"Like trees, plants, animals, and many other living things of creation, we have a deposit of seeds that when 'planted' become separate creations after our own kind. In a very real sense, sons and daughters exist within us which means we carry them before a woman does. The profoundness of this is fascinating" -- Matthew Pennock, As a Man Is so Is His Strength
Men who raise their sons in the discipline and instruction of the Lord are grooming future kings. In our person, we carry the future rulers of the world. We have been given the responsibility to rule well within our lifetime in order to ensure that the future rulers of the world will rule with eternity in mind.
"A people which takes no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants." - Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay (aka T.B. Macaulay)
If we fail to recognize the part God has gifted us to play in the ongoing conquest of His world by His decree through His saints by His grace through our faith in His Son and by the power of His Holy Spirit, we will fail our forefathers and our grandchildren. We love our great grandchildren by respecting our great grandfathers.
Genesis 35:11
And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body."
"People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors." - Edmund Burke
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