus in chapter 38. My issue is that it was Perez that ultimately became the lineage of Christ, so the thread was placed on the wrong child's arm at the birth. God knew who would be the actual firstborn and what was to happen generations later!  You can read more about this theory on this link: https://www.gotquestions.org/scarlet-thread.html 

   Sometimes it is good to dig a little deeper by reading what other more learned people of discovered in researching the Bible, and then sometimes it can lead to dead ends and misguided interpretation of the scripture. Let the Holy Spirit lead you as you start to dig deeper, and request God to unveil His word to you as you become a sojourner in the journey through His word. He left us this Bible to understand more about His love for us, but it's up to us to dig in and do the learning!

   Talk with you soon! 


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