{"id":1191,"date":"2024-09-16T20:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-4-unmasked-jacobs-final-face\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:42:09","slug":"stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-4-unmasked-jacobs-final-face","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-4-unmasked-jacobs-final-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Whitehouse – From Jacob to Israel – Class 4 – Unmasked Jacob\u2019s Final Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 313.<\/p>\n

Slides for this class can be found \u2060HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

1
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\nWell, good morning, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

2
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\nGood morning.
\nLovely to see you’re still here.<\/p>\n

3
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\nJacob was haunted by his past.
\nYesterday we saw that he locked <\/p>\n

4
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\nhorns with an Angel nearing
\nvictory. <\/p>\n

5
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\nHe was crippled, but he held on.
\nHe demanded a blessing, and he <\/p>\n

6
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\nbecomes Israel.
\nNow what we want to do today is <\/p>\n

7
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\nto really understand what was
\nachieved during the wrestling <\/p>\n

8
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\nand to see what was achieved.
\nWe’re going to see what changes <\/p>\n

9
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\nthe following morning and in
\ntoday’s class we’re going to tie<\/p>\n

10
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\nup some loose ends, all being
\nwell and reveal some big life <\/p>\n

11
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\nchanging lessons for you and for
\nme. <\/p>\n

12
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\nSo recall then 20 years after
\ndeceiving his father, after <\/p>\n

13
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\nstealing away the blessing from
\nEsau, he now Jacob is about to <\/p>\n

14
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\ncome face to face with his
\nbrother. <\/p>\n

15
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\nAnd so there is a build up when
\nwe come to chapter 33 of <\/p>\n

16
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\nGenesis, there is a build up of
\nthis chilling showdown. <\/p>\n

17
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\nEsau has vowed that he’s going
\nto kill Jacob. <\/p>\n

18
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\nAnd notice first of all, in
\nchapter 32, before the wrestling<\/p>\n

19
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\ntakes place, notice that Jacob
\nin fear sends a present. <\/p>\n

20
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\nSee that there in verse 13,
\nSomething important to note <\/p>\n

21
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\nbefore the wrestling takes place
\nthere later at the Jabok, Jacob <\/p>\n

22
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\nsends a present to Esau.
\nSee that word there, a present <\/p>\n

23
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\nthere at the end of verse 13.
\nAnd we’ve already seen that that<\/p>\n

24
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\npresent represented 580 animals.
\nAnd then we have the contest, <\/p>\n

25
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\nthe great wrestling between
\nJacob and Esau. <\/p>\n

26
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\nSo when we come to chapter 33,
\nwe are anticipating, aren’t we, <\/p>\n

27
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\nwith that wrestling?
\nWe are anticipating an explosive<\/p>\n

28
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\nclash between these two brass
\nbrothers, between Esau and <\/p>\n

29
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\nJacob.
\nSo chapter 33 then verse one. <\/p>\n

30
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\nAnd Jacob lifted up his eyes
\nfollowing the night of the <\/p>\n

31
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\nwrestling, and looked.
\nAnd behold, Esau came, and with <\/p>\n

32
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\nhim 400 men.
\nAnd he divided the children unto<\/p>\n

33
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\nLeah, and unto Rachel, and unto
\n2 handmaids. <\/p>\n

34
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\nAnd he put the handmaids and
\ntheir children foremost, and <\/p>\n

35
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\nLeah and her children after, and
\nRachel and Joseph hindermost. <\/p>\n

36
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\nAnd he passed over before them,
\nand bowed himself to the ground <\/p>\n

37
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\nseven times until he came near
\nto his brother. <\/p>\n

38
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\nAnd Easel ran to meet him, and
\nembraced him, and fell on his <\/p>\n

39
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\nneck and kissed him, and they
\nwept. <\/p>\n

40
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\nI’m sure many of us have
\npictured this scene. <\/p>\n

41
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\nThere is Jacob, and he sees his
\nbrother with this assembly of <\/p>\n

42
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\nmen there in the distance.
\nAnd as Easel gets closer and <\/p>\n

43
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\ncloser, Esau identifies Jacob.
\nAnd suddenly Esau realizes that <\/p>\n

44
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\nJacob has a limp, that this man
\nis injured. <\/p>\n

45
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\nAnd then he runs and he
\nembraces, and he picks up Jacob,<\/p>\n

46
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\nand he embraces him and kisses
\nhim, and he weeps. <\/p>\n

47
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\nTime is a great healer.
\nThe fear of the unknown, the <\/p>\n

48
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\nfear of the future can often be
\nworse than the reality. <\/p>\n

49
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\nAs we mentioned yesterday, with
\nour imaginations, we often <\/p>\n

50
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\ncreate these worst case
\nscenarios. <\/p>\n

51
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\nAnd when we’re thinking about
\nthese worst case scenarios, it <\/p>\n

52
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\nfuels us, doesn’t it, with
\nstress and anxiety as we imagine<\/p>\n

53
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\nthat foreboding situation
\nlooming large. <\/p>\n

54
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\nBut here, right away at the
\nbeginning of this chapter, we <\/p>\n

55
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\nsee here that how trusting in
\nGod protects us from the storms,<\/p>\n

56
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\nhow protecting, how protecting
\nGod is to those whom he loves. <\/p>\n

57
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\nWe must remember that this is in
\nthe life of Jacob, a person that<\/p>\n

58
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\nwe all identify with as he takes
\non this journey now to Israel. <\/p>\n

59
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\nTrusting in God protects us from
\nthe storms. <\/p>\n

60
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\nBut just glance down verses 6
\nand seven, as Esau watches <\/p>\n

61
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\nJacob’s family approaches, he
\nsees that Jacob bows down seven <\/p>\n

62
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\ntimes.
\nNotice that there in verse 3, <\/p>\n

63
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\nit’s very important.
\nAnd then notice also and, and <\/p>\n

64
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\ntry and picture this.
\nWe’ve got Leah and Rachel, his <\/p>\n

65
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\nsons and little Joseph.
\nBenjamin’s not born yet, little <\/p>\n

66
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\nJoseph all there watching.
\nAnd you can imagine Joseph there<\/p>\n

67
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\njust just nudging his mother,
\nRachel, and wondering why Father<\/p>\n

68
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\nnow is a cripple and why he’s
\nbehaving in such a way. <\/p>\n

69
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\nBut we see this crippled Jacob
\nas he approaches now, this <\/p>\n

70
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\nlooming Esau, the Jacob here
\nhumbles himself. <\/p>\n

71
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\nThis entire picture is one of
\nsomeone who has been reduced to <\/p>\n

72
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\nnothing.
\nHe is at his brother’s mercy. <\/p>\n

73
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\nYet the prophecy of chapter 25
\nand verse 23 was that the elder <\/p>\n

74
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\nshall serve the younger.
\nBut now it looks like the tables<\/p>\n

75
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\nhave totally turned.
\nBut there’s more. <\/p>\n

76
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\nNotice the use of numbers.
\nHere we have this three times <\/p>\n

77
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\nrepetition.
\nWe have the maidservants and <\/p>\n

78
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\nLeah and her children and Rachel
\nand Joseph. <\/p>\n

79
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\nSo these three categories here,
\nthe maidservants, Leah and her <\/p>\n

80
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\nchildren, and Rachel and Joseph.
\nSo Jacob has assembled <\/p>\n

81
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\neverything that is his every
\nperson whom he loves, every <\/p>\n

82
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\nindividual that he cherishes.
\nHe gathers together to <\/p>\n

83
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\nacknowledge easel.
\nNotice something else here. <\/p>\n

84
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\nNotice how the phrase my Lord is
\nused, a Hebrew word that we’ll <\/p>\n

85
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\nall be familiar with.
\nIt’s the word Adonai. <\/p>\n

86
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\nNotice this there, my Lord, you
\nsee there in verse 8. <\/p>\n

87
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\nNotice worth marking this up.
\nVerse 8, verse 13, verse 14, <\/p>\n

88
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\ntwice, actually in verse 14.
\nAnd then in verse 15, five times<\/p>\n

89
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\nJacob refers to Esau as my Lord
\nAdonai. <\/p>\n

90
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\nAnd then it goes even further.
\nTwice you notice that Jacob <\/p>\n

91
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\nrefers to himself as Esau’s
\nservant. <\/p>\n

92
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\nIs the Hebrew word eved.
\nThey’re found in verse 5 and <\/p>\n

93
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\nverse 14.
\nSo, so note then we’ve got 7 <\/p>\n

94
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\nbows from Jacob and a sevenfold
\nuse of my Lord or servant. <\/p>\n

95
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\nThis whole picture has been
\ncarefully choreographed. <\/p>\n

96
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\nIt is a master class in
\nhumility. <\/p>\n

97
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\nIt has been meticulously staged.
\nNow we know the framework of <\/p>\n

98
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\nseven.
\nIt speaks of completeness and <\/p>\n

99
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\nperfection.
\nAnd think about what scene is <\/p>\n

100
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\nunfolding here.
\nThis is total reconciliation. <\/p>\n

101
\n00:08:18,000 –> 00:08:22,400
\nThis is total submission.
\nThis is total forgiveness. <\/p>\n

102
\n00:08:22,600 –> 00:08:26,440
\nAnd think about the importance
\nof the number 7 in Jacob’s life.<\/p>\n

103
\n00:08:27,080 –> 00:08:32,559
\n2 portions of seven had he given
\nin acquiring Rachel as his wife.<\/p>\n

104
\n00:08:33,039 –> 00:08:37,480
\nAnd when we think about those
\nseven years of Labor and that <\/p>\n

105
\n00:08:37,480 –> 00:08:44,080
\ndouble that he did, it spoke of
\nhis dedication, his dedication <\/p>\n

106
\n00:08:44,080 –> 00:08:49,920
\nto complete the work.
\nAnd so this 7 is all about this <\/p>\n

107
\n00:08:49,920 –> 00:08:56,000
\ndedication to complete the work.
\nHe is determined is Jacob. <\/p>\n

108
\n00:08:56,480 –> 00:08:59,000
\nHe is determined to be
\nreconciled. <\/p>\n

109
\n00:08:59,280 –> 00:09:06,520
\nHe is prepared to work, to
\ncommit himself completely to <\/p>\n

110
\n00:09:06,720 –> 00:09:08,000
\nEsau.
\nRemember the word we saw <\/p>\n

111
\n00:09:08,040 –> 00:09:11,280
\nyesterday, Atonement before the
\nwrestling. <\/p>\n

112
\n00:09:12,640 –> 00:09:15,800
\nJust keep your fingers here and
\ncome to One Peter chapter 5. <\/p>\n

113
\n00:09:16,200 –> 00:09:19,480
\nA useful cross reference here.
\nOne Peter chapter 5. <\/p>\n

114
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\nLook at these words.
\nOne Peter 5. <\/p>\n

115
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\nJust going to pick out the
\nwords. <\/p>\n

116
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\nYou’ll see the connection.
\nYou can make the note and we’ll <\/p>\n

117
\n00:09:33,690 –> 00:09:38,680
\nget back to the Genesis account.
\nOne Peter 5 verse 5. <\/p>\n

118
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\nLikewise, think of the situation
\nthat we’re seeing here. <\/p>\n

119
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\nLikewise, ye younger, submit
\nyourselves unto the elder. <\/p>\n

120
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\nYeah, all of you, be subject 1
\nto another, and be clothed with <\/p>\n

121
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\nhumility.
\nFor God resisteth the proud, and<\/p>\n

122
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\ngiveth grace to the humble.
\nHumble yourselves therefore <\/p>\n

123
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\nunder the mighty hand of God,
\nthat He may exalt you in due <\/p>\n

124
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\ntime.
\nWhat a lovely couple of verses <\/p>\n

125
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\nhere that just perfectly capture
\nthe moment here in Genesis <\/p>\n

126
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\nchapter 33.
\nSo just come back to chapter 33 <\/p>\n

127
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\nnow.
\nSo think about these 7 bows. <\/p>\n

128
\n00:10:20,680 –> 00:10:24,760
\nAnd I believe these 7 bows not
\nonly spoke of this complete <\/p>\n

129
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\nsubmission, desiring for
\nforgiveness from Esau, but I <\/p>\n

130
\n00:10:31,240 –> 00:10:37,440
\nbelieve in these 7 bows, Jacob
\nwas retracing his steps. <\/p>\n

131
\n00:10:37,800 –> 00:10:41,600
\nI believe what we see here is an
\narc of redemption. <\/p>\n

132
\n00:10:42,520 –> 00:10:46,800
\nJust notice on the overhead
\nhere, I believe there are seven <\/p>\n

133
\n00:10:46,840 –> 00:10:52,560
\nmajor milestones in Jacob’s life
\nthat has brought him to this <\/p>\n

134
\n00:10:52,560 –> 00:10:57,760
\npoint of submission.
\nNumber one, look at these. <\/p>\n

135
\n00:10:57,760 –> 00:10:59,280
\nWe call it the arc of
\nredemption. <\/p>\n

136
\n00:10:59,280 –> 00:11:02,880
\nThese major milestones, these
\nsignposts in Jacob’s life. <\/p>\n

137
\n00:11:03,720 –> 00:11:07,600
\nNumber one, the purchase of the
\nbirthright #2 the stealing. <\/p>\n

138
\n00:11:07,720 –> 00:11:10,760
\nNow, as we go through these,
\neach one was a bow. <\/p>\n

139
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\nEach one was a a subjection to
\nEsau, the purchase of the <\/p>\n

140
\n00:11:14,920 –> 00:11:18,040
\nbirthright, the stealing of the
\nblessing that the vision of the <\/p>\n

141
\n00:11:18,040 –> 00:11:25,680
\nladder bow #4 serving Laban for
\nRachel and Leah #5 the increase <\/p>\n

142
\n00:11:25,680 –> 00:11:29,720
\nin wealth and the departure from
\nlabour number six, the wrestling<\/p>\n

143
\n00:11:29,720 –> 00:11:33,160
\nwith the Angel and #7
\nreconciliation with Esau. <\/p>\n

144
\n00:11:33,400 –> 00:11:39,320
\nEach bow marked a a massive
\nmoment of learning a lesson in <\/p>\n

145
\n00:11:39,320 –> 00:11:42,160
\nJacob’s life.
\nNow you imagine that he’s now <\/p>\n

146
\n00:11:42,280 –> 00:11:45,720
\nhip his outer joint.
\nEach time this man bowed to his <\/p>\n

147
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\nolder brother, there would be a
\npain shooting through his hip <\/p>\n

148
\n00:11:49,880 –> 00:11:51,800
\nand there’ll be a grimace on his
\nface. <\/p>\n

149
\n00:11:52,120 –> 00:11:56,040
\nEach bow was more painful from
\nthe last, but he would finish it<\/p>\n

150
\n00:11:56,040 –> 00:12:00,840
\noff.
\nHe would complete it 7 and the <\/p>\n

151
\n00:12:00,840 –> 00:12:04,880
\n7th bow, I believe, was in
\nrecognition of this moment when <\/p>\n

152
\n00:12:04,880 –> 00:12:08,360
\nhe would be reconciled with his.
\nBrother. <\/p>\n

153
\n00:12:11,800 –> 00:12:14,960
\nSo if this is a picture of
\ncomplete subjection to Esau, <\/p>\n

154
\n00:12:15,400 –> 00:12:17,040
\nthat’s a little surprising,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

155
\n00:12:17,040 –> 00:12:19,640
\nBecause the night before he has
\nwrestled with an Angel all <\/p>\n

156
\n00:12:19,640 –> 00:12:21,880
\nnight, and his name’s been
\nchange. <\/p>\n

157
\n00:12:21,880 –> 00:12:25,680
\nHe’s been exalted, a Prince with
\nGod. <\/p>\n

158
\n00:12:26,360 –> 00:12:29,240
\nYet now he’s in complete
\nsubjection. <\/p>\n

159
\n00:12:29,240 –> 00:12:33,560
\nNot only him, but all his wives
\nand all his children are bowed <\/p>\n

160
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\nto Esau.
\nThe whole family are servants of<\/p>\n

161
\n00:12:38,960 –> 00:12:41,400
\nEsau.
\nWhy is that, brothers and <\/p>\n

162
\n00:12:41,400 –> 00:12:44,360
\nsisters?
\nWhy the change? <\/p>\n

163
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\nWhat has caused this?
\nLet’s have a look at this then. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s pick up verse 8, then of
\nchapter 33. <\/p>\n

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\nSo this is Esau now beginning to
\nspeak and he’s Speaking of these<\/p>\n

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\n580 animals which were according
\nto Jacob, a present for Esau, <\/p>\n

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\nand he comments on this right
\naway. <\/p>\n

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\nThe what meaneth thou by all
\nthis drove the 580 animals. <\/p>\n

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\nThe present you can cross
\nreference back to chapter 32, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 13.
\nYou can put that in your margin <\/p>\n

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\nthere.
\nThat’s what he’s referring to. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat meanest thou by all this
\ndrove which I met? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jacob said, these are to
\nfind grace in the sight of my <\/p>\n

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\nAdonai, my Lord.
\nAnd Esau said, I have enough my <\/p>\n

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\nbrother, keep thou keep that
\nthou hast unto thyself. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jacob said, Nay, I pray
\nthee, if now I have found grace <\/p>\n

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\nin thy sight, then receive my
\npresent. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s a direct reference
\nback to chapter 32. <\/p>\n

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\nReceive my present at my hand.
\nFor therefore I have seen thy <\/p>\n

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\nface as though I’ve seen the
\nface of God, and thou was <\/p>\n

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\npleased with me.
\nTake, I pray thee, my blessing <\/p>\n

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\nthat is brought to thee, because
\nGod hath dealt graciously with <\/p>\n

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\nme, and because I have enough.
\nAnd he urged him and Esau took <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nNow the first thing I’d like us <\/p>\n

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\nto note a very simple piece of
\nanalysis here, but just notice <\/p>\n

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\nhow Esau says I have, which is
\nthe Hebrew. <\/p>\n

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\nYes, enough is the Hebrew would
\nwrap my brother there in verse <\/p>\n

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\n9.
\nSo in other words, he’s saying I<\/p>\n

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\nhave plenty and he had plenty.
\nHe had a Kingdom at this stage. <\/p>\n

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\nBut Jacob’s reply in verse 11 is
\ntake, I pray thee, my blessing, <\/p>\n

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\nbecause I have enough.
\nIt’s a different word there. <\/p>\n

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\nI’d like you to notice that if
\nyou’ve not noted that before, <\/p>\n

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\nit’s a Hebrew word.
\nCome. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s more than I have plenty.
\nIt literally means I have more <\/p>\n

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\nthan enough.
\nI have all things. <\/p>\n

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\nI have the whole, and then I
\nhave the total of all things. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you imagine anyone being in
\na position to say that I have <\/p>\n

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\nthe total of all things.
\nThat’s an extraordinary <\/p>\n

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\nstatement, isn’t it?
\nBrothers and sisters, have you <\/p>\n

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\never been able to say that?
\nWe should be able to say that in<\/p>\n

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\nfaith, shouldn’t we?
\nBut Jacob did I have the total <\/p>\n

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\nof all things.
\nSo Esau says, you keep your <\/p>\n

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\nblessings, Jacob, I’ve got many,
\nmany things. <\/p>\n

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\nI don’t need it.
\nAnd then Jacob says, I insist, <\/p>\n

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\nEsau, you need it more than me
\nbecause I have all things. <\/p>\n

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\nOK.
\nSo there’s a little bit of a <\/p>\n

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\ndynamic that’s going on.
\nIt looks like a polite tea <\/p>\n

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\nparty, doesn’t it?
\nBut you can, you can imagine <\/p>\n

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\nhere it was tense.
\nIt was tense. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they’re exchanging.
\nThey know exactly what they’re <\/p>\n

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\ndoing is they’re exchanging
\nthese Hebrew words one with <\/p>\n

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\nanother.
\nNow it’s interesting, isn’t it, <\/p>\n

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\nthat there’s something else
\nthere in verse 10, something <\/p>\n

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\nthat connects with yesterday and
\npicks up our overall theme of <\/p>\n

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\nthis week.
\nI have seen thy face there in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 10, as though I’ve seen
\nthe face of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThe face of God changed
\neverything. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen Jacob looked at Esau, he no
\nlonger saw Esau’s face. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s a a radical shift now in
\nperception. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s awakened to a much deeper
\nreality. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s now looking at Esau in
\nGod’s eyes and not his own. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we’ve already seen this idea
\nof the phrase, the face of God <\/p>\n

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\nearlier.
\nRemember that it’s an echo, <\/p>\n

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\nisn’t it?
\nIt’s, it’s an echo back to <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 32 and verse 30.
\nSo it’s interesting, isn’t it, <\/p>\n

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\nthat that Jacob is picking up a
\nphrase here that he used the <\/p>\n

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\nprevious day.
\nSo let’s make a connection there<\/p>\n

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\nto the previous day, Genesis 32,
\nverse 30. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, it’s that morning, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

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\nI should say the wrestling has
\ntaken place, the morning breaks <\/p>\n

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\nand then the significance of the
\nface of God is seen. 32 verse <\/p>\n

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\n30.
\nWe read yesterday, didn’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jacob called the name of the
\nplace Peniel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you’ll see in your margin
\nthe face of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the reason being, for I have
\nseen God face to face, and my <\/p>\n

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\nlife is preserved.
\nYou may know that the Hebrew <\/p>\n

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\nword Panem is the word face, and
\nit’s an interesting exercise. <\/p>\n

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\nFind out for yourself how often
\nyou see the word Panem related <\/p>\n

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\nto the life of Jacob.
\nAnd This is why we’ve taken the <\/p>\n

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\ntheme The faces of Jacob.
\nYou see it sprinkle throughout <\/p>\n

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\nhis life.
\nPanem, the face, he was <\/p>\n

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\nsurrounded by faces, but Jacob
\nhad to learn in all the faces <\/p>\n

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\nthat surrounded him, he had to
\nsee the face of God, which is an<\/p>\n

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\nimportant lesson for you and for
\nme. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we, we mentioned yesterday
\nthat that word Peniel, there is <\/p>\n

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\nPanah to turn and L is God.
\nSo Peniel means to turn to God <\/p>\n

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\nby inference.
\nIt’s the face of God, because if<\/p>\n

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\nyou turn to God, you see the
\nface of God doesn’t mean the <\/p>\n

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\nface of God.
\nIt means to turn to God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so the wrestling then did
\nsomething with him. <\/p>\n

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\nHosea chapter 12 says it brought
\nabout a maturity. <\/p>\n

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\nHe had power with God.
\nAnd during this process of <\/p>\n

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\nwrestling, his face was turned.
\nNo longer was he looking at the <\/p>\n

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\nface of Esau, he was now looking
\nat the face of God. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that when Esau turned up that
\nmorning, his face had been <\/p>\n

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\nturned.
\nAlthough he was looking face to <\/p>\n

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\nface, in the eyes of Esau he saw
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nSee that because the wrestling
\nhad taken place the night <\/p>\n

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\nbefore.
\nI want to highlight to you this <\/p>\n

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\nlittle play on the word face.
\nI want to show you a before and <\/p>\n

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\nafter situation.
\nThe fulcrum is the wrestling. <\/p>\n

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\nJacob is different after.
\nHe is now Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I want to show you now the
\nuse of the word face before the <\/p>\n

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\nwrestling, before his name was
\nchanged. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you’re already in chapter 32.
\nYou may not have noticed the use<\/p>\n

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\nof that word panim, the face.
\nIt’s there, in fact found in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 20.
\nLet’s have a look at chapter 32 <\/p>\n

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\nand verse 20.
\nSo you might not have noticed <\/p>\n

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\nthe use of the word panning face
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a little obscured in the
\nKing James Version. <\/p>\n

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\nSo we’re going to just highlight
\nit for you now. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s really interesting.
\nSo the context of this is that <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s sending the present, the
\ngift, the 580 animals to Esau <\/p>\n

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\nand he’s instructing them, the
\nservant of the message that he <\/p>\n

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\nneeds to convey to Esau with
\nthese animals. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s just see what what we
\nread there, Chapter 32. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can follow it on the screen
\nas well. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the message then that Esau
\nsends his messenger with are <\/p>\n

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\nthese words, and say to Esau, Ye
\nmoreover, behold, thy servant <\/p>\n

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\nJacob is behind us.
\nFor he said, I will appease him.<\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the word face.
\nI will appease him, Hanim, with <\/p>\n

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\nthe present that goeth before
\nme, that’s the Hebrew word face,<\/p>\n

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\nand afterward I will see his
\nface, Panim peradventure he will<\/p>\n

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\naccept of me the Hebrew word
\nface. <\/p>\n

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\nSo in other words, Jacob was
\nthinking, I will wipe anger from<\/p>\n

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\nhis face with the gift that goes
\nahead of my face. <\/p>\n

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\nAfter, when I see his face, he
\nwill lift up my face. <\/p>\n

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\nNow.
\nNow, the point of all of this is<\/p>\n

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\nthat before the wrestling, the
\nday before he meets Esau, when <\/p>\n

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\nhe sees all Esau, he sees the
\nface of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThe day before he was absolutely
\npreoccupied. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can see that in that short
\nverse. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is utterly preoccupied with
\nthe face of Esau. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:35,080 –> 00:21:39,360
\nRemember that and remember the
\ncommentary that God gives when <\/p>\n

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\nhe first goes to Bethel.
\nHe goes there because he was <\/p>\n

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\nfearful of the face of Esau. 20
\nyears now have transpired and <\/p>\n

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\nhe’s still fearful of the face
\nof Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nYet everything changes after the
\nwrestling. <\/p>\n

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\nIsn’t that lovely, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

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\nNow, when Jacob finally comes
\nface to face with Esau, this <\/p>\n

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\nface which was the symbol of his
\ndeepest fears, this face now the<\/p>\n

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\nday after, has faded into
\nobscurity, having wrestled with <\/p>\n

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\nthe divine and stared into for a
\nwhole night the very eyes of <\/p>\n

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\nGod.
\nHe sees the face of God as he <\/p>\n

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\nwrestled, and in the face of God
\nthat night, he sees the face a <\/p>\n

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\nsymbol of Divine Mercy,
\nomnipotent protection, and <\/p>\n

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\nboundless love.
\nAnd having seen that for an <\/p>\n

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\nentire night, when he comes now
\nface to face with his sworn <\/p>\n

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\nenemy, he sees the grace of God.
\nIsn’t that amazing, brothers and<\/p>\n

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\nsisters?
\nAnd what’s the lesson for you <\/p>\n

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\nand for me?
\nWe need to see God in every <\/p>\n

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\naspect of our lives.
\nAs we’re going through life with<\/p>\n

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\nall the challenges that come
\nupon us, we need to shift gear <\/p>\n

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\nand change our perspective.
\nWe need something called <\/p>\n

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\ntransformation reframing.
\nWe’re all on this journey of <\/p>\n

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\ntransformation, and we need to
\nsee those moments in our lives <\/p>\n

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\nthat are difficult and hard and
\npainful as transformational <\/p>\n

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\nreframing.
\nWe need to see them through <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s eyes and not our own.
\nAs we’re on this spiritual <\/p>\n

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\njourney, as we’re on this
\ndifficult and painful process of<\/p>\n

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\ntransformation, we need to
\nrecognize that God, El Shadiai <\/p>\n

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\nis behind every situation, every
\nmoment of our lives, and He’s <\/p>\n

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\nthere working with us to
\ntransform us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when we recognize that God
\nis in every moment, however <\/p>\n

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\nbroken hearted we may be feeling
\nin that moment, it brings <\/p>\n

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\nmeaning, doesn’t it?
\nIt brings meaning to the most <\/p>\n

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\nchallenging of circumstances.
\nIt brings meaning to the most <\/p>\n

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\nchallenging of circumstances.
\nThink of Jacob, I sincerely <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve he was given Esau for a
\nreason to propel him on this <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:30,840 –> 00:24:36,040
\njourney of transformation.
\nAnd without Esau, it wouldn’t <\/p>\n

331
\n00:24:36,040 –> 00:24:40,040
\nhave happened.
\nBrothers and sisters, there was <\/p>\n

332
\n00:24:40,040 –> 00:24:44,320
\nthis journey of self discovery
\nfor for Jacob and we’re going to<\/p>\n

333
\n00:24:44,320 –> 00:24:47,240
\nsee see in a moment.
\nIt brings him to a point in time<\/p>\n

334
\n00:24:47,440 –> 00:24:51,960
\nthat God needed him to get to.
\nAnd then God did wonderful <\/p>\n

335
\n00:24:51,960 –> 00:24:54,800
\nthings in his life, most
\nwonderful. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:24:56,040 –> 00:24:58,240
\nAnd so then brothers and
\nsisters, when we’re having <\/p>\n

337
\n00:24:58,240 –> 00:25:01,960
\ndifficulty, when we’re having
\nproblems, think about our <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:01,960 –> 00:25:05,240
\ntrajectory, think about our
\npast, think about our our <\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:05,240 –> 00:25:08,680
\njourney in life.
\nAnd these should be catalysts <\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:09,000 –> 00:25:12,080
\nbecause that’s what God intends
\nthem to be catalysts. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:12,400 –> 00:25:16,600
\nThey are like they’re Dynamos to
\nget us to the Kingdom. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:18,520 –> 00:25:20,520
\nNow, what’s also really
\ninteresting in all of this, <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:20,520 –> 00:25:22,640
\nbrothers and sisters, and this
\nis really powerful, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

344
\n00:25:22,960 –> 00:25:25,800
\nWhen, when, when?
\nThink about it, when Jacob <\/p>\n

345
\n00:25:25,800 –> 00:25:31,160
\nlooked into the eyes of easel,
\nhe saw the face of God. <\/p>\n

346
\n00:25:32,560 –> 00:25:38,760
\nWhen he looked into the face of
\nEsau, he saw something of the <\/p>\n

347
\n00:25:38,760 –> 00:25:45,360
\ndivine.
\nHe saw that even Esau, with all <\/p>\n

348
\n00:25:45,480 –> 00:25:50,640
\nhis wickedness, was a child of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:25:52,840 –> 00:25:59,560
\nAnd because he was a child of
\nGod, he deserved Jacobs love and<\/p>\n

350
\n00:25:59,680 –> 00:26:03,240
\nrespect.
\nBrothers and sisters, if we <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:03,240 –> 00:26:07,280
\ncould take that attitude and
\nthat approach in life, in <\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:07,280 –> 00:26:11,920
\necclesial life, when we are
\ncoming up against the esauls, <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:12,040 –> 00:26:17,280
\nindividuals that are causing us
\ndifficulty, hardship and pain. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:18,320 –> 00:26:21,920
\nBut we look at them and we don’t
\nsee them as the face of Esau, <\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:22,280 –> 00:26:26,080
\nbut we see them as the face of
\nGod, sons and daughters of the <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:26,080 –> 00:26:29,520
\ndivine, all on their own
\nrespected individual journeys. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:30,160 –> 00:26:36,240
\nThat we’ll let go, won’t we?
\nWe’ll let go of the hurt, we’ll <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:36,240 –> 00:26:40,760
\nlet go of the grievances and the
\ngrudges. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:41,840 –> 00:26:45,000
\nAnd that I can assure you,
\nbrothers and sisters, will be <\/p>\n

360
\n00:26:45,000 –> 00:26:49,840
\nthe only way that you and I will
\nfind peace this side of the <\/p>\n

361
\n00:26:49,840 –> 00:26:52,280
\nKingdom.
\nImportant lessons, aren’t they <\/p>\n

362
\n00:26:52,560 –> 00:26:54,760
\nimportant lessons for you and
\nfor me. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:26:55,120 –> 00:26:59,520
\nWe’ll come back to chapter 33.
\nSo there’s this discourse then <\/p>\n

364
\n00:26:59,520 –> 00:27:03,920
\nbetween Esau and Jacob and Jacob
\nsays I have everything. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:03,920 –> 00:27:08,720
\nI have all things very, very
\nstrong Hebrew word here. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:09,480 –> 00:27:14,680
\nAnd, and I want you to just
\nnotice now that everything that <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:14,680 –> 00:27:19,400
\nJacob has given to Esau, he
\ncategorizes it as something <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:19,400 –> 00:27:24,880
\nhere, this whole set of 580
\nanimals, he refers to it as this<\/p>\n

369
\n00:27:24,880 –> 00:27:26,720
\nthing.
\nNotice verse 11. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:27:26,960 –> 00:27:31,160
\nTake, I pray thee, my blessing.
\nThat’s important. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:27:31,720 –> 00:27:37,680
\nSo my blessing verse 11 relates
\nto the present in verse 10, <\/p>\n

372
\n00:27:38,320 –> 00:27:44,200
\nwhich relates to the gift of the
\nprevious chapter and the 580 <\/p>\n

373
\n00:27:44,200 –> 00:27:45,560
\nanimals.
\nI want you to all to notice that<\/p>\n

374
\n00:27:45,560 –> 00:27:49,160
\nlittle sequence there.
\nThe blessing relates to the <\/p>\n

375
\n00:27:49,160 –> 00:27:54,360
\npresent which relates the gift,
\nwhich relates the 580 animals. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:27:54,360 –> 00:27:59,120
\nSo that which Jacob sent
\nsymbolizes something, and it <\/p>\n

377
\n00:27:59,120 –> 00:28:04,320
\nsymbolizes something referred to
\nas Jacob’s blessing. <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:04,560 –> 00:28:07,280
\nWant us all to note that?
\nThat’s very important. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:08,600 –> 00:28:13,840
\nTake, I pray thee, verse 11
\nmight think of the power of this<\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:13,840 –> 00:28:18,160
\nlanguage.
\nTake, I pray thee, my blessing <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:18,640 –> 00:28:22,280
\nthat is brought to thee.
\nSay it again. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:28:22,960 –> 00:28:27,920
\nTake, I pray thee, my blessing
\nthat is brought to thee. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:28:29,200 –> 00:28:33,560
\nSo take then what is mine, and I
\nwant to give it to you. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:28:36,320 –> 00:28:42,040
\nTake my blessing, it is yours.
\nAnd as I said, if you look in <\/p>\n

385
\n00:28:42,040 –> 00:28:44,800
\nyour margin there by blessing
\nyou’ve got the word gift. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:28:44,800 –> 00:28:48,720
\nYou should have the word gift
\nthere in your margin or present <\/p>\n

387
\n00:28:49,080 –> 00:28:52,680
\nand that should take you to
\nverse 10 of chapter 33 and then <\/p>\n

388
\n00:28:52,680 –> 00:28:56,880
\nverses 13 to 15 of chapter 32.
\nSo just noticing that little set<\/p>\n

389
\n00:28:56,880 –> 00:29:00,240
\nof details there is important
\nreally to to kind of decipher <\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:00,240 –> 00:29:01,920
\nwhat’s going on here all with
\nme. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:02,920 –> 00:29:06,200
\nI know you are.
\nSo it’s my blessing. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:08,280 –> 00:29:13,080
\nWell, when Jacob uses the word
\nblessing, this is a word that <\/p>\n

393
\n00:29:13,080 –> 00:29:18,760
\nhasn’t been used for 20 years.
\nThis is where it all began. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:29:19,920 –> 00:29:25,320
\nThis is where the the long
\nshadow was cast that fateful day<\/p>\n

395
\n00:29:26,480 –> 00:29:31,240
\nwhen Jacob deceived his father.
\nSo this is very important <\/p>\n

396
\n00:29:31,240 –> 00:29:35,040
\nlanguage here that Jacob is
\npurposely using. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:29:35,040 –> 00:29:37,560
\nShall we just go back there?
\nLet’s have a look at Genesis <\/p>\n

398
\n00:29:37,560 –> 00:29:47,000
\nchapter 27.
\nSo that word blessing takes <\/p>\n

399
\n00:29:47,000 –> 00:29:50,320
\nJacob and Esau.
\nThey’re now projected back in <\/p>\n

400
\n00:29:50,320 –> 00:29:53,320
\ntime.
\nSoon as Jacob uses that word, <\/p>\n

401
\n00:29:53,680 –> 00:30:00,520
\nthose minds of these two men,
\nnow they’re brought back back in<\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:00,520 –> 00:30:07,160
\ntime.
\nSo then let’s think of the <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:07,160 –> 00:30:09,360
\nblessing.
\nRemember this, We made some <\/p>\n

404
\n00:30:09,360 –> 00:30:12,200
\nlovely connections because of
\nthis blessing. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:30:12,200 –> 00:30:15,840
\nIsaac gets into Hebrews 11.
\nIt’s a blessing of things to <\/p>\n

406
\n00:30:15,840 –> 00:30:20,120
\ncome, and he blesses, doesn’t
\nhe, Esau, and he blesses Jacob. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:30:21,040 –> 00:30:25,680
\nBut let’s just think about the
\nblessing first of all that Jacob<\/p>\n

408
\n00:30:26,280 –> 00:30:28,360
\nreceived as he deceived his
\nfather. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:30:29,320 –> 00:30:36,360
\nVerse 28 then of chapter 27.
\nTherefore God give thee so. <\/p>\n

410
\n00:30:36,360 –> 00:30:42,240
\nImagine now blind Isaac uttering
\nthese words to Jacob disguised <\/p>\n

411
\n00:30:42,240 –> 00:30:47,840
\nas Esau.
\nTherefore God give thee of the <\/p>\n

412
\n00:30:47,840 –> 00:30:52,000
\nJew of heaven, and of the
\nfatness of the earth, and plenty<\/p>\n

413
\n00:30:52,000 –> 00:30:54,440
\nof corn and wine.
\nWe’ve considered these words. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:30:54,680 –> 00:30:57,760
\nLet people serve thee, and
\nnations bow down to thee. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:30:57,760 –> 00:31:02,800
\nBe Lord over thy brethren and
\nlet thy mother sons bow down to <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:02,800 –> 00:31:06,200
\nthee.
\nCursed be everyone that curseth <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:06,200 –> 00:31:10,000
\nthee, and blessed be he that
\nblesseth thee. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:10,200 –> 00:31:11,360
\nNow we looked at that, didn’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n

419
\n00:31:11,360 –> 00:31:13,960
\nAnd we, we saw that this
\nsymbolized wealth and power. <\/p>\n

420
\n00:31:14,160 –> 00:31:17,760
\nAnd we, we came up with this
\nexpression of, of political <\/p>\n

421
\n00:31:17,760 –> 00:31:20,040
\npower and agricultural
\nprosperity. <\/p>\n

422
\n00:31:20,040 –> 00:31:25,560
\nThat was the, the blessing here
\nthat Jacob took from his brother<\/p>\n

423
\n00:31:26,280 –> 00:31:29,920
\nEsau.
\nBut we saw that there was <\/p>\n

424
\n00:31:29,920 –> 00:31:34,480
\nanother blessing, another
\nblessing there that God now <\/p>\n

425
\n00:31:34,880 –> 00:31:38,200
\nthrough Jacob gives through
\nIsaac, gives to Jacob. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:31:38,200 –> 00:31:41,160
\nAnd it’s there in verse 3 of
\nchapter 28. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:31:42,800 –> 00:31:44,240
\nSo here then we, we’ve got
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:31:44,240 –> 00:31:46,400
\nHe’s got 2 blessings, hasn’t he?
\nHe’s got 2 blessings. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:31:46,680 –> 00:31:49,640
\nHe’s, he’s got the blessing that
\nhe he stole from Esau. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:31:49,840 –> 00:31:53,080
\nAnd now he’s gets this blessing
\nhere in chapter 28. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:31:54,200 –> 00:31:59,000
\nAnd God Almighty El Shadi eye.
\nRemember that Genesis 17 the El <\/p>\n

432
\n00:31:59,000 –> 00:32:02,640
\nShadi eye of Abraham and El
\nShadi I bless thee, and make <\/p>\n

433
\n00:32:02,640 –> 00:32:05,400
\nthee fruitful, and multiply
\nthee, that thou mayest be a <\/p>\n

434
\n00:32:05,400 –> 00:32:07,960
\nmultitude of people.
\nThe ecclesia, the ecclesia of <\/p>\n

435
\n00:32:07,960 –> 00:32:10,880
\nGod.
\nFirst use of the the Hebrew word<\/p>\n

436
\n00:32:10,880 –> 00:32:14,520
\nthere and and give thee the
\nblessing of Abraham to thee and <\/p>\n

437
\n00:32:14,520 –> 00:32:18,680
\nto thy seed with thee that thou
\nmayest inherit the land wherein <\/p>\n

438
\n00:32:18,680 –> 00:32:23,480
\nthou art a stranger which God
\ngave unto Abraham. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:32:26,280 –> 00:32:29,120
\nSo we mentioned, didn’t we in in
\nchapter 28 when we were were <\/p>\n

440
\n00:32:29,120 –> 00:32:31,680
\nreferring to this that this
\nblessing is altogether <\/p>\n

441
\n00:32:32,040 –> 00:32:33,840
\ndifferent.
\nThis is an Abrahamic blessing, <\/p>\n

442
\n00:32:33,840 –> 00:32:37,920
\nisn’t it?
\nIt’s got land, it’s got a name, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:32:39,040 –> 00:32:43,760
\nit’s got a seed and it’s got a
\nnation, all the things that we <\/p>\n

444
\n00:32:43,760 –> 00:32:47,760
\nwould expect of an Abrahamic
\npromise patterned off Genesis <\/p>\n

445
\n00:32:48,000 –> 00:32:52,600
\nchapter 12.
\nSo it’s fascinating, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

446
\n00:32:54,280 –> 00:33:04,000
\nBefore Jacob leaves his father’s
\nhouse, Isaac gives the blessing,<\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:05,120 –> 00:33:11,120
\nthe Abrahamic blessing to him.
\nAnd in this Abrahamic blessing, <\/p>\n

448
\n00:33:11,800 –> 00:33:19,400
\nIsaac was declaring that this is
\nthe son, this is the chosen son <\/p>\n

449
\n00:33:20,120 –> 00:33:23,040
\nthat would continue the
\ncovenant. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:33:23,840 –> 00:33:29,280
\nIt would be through this lad’s
\nline that Messiah would come. <\/p>\n

451
\n00:33:30,840 –> 00:33:33,840
\nThat’s what the statement was
\nmaking. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:33:36,520 –> 00:33:39,480
\nAnd as we made that comparison
\nbetween those two blessings, and<\/p>\n

453
\n00:33:39,480 –> 00:33:41,680
\nnow Jacob’s got these two
\nblessings, one that he’s stolen <\/p>\n

454
\n00:33:41,680 –> 00:33:44,160
\nfrom his brother, and the other
\none which was the Abrahamic <\/p>\n

455
\n00:33:44,160 –> 00:33:57,400
\nblessing, it is clear that Isaac
\nnever ever intended to give the <\/p>\n

456
\n00:33:57,440 –> 00:34:06,080
\nAbraham blessing to easel.
\nHe never ever intended to give <\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:06,080 –> 00:34:11,920
\nthat blessing to easel.
\nNow remember that Isaac was <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:11,920 –> 00:34:15,400
\nalmost blind.
\nJacob pretends to be the the <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:15,400 –> 00:34:19,400
\nface of easel.
\nRemember how he lies there in <\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:19,400 –> 00:34:23,560
\nverse 19 of chapter 27.
\nI am Esau, thy first born. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:23,760 –> 00:34:29,600
\nIt wasn’t the blessing that
\nJacob was supposed to receive. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:34:30,679 –> 00:34:36,600
\nThis blessing was for Esau and
\nthe Abrahamic blessing was for <\/p>\n

463
\n00:34:36,600 –> 00:34:39,120
\nJacob.
\nNow suddenly everything now <\/p>\n

464
\n00:34:39,120 –> 00:34:42,400
\nmakes sense.
\nRemember I mentioned that it was<\/p>\n

465
\n00:34:42,400 –> 00:34:47,080
\nan unusual thing that Jacob,
\nthat Isaac doesn’t mention the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:34:47,080 –> 00:34:56,400
\ncovenant name of God, that, that
\nIsaac tells Esau to go out and <\/p>\n

467
\n00:34:56,400 –> 00:35:04,200
\nget venison, Not a lamb, not a
\nbull, not an ox, not a goat, not<\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:04,200 –> 00:35:07,040
\na sacrificial animal.
\nAnd we’ve already seen in <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:07,040 –> 00:35:10,440
\nLeviticus 17 that there was a
\ncareful stipulation regarding <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:10,440 –> 00:35:14,640
\nthe, the, the, the, the
\nsacrifice of game meat, that the<\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:14,640 –> 00:35:17,400
\nblood had to be poured upon the
\naltar and then covered in dust. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:17,680 –> 00:35:21,800
\nAll these details are emitted
\nnot because Isaac was <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:21,800 –> 00:35:26,160
\nspiritually blind, because he
\nnever ever intended to give the <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:26,160 –> 00:35:32,240
\nAbrahamic covenant to Esau.
\nYou see that brothers and <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:32,240 –> 00:35:36,400
\nsisters and so otherwise in, in,
\nin other, in other words, <\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:36,400 –> 00:35:40,480
\nalthough his eyes were dim, he
\nwas he was seeing brightly <\/p>\n

477
\n00:35:40,480 –> 00:35:43,520
\nspiritually.
\nIt was Rebecca. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:35:44,360 –> 00:35:48,280
\nIt was Rebecca that didn’t
\nunderstand the situation. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:35:49,080 –> 00:35:52,880
\nIt was Rebecca that went to
\nJacob, said go and get the goat.<\/p>\n

480
\n00:35:53,120 –> 00:35:57,280
\nIt was Rebecca who got the
\ngarment of the high priest, the <\/p>\n

481
\n00:35:57,280 –> 00:35:59,840
\nresponsibility of the first born
\nwithin the home. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:00,440 –> 00:36:04,440
\nIt was the brekka that three
\ntimes said to Jacob, obey my <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:04,440 –> 00:36:07,320
\nvoice.
\nAnd it was all motivated <\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:07,320 –> 00:36:09,320
\ngenuinely because she’d had that
\nvision. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:09,440 –> 00:36:11,400
\nThe elder just served the
\nyounger. <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:11,560 –> 00:36:13,840
\nShe’d taken things into her own
\nhands. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:36:14,680 –> 00:36:17,120
\nIt was a complete
\nmisunderstanding in family life.<\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:17,200 –> 00:36:19,240
\nHow often does that happen,
\nbrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

489
\n00:36:19,560 –> 00:36:22,840
\nBut Isaac, he knew exactly what
\nhe was doing. <\/p>\n

490
\n00:36:23,080 –> 00:36:28,920
\nThis was a son who he loved,
\nEsau, But he was never, ever <\/p>\n

491
\n00:36:29,000 –> 00:36:38,160
\ngoing to give the blessing of
\nAbraham and Isaac to this lad. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:36:40,240 –> 00:36:46,760
\nIsaac knew that Esau, although
\nhe loved him, was undeserving. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:36:51,240 –> 00:36:57,680
\nAnd so the situation for Isaac
\nwas by Jacob having the two one <\/p>\n

494
\n00:36:57,680 –> 00:37:01,040
\nthat he shouldn’t have had.
\nHe had one son with zero and <\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:01,160 –> 00:37:06,400
\nanother with two, and suddenly
\nyou have a predator and a prey. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:07,560 –> 00:37:12,920
\nYou have Esau the cunning
\nhunter, and Jacob now is off as <\/p>\n

497
\n00:37:12,920 –> 00:37:22,960
\na prey and Isaac knew how good
\nEsau was as a hunter and unless <\/p>\n

498
\n00:37:23,240 –> 00:37:30,760
\nGod intervened in Jacob’s life,
\nJacob was dead. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:37:33,760 –> 00:37:36,560
\nAnd that’s why Isaac is in
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:37:37,720 –> 00:37:42,320
\nHe places like Abraham finds
\nhimself in Hebrews 11. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:37:43,480 –> 00:37:52,320
\nHe hands his son over Jacob into
\nthe loving arms of his God and <\/p>\n

502
\n00:37:52,320 –> 00:37:58,760
\nhe trusts his son with him
\nbecause he knows that Esau will <\/p>\n

503
\n00:37:58,760 –> 00:38:01,960
\nkill him.
\nAnd the reason why, brothers and<\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:01,960 –> 00:38:08,560
\nsisters, Isaac shook from head
\nto toe, because in that decision<\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:08,560 –> 00:38:16,120
\nthat he made, placing his trust
\nin God, if Jacob died, the <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:16,120 –> 00:38:19,080
\npromised seed would be wiped.
\nOut. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:21,080 –> 00:38:25,640
\nBut why was Abraham placed in
\nHebrews 11 when he offered his <\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:25,640 –> 00:38:28,640
\nson?
\nIt tells us because he believed <\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:29,040 –> 00:38:32,120
\nthat Isaac would be raised
\nagain. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:32,120 –> 00:38:35,640
\nAnd that became a pattern for
\nall believers. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:38:35,800 –> 00:38:37,720
\nNow that’s a very important
\ndetail. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:38:39,160 –> 00:38:44,360
\nAbraham believed that Isaac
\nwould be raised and that became <\/p>\n

513
\n00:38:44,520 –> 00:38:49,040
\na pattern for all believers.
\nAnd now Isaac takes the belief <\/p>\n

514
\n00:38:49,360 –> 00:38:54,880
\nof his father and he now looks
\nto Jacob and that becomes a <\/p>\n

515
\n00:38:54,880 –> 00:38:58,520
\npattern for him.
\nHe believes that something, if <\/p>\n

516
\n00:38:58,520 –> 00:39:01,920
\nsomething happens to Jacob, then
\nGod would raise him again. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:05,200 –> 00:39:07,160
\nReally beautiful brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:10,800 –> 00:39:13,000
\nSo then.
\nWhat was Isaac intending to? <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:13,000 –> 00:39:16,880
\nDo he was intending to give
\nEsau. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:19,120 –> 00:39:24,080
\nThe natural double.
\nPortion the natural status of <\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:24,080 –> 00:39:30,480
\nthe first born.
\nThe good things, but the <\/p>\n

522
\n00:39:30,480 –> 00:39:35,560
\nspiritual blessing.
\nWas always going to Jacob. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:39:37,240 –> 00:39:39,440
\nNow now just thinking about.
\nThat, for a moment, is that an <\/p>\n

524
\n00:39:39,440 –> 00:39:44,240
\nunusual thing of splitting the
\nblessing and the double portion?<\/p>\n

525
\n00:39:45,440 –> 00:39:47,600
\nWell, it was going to happen
\nlater in Jacob’s life, wasn’t <\/p>\n

526
\n00:39:47,600 –> 00:39:50,200
\nit?
\nThink about the end of his days.<\/p>\n

527
\n00:39:52,720 –> 00:40:00,800
\nHe gives Judah, he gives Judah
\nthe Abrahamic blessing, and he <\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:00,800 –> 00:40:06,360
\ngives Joseph the double portion.
\nThe splitting of the two <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:07,920 –> 00:40:11,320
\nlearning from this.
\nExperience of his father. <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:13,520 –> 00:40:18,400
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters.
\nThen let’s just think, just for <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:18,400 –> 00:40:30,680
\na moment, 20 years later, I
\nbelieve Jacob had two blessings,<\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:31,640 –> 00:40:32,920
\nand I believe what?
\nWe’re going to see. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:32,920 –> 00:40:37,920
\nNow is that he gives 1 back.
\nHe understands. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:38,680 –> 00:40:42,000
\nI have all things and he gives.
\nOne back look at this. <\/p>\n

535
\n00:40:42,000 –> 00:40:45,960
\nThen you can see that the
\nreferences on the screen, or you<\/p>\n

536
\n00:40:45,960 –> 00:40:50,720
\ncan just keep a hand in Genesis
\nChapter 27 and Chapter 32, but <\/p>\n

537
\n00:40:50,720 –> 00:40:53,080
\njust look at the correlation of
\nwhat’s going on. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:40:53,080 –> 00:40:55,480
\nRemember, I’ve already said that
\nthis was carefully <\/p>\n

539
\n00:40:55,480 –> 00:40:58,160
\nchoreographed.
\nThis was a a master class in <\/p>\n

540
\n00:40:58,160 –> 00:40:59,960
\nhumility.
\nLook look at this if you’ve not <\/p>\n

541
\n00:40:59,960 –> 00:41:04,080
\nnoticed this before.
\nSo think about the two. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:04,080 –> 00:41:10,160
\nParts of the blessing here that
\nthat Jacob wrongly took from <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:10,240 –> 00:41:13,160
\nEsau.
\nSo the first thing then. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:13,160 –> 00:41:19,160
\nHe sends back herds and flock as
\na present to Esau the the 580 <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:19,160 –> 00:41:22,800
\nanimals there in chapter 32,
\nverses 14 and 16. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:41:23,000 –> 00:41:26,800
\nAnd the first part of the
\nblessing that he wrongly took <\/p>\n

547
\n00:41:27,080 –> 00:41:31,120
\nwent with the words The Jew of
\nheaven and the fatness of the <\/p>\n

548
\n00:41:31,160 –> 00:41:34,280
\nearth and plenty of corn and
\nwine. <\/p>\n

549
\n00:41:34,440 –> 00:41:38,360
\nI believe then the 580 animals
\nsymbolize this. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:41:38,760 –> 00:41:41,840
\nIt was giving back of the first
\nborn natural status. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:41:42,000 –> 00:41:44,320
\nThis is what I believe Jacob was
\ndoing. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:41:44,440 –> 00:41:47,000
\nHe’d learned something from the
\nwrestling with the Angel. <\/p>\n

553
\n00:41:49,480 –> 00:41:53,520
\nLook at the the second thing.
\nRemember how he bows down 7 <\/p>\n

554
\n00:41:53,520 –> 00:41:58,480
\ntimes and he calls himself
\nEsau’s servant and he refers to <\/p>\n

555
\n00:41:58,480 –> 00:42:02,640
\nEsau as my Lord.
\nAnd you see there in verse in, <\/p>\n

556
\n00:42:02,640 –> 00:42:07,280
\nin verse 29 of chapter 27 that
\nthe second part of the blessing <\/p>\n

557
\n00:42:07,280 –> 00:42:11,680
\nwas this, Let people serve thee
\nand nations bow down to thee. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:42:11,760 –> 00:42:15,920
\nBe Lord over thy brethren.
\nNotice and let thy mother sons <\/p>\n

559
\n00:42:15,920 –> 00:42:19,800
\nbow down to thee.
\nJacob had amassed wealth in <\/p>\n

560
\n00:42:19,800 –> 00:42:22,360
\nLaban’s house.
\nAnd he gazes at everything that <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:22,360 –> 00:42:24,800
\nhe has, and he commits
\neverything to Esau. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:25,040 –> 00:42:30,040
\nAnd he says, it’s yours.
\nI’ve been blessed by an Angel. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:42:31,960 –> 00:42:35,920
\nAnd Jacob for the 1st.
\nTime in his life he felt <\/p>\n

564
\n00:42:35,920 –> 00:42:39,920
\ncomplete.
\nHe was able to say I have <\/p>\n

565
\n00:42:40,360 –> 00:42:43,160
\neverything.
\nHe no longer crave riches or <\/p>\n

566
\n00:42:43,160 –> 00:42:49,880
\nmight I have seen God’s face and
\nsuddenly everything makes sense.<\/p>\n

567
\n00:42:50,480 –> 00:42:54,400
\nEverything now has fallen into
\nplace. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:42:58,200 –> 00:42:59,440
\nWe can think of these words of
\nthe. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:42:59,440 –> 00:43:03,840
\nApostle Poor set your affection
\non things above, not on things <\/p>\n

570
\n00:43:04,080 –> 00:43:07,680
\non earth.
\nAnd this is the destination. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:43:07,680 –> 00:43:12,040
\nNow that Jacob has arrived at
\nthis is what he understood. <\/p>\n

572
\n00:43:13,120 –> 00:43:16,000
\nThe penny had dropped.
\nHe had. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:43:16,000 –> 00:43:20,440
\nLearnt there’s a lovely
\nreversal. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:20,440 –> 00:43:25,640
\nHere, if we reflect for a moment
\non the name Jacob, a heel <\/p>\n

575
\n00:43:25,640 –> 00:43:30,600
\ncatcher, it does give the idea
\nof striving, struggling, <\/p>\n

576
\n00:43:30,920 –> 00:43:34,320
\nwrestling, and if.
\nWe think about the name. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:43:34,320 –> 00:43:37,760
\nIsrael we looked at yesterday
\nmeans striving with God again. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:43:37,760 –> 00:43:40,680
\nIt’s the idea of struggling and
\nstriving. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:43:41,600 –> 00:43:46,040
\nSo in many ways, although they
\nare different names and we see a<\/p>\n

580
\n00:43:46,160 –> 00:43:49,480
\na spiritual progression, they’re
\nalso similar in a way. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:43:49,960 –> 00:43:52,400
\nAt the heart of it, it is about
\nstruggling. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:43:53,320 –> 00:43:57,000
\nBut struggling with who
\nstruggling. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:43:57,000 –> 00:44:00,800
\nWith you, who is the?
\nQuestion so so that first name, <\/p>\n

584
\n00:44:00,800 –> 00:44:04,960
\nthen Jacob.
\nWhat Jacob had to learn. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:44:04,960 –> 00:44:08,800
\nAnd what he had learned.
\nIs that what he? <\/p>\n

586
\n00:44:08,800 –> 00:44:12,160
\nNeeded to do was to.
\nStruggle. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:44:12,560 –> 00:44:19,800
\nWith God, not with easel and by.
\nStruggling and. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:44:19,800 –> 00:44:25,960
\nWrestling with God, he could be
\nstrengthened and prevail against<\/p>\n

589
\n00:44:25,960 –> 00:44:31,040
\nhis enemies like Esau.
\nRemember what we. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:44:31,040 –> 00:44:34,200
\nTalked about that father and son
\nrelationship that’s the meaning <\/p>\n

591
\n00:44:34,200 –> 00:44:39,000
\nof the name Israel our father
\nstrengthens his son or his <\/p>\n

592
\n00:44:39,000 –> 00:44:44,040
\ndaughter so that thus son and
\ndaughter is is ready to take on <\/p>\n

593
\n00:44:44,920 –> 00:44:49,240
\nthe big challenges in life and
\nwe saw. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:44:49,240 –> 00:44:53,240
\nAlso that.
\nThe Jacob was all about seeing <\/p>\n

595
\n00:44:53,240 –> 00:44:56,160
\nthe face of Esau.
\nAnd now? <\/p>\n

596
\n00:44:56,160 –> 00:45:01,360
\nWe see in chapter. 33 that
\neverywhere he looks he sees the <\/p>\n

597
\n00:45:01,360 –> 00:45:09,920
\nface of God.
\nIn the past Jacob was holding on<\/p>\n

598
\n00:45:09,920 –> 00:45:15,760
\nthe heel of Esau, and in the
\nfuture now he was to learn to <\/p>\n

599
\n00:45:15,760 –> 00:45:20,360
\nhold on to God.
\nAnd to hold on to. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:45:20,360 –> 00:45:24,040
\nGod.
\nYou have to let. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:45:24,040 –> 00:45:30,440
\nGo of the heel, don’t you?
\nA simple statement. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:45:31,560 –> 00:45:32,840
\nThink about your.
\nOwn life. <\/p>\n

603
\n00:45:34,240 –> 00:45:38,760
\nTo hold on to God you.
\nHave to let go of the heel. <\/p>\n

604
\n00:45:39,800 –> 00:45:45,760
\nBut the wonderful thing is, when
\nwe hold on to God, He is never <\/p>\n

605
\n00:45:46,160 –> 00:45:51,160
\ngoing to let go.
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

606
\n00:45:51,520 –> 00:45:56,200
\nJacob emerge complete.
\nHe had the face. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:45:56,200 –> 00:46:04,960
\nOf God on his mind, and he sees
\nthe hand of Providence and. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:46:04,960 –> 00:46:09,000
\nThere’s going to come a.
\nPoint in time when the Lord <\/p>\n

609
\n00:46:09,000 –> 00:46:13,040
\nJesus Christ is returned, and by
\nGod’s good grace we’re in the <\/p>\n

610
\n00:46:13,040 –> 00:46:16,360
\nKingdom.
\nWe’re in the Kingdom by God’s <\/p>\n

611
\n00:46:16,360 –> 00:46:21,520
\ngood grace, and we’re going to
\nlook back upon our lives and <\/p>\n

612
\n00:46:21,520 –> 00:46:25,720
\nsuddenly in that moment of
\nclarity, everything will be <\/p>\n

613
\n00:46:25,720 –> 00:46:28,800
\nunderstood.
\nWe will comprehend every single <\/p>\n

614
\n00:46:28,800 –> 00:46:34,560
\nmoment that we have gone through
\nin this journey of life and. <\/p>\n

615
\n00:46:34,560 –> 00:46:37,600
\nIn that moment, brothers, and.
\nSisters, our perfect clarity <\/p>\n

616
\n00:46:37,600 –> 00:46:40,320
\nwith the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAs we look back upon our lives, <\/p>\n

617
\n00:46:40,440 –> 00:46:43,680
\nwe’re going to see the moments
\nin our lives when we were <\/p>\n

618
\n00:46:43,680 –> 00:46:46,960
\nbroken, when we were at the
\nlowest point of our lives, when <\/p>\n

619
\n00:46:46,960 –> 00:46:49,440
\nwe felt we couldn’t go any
\nfurther at all. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:46:51,880 –> 00:46:55,120
\nWhen we felt we couldn’t go.
\nAny further at all? <\/p>\n

621
\n00:46:56,760 –> 00:46:58,240
\nAnd we’re going to see in that
\nmoment. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:46:58,240 –> 00:47:04,400
\nOf clarity that that was the
\nmoment we wrestled with God. <\/p>\n

623
\n00:47:07,080 –> 00:47:12,840
\nThat was the moment that we
\nwrestled with God, and that was <\/p>\n

624
\n00:47:12,840 –> 00:47:20,400
\nthe moment that we held on.
\nWe held on for our dear lives. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:47:20,440 –> 00:47:25,160
\nAnd it was in that moment of
\nendurance that we were <\/p>\n

626
\n00:47:25,160 –> 00:47:29,200
\ntransformed.
\nAnd brothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:47:29,400 –> 00:47:32,800
\nThe only weapons that we have in
\nthis life, as we’ve seen in the <\/p>\n

628
\n00:47:32,800 –> 00:47:36,640
\nlife of Jacob, are tears and
\nprayers. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:47:37,960 –> 00:47:38,720
\nThat’s.
\nAll. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:47:38,720 –> 00:47:43,760
\nWe’ve got all we’ve got as we
\ngo. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:47:43,760 –> 00:47:46,360
\nThrough this life as we.
\nMake our way to the Kingdom <\/p>\n

632
\n00:47:46,760 –> 00:47:54,320
\ntears and prayers.
\nBut through these trials, <\/p>\n

633
\n00:47:54,960 –> 00:47:59,160
\nthrough these moments of
\ndespair, through these moments <\/p>\n

634
\n00:47:59,160 –> 00:48:10,160
\nof brokenness, a new identity
\nwill emerge, a person holding a <\/p>\n

635
\n00:48:10,160 –> 00:48:18,800
\nnew name, the name of Israel.
\nAnd it is then. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:48:19,320 –> 00:48:25,720
\nBrothers and sisters, that we
\nwill receive that gift from God <\/p>\n

637
\n00:48:26,320 –> 00:48:31,160
\nthrough the Lord Jesus Christ,
\nwhich will complete our true <\/p>\n

638
\n00:48:32,000 –> 00:48:37,720
\ntransformation.
\nAs we sit here and. <\/p>\n

639
\n00:48:37,720 –> 00:48:44,880
\nWe marvel at the life of Jacob.
\nThink about your own life. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:48:45,480 –> 00:48:52,120
\nAnd how your life is following
\nin the footsteps of that man we.<\/p>\n

641
\n00:48:52,120 –> 00:48:53,920
\nHave our peaks and our.
\nValleys. <\/p>\n

642
\n00:48:55,280 –> 00:49:00,800
\nWe have our feasts.
\nAnd our famines, just like Jacob<\/p>\n

643
\n00:49:02,760 –> 00:49:04,280
\nand.
\nLet’s just do one thing. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:49:04,280 –> 00:49:08,120
\nThat he did.
\nLet’s just do one. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:49:08,320 –> 00:49:13,600
\nThing that he did.
\nLet’s hold on to our. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:49:13,600 –> 00:49:22,520
\nLord, with all our might and say
\nwithin our hearts, Lord bless <\/p>\n

647
\n00:49:22,960 –> 00:49:23,320
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