Genesis 38 | Corruption And Confirmation

REMEMBER:

JOSEPH SOLD INTO SLAVERY: GENESIS 37:

TWO PRINCIPLES OF HOW GOD ACCOMPLISHES HIS SOVEREIGN WILL:

#1: EVEN THROUGH OUR FAILINGS AND TROUBLES.

#2: DESPITE OUR IGNORANCE OF THE DETAILS.

WE LEARNED ABOUT JOSEPH’S DREAMS: TO RULE OVER HIS BROTHERS.

WE LEARNED ABOUT JOSEPH’S JOURNEYS: TO BE TAKEN TO EGYPT AND SOLD INTO SLAVERY.

NOW,

CORRUPTION AND CONFIRMATION: GENESIS 38:

ORIGIN OF PEREZ – ANCESTOR OF DAVID.

SINFUL SCENARIOS CAN FULFILL COVENANT COMMITMENTS.

A NARRATIVE OF JUDAH AND TAMAR.

KEY TAKEAWAY: ONE REDEEMING TRUTH IS THAT IN A BROKEN WORLD, GOD BRINGS GOOD OUT OF INTENTIONAL SIN.

JUDAH SOLD OUT TO SIN. (38:1-30).

This Chapter In The Bible Is Very Indecent And Reveals The Sinfulness Of Sin.

Judah Brings Great Disgrace And Shame To Jacob’s Family.

There Is A Direct Connection Between This Chapter And What Follows In The Life Of Joseph.

CHAPTER 38 DEVELOPS A CRUCIAL REASON FOR GOD’S MAN BEING IN EGYPT.

The Moral Cancer Of The Pagan Canaanite Society Is Eating Away At Jacob’s Family.

God Will Remove Israel Temporarily From Canaan.

God Is Going To Prepare His Man Who Will Bring Israel Out Of Canaan Into Egypt.

Soon Joseph Will Rise To Power In Egypt.

Will Be In A Position To Deliver His Own People.

This Precise Time In The Account: The Impurity Of Judah And Sets The Stage For The Incident.

THIS DEMONSTRATES THE PURITY OF JOSEPH AS COMPARED TO THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH.

NOTE:

JUDAH FACED THE TEMPTATION OF SEXUAL PROMISCUITY AND YIELDED.

JOSEPH FACED IT AND FLED IN VICTORY.

OUTLINE:

1. THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH’S FAMILY (38:1–11).

2. TAMAR TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS (38:12–23).

3. CONFESSION, HUMILIATION, AND GRACE (38:24–30).

WE BEGIN HERE:

1. THE CORRUPTION OF JUDAH’S FAMILY:

JUDAH MARRIES A CANAANITE. (HAM-ITE)

JUDAH SINS TAKING A WIFE FROM AMONG THE CANAANITES. WHY IS THAT A SIN?

THE PREMATURE DEATH OF TAMAR’S HUSBANDS.

Judah Married SHUAH.

(Bathshua: Daughter Of SHUA)(Descendant Of Ham).

She Bore Three Sons: Er, Onan And Shelah.

Apparently None Of These Sons Were Godly Or Moral.

From This Wicked Association Came Wicked Sons.

Later, Judah Gave TAMAR To His Oldest Son, Er, For A Wife.

BUT GOD TOOK THE LIFE OF ER BECAUSE HE DISOBEYED HIM.

Judah Gave TAMAR To The Next Oldest Son, Onan, For A Wife.

GOD ALSO TOOK THE LIFE OF ONAN BECAUSE HE DISOBEYED HIM.

Then Tamar Was Asked To Remain In The House Of Judah.

Jacob Explained That Shelah, The 3^rd Son, Was Not Yet Old Enough To Marry.

2. TAMAR TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS:

JUDAH MISTAKES TAMAR FOR A HARLOT.

Tamar, The Daughter-In-Law Of Judah, Disguises Herself As A Harlot.

Tamar Wanted To Get Pregnant By Judah.

Judah, Thinking She Was A Harlot, Lies With Her.

About Three Months Later, Judah Discovers That Tamar Is Pregnant.

Judah Does Not Know He Was The Father.

Judah Is Furious And Says She Should Be Put To Death For Harlotry.

Judah Then Discovers He Was The Father.

From Then On Judah Did Not Lie With Her Again.

NOTE:

God Later Redeemed Judah And Tamar.

God Chose To Make Judah The Line Through Whom Messiah Would Come.

Tamar Is Mentioned In The Genealogy In Matt. 1:3.

ONLY DIVINE GRACE COULD CHANGE THESE SINFUL CHARACTERS.

ONLY DIVINE GRACE COULD USE THEM FOR GOD’S PURPOSES.

THE WONDERFUL POWER AND POSSIBILITIE OF GRACE.

GOD’S GRACE FORGIVES, TRANSFORMS, USES SAVED SINNERS FOR HIS GLORY.

3. CONFESSION, HUMILIATION, AND GRACE:

JUDAH IS CONFRONTED AND CONFESSES.

TAMAR GIVES BIRTH TO TWINS.

After Three Months Her Pregnancy Was Showing And Would Have TWINS.

Judah Said: Let Her Be Burnt.

Judah Had The Power To Execute This Punishment.

Stoning Was The Mode Of Punishment At That Time.

Judah: A Severe Judge In A Case Where He Is Equally Criminal.

Judah Did Not Realize At That Moment: The Life Of His Sons Were In His Hands.

After Judah Found Out He Was The Father HE WAS HUMBLED.

UPON DISCOVERED OF THE FACTS: JUDAH SAID:

She Hath Been More Righteous Than I.

Tamar Was Less Culpable In This Matter Me.

Judah Said He Was Moved By Lust To Commit Fornication.

Judah Said He Was The Indirect Cause Of Tamar's Conduct By Withholding Selah From Her.

BUT TAMAR, THOUGH WRONGED, WAS NOT FREE FROM BLAME IN HER MODE OF RIGHTING HERSELF.

We Begin To See The Necessity Of An Immediate Removal To Another Land.

If This Immorality Goes On, The Chosen Family Will Be Absorbed In Paganism.

By The Disclosure Of Tamar, Judah Is Acknowledges His Sin.

IS JUDAH MOVED TO REPENTANCE?

That Is Implied When The Text States He Abstained From Being With Her Again.

SO, All Circumstances Connected With The Ancestor Of The Promised Seed Have A Lasting Interest.

CHAPTER 38:

Gives Us An Account Of Judah And His Family.

Explaining How Jesus Should Spring Out Of Judah.

For It Is Clear That Our Lord Descended From Judah.... Heb. 7:14.

WHO WAS GOING TO BE THE SON OF JACOB TO INHERIT THE PROMISE?

1) Reuben Was Jacob’s Firstborn.

He Was The Son Of Leah, Jacob’s First Wife.

He Had Disgraced The Family Name:

He Had Sexual Relations With Jacobs Servant Wife.

2) Simeon Was Next, And He Was Also A Son Of Leah.

He Had Disgraced The Family Name:

Murdered The Canaanites In Revenge With His Brother Levi.

3) Levi Was The Third Of Jacob And Leah’s Children.

He Had Disgraced The Family Name:

Murdered The Canaanites In Revenge With His Brother Simeon.

4) Judah Was The Next.

After Bearing Judah, Leah Stopped Bearing Children Temporarily.

Judah Had The Bad Idea Of Selling Joseph Into Slavery.

After That, He Went Down From Canaan To SE Israel Near Esau And The Land Of Edom.

Judah Is Charactized By His Greed At The End Of Gen 37.

5) Er Was The Oldest Son Of Judah And Shuah.

He Disgraced God: God Ended His Life Prematurally.

6) Onan Was The 2nd Oldest Son Of Judah And Shuah.

He Disgraced God: God Ended His Life Prematurally.

7) Shelah Was The 3rd Oldest Son Of Judah And Shuah.

He Was Too Young At That Time.

8) Perez Was The Oldest Son Of Judah And Tamar.

Twin Son Of Judah And Tamar.

WHY MIGHT IT BE THAT GOD WOULD CHOSE JUDAH AS THE LINEAGE OF THE MESSIAH ?

God Will Show: His Choice Is Of Grace And Not Of Merit.

That Christ Came Into The World To Save Sinners.

That Christ Is Not Ashamed To Be Allied With The Repentant Sinner.

That The Worthiness Of Jesus Christ Is Not Derived From The Action Of Others.

Humbling Himself To Be Made In The Likeness Of Sinful Flesh.

He Was Pleased To Descend From Some That Were Infamous.

INTERESTING HOW THE JEWS OF JUDAH BRAGGED ABOUT BEING BORN OF PURITY. Jn. 8:41.

THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS THE MESSIAH: MATTHEW 1-6:

This Is The Genealogy Of Jesus The Messiah The Son Of David, The Son Of Abraham:

Abraham Was The Father Of Isaac,

Isaac The Father Of Jacob,

Jacob The Father Of Judah And His Brothers,

Judah The Father Of Perez And Zerah, Whose Mother Was Tamar,

Perez The Father Of Hezron,

Hezron The Father Of Ram,

Ram The Father Of Amminadab,

Amminadab The Father Of Nahshon,

Nahshon The Father Of Salmon,

Salmon The Father Of Boaz, Whose Mother Was Rahab,

Boaz The Father Of Obed, Whose Mother Was Ruth,

Obed The Father Of Jesse,

And Jesse The Father Of King David.