Genesis 25:19-26 Rebekah and Her Pregnancy

Christ Church of Central Arkansas

Life Application: Living Out God's Truth as the Body of Christ 1. Rebekah was infertile (20 years). Her culture taught her to engage in bazaar cultic practices to become pregnant. Instead, she and her husband prayed to the God of Abraham, Yehovah. Rebekah discovered the faith of Abraham. Infertility: No legacy, unloved, rejected, unwanted, punished, unworthy, less of a woman. 2. After Rebekah became pregnant with twins, the twins moved so violently (רָצַץ raw-tsats: Gen 3:15) in her womb, her fear and anxiety caused her to question herself. Pregnancy: The baby would not be safe. Afraid when the baby didn’t move for a day or two. Genetic problems. I won’t be a good mom. I will love one more. 3. Rebekah turned to God for help. 4. Yehovah not only answered the prayer of Rebekah, He talked to her and gave her deep theological truth about her children. God talks to women just like He talks to men. In Jesus, men do not have rights of access to the Father based on their gender. God gave Isaac what he wanted. God gave Rebekah a conversation. 5. Her sons: Esau the hairy hunter and Jacob the Cheater.Birth: Will the cord be around my baby’s neck? Fetal monitor and distress, fearing for my life, feeling helpless. 6. The two sons represent faith and law, the work of Christ and the work of Satan. Cf., Sarah (Jerusalem) and Hagar (Sinai), Isaac and Ishmael. Note Romans 9:6-13; Galatians 4:21-31. 7. The birth process and John 3:1-8. (“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life” 3:16).