Friend, I am just obsessed with how God makes sure we know that His Word, His accounts in His Word are reliable, historical, and true. As someone who is prone to doubt, I love to see when God gives us an extra something to show that the Bible isn’t just a book of nice stories but that it is true and alive and reliable.
Something big here too that stuck out to me is the prominence of sin. And here’s why: in our world, we can, and understandably so, get so frazzled by how much sin is celebrated in our world. And it’s wrong. But nothing is new under the sun. Nothing is surprising or new to God. Here we see pride, self glory, love for drunkenness. Nothing is new to God. Nothing is too big for Him. Nothing catches Him off guard. He sees it all around us like we do and has for thousands of years. And maybe sometimes the sin in our own hearts shocks us. God is not shocked. He already knows and for thousands of years He’s been forgiving, restoring, cleansing, healing, renewing. Nothing is new under the sun.