3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married."
4 Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless?
5 "Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother ' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this."
6 Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her.
7 "Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours."
Okay I so do not understand this. Abraham is the one who brought this upon Abimelech by lying to him. God protected Abimelech by not allowing him to touch or go near Sarah yet Abimelech had to gain cleansing from Abraham?!?! This doesn't make sense, shouldn't God have just offered him that cleansing since he didn't do anything. Talk about Abimelech having amazing humility to accept "forgiveness" and cleansing from the person who caused his situation in the first place. I have a lot of respect for Abimelech here.
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it kindof makes me think about the woman who came to Jesus and asked Him to heal her daughter...and He said no because she was not a jew. well...then of course she gave a reply that showed her faith and He healed her daughter. isn't it interesting how we get "extra" grace because we are NOT God's chosen people...and yet He chose to let us be His children anyway?
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