Dating back to 1930, the Commonwealth Games has been an international multi-sport event involving athletes all across the Commonwealth. Events such as aquatics, athletics, netball and table tennis have occurred with thousands of spectators supporting competitors and providing an energy that can only be found amongst competitive sports. But before the Games commence, the Queen’s Baton Relay will occur which involves the specially designed baton travelling to all 72 nations of the Commonwealth,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-05-21/adventist-member-is-commonwealth-games-batonbearer/
Sunday: Jacob and Esau
Read Genesis 25:21-34. Compare the two personalities of Jacob and Esau. What qualities of Jacob predisposed him to be worthy of Isaac’s blessing?
Already from their mother’s womb we understand that Jacob and Esau are different and will struggle against each other. While Esau is described as a tough hunter running in the field, Jacob is seen as a “mild” person sitting in the tent and meditating. The Hebrew word tam, translated “mild” (NKJV), is the same verb applied to Job and to Noah, translated “blameless” for Job (Job 1:8, NKJV) and “perfect” for Noah (Genesis 6:9, NKJV).
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This difference of character becomes more manifest later in their lives (Genesis 27:1-28:5). When Esau comes home tired and hungry, Jacob cooks him lentils. For Esau, the immediate visible and physical enjoyment of food “this day” (Genesis 25:31) is more important than the future blessing associated with his birthright (compare with Hebrews 12:16-17).
“The promises made to Abraham and confirmed to his son were held by Isaac and Rebekah as the great object of their desires and hopes. With these promises Esau and Jacob were familiar. They were taught to regard the birthright as a matter of great importance, for it included not only an inheritance of worldly wealth but spiritual pre-eminence. He who received it was to be the priest of his family, and in the line of his posterity the Redeemer of the world would come.” — Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 177.
For Jacob, in contrast to his brother, the future spiritual significance of blessing is what matters. Yet, later, under the instigation of his mother (see Genesis chapter 27), Jacob openly and purposely deceives his father, even using the name of “the LORD your God” (Genesis 27:20, NKJV) in perpetrating that deception. He does this terrible deception, even though it was for something that he knew was good.
The results were tragic, adding whole new layers of dysfunction to an already dysfunctional family.
| Jacob wanted something good, something of value, and that was admirable (especially compared to his brother’s attitude). Yet, he used deception and lies to get it. How can we avoid falling into a similar trap of doing bad so that “good” may come? |
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Ephesians 4:29
Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.
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Los adventistas y el matrimonio con otros cristianos
Por Loren Seibold | 20 de mayo, 2022 | “¿Dónde te casaste?” Pregunté. “En la iglesia de Jim”, dijo Terry. Jim es Adventista del Séptimo Día; Terry no. “El pastor adventista se puso delante con nosotros y predicó un sermón”, dijo ella. “Pero dijo que no podía casar a un adventista con un no adventista, […] Source: https://atoday.org/los-adventistas-y-el-matrimonio-con-otros-cristianos/
When Christians Play Fast-and-Loose With Science
by Rich Hannon | 20 May 2022 | With the historical ascent of science and its theories about the natural world, there has been a gradual but intensifying religion-driven conflict about science’s trustworthiness, as some conclusions have departed from traditionally orthodox Christian understandings. For example, believers have for centuries accepted the idea that the world […] Source: https://atoday.org/when-christians-play-fast-and-loose-with-science/
