Judah wasn't a great man. That's one thing I like about the Bible. It's not full of paragons, but of people. Real people, with real flaws. The people in Scripture look like the ones around me.
Kings and our Savior himself were descended not only from a whoremonger and a woman pretending to be a hooker, but from the child of their union. And God told everyone.
I love that last statement, brother! "And God told everyone." The unspoken question is, "why?" And the answer must be, "to show us the depths of his grace and sovereignty--he spared and used Judan; maybe he'll use us, as well."
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