Genesis
Genesis has been written.
These 50 chapters have covered so much ground; the creation of the world, the annihilation of almost all of mankind, the introduction of sin, first jealousy, first love, incredible journeys and the constancy of man’s dependency on God.
The worst of men have succeeded when God’s grace was bestowed upon them, though the costs of his grace have been on occasion steep. And the best of men have found themselves in nearly unbearable circumstances.
Here we are now, the nation of Israel in a strange land, holding onto the great promise of God. It’s unfair I know they are staring in the face of an exodus, when Genesis ends with their relative comfort. But that’s how history works; I get only a glimpse, but my glimpses are of a story that’s already been completed. So while Joseph’s brothers may know the fuller story, they and their families end this chapter of their lives with little idea of the struggles to come.
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