1. Tamar married Judah’s eldest son, who died because he was wicked in the sight of the Lord. Similarly, Judah’s second son died after marrying her. The third son, although promised to Tamar, was not given to her by her father-in-law. This picture shows that Judah did not care about his own descendants (Genesis 38:6-11).
2. God places great importance on the birthright, for it is the object of His blessings and promises. Even though Judah did not care, the Lord needed to raise up a descendant from him so that Christ could come to His people, for Judah came to inherit Jacob’s birthright, even though he was the fourth son (Genesis 38:24-27; 49:8-10; Revelation 5:5).
3. In the genealogy of Jesus Christ, we see King David, a descendant of the tribe of Judah. From the union between Judah and Tamar, Perez was born; from Perez came the lineage that culminated in David. This shows that Judah inherited the birthright from Jacob and, with it, the blessings and promises of God related to royalty (Matthew 1:1-3, 6, 16).
4. “The Spirit is in this word, and the Spirit is life. He is the living water capable of quenching people’s thirst, leading them to believe in Jesus and causing them to also have within themselves a fountain of living water” (John 6:63) (Daily Food, book 8, week 4, Tuesday, pp. 61-62).
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