#1 Victor And A Conibear

 

#1 Victor and A Conibear

Deuteronomy 6:7 “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.”

Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”

     Every house is given to homeschooling.  They watch, they learn.  Always looking up as if the behavior trickles down to them. They acquire patterns of coping, denial, and self management.  Homeschooling is nothing new.  In fact, God commands it.

     What then do we teach them?  Sure, please and thank you, but it goes deeper than that.  The value of relationships.  How we treat the elderly?  Do we respect the bearers of the law? Are we subject sometimes?  Is that ok?

     I will teach my grandson history today.  Currently he is into trapping bobcats.  I want to take him to Bomgaars and buy a couple of devices needed to effectively put our imaginations into practice.  Dirt hole sets in the backyard and a gentle covering of the pan to mask its presence, he will learn if he is paying attention.

     His mother has tied in history with patriotism.  It’s a grand ole flag.  The kid knows that and can tell you civil war battles.  Only four, he’s got a brain on his shoulders.

     What are we to teach them?  God says His word certainly.  We have the great challenge of knitting together His truth with the relevancy of today.  A number 1 pan trap will take our conversation all the way back to the garden.

     Pan traps are for foot holds.  Once triggered, the jaws snap up and grab about the lower extremity of the animal holding it until it can be disposed.  Upon walking up to a catch, the animal is still alive.  A bullet or blow to the head is needed to put it down before the jaws can be opened to free the carcass.  That’s a pan trap.

     Conibears are different.  Being box-like in structure, they are meant for immediate kills.  When the animal puts its head between the trip wires, the jaws effectively slam shut about its neck cutting oxygen.  The animal dies humanely, quickly.  That’s a conibear.

     Jesus’ heel was to be struck.  A pan trap of sorts.  He was caught alive until a death blow could be dealt.  Satan, on the other hand, stuck his head where it didn’t belong and got the conibear.  See the difference?  Immediate kill was in store for the great deceiver.  Jesus’ chain dragged Him down to hell.  That was ok.  But Satan got clamped, suffocating his enjoyed power on this earth.

     What would be the going price for a serpent’s hide?  Stretched brilliantly across the sky, the sun shining in its red glow through tanned flesh.  That would be great but not according to the Word.  The devil must spend his time in the bottomless pit.  That’s his next resting place.

     In trapping, we coax things out of holes or dens.  God in His foreknowledge will force the beast down to beguile no more for 1,000 years.  That’s where the metaphor stops.  No death blow to Satan.  He will continue in existence to be punished before God’s throne forever.

     We trap today.  We teach today.  Homeschooling is active.  Lord, please help us pass it on.

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