Day 14: Rivalry and Tension

Today we read Genesis 25 and 26, Job 15 and 16, Proverbs 2:2-22. There is real and experienced tension in this story and the tension is with Jesus’s statement from Matthew 19: 30  . . “many who are first shall be last and many who are last shall be first. This is a very different socio-cultural model of structuring family and organizing a mission, in this case, God’s rescue mission. There is a natural and social rivalry in this story. There is also another struggle with conceiving in this story. We read how Job continues to push back on his friends who are offering Proverbs wisdom, yet Job knows there is something discerning about his case because He is righteous and faithful to God. We also discuss something interesting about the North, South, East, West, and how it’s often used in the Old Testament to have a meaning.

References:

https://bibleproject.com/podcast/why-cant-jacob-and-esau-both-be-blessed/ 

Credits:

Podcast music by Stockaudios from Pixabay. Speaker, Dr. Rachel Bodell. Podcast Sound Engineer, Alan Darling. Podcast Artwork, Will Gerard.