And you, be fruitful and multiply, increase greatly on the earth and multiply in it. (Genesis 9:7 ESV)
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I have finally noticed that my daughter enjoys collecting Bible translations. She has done this for a few years, but it only sunk in recently. So now I am surveying my own collection of Bible translations, with the intention of giving her a few.
Because I know that one cannot have too many translations.
And because I love her, I want to ensure that she has more, and more, and more.
(We will see if I actually DO this… giving away books is hard for me!)
God, after the Ark incident, understood how good the new life of Noah’s family was going to be. And because God loves His people, God desired to give them more blessings. He wanted His people to increase, to grow, to multiply.
Yes, He told THEM to multiply. But it was God’s power, God’s provision, God’s plans that would cause more, and more, and more to be manifest.
And now look at how big His kingdom is! Yes, every saint in heaven… yes, every saint on earth… yes, every saint to come…
God loves His people, and so we multiply.