{"id":34789,"date":"2015-01-14T22:20:57","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T03:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/?page_id=34789"},"modified":"2016-07-14T11:18:03","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T16:18:03","slug":"men-bible-naphtali","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urbanareas.net\/info\/christian\/men-bible-naphtali\/","title":{"rendered":"Men Of The Bible: Naphtali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Naphtali, Nephthalim<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[N\u0103ph&#8217;tal\u012b, N\u0115ph&#8217;tha l\u012dm] &#8211; obtained by wrestling.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The sixth son of Jacob and second by Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s maid. Rachel gave her son his name because she had wrestled in prayer for God&#8217;s favor and blessing<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> (Gen. 30:8, 35:25)<\/span>. The tribe that descended from Naphtali bears his name <span style=\"color: #333399;\">(Num. 1:15, 1:42)<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">The Man Who Lacked Self-Control<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nIn the last words of Jacob <span style=\"color: #333399;\">(Gen. 49:21)<\/span>, the patriarch speaks of Naphtali as &#8220;a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words&#8221; &#8211; a fluent orator but as erratic as the wild gazelle. Henry Thorne wrote of him,<\/p>\n<p>He is gifted undoubtedly, but he has no self-control. He will scamper through life aimlessly and without a goal. His uncontrolled energy may some day be his ruin. He may possibly leap over a fence, but he may also jump into a ditch. Byron was gifted, but of him it has been said &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>He laid his hand upon the ocean&#8217;s main,<br \/>\nAnd played familiar with his hoary locks.<\/p>\n<p>He was a man of brilliant talent and magnificent capacity, but he was also &#8220;a hind let loose.&#8221; There was a wild extravagance in his career of wrong-doing that marred his influence and spoiled his life.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing but divine grace can restrain those who are erratic. He who rebuked the rude tempest with a word<span style=\"color: #333399;\"> (Job 38:11; Mark 4:39)<\/span> and produced a great calm, can rebuke the turbulent and the reckless in any nature, and cause the energy that is wasted by folly to flow into channels of usefulness. God can make the rebel a priest and a king.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/biblegateway.christianbook.com\/all-the-men-of-bible\/herbert-lockyer\/9780310280811\/pd\/0280818?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-MOTB-_-20101008-Shallum-_-ad-BuyItNow&amp;cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_--_--_-Buy+it+now!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/image.exct.net\/lib\/fe621570756203757117\/m\/1\/allthemenofthebible.jpg\" alt=\"Image\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Today&#8217;s reading is from:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>All the Men of the Bible<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nby Herbert Lockyer<\/p>\n<p>A portrait gallery and reference library of over 3,000 named biblical characters. Characters you can learn from and teachings you can apply.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/biblegateway.christianbook.com\/all-the-men-of-bible\/herbert-lockyer\/9780310280811\/pd\/0280818?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-MOTB-_-20101008-Shallum-_-ad-BuyItNow&amp;cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_--_--_-Buy+it+now!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buy it now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also these related resources:<\/p>\n<p>* <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http:\/\/biblegateway.christianbook.com\/all-the-women-of-bible\/herbert-lockyer\/9780310281511\/pd\/0281512?cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_-MOTB-_-20101008-Shallum-_-ad-WOTBText&amp;cm_mmc=ExactTarget-_--_--_-All+the+Women+of+the+Bible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">All the Women of the Bible by Herbert Lockyer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naphtali, Nephthalim [N\u0103ph&#8217;tal\u012b, N\u0115ph&#8217;tha l\u012dm] &#8211; obtained by wrestling. The sixth son of Jacob and second by Bilhah, Rachel&#8217;s maid. Rachel gave her son his name because she had wrestled in prayer for God&#8217;s favor and blessing (Gen. 30:8, 35:25). The tribe that descended from Naphtali bears his name (Num. 1:15, 1:42). 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