2 Abraham was the father of Isaac.Isaac was the father of Jacob.
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers.
3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar). Matt. 1:1-3a
Imagine being a widow of not one, but two husbands because they displeased the Lord. Then your father-in-law refusing to marry you off to his youngest son, or even take care of you until the youngest son is old enough to wed. So you get put away, and seemingly forgotten about. This is Tamar's tale, her life. She knew (even being a foreigner) that she was to have a redeemer so she decides to dress as a prostitute to appeal to her father-in-law. It ended up working out, she gets pregnant with not one, but twin. The Father-in-law in a rage & self righteousness (he didn't realize the children were his) decides she needs to be burned because she was having sex, and not married so she was bringing disgrace to his family. Until the secret was let out..." Judah...you are the babies daddy...." (can somebody say Maury??????)
GOD being the giver of life, hadn't forgotten about Tamar, and question her motives you are free to do....but it is through Tamar and one of her sons, Perez, that the will continue to unravel/untangle to bring forth JESUS. See you may have had a son/daughter out of wedlock. You may have been asked to step down from "(whatever ministry), or put off or away by family and friends because of your indiscretion but GOD has not forgotten about you. We will see as we continue to read that yeah....Tamar shouldn't have done that...but GOD will always work out what is meant for our bad, for our good (Genesis 50:20) and HIS GLORY!
So no matter what has happened: whatever you've done, or others have done to you, GOD's word is true, He plan's to prosper you, not do you harm, provide you with a hope and future (through JESUS CHRIST) so don't give up live today like you know GOD's GOT A BLESSING with YOUR NAME ON IT! LGLP
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