There is an interesting oath ritual in the Old Testament. “Put your hand under my thigh.” Knowing the physical things in the Old Testament represent spiritual meanings in the New Testament, I pondered what this could mean. Here are my thoughts...
When an Israelite wife cheated on her husband, she developed an itchy rash between her thighs. (Stay with me). The rash was physical proof that what she does in secret is put down her front that she shows to people. She acts righteous in front of people, but it is all for show, she is not a righteous person. So the person in the oath who has the thigh represents a person who is righteous whether their deeds are seen by men or not. Thus ‘clean thigh’ equals righteous to the core.
Which lead me to the hand under the thigh. Sometimes when my hands are cold I sit on them. I put them under my thighs right by my knees. Two things occured to me here- one is I am in a sitting position. An authoritative sitting position is a throne so-to-speak. Abraham’s righteousness was not his own, it was God’s (all sin). So taking an oath on God’s behalf means “His Will be done.”
The second thing that occurred to me is I have to be the one in control to tell my hands to go under my thighs- my hands obey- meaning the person with their hand under the righteous person’s thigh is subordinate, serving the other. Just as Abraham can tell his own hand to go under his thigh, he can tell his servant’s hand to go under his thigh- that is a completely faithful servant.
And now it makes much more sense to me when it says Abraham’s servant put his hand under Abraham’s thigh and said he would find a wife for his son Isaac. Every spiritual thing has to have a physical representation from the Old Testament. So it makes sense to me now.
Your thoughts?
When an Israelite wife cheated on her husband, she developed an itchy rash between her thighs. (Stay with me). The rash was physical proof that what she does in secret is put down her front that she shows to people. She acts righteous in front of people, but it is all for show, she is not a righteous person. So the person in the oath who has the thigh represents a person who is righteous whether their deeds are seen by men or not. Thus ‘clean thigh’ equals righteous to the core.
Which lead me to the hand under the thigh. Sometimes when my hands are cold I sit on them. I put them under my thighs right by my knees. Two things occured to me here- one is I am in a sitting position. An authoritative sitting position is a throne so-to-speak. Abraham’s righteousness was not his own, it was God’s (all sin). So taking an oath on God’s behalf means “His Will be done.”
The second thing that occurred to me is I have to be the one in control to tell my hands to go under my thighs- my hands obey- meaning the person with their hand under the righteous person’s thigh is subordinate, serving the other. Just as Abraham can tell his own hand to go under his thigh, he can tell his servant’s hand to go under his thigh- that is a completely faithful servant.
And now it makes much more sense to me when it says Abraham’s servant put his hand under Abraham’s thigh and said he would find a wife for his son Isaac. Every spiritual thing has to have a physical representation from the Old Testament. So it makes sense to me now.
Your thoughts?
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