Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Genesis 38:6-11, 13-18, 24-26
by: Jasmine Lynch.
There is always a risk in not honoring a pledge that you make. Tamar had faith that her father-in-law, Judah, would keep his word and honor his tradition. Judah thought he would outsmart his daughter-in-law by not giving her his last remaining son. Tamar would not be outsmarted and took the risk of holding Judah to his pledge, even if it involved deception. As a result, she conceived and one of her twins, Perez, shows up in the genealogy of Jesus (Matthew1:3). How do you explain this? I have no explanation beyond that we cannot begin to fathom the mysterious ways God works.
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