Proverbs 17:6
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
There is an ancient promise,
Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
There is an ancient promise,
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
Malachie: 4:6.
As the post-Exodus second generation of the Children of Israel stood before Moses, he taught them all that God had done for their fathers. As he did, he brought them into covenant with God, just as he did their fathers. Bringing the reality of the Exodus into their generation, Moses said to them, Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
Deuteronomy 29:14-15.
The covenants signed in the desert were made with the contemporary generation as well as with the future generation of believers. The covenant made with the first generation of the Children of Israel who actually witnessed God’s works against the Egyptians was incumbent upon their children who did not see these miracles. In the very manner, this covenant is incumbent upon us today. The fathers rejoiced at the multitude of their children who would enter the covenant that was signed with them in the desert. We today are their reward; they see us as the fulfillment of the promises made unto them.
Sad to say though, we today as their children do not look at our Israelite ‘parents’ with the awe and wonder that we should. We are an ungrateful generation who wants to forget the beautiful commandments given to them by the Mt. We think they are old fashioned; non-applicable, obsolete. We have replaced them with the golden calf of a new theology that frees us from their rigid demands. It is very sad indeed.
In the meantime though, the truth is that the very covenant that was made with them is incumbent upon us today. We are the crown of our fathers; they are our glory whether we like it or not. May we, as the fathers turn their hearts towards us, also turn our hearts towards them.
The covenants signed in the desert were made with the contemporary generation as well as with the future generation of believers. The covenant made with the first generation of the Children of Israel who actually witnessed God’s works against the Egyptians was incumbent upon their children who did not see these miracles. In the very manner, this covenant is incumbent upon us today. The fathers rejoiced at the multitude of their children who would enter the covenant that was signed with them in the desert. We today are their reward; they see us as the fulfillment of the promises made unto them.
Sad to say though, we today as their children do not look at our Israelite ‘parents’ with the awe and wonder that we should. We are an ungrateful generation who wants to forget the beautiful commandments given to them by the Mt. We think they are old fashioned; non-applicable, obsolete. We have replaced them with the golden calf of a new theology that frees us from their rigid demands. It is very sad indeed.
In the meantime though, the truth is that the very covenant that was made with them is incumbent upon us today. We are the crown of our fathers; they are our glory whether we like it or not. May we, as the fathers turn their hearts towards us, also turn our hearts towards them.
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