Gen 33: Chapter 20
Book of Genesis #33
As we have said in the previous talk, anyone who opposes the Covenant of God faces his wrath.
Case in point: Abimelech.
How ironic that this man is given the eponym Abi Melek (father of the King) when in fact he has no control over his passions. With him it's What you Want is What you Get. There is no thoughtful process, no reflection, no pondering. The man lives in the fast lane, in the now, in a world centered around himself.
Come to think of it, he would have loved many of our social networking platforms, with their capacity to act as a supreme mirror of vanity.
As would any tyrant small or big.
In a dream, the Lord intervenes and warns him not to take what is not his own.
With us, God does not have to speak in dreams. He speaks plainly through the teachings of the Church.
Abimelech headed the word of the Lord and saved himself and all those he had charge of.
Do we?
