Reformation Hope Church

God often curses the progeny of those who sin. Gehazi's entire line was cursed with leprosy because of his theft, Eli's entire line was cursed to die young, and this isn't even mentioning Adam's line that fell in his sin. The flip side is also true: the faithfulness of Ruth and Boaz led to a long line of faithful men, including Jesse, David, and eventually Jesus. He even says as much "for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments." The thousandth generation of those that love Him will still see some mercy as a result of their fore-fathers. The good (or bad) works we do today, will have lasting effects into our children's futures.