Daddy Dearest
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SummaryYour stereotypical, average father trudges in from a long day of work, plunks himself down at the dinner table, inquires about baseball practices and play rehearsals, and retires to bed for the evening news and a moment of peace. This process involves love, commitment, and the ultimate acceptance of monotony. The father in the Old Testament is always at work, cannot be satiated by dinner, will not stop inquiring of His children’s lives, and refuses to retire, to ensure the peace of his family. Often He models compassion and loyalty like no human being can fathom from another. At times, however, His parenting style conveys a tough love so unbending as to paint him the abusive father that strikes His children when He sees fit. But, God forbid they strike back. The first book, Genesis, recounts God’s first years as a father. In the span of just a few chapters, He creates and destroys mankind.
Table of Contents- Despite the glorious creation of other living things on earth, God's greater love for human beings sets the tone for a permanent favoritism that showcases His unyielding paternal quality
- God's favoritism feature carries over into His personal relationships with humans, as He demonstrates partiality amongst His children
- With the stubbornness of a strict father, God ignores the lethal consequences of His previous favoritism of Abel and continues to grant preferential treatment amongst his children
- God demonstrates such love by showing favor to Abram in the form of a covenant
- Abram continues to be obedient to God; however, God, like an insecure father, still needs reassurance of their bond.
- The book of Genesis closes with a story of Jacob and his blatant favoritism towards one of his seven sons, Joseph.
- As a young Jewish woman, I cannot deny that my faith and my meaning derive from family
- After all, it would prove impossible for a person to find God if God had never found Himself
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