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    Silly Points of Note
    Silly Points of Note
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    Silly Points of Note

    By Emmanuel Iweha

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    Silly Points of Note is a collection of essays musing at some peculiar events/instances in the scriptures. The objective is to edify and enrich the lives of the readers.

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    PublisherEmmanuel Iweha
    Release dateMay 20, 2015
    ISBN9781310632778
    Silly Points of Note
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    Emmanuel Iweha

    Emmanuel Iweha writes from Lagos, Nigeria.

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      Silly Points of Note - Emmanuel Iweha

      Silly Points of Note

      By

      Emmanuel Iweha

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      Table of Content

      Dedication

      Preface

      Chapter 1-Safe Sex

      Chapter 2-The First Evil

      Chapter 3-On Promises (1)

      Chapter 4-On Promises (2)

      Chapter 5-Jesus, Moneychangers and Scribes

      Chapter 6-Getting Groceries

      Chapter 7-No Fan of Failure or Fans of Failure

      Chapter 8-When Encounters Do Not Really Count

      Chapter 9-A Story About My Big Sister

      Chapter 10-The Things We Missed

      Chapter 11-Pictures of Silver

      Chapter 12-The Power & Importance of This level (2): David & Goliath

      Chapter 13-Hmm...What if Jeremiah was a Modern Day Pastor?

      Chapter 14-About the First Skyscraper

      Chapter 15-Those God Will Use and Dump

      Chapter 16-When God Becomes An Idol

      Chapter 17-Are You Reading The Bible? Hey Silly, It’s The Other Way Round

      Chapter 18-My Suspicions About Us

      Chapter 19-When the Norm is Wrong

      Chapter 20-God is Good: Good is Not God

      Chapter 21-God Walk Adam

      Chapter 22-The Blessings in A Relationship

      Chapter 23-The Things Man Lost in Adam

      Chapter 24-Between Faith and Ziklag

      Chapter 25-The Place

      Chapter 26-My Prayer: Withdraw the Hands of Thy Servants

      Other Books By the Author

      DEDICATION

      I dedicate it to a Father that has always been there and knows how to draw out substance from things others would call meaningless. It never ceases to amaze me on how He consistently has His way even when we think we are the ones in charge. I thank Him for instruments He uses; fairy-like princesses and strangers alike that chipped in more than they can ever imagine

      PREFACE

      Silly Points of Note followed a completely different path to what I have been previously exposed to and has been a journey that has enriched my life. It is a collection of 26 essays, each borne out of the grace of God that surpasses all. As always, my prayer is that this book will enrich your understanding and cause you to pause, think and ask questions that will set you on the path that will liberate your mind to greater truths.

      All scripture quotes are from the King James Version of the Bible except otherwise stated.

      Safe Sex

      Where was the first record in the bible of what we can call safe sex practiced?

      And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother Gen. 28: 9

      The story had it that Judah found a wife for his first son Er, but he died before they had any issue. Judah then told his second son Onan to have sex with Tamar his dead brother’s wife with the hope that she would get pregnant. However, the catch was that the son would not be regarded as Onan’s but Er’s, which apparently was something Onan was not particularly thrilled to do.

      Onan on his part and completely aware of what he was about to do, slept with Tamar, and when he knew that he was about to release his sperm, he withdrew from her and the scriptures says he poured it on the ground. This is an aspect of safe sex as it concerns child spacing in particular.

      But you know there is more to this story than the first time it was placed on record of someone doing this particular act. The first thing the story above tells us was that what Onan decided to do was only known by him. The fact that what he did came to light was because God decided to step in after he did it. God killed him.

      Onan would not have slept with her in the open i.e. he accepted to do it and they did it in private. Another thing was that everyone knew what Onan was about to do as it concerned sleeping with Tamar and rearing up a child in his brother’s name. There was nothing out of the ordinary here since it was basically an eastern tradition of sorts but it was something that was commendable in their eyes. So Onan got some positive mileage here because he took up the responsibility of having sex with his dead brother’s wife and bearing a child with her that would be in the name of his brother.

      Now we have mentioned two words that do not seem to go hand in hand these days: sex and responsibility. This should not be too much of a shock because we can clearly see from this story that the words were not compatible even then, even when there was this show of people having responsible sex.

      Tamar must have been desirable and/or Onan must have been eyeing his brother’s wife for a while now or he must have just been plain horny. He did not have any qualms sleeping with Tamar and the thing here was that he would have kept on doing it until she took in. This little piece of information is important because it shows that Onan was set on enjoying sex with Tamar for as long as possible.

      He was killing at least three birds with one stone. He did not like the fact that the child will not be his i.e. he liked Tamar to the point where he would love her to be the mother of his children. The second thing was that he was willing to still have his way with her and prolong this relationship as long as possible. The third thing was that he was ready to use this and get as much credit from his father and others in the eyes of tradition and taking up such a responsibility of giving up his seed to his brother’s name. Onan was going to have it all.

      What would have happened if he had said no to his father’s demand and still put it out that he wanted to marry Tamar i.e. take her as his legal wife? It would have been the truth and whilst it may have brought up a certain degree of ignominy to his person, at least he would still be alive because God would not have struck him dead. The thing here is that he may have well married her or the worst thing that would happen would be for the father to find another next of kin to do the job.

      No, Onan was not going to have any of that because he wanted her. He was more interested in enjoying the sex and prolonging it than any other thing. If God had not reacted to what he did, he would have continued doing this and no one would have been wiser unless Tamar decided to do something about it (and this will not be too difficult to imagine going by the way she decided to take matters into her hand when Judah started dragging his feet on his promise).

      Now with the way things went down, it would be safe to assume that Onan would have used a condom if it existed. Of course the point here is not whether he used a condom or not but the motive behind what he did. He was conniving. He was ready to use everything to have his way and no one would have known if God had not acted in such a manner. I personally suspect that my girl Tamar would not have broadcasted the fact of what he was doing. She would have beating him at his game and still fulfill her objective of having a son in the name of her late husband.

      The scripture records that his act displeased the Lord who slew him because of it. However, it may not have been the act itself but the motive because Onan was not forthright about his real intentions while misleading everybody else to think that he was doing what was expected of him. However, this was the very first time this act was recorded in scripture. Could it be possible that God decided to kill him because it was the first time such an act was displayed? Alternatively, kill him because it was the first time such an act was displayed with such a set of motives behind it. It would be hard to assert that this must have been the first time ever that someone would have sex and poured out the seed rather than pour

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