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Thoughts on Generational Curses and Faulty Foundation Issues

I’ve been going through the Book of Genealogies (Genesis) lately. Soon I perceived the need to share some concerns about the whole issue and teachings on Generational Transfer (Transmission, if you like) of Curses and/or Problems.
Let me for now agree with findings from natural science that traits can be transferred from parent to offspring – plants and animals alike. After all, this knowledge has been successfully utilized in agriculture and even among humans.
Today, we are taught to deal with our “Faulty Foundations.” This ‘dealing’ usually involves series of prayer sessions and vigils; sometimes contracting – yes, contracting – a man of God or a prayer team for family liberation: cutting down evil trees, digging out old juju, announcing some people (usually the old women) as the hands holding the family successes etc.
Afterwards the testimonies start rolling in: the ladies in the family who are past the marriage age start getting married, the men in business start to buy cars and build mansions … Testimonies!
Looking closely into the scripture, we find a slightly different pattern. Whereas people inherit and suffer the sins of their fathers, we will see also that at any point in the lineage, somebody will rise up and change the story – not so much by destroying the deeds of the fathers, like we’re taught to do today; but by doing a new deed (permit the English) that redirects the whole lineage unto a new path.
A few examples: today we celebrate the tribe of Judah; but many of us do not know that the first son of Judah, Er, was so wicked that the Lord killed him! (Gen. 38:7). It took a man like David (ten generations later) to set that lineage again on the right path – holding the throne till Shiloh comes. Today again, we talk about the tribe of Levi and their special place in Israel in scripture; but many of us will not remember how Levi, with Simeon his brother, murdered all the men of Canaan while they were recovering from circumcision (Genesis 34:25-31).
The common thing about all these people was that they changed the course of their lineage, not by destroying the evils works of the fathers, but by doing deeds great enough for God to change their family story for good. It reminds me of Esther and Mordecai: they did not waste time destroying or nullifying the decree of Haman against the Jews; they SIMPLY wrote their own decree to empower the Jews to defend themselves (Esther 8:5-14).
We must arise and take charge of our lives. Even science has a name for it: mutation! We can break out of any yoke we find ourselves in. Blaming our fathers for the ills we suffer does us no good; in fact, it is the height of irresponsibility! We can change our story for good – trust me. If we have received Jesus into our lives, then we are born of God. And everyone born of God overcomes the world (1John 5:4).
I conclude with this beautiful promise from our God: “I, the LORD your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me. BUT I show mercy to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments. (Exodus 20:5-6 GW).
Now that you know this truth, how happy you will be if you put it into practice!
– John 13:17 GNB
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