The Generational Divide
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Corey J. Mahler
Curses and blessings are not always — or even usually — individual affairs. The sins of the fathers do, in fact, fall to their sons. A wicked generation can doom all those who follow, but a righteous generation can bestow blessings on children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. In this episode, we look at the nature of generations, how they are treated in Scripture, and what these things mean for us today.
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The introductory Old Testament reading mentions rape.
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When the son fails to repent and repeats the sins of his forebears. The curse of their forebears falls upon them too.
There were many generations before Amalek and Edom were wiped off the map completely. Each descendant unrepentant as much as their Fathers before them.
They are punished for their sins and the sins of their ancestors. Except if the Blood of Christ causes remission of Sins.
Of course, if the atonement is universal, its inefficacy is undeniable. At some point, something will be limited. Either God’s objects of atonement, or His sovereignty.
You have created a false binary. The Lutheran position is that there is both a Universal (Objective) Justification and a Personal (Subjective) Justification. Christ’s sacrifice, being of infinite value, atoned for all sin, but the individual sinner must still be subjectively justified by faith. Therefore, it is true both that the Atonement is universal and that not all will be saved (for not all will believe).
I see we’ve got Gen X deniers.
Older Gen X are young Boomers; younger Gen X are old Millennials. (I do recognize there are some minor distinctions, but, in my experience, the foregoing has been largely the reality.)