Genesis 25:19–26
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We come now to a central pivot point in the great story of redemption. The covenant promises made to Abraham must now pass to the next generation. But if we have learned anything from our study of Genesis thus far, it is that God does not run His universe according to the neat and tidy organizational charts of men. He does not follow the orderly, predictable lines of human succession. This is a truth that our egalitarian age finds particularly offensive. We live in a time that worships at the altar of fairness, a fairness defined by a level playing field, equal opportunity, and the abolition of all distinctions. But the Bible presents a God who consistently and unapologetically plays favorites. He chooses Noah out of a world of violent men. He chooses Abraham out of a sea of idolaters.