Tamar - daughter-in-law of Judah

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This week's lady of the Bible was about Tamar, the daughter-in-law of
Judah and an ancestor of Jesus. Although Tamar was obviously blessed
by God she did deceive Judah by portraying a harlot which helped her
in getting pregnant and giving birth to the children she had so
desired. If we look at Judah one might say Tamar had to deceive him
because he didn't keep his promise to her, sending his son, Shelah,
when he came of marrying age, but if we look at Judah's fear that this
woman seem to be a curse (because her first two husbands were killed
by God) he would want to protect his son Also Tamar must have been
much older than Shelah because she had to wait for him to come of
marrying age and she had already married his two older brothers. We
have to also say Tamar was intelligent because she insured her life
would be secured by collecting something of collateral. It is awesome
to see Judah refer to her as being more righteous than he and God
would agree with him and we know this must be true because her
children Perez is a direct bloodline to Jesus. It is awesome how God
has used all types of people (clean and unclean) to complete HIS great
plan.