2:1
The genealogies continue, giving now the “sons of Israel”, followed by Judah. David came from Judah, and , humanly speaking, Jesus descended from David. As mentioned before, genealogies do not do a lot for me, but they do stress the importance of Israel, and God’s long term commitment to Israel. In my opinion, those who downplay the importance of Israel are on dangerous ground. It is quite clear that God loves Israel. He told Abraham that through him, all people on earth would be blessed. This has and is happening through Christ and the church.
1:2,3
1:3 mentions God putting Er to death because of his wickedness. ANy accurate concept of God needs to take account of both the judgement of God and His grace.
2:18
The Caleb here is not the one of the exodus, who gave a good report after surveying the Promised Land.
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