Now that most professional sports have incorporated technology into their competitions, instant replay is now used in the MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. The National Football League was the first major sport to adopt and use instant replay. This is where I derived today’s title as once a final decision was made on the field, the official would begin his call with the words, “Upon Further Review.”
Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother’s widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother. 9 But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother’s widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He slew him also, Genesis 38:8-10.
The translation of this passage has one of the more discreet uses of words. More traditional Bible translations specifically says that Onan spilled his semen. In other words, Onan pulled out of Tamar just before he ejaculated. Subsequently, if you have ever done a search of masturbation in the Bible, Genesis 38:9 tends to be the first verse to appear as it indirectly refers to this term.
That each one of you should know how to [c]possess (control, manage) his own [d]body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor, 5 Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will, 6 That no man transgress and overreach his brother and defraud him in this matter or defraud his brother in business. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we have already warned you solemnly and [e]told you plainly. 7 For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity], 1 Thessalonians 4:4-7.
If you ever wondered if masturbation was acceptable and pleasing in God’s eyes, the sudden death of Onan should serve as a clear warning. Upon further review of God’s goal and intent for marriage, Genesis 9:1, is to propagate the world by having children. While Onan enjoyed the pleasures of sex, he did not fulfill God’s ultimate desire, Psalm 127:3-5. This is why God prohibits individuals from masturbating despite whatever public education is currently teaching.
by Jay Mankus
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