Exodus 20:5: I the lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
The familiar passage where Yahweh calls himself «a jealous God» and threatens to visit «the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,» (Exodus 20:5.)
After all, had not the Lord said, «I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation»?
I visit the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me but showing steadfast love to the thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
It is interesting to note in this respect that in Whitehead's judgment the Jews «conceived one of the most immoral Gods ever imagined» and that he endorses Thomas Hardy's remark in Tess of the D'Urbervilles «But although to visit the sins of
the fathers upon the children may be a morality good enough for divinities, it is scorned by average human nature.
One can hardly avoid thinking of the Mosaic commandment: «Visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing grace to a thousand generations» (Exodus 20: 5f.).
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.»
You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything... you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the Iniquity of
the fathers upon the children... but showing steadfast love [devotion quite beyond the obligation of the relationship as such] to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments» (20:3 - 6).
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And so we are told that the
father «put a fateful mark
upon the son's desire, reversing what is natural and unnatural, and to this extent had sexually molested his
child.»
Upon hearing the young man's name, the Nobel Prize «winning novelist asked: «Aren't you the
child who, having been left an orphan by his poor mother and distanced himself from his
father, went off to live the life of the kibbutz?
For unto us a
child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting
Father, The Prince of Peace.
But, my listener, would you dare, as a
father (and I feel confident that you have a lofty conception of the meaning of this name, a responsible conception of the charge which it lays
upon you) would you dare, as a
father, to say to your
child as you sent him out into the world, «Go, with your mind at ease, my
child, pay attention to what the many approve and what the world rewards, for that is the Good, but what the world punishes, that is evil.
The whole point of these lessons we're supposed to learn is the idea that one day we become
fathers, that we will grow up and have the same knowledge and experience of our
fathers, sometimes more than but in terms of our relationship with god, we're supposed to accept that we're eternally
children, that as much as we learn, grow and generally build
upon past knowledge, we'll never attain the level of understanding or power that god has, this being is on a completely different level.
Gothard's teachings involve rules
upon rules all dealing with the outward, dress, hair, smiling, bright eyes, no birth control or dating, no higher education for girls who must stay in the home until the
father decides what they should do, how God blesses and is happy with you if you do such and such, so many rules, those who really wanted to please God were under the weight of things they could never accomplish... plus the male regime and women having to be careful not to defraud men by their dress or looks made it so easy for sexual predatory behaviors to take hold and the woman at fault for the man's problems and such... ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder some of the
children of this regime became athiests.
The world can at most permit us dimly to perceive a mysterious Power; but to make us trust ourselves to this Power, calling
upon it as
children do their
father: «Help us!»
But I wonder if he, as man and
father, really could do anything better for wife and
children than to impress
upon them this trust in Providence.
The clergy attested to «spiritual forces at work — the response of a loving
Father to the prayer of His
children, the healing power of a present Savior, the renewing influence of the Holy Spirit
upon spirit, mind, and body» (pp. 198 - 199).
A
father's acceptance of his
children does not depend
upon the perfection of their obedience, but only
upon their willingness to be filial.
45So that you will become the
children of your
Father who is in Heaven, for his sun rises on the good and
upon the evil and his rain descends on the just and on the unjust.
For a
child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests
upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Shalom.
«I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled
upon our
fathers may enable their
children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.»
What is more, they can be greatly helped if they see that this is indeed the chief stress in public prayer or church worship, so that such social praying is undertaken by a family of God's
children addressing a loving
Father (who makes demands
upon them, to be sure, but who is no hateful dictator nor absentee ruler nor moral tyrant, but genuinely concerned for their best development as his
children), rather than a kind of law - court or imperial audience with a terrifying deity.
The sins of the
fathers will be visited
upon the
children and grandchildren.
The
father who will gaze with pride and joy and a sense of involvement, as well as with a twinge of jealousy,
upon his wife as she nurses their
child can feel the
child as a bond which connects them.
HappyMeal If you like to refer to God as a «
Father», or parent figure, in people's lives then there comes a time when every
child becomes independent, and no longer relies
upon their parents, right?
The Holy
Father's clear guidance is that the Church at large is still called
upon «to enter a period of purification and repentance and of prayer for the victims of clerical
child abuse».
Must the Christian Church in the name of morality lay
upon this
child the duty to accept that abuse and still honor her
father?
What began as a reasonable enough reaction against the Victorian tendency to disbelieve the wife and deprive her of her
children upon divorce, has transmogrified itself into the very reverse, where husbands and
fathers, even those of otherwise good reputation and position, are assumed to be the villains of the piece.
And if God has compassion precisely
upon the seemingly lost, as a
father has for his wayward
child, so he who regards himself as «less» lost must not remonstrate with him (Luke 15:11 — 32).
It is, if you like, if you can bear for a moment the heavy cross of my Catholic boyhood, the consequence of Lucifer's fall, Adam's sin, that the sins of any
father are visited
upon his
children.»
In a similar fashion a
father or mother who loves his or her
child will avoid the unnecessary trauma which can occur because of insistence
upon premature nighttime visitations.
Fathers Direct and the Newcastle Local Safeguarding
Children Board in association with
Children North East
Fathers Plus are hosting a conference on Engaging
Fathers on Friday 5 October 2007, at the Magpie Room, St James Park, Newcastle
upon Tyne.
Even if that same
father was careful to go to another room or outside to try to hide his behavior from his
child, that
father is still impressing
upon his son an unhealthy coping skill and his son will pick up something similar, maybe avoidance or addiction.
The expectant
father may also be exploring stereotypical gender roles due to a pressure to conform to them
upon the birth of his
child.
In a similar manner to animals, a zygote (
child) is generated
upon fertilization of the mother's egg cell by a
father's sperm cell in plants.
It shows Charles Darwin not as a figurehead in a great fight but as a real human and a devoted
father, loath to waste paper, who gave his
children discarded manuscript sheets to scribble
upon.
Yet she had hit
upon a phenomenon that geneticists had recognized for decades: Older
fathers are far more likely than younger men to have
children with genetic disorders.
The film's plot is similar to the story in the Biblical Book of Ruth, and the film's title was derived from Deuteronomy 11:21 («That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your
children, in the land which the Lord swore unto your
fathers to give them, as the days of heaven
upon the earth.»)
MR. POPPER»S PENGUINS is very, very loosely based on the classic
children's book, and it stars Jim Carrey as a man who lives in perpetual fear of being defecated
upon by one of the six penguins he has inherited from his estranged
father.
It even trickles down to the
children who live there: Owen, who desperately wants to fit in with JT's crowd, tries to impress them with his new iPod, bought from the money his family received
upon his
father's death.
Clark Gregg will direct from his screenplay the noir fable about a loser agent for young actors - and washed - up
child star himself - who stumbles
upon a brilliant 13 - year - old prodigy (played by newcomer Saxon Sharbino) and then tries to close the mega-deal that will make her a star while managing her drunk volatile
father, the poaching attempts of a more successful nemesis and a growing awareness that his innocent young starlet may not be at all what she seems.
The girl's
father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse
upon their
child.
As a
father of eight
children, I know personally of the value of education and the lasting impact a teacher or administrator may have
upon a
child.
Niall and Ari both seem to have much in common: very smart, very comfortable with and insistent
upon being their own unique selves, confident in ways Daniel is not, and yet like their
father, very loving and good with
children.
This is a slightly different twist on the old fashioned notion regarding sins of the
father being visited
upon the
child.
Although is he believed to have married Anne Hathaway and
fathered three
children with her, next to nothing is known of his private life in the eight years he spent in London while his family remained in Stratford -
upon - Avon.
I have been told by the financial institution that the only way to name the
child's
father as the subscriber
upon my death is through my will, which would be subject to probate.
If the mother's wishes have been satisfied as to jewellery and personal belongings being passed on to the kids, what is the obligation of the step
father to these
children with the remaining assets
upon his death and during estate planning?