Quote: (05-20-2015 10:46 AM)Roosh Wrote:
I started reading the Old Testament (KJV primarily) and thought I'd get a thread going for some questions and observations.
One comment is on Abraham and how willing he is to "lie" about his wife being his sister and pass her on to different rulers just to save his own skin. Why would god reward this?
God promised Abram that anyone that attempted to hurt him or his family would be punished while those that blessed him would be blessed. The blessing did not rely on Abram's righteousness (what he did or didn't do) but on his faith in God keeping his promise to bless him with a nation if he left Chaldea and went to the land of Canaan. It's similar to how the promise to David was different than his treatment of Saul. God promised not to leave David even if he sinned but to discipline him. He left Saul after Saul didn't wait for Samuel.