March 19 Daily Discovery - Read 1 Chronicles Chapter 2

This passage below is from the King James Version (ekjv.org).

Remarks from the Berean Fellowship follow the passage below.

[1] These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
[2] Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[3] The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
[4] And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
[5] The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
[6] And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
[7] And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
[8] And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
[9] The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
[10] And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
[11] And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
[12] And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
[13] And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
[14] Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
[15] Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
[16] Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
[17] And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
[18] And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
[19] And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
[20] And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
[21] And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
[22] And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
[23] And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
[24] And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
[25] And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
[26] Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
[27] And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
[28] And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
[29] And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
[30] And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
[31] And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
[32] And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
[33] And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
[34] Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
[35] And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
[36] And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
[37] And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
[38] And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
[39] And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
[40] And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
[41] And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
[42] Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
[43] And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
[44] And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
[45] And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
[46] And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
[47] And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
[48] Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
[49] She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
[50] These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
[51] Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
[52] And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
[53] And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
[54] The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
[55] And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Never a Birth Mistake

When a woman conceives a child, it is because God enabled it to happen. God is the Creator, and we are the epitome of His creation on earth, made in His very image. From the beginning, He wanted the earth to be filled with men. By men, of course I mean mankind -- that is both men and women. God still wants this. An individual that is born is a reflection of the image of God and He loves them. He knows them before they are conceived and He knows them when they are being formed in their mother's wombs.

Sometimes something goes wrong in a pregnancy and a woman will have a miscarriage for some natural reason. The child dies before it is born, and God created the human body in such a way so that it will expel the dead child from the mother's body. That child becomes a child at the moment of conception.  

We have no direct teaching on this from the Scriptures, but we do have inferences. I believe that the souls of such untimely deaths immediately go to be with God. I also believe that they will advance to a state of perfect maturity.

In this chapter, we have a record of genealogies which include records of sexual sexual unions that should have never been. Regardless of this, if a child is conceived, it is never a mistake.

God's Plan for Children

The plan for marriage

 Gen. 1:26-28

[26] And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
[27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
[28] And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Matt. 19:1-6

[1] And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
[2] And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
[3] The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
[4] And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
[5] And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
[6] Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Rom. 7:1-3

[1] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
[2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
[3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

God's plan for marriage was for one man to be married to one woman until one of them died. As a result of their marriage, they would have the blessing of children. That is God's plan in a nutshell.

The blessing of children

 Psa. 124:1-5

[1] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
[2] It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
[3] Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
[4] As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.
[5] Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

Anytime a child is born, it is a gift of love from the Most High God. The child belongs to God and is on loan to you.

God's Role in Conception

Having children is referred to as procreation. It is God's creation moving forward. It is God that determines whether or not a woman conceives seed. When conception happens, it is always God's will. It doesn't matter who the father was. The child is God's. God expects mothers (and fathers) to take proper care of His most precious property.

1 Sam. 1:1-19

[1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
[2] And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
[3] And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
[4] And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
[5] But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
[6] And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
[7] And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
[8] Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
[9] So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
[10] And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
[11] And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
[12] And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
[13] Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
[14] And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
[15] And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
[16] Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
[17] Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
[18] And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
[19] And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

The Bible is replete with passages that tell us that God is the one who opens the womb and closes the womb.

• There is no such thing as a child that God does not want to be born. If God did not want a child to be born He would not allow the woman to conceive.

Man's Satanic Sacrifice of Children

Abortion is the premeditated termination of a life that god has given. It should never be done. Satan is behind all of it.  

Unborn children whose lives in because of an abortion have been violently murdered while they are inside their mother's bodies. It is the modern day equivalent of offering children to Moloch, the false god.

Lev. 18:21

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech,

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