The (Messy ) Story of Bilhah ?

 God builds the world person by person, even when to post-modern eyes they seem significantly misguided, unimportant or outright anti-feminist or anti-female.

 

Whatever you or I think of ancient societies, God calmly weaves, engineers and utilizes human frailties, problems and marginalized people and overlooked persons to great affect.

 

 What constitutes success in human eyes is negated by the upside down world of the Christian domain or God's Kingdom. What is great in God's eyes is poor,crude and uninspiring in human's very limited vision. Less is more is a portion of that belief in the kingdom. He started with one and created mankind.

 

 When that seemingly failed with the fall of Adam, He chose a pagan or idol- worshiper male to spearhead a nation of God- believers and later birthed an institution titled the " body of Christ, " from it. He used very limited and messy humanness  to favour and rescue Humanity. Try making nations from a 'dirty' solo male with a God created female and attempt to  manufacture a world that's capable of landing on a moon. God did, can you?

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In Book of Genesis, Rachel gives Bilhah to Jacob in order to have children through her. Bilhah then becomes the mother of Dan and Naphtali—two tribes that later form part of the nation of Israel.

Her role in the biblical narrative is significant, even though she is not given much voice.

Bilhah’s story reminds readers that Scripture often records the realities of ancient societies rather than sugarcoat or hide the truth.

Her sons remain part of Israel’s history, demonstrating that people who lived on the margins of power were still woven into the larger narrative of God’s work."

 

 

by Digital Anvil.