{"id":7762,"date":"2015-12-29T07:27:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T15:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=7762"},"modified":"2015-12-29T07:27:55","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T15:27:55","slug":"many-called-the-chosen-few","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/many-called-the-chosen-few\/","title":{"rendered":"The Many Called, the Chosen Few"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Exodus 2:22,<\/b> <b><i>Gershom.<\/i><\/b> Gershom\u2019s sons eventually became idol worshipers inspire of their illustrious and righteous grandfather (Judg 18:30\u201331).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/many-called-the-chosen-few\/human-resources-concept\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7763\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7763\" src=\"http:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/109381612-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Human Resources concept\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/109381612-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/109381612-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/109381612-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/109381612-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the children of righteous men in the Bible didn\u2019t follow in the footsteps of their fathers in remaining faithful to Elohim. Examples include Isaac (Esau), Aaron (Nadab and Abihu), Samuel (1 Sam 8:1\u20133), and David and many of the other righteous kings of Judah. What\u2019s more, the Bible tells us nothing about the spiritual status of the sons of any of the prophets or apostles. Whether they remained faithful to YHVH or not, we don\u2019t know. If they had been notable in their service to YHVH, it seems that Scripture would have some record of it.<\/p>\n<p>One things seems certain. Most of the high visibility servants of YHVH were solitary figures. Little if anything is mentioned about their spouses, families or children who seemed to play no major role in the key figure\u2019s ministry activities.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there are also several examples of righteous sons coming from unrighteous fathers and vice versa. This is the case with several of the kings of Judah.<\/p>\n<p>All this is to say that just because a child was raised well in a godly family doesn\u2019t guarantee they will continue to serve Elohim and walk in righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, just because a child was raised in an ungodly, even wicked family, doesn\u2019t mean they will be wicked and ungodly.<\/p>\n<p>Salvation is an individual matter. YHVH calls and chooses whom he will, and it\u2019s up to the individual to respond to that calling. So will respond, most will not. 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Many of the children of righteous men in the Bible didn\u2019t follow in the footsteps of their fathers in remaining faithful to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/many-called-the-chosen-few\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[64],"tags":[58,1462,60],"class_list":["post-7762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-readings","tag-exodus","tag-gershom","tag-moses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Many Called, the Chosen Few | Hoshana Rabbah Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/29\/many-called-the-chosen-few\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Many Called, the Chosen Few | Hoshana Rabbah Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Exodus 2:22, Gershom. 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