Just as I was getting into the scriptures and "feasting upon the word" and feeling like I was learning something meaningful, I get tripped-up, again, with the incest and it being all "okay" and normal. Did you know Abraham and Sarah were half-brother and sister sharing the same father (Genesis 20)? And the widower, Lot, was molested by his two spinster daughters so they could continue his seed (Gen. 19: 31-38). Lot did "pitch his tent" towards Sodom when he and his Uncle Abraham moved to the land. Who knows what those girls saw being raised near Sodom that made them think it was okay to get their dad drunk and rape him. Their mother probably wasn't a good example; she "looked back" and didn't want to let go of her sinning ways and turned into a pillar of salt.
Deep breath in....hold it...let it out. Let it go, Gina. It's okay. Try to get the BIG PICTURE and its message. Clear your mind as you prepare this week to lead a discussion next Sunday about Abraham believing he has to sacrifice Isaac (his nephew...er...son...whatever).
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Go read Jacob 2: 23-35 in the B of M. There's raising up seed (or a nation), and then there's pretending that it's ok to mimic those times.
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