And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.—Lev 18:18
This verse popped out at me today bringing Jacob, Rachel and Leah to my mind specifically the heartache that a shared husband brought to these sisters. Ideally, families should be a safe haven...a soft place to fall. Rachel and Leah’s households were filled with strife, selfish ambition and rivalry...probably a hundredfold more than a bigamous marriage without the complication of the other spouse being your sister. Nothing could ever be peaceable and pure in Rachel and Leah’s life after that. All...even the best of life...even the births of their children were tainted by conflict and bitterness. Obviously, Jacob, Leah and Rachel lived before the law was given. Today we have no such excuse. Sin of any magnitude always causes heartache and pain and defiles all who come in contact with it...however innocently.
I am thankful this morning...
—that God’s word is true,
—that I am under grace and not the law
—that His commandments are not burdensome but are for our good.
For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.
5 Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,
6 that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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