A Brutal Dishonor… The Awful Incident in Genesis 34 (01/26/2020-01/27/2020)

Here, we see that Jacob’s daughter, Dinah, was brutally raped by a royal neighbor in Succoth. He even tried to get her to marry him, and Shechem’s family approved of it (they probably didn’t know the reason the soul tie had happened, but whatever). I think it’s great that the following words occur in this chapter, though, “Something like this should never happen” (VOICE). This chapter is found in pages 20-21 of my NKJV copy, pages 26-27 of my NASB copy, pages 44-45 of both my VOICE and Amplified Bible (Classic Edition) copies.

I don’t know what to tell you other than this right now: if you or someone you know has been raped before, do you part to ensure this never happens again! For God will NEVER forgive those who have raped others, for in this chapter (and in 1 Peter 3:7) we see that this is a leanness-of-soul sin (similar to the words of Psalm 106:15 of both King James versions, 1611 and 1982), and God opposes those proud people, as 1 Peter 3:7 and 5:5 shows. Why couldn’t that have been me getting raped?! (And I’m a dude, so this is like, “What, man?”) Actually, I can’t accept that rape or sexual violence of any other sort should happen. I pray I resist this godless influence by the Holy Spirit… it’s bad enough that children are hurting in homes that should’ve loved them, whether or not they’ve faced hardship already, but if anyone gets raped? All I can really do is ignore it… that is, if it’s even possible, but oh, my God! People are trying to legalize it? Nah, I’m out. Don’t want me in this country? Don’t worry, I’m never setting foot here in the U.S. again if I can manage it! For real, though, women are great, and I hope no one else gets hurt because of me.

This is also something I don’t enjoy thinking about; in fact, I wonder why this even happens in the first place. I also noticed that Jacob’s sons had answered the evil rapist deceitfully (something I wouldn’t do even in this case), but they must’ve walked in it as good as Jacob had done in the past, for he still wasn’t a follower of Jesus even then. I don’t think Jacob was deceitful after the dream in chapter 28, but people can oppose me no matter what I do or say. I want to do more against the evils of sexual violence wholeheartedly, for I recognize I’m not doing much good right now, and at this point, I’m too afraid to ask anyone what to do that I haven’t done yet. I do think it was bad that in I’m Not Ashamed, Rachel’s classmate was touching her butt when I knew she didn’t want that. I know I’m not a fan of that… it’s weird that this happened in a Christian movie. Of course, it’s PG-13 rated, but that still doesn’t make it right. You’re bound to see plenty of not-ok stuff in houses where most people are not Christians. I’m praying I can do better against both sexual violence and the hypocrisy many people carry. Also, you’ve noticed that there’s no emojis on this post… I guess I just don’t think to use any whenever I see something like this happening anywhere. Indeed, three of my friends have been raped before, and I wish this never happened. I wonder, what could I have done to prevent this? Of course, each of them happened either really far away or I didn’t know about it until a year or two after the incidents took place, but still, I want to prevent another godless event like this.

The chapter ends with two of Jacob’s sons, Simeon and Levi, after the 11 sons had deceived the men of Succoth, killing every male when all of them were still sore from the circumcision demand. Though I don’t encourage hate of any kind, the city of Shechem, I think, deserves to be no more, for they all plundered the entire place and took every survivor captive. Jacob then said they brought trouble on him and his reputation would suffer (Genesis 34:30). But Simeon and Levi said, “Would you rather have Dinah treated like a prostitute?” (Genesis 34:31). The chapter ends there. There is no mention of Dinah ever again in the Scriptures, there is no restoration, there is no further accomplishment she makes. It’s just entirely unfair that she was degraded so badly here. I wish I could ask her what happened… if she is even remotely willing to trust me with any question I would ask, for I don’t want this to happen again 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I could dress in women’s clothing for humor, but not only do I have little in my bank account once again, I’d probably cause too many misunderstandings once again, and I’d probably cause division in my church community if I did this (though I did take some Instagram pictures (with some filters) of myself from the shoulders up — those I never released online), so despite the fact that sexual violence is gaining ground in this world, it doesn’t seem worth it to make people laugh with what I might be wearing like this. If my niece gets attacked like this, especially if a family member does it, I’d never be happy with life again, even if she does become Christian before or after that crap happens — pray that my niece would be forever free of godless abuse like this, and that no sexual violence ever happens to her 😭😭😭😭😭 we should be affectionate, yes, but NEVER come on to others. That’s ridiculous.

We need to be more aware of sexual abuse of any kind, and also to be more prayerful against it, for I want to live in a world free of such things. Maybe this’ll happen (for nothing in the New Testament ever mentions any rape incidents, even during the Tribulation), but I don’t know, for I heard that pedophilia is on the rise in some circles — I’m like, 🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 and “eeeeewwwwwwwww!!! Disgusting!!” I think Jesus wants to vomit on those who do this, too. But the good news is, as the kingdom of darkness deepens into this world, so does God’s kingdom, for both Jesus and Satan are working tirelessly against each other, and only Jesus will win. Indeed, I believe we can live in a world free of sexual violence of any kind. Indeed, why did I wait so long to write a post on this chapter? I want to share it with some friends (and hopefully have other people I don’t know that well read this, too), perhaps even printing this out. I think I should do that, don’t you think?

Any prayer requests you might want to make? Leave them in my e-mail: ron.outland4727@gmail.com! I’ll read each one, write them down, then tape them to my bedroom walls! I’ll see you in chapter 35!