{"id":1192,"date":"2024-09-16T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-3-face-to-face-with-god\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:38:12","slug":"stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-3-face-to-face-with-god","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-3-face-to-face-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Whitehouse – From Jacob to Israel – Class 3 – Face To Face With God"},"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, young people, I think <\/p>\n

2
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\nthis is the halfway point.
\nHope you’re feeling good. <\/p>\n

3
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\nWell, we explored Jacob’s
\njourney yesterday, didn’t we? <\/p>\n

4
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\nFrom deceit to a divine
\nencounter at Bethel. <\/p>\n

5
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\nHe laid that foundation stone,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, in <\/p>\n

6
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\nfigure, the chief corner.
\nAnd we reflected, didn’t we, how<\/p>\n

7
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\nwe too are stones being shaped
\nby life’s challenges. <\/p>\n

8
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\nAnd we are poised to join at
\nBethel, the chief cornerstone <\/p>\n

9
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\nbeing our Lord.
\nBut we’re going to change gears <\/p>\n

10
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\nnow.
\nAnd I want you to imagine in <\/p>\n

11
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\nyour minds at the beginning of
\ntoday, a moonlight jewel by the <\/p>\n

12
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\nJabbok.
\nWe have Jacob and a mysterious <\/p>\n

13
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\nfigure.
\nWe have a a battle of faith and <\/p>\n

14
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\ndestiny.
\nAnd the lesson, the lesson for <\/p>\n

15
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\nJacob and the lesson for us all
\nthis morning is to hang on, to <\/p>\n

16
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\nhang on in faith.
\nWell, let’s open up our <\/p>\n

17
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\nscriptures then.
\nAnd we’re going to begin our <\/p>\n

18
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\nstory today in Genesis chapter
\n32. <\/p>\n

19
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\nSo we’ve gone forward in time.
\nIt’s 20 years, 20 long years for<\/p>\n

20
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\nJacob since we last saw him at
\nBethel yesterday. <\/p>\n

21
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\nAnd here he leaves Laban’s house
\nwith his two wives and his <\/p>\n

22
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\nfamily.
\nAnd a big showdown is looming. <\/p>\n

23
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\nJacob sends this lavish offering
\nof 580 animals to Esau in Eden. <\/p>\n

24
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\nSo Esau, 20 years later is still
\non Jacob’s mind. <\/p>\n

25
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\nBut here there’s a twist.
\nRemember how Isaac told Esau <\/p>\n

26
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\nthat he would receive a land?
\nRemember this from chapter 27 <\/p>\n

27
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\nand verse 39, A land away from
\nthe fatness of the earth and <\/p>\n

28
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\naway from the Jew of heaven.
\nHe was going to claim Edom and <\/p>\n

29
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\nSeer, and it’s at this very
\nmoment that Esau now is <\/p>\n

30
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\nengaging, embarking on claiming
\nthat place for himself. <\/p>\n

31
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\nAnd so then Jacob would be very
\nmuch in Esau’s mind, the <\/p>\n

32
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\nfrustration that he didn’t take
\nthe land. <\/p>\n

33
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\nHe hadn’t received the blessing.
\nAnd so the tension here is <\/p>\n

34
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\nelectric.
\nAnd make no mistake, Jacob is <\/p>\n

35
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\nterrified at the prospect of
\ncoming face to face with Esau, <\/p>\n

36
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\nand he prays to God.
\nLook at the words there in <\/p>\n

37
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\nchapter 32 and verse 11.
\nSo we see here that he’s still <\/p>\n

38
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\nconcerned about Esau.
\nDeliver me, he says, I pray <\/p>\n

39
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\nthee, from the hand of my
\nbrother, from the hand of Esau, <\/p>\n

40
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\nfor I fear him.
\nAnd the mother with the <\/p>\n

41
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\nchildren, that phrase there, the
\nmother with the children should <\/p>\n

42
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\nbe in the Hebrew Mothers,
\nmothers and the children. <\/p>\n

43
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\nHe had his whole family with
\nhim. <\/p>\n

44
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\nThere was Rachel and Leah, there
\nwas Bilhar and Zilpah. <\/p>\n

45
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\nThere were eleven sons.
\nYoung Joseph was there with him <\/p>\n

46
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\nand Dinah.
\nWe have to go on a few chapters <\/p>\n

47
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\nto chapter 35 for him to have
\nBenjamin. <\/p>\n

48
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\nThe whole family is with him.
\nAnd he imagined in his mind the <\/p>\n

49
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\nmighty hunter approaching him.
\nIt was an ominous picture. <\/p>\n

50
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\nHis wives, his children
\nslaughtered, bodies piled high <\/p>\n

51
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\nin a grisly mound of blood
\nsoaked flesh. <\/p>\n

52
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\nThis was the mind, the
\nimagination of Jacob. <\/p>\n

53
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\nHis thoughts were flooded with
\nsheer terror. <\/p>\n

54
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\nDon’t you worry.
\nDon’t you wrestle and have <\/p>\n

55
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\nsleepless nights.
\nDon’t you worry about husbands <\/p>\n

56
\n00:04:18,990 –> 00:04:23,670
\nand wives, children,
\ngrandchildren, family. <\/p>\n

57
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\nHere was Jacob.
\nHe was tormented. <\/p>\n

58
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\nHe was grappling with fear.
\nHe was in imagining a a worst <\/p>\n

59
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\ncase scenario.
\nAnd aren’t we the same brothers <\/p>\n

60
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\nand sisters?
\nBut the lesson that he had at <\/p>\n

61
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\nBethel.
\nI am with you Jacob, and I’m <\/p>\n

62
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\nnever going to leave you.
\nWe must remember that, brothers <\/p>\n

63
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\nand sisters, when we too are
\nbeing tormented, when we too are<\/p>\n

64
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\nfearful, our family, that our
\nimaginations are running wild, <\/p>\n

65
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\nwe, we, we, we think about a
\nworst case scenario. <\/p>\n

66
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\nWe must always remember that
\neven in our darkest hours, our <\/p>\n

67
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\nLord is there with us, at our
\nside. <\/p>\n

68
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\nBut Jacob, he feels compelled to
\nmeet Esau. <\/p>\n

69
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\nHe’s haunted by two decades of
\nguilt. <\/p>\n

70
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\nLook at these words here.
\nI want you to notice this. <\/p>\n

71
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\nThis, this Hebrew word is a
\nparticularly strong word. <\/p>\n

72
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\nThere in verse 20, he says, I
\nwill appease Esau with the <\/p>\n

73
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\npresent that goeth before me.
\nI want you to notice that word <\/p>\n

74
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\nappease.
\nIt’s a strong word. <\/p>\n

75
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\nIf I said the word Kappa, you
\nwould know I’m sure what that <\/p>\n

76
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\nword means.
\nIt means cover, purge, <\/p>\n

77
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\nreconcile, to make atonement.
\nHere Jacob is seeking Esau’s <\/p>\n

78
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\nforgiveness.
\nHe’s fully aware of the depth of<\/p>\n

79
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\nhis wrong to his brother.
\nSo imagining the worst case <\/p>\n

80
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\nscenario, the bleakest
\nsituation, he’s imagining that <\/p>\n

81
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\nthat that that disaster is about
\nto strike. <\/p>\n

82
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\nJacob now separates himself from
\nhis family. <\/p>\n

83
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\nHe’s imagining the worst, and
\nhere he is. <\/p>\n

84
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\nI want you to picture this in
\nyour minds, with all these <\/p>\n

85
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\nthings going through his head.
\nHe’s alone, He’s restless. <\/p>\n

86
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\nEsau’s confrontation looms.
\nHe’s consumed by guilt and past <\/p>\n

87
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\nexperiences with his brother,
\nand the face of Esau that he had<\/p>\n

88
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\nat Bethel the first time is
\nstill with him even after the <\/p>\n

89
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\nlong 20 years in Laban’s house.
\nHe fears the face of Esau. <\/p>\n

90
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\nSo that’s the picture.
\nAnd then suddenly, out of the <\/p>\n

91
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\nblue, something totally
\nunexpected happens. <\/p>\n

92
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\nVerse 24 of chapter 32.
\nAnd Jacob was left alone with <\/p>\n

93
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\nall these pictures in his mind,
\nand there wrestled a man with <\/p>\n

94
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\nhim until the breaking of the
\nday. <\/p>\n

95
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\nAnd when he saw that he
\nprevailed not against him, he <\/p>\n

96
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\ntouched the hollow of his thigh,
\nand the hollow of Jacob’s thigh <\/p>\n

97
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\nwas out of joint, and he
\nwrestled with him. <\/p>\n

98
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\nSo without warning, Jacob finds
\nhimself in the middle of a <\/p>\n

99
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\nwrestling match.
\nSo there’s lots of confusion as <\/p>\n

100
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\nyou read these two verses.
\nIt’s between night and day. <\/p>\n

101
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\nThere’s an unknown, unknown
\nlocation. <\/p>\n

102
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\nAnd, and we’re wondering as we
\nread this with Jacob, who was <\/p>\n

103
\n00:07:51,720 –> 00:07:54,200
\nit?
\nWho is this unidentified person?<\/p>\n

104
\n00:07:54,240 –> 00:08:01,800
\nWas it Esau?
\nAs Esau’s face burned in his <\/p>\n

105
\n00:08:01,800 –> 00:08:10,600
\nmind, was it Esau first detail I
\nwant you to notice is that it <\/p>\n

106
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\ntakes place here at Jabok.
\nNow that’s very significant. <\/p>\n

107
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\nI, I think this, this begins to,
\nto reveal a narrative that’s <\/p>\n

108
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\ngoing to unravel.
\nNow, before us, Jabok was the <\/p>\n

109
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\nthe border where Israel first
\ntriumphed over the Kingdom east <\/p>\n

110
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\nof Jordan as they made their way
\ninto the land. <\/p>\n

111
\n00:08:35,840 –> 00:08:38,600
\nAnd that’s very significant.
\nThat was the first battle, That <\/p>\n

112
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\nwas the first victory for Israel
\nunder the leadership of Joshua <\/p>\n

113
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\nas they took, as they, as they,
\nas they went into the land of <\/p>\n

114
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\npromise.
\nSo it’s telling us here that <\/p>\n

115
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\nJacob in chapter 32 is standing
\non the threshold of the promised<\/p>\n

116
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\nland.
\nThis was where the first victory<\/p>\n

117
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\ntook place.
\nHe’s on the threshold. <\/p>\n

118
\n00:09:01,720 –> 00:09:03,200
\nHe’s on the verge of the
\npromised land. <\/p>\n

119
\n00:09:03,320 –> 00:09:06,440
\nThis is where Jacob is.
\nIt’s almost as if, as we begin <\/p>\n

120
\n00:09:06,440 –> 00:09:10,560
\nthis narrative now with Jacob
\nand the wrestling, that Jacob <\/p>\n

121
\n00:09:10,560 –> 00:09:15,360
\nneeds a push, a push.
\nHe’s on the threshold. <\/p>\n

122
\n00:09:15,680 –> 00:09:21,560
\nHe needs a push to enter the
\nland, to enter God’s Kingdom. <\/p>\n

123
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\nAnd isn’t that the case for all
\nof us brothers and sisters? <\/p>\n

124
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\nWe’re very needful of pushes,
\naren’t we? <\/p>\n

125
\n00:09:26,880 –> 00:09:35,080
\nFrom time to time it says there
\nthat they wrestled. <\/p>\n

126
\n00:09:35,120 –> 00:09:39,360
\nI want you to notice that word.
\nIt’s the Hebrew word aback, and <\/p>\n

127
\n00:09:39,360 –> 00:09:42,240
\nit means to grapple, to get
\ndusty. <\/p>\n

128
\n00:09:43,800 –> 00:09:47,200
\nSo, so the image here is that
\nthey that the two of them fought<\/p>\n

129
\n00:09:47,200 –> 00:09:50,680
\nso hard that they created a a
\ncloud of dust. <\/p>\n

130
\n00:09:50,920 –> 00:09:56,520
\nIt was hard if you were a a
\nbystander, if you witnessed this<\/p>\n

131
\n00:09:56,520 –> 00:10:00,600
\nmoment, it would be very
\ndifficult to identify who was <\/p>\n

132
\n00:10:00,600 –> 00:10:02,320
\nwho.
\nThat’s the whole idea. <\/p>\n

133
\n00:10:02,440 –> 00:10:06,160
\nIt created a Dust Bowl as they
\nfought. <\/p>\n

134
\n00:10:06,520 –> 00:10:11,560
\nThis was a a terrific battle, a
\nterrific battle. <\/p>\n

135
\n00:10:12,520 –> 00:10:14,760
\nAnd notice here that there’s a
\nplay on words. <\/p>\n

136
\n00:10:14,800 –> 00:10:25,280
\nJacob, Jabok, Abak to wrestle.
\nThey all share the same Hebrew <\/p>\n

137
\n00:10:25,640 –> 00:10:34,080
\nroot.
\nJacob, Jabok, Abak to wrestle. <\/p>\n

138
\n00:10:34,120 –> 00:10:37,680
\nIt’s almost as if when we’re
\nreading the scriptures now, that<\/p>\n

139
\n00:10:37,680 –> 00:10:42,960
\nthe whole scene is wrestling.
\nThe whole world was shaking, <\/p>\n

140
\n00:10:43,160 –> 00:10:46,920
\ntrembling violently from the
\nunfolding drama. <\/p>\n

141
\n00:10:47,120 –> 00:10:50,120
\nIt’s as if we’re seeing a
\nrebirth. <\/p>\n

142
\n00:10:52,240 –> 00:10:56,280
\nA rebirth.
\nThere was a tremendous shaking <\/p>\n

143
\n00:10:56,440 –> 00:11:00,160
\nso under the dim moonlighter, a
\nfierce struggle between two <\/p>\n

144
\n00:11:00,160 –> 00:11:02,640
\nsilhouettes.
\nAnd it was an even match, an <\/p>\n

145
\n00:11:02,640 –> 00:11:05,360
\nencounter between the
\nterrestrial and the celestial, <\/p>\n

146
\n00:11:05,440 –> 00:11:08,400
\nthe human, the divine, the
\ntemporal and the eternal. <\/p>\n

147
\n00:11:08,560 –> 00:11:10,920
\nAnd this wasn’t just a a
\nphysical battle, it was a <\/p>\n

148
\n00:11:10,920 –> 00:11:14,080
\nspiritual battle too.
\nAnd upon Jacob’s face would have<\/p>\n

149
\n00:11:14,080 –> 00:11:18,040
\nbeen a face of intense
\nconcentration as he embarked <\/p>\n

150
\n00:11:18,080 –> 00:11:22,120
\nupon this wrestling match with
\nthis unidentified man. <\/p>\n

151
\n00:11:27,240 –> 00:11:35,400
\nIt tells us, doesn’t it, that he
\nwrestled with a man not named. <\/p>\n

152
\n00:11:37,800 –> 00:11:39,680
\nThe identity’s not disclosed
\nthere. <\/p>\n

153
\n00:11:41,720 –> 00:11:53,840
\nAnd we have to wait 1000 years.
\nWe have to wait one 1000 years <\/p>\n

154
\n00:11:54,280 –> 00:11:58,200
\nto find out who this man was.
\nCome with me now to the book of <\/p>\n

155
\n00:11:58,200 –> 00:12:00,800
\nHosea.
\nI’d like you to put a marker in <\/p>\n

156
\n00:12:00,800 –> 00:12:06,480
\nHosea, Hosea chapter 12.
\nIf we are to interpret just as <\/p>\n

157
\n00:12:06,480 –> 00:12:10,000
\nwe’ve interpreted Esau through
\nHebrews 11:00 and 12:00, we have<\/p>\n

158
\n00:12:10,000 –> 00:12:15,720
\nto use Hosea to interpret what’s
\ntaking place here in the battle <\/p>\n

159
\n00:12:15,880 –> 00:12:19,680
\nbetween Jacob and this
\nunidentified man, this wrestling<\/p>\n

160
\n00:12:19,680 –> 00:12:26,320
\nmatch, and we have to wait 1000
\nyears for the identity to be <\/p>\n

161
\n00:12:26,320 –> 00:12:29,000
\nrevealed.
\nThat’s incredible, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

162
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\nThat’s absolutely amazing.
\nSo here then, Hosea, chapter 12,<\/p>\n

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\nverse four, we read these words
\nfrom this minor prophet with a <\/p>\n

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\nmajor message.
\nYeah, Jacob noticed there had <\/p>\n

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\npower over the Angel.
\nThat’s the disclosure. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:47,240 –> 00:12:51,320
\nNow Jacob eventually knew he was
\nwrestling with an Angel, but the<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:51,320 –> 00:12:54,960
\nScriptures do not reveal the
\nfact until 1000 years later. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:55,480 –> 00:12:57,560
\nYeah, he had power of the Angel
\nand prevailed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,560 –> 00:12:59,480
\nHe wept and made supplication
\nunto him. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:59,720 –> 00:13:05,240
\nHe found him in Bethel and there
\nhe spake with us. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it’s not confirmed until now.
\nAn Angel, remember at Bethel an <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:15,120 –> 00:13:17,360
\nAngel stood by him.
\nRemember that when we were <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:17,360 –> 00:13:22,320
\ntalking about the staircase and
\nhow the Angel stood by him, you <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:22,320 –> 00:13:27,560
\ncan put in your margin.
\nGenesis 28, verse 12, I believe <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:27,560 –> 00:13:32,000
\nit’s the same Angel, the same
\nAngel that told him I am with <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:32,000 –> 00:13:34,480
\nyou and I will not leave you in
\nverse 15. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:35,120 –> 00:13:37,800
\nAnd that Angel had followed him
\ninto Laban’s house. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:38,840 –> 00:13:44,360
\nHe had followed him like a twin
\nand still now, 20 years later, <\/p>\n

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\nJacob didn’t know that he was
\nbeing divinely protected by his <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:48,120 –> 00:13:50,040
\nGod.
\nAnd so suddenly now that Angel <\/p>\n

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\nappears to him and wrestles with
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:56,480 –> 00:14:00,760
\nI believe that Angel was
\nMichael, the Angel in Daniel 12 <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:00,760 –> 00:14:03,160
\nverse one that standeth for the
\nchildren of thy people. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,160 –> 00:14:07,320
\nAnd that journey and that
\nadventure was going to begin <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:07,320 –> 00:14:11,880
\nwith this man, Jacob.
\nPerhaps Michael was the guardian<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:11,880 –> 00:14:17,720
\nAngel of Jacob who was made
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:19,360 –> 00:14:24,200
\nAnd there this man who carries
\nthe name of Yahweh himself stood<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,200 –> 00:14:27,080
\nthere.
\nNow it’s interesting, isn’t it, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:27,080 –> 00:14:30,120
\nthat there was there was Jacob
\n20 years early, and he’d seen <\/p>\n

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\nthe staircase and the angels
\ndescending and descending. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:32,440 –> 00:14:37,480
\nAnd there was perhaps Michael,
\nthe great Archangel of God, who <\/p>\n

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\ntold him, I’m with you, I’m with
\nyou, Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:41,040 –> 00:14:44,560
\nAnd he goes into Laban’s house
\nand all the affairs that <\/p>\n

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\ntranspired there.
\nAnd now, 20 years later, he <\/p>\n

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\nstill doubts.
\nAs we reflect upon our own <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:50,440 –> 00:14:53,640
\nlives, the moment where God has
\nhas clearly intervened, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:53,680 –> 00:14:55,840
\nintervened in our own lives.
\nAnd we still doubt, don’t we, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:55,840 –> 00:14:57,720
\nbrothers and sisters?
\nOf course we still doubt. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:58,000 –> 00:15:02,520
\nAnd now this Angel wants to make
\ncertain that Jacob understands <\/p>\n

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\nand believes.
\nAnd so then this Angel holds on <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:05,240 –> 00:15:09,120
\nto him and grips him and says,
\nI’m with you, Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,960 –> 00:15:18,200
\nMake no doubt about it.
\nI am with you, Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:22,000 –> 00:15:25,880
\nNow, if this Angel had been with
\nJacob for 20 years, this Angel <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:26,640 –> 00:15:28,520
\nwould know everything about
\nJacob, wouldn’t he? <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:29,760 –> 00:15:33,920
\nIt’s in every day of Jacob, his
\nups and downs, his crests and <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:33,920 –> 00:15:39,040
\nhis, his valleys, his tears and
\nhis triumphs. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:40,480 –> 00:15:42,760
\nHe would know everything about
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:43,880 –> 00:15:47,160
\nHe would know all his
\nweaknesses. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:47,920 –> 00:15:53,920
\nThis Angel had an advantage over
\nJacob as they wrestled. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:55,440 –> 00:16:00,120
\nThis Angel knew everything about
\nJacob, yet what does Hosea 12 <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:00,120 –> 00:16:02,840
\ntell us?
\nVerse four? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:02,920 –> 00:16:10,200
\nYeah, Jacob had power over the
\nAngel and prevailed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,840 –> 00:16:13,920
\nHow is that so brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:14,400 –> 00:16:21,000
\nHow does a man who is 100 years
\nof age prevail perhaps over <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:21,320 –> 00:16:26,920
\nMichael, an Angel of God?
\nAnd we read these words. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:27,040 –> 00:16:29,200
\nYou can just flip back to
\nGenesis chapter 32. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:29,200 –> 00:16:32,280
\nWe’ll come back to Hosea
\nimmediately, but just look at <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:32,280 –> 00:16:36,360
\nthese words here in Genesis
\nchapter 32 just to confirm this <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,360 –> 00:16:41,760
\nmessage that that Hosea here is
\naccurately interpreting Genesis <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 32.
\nOf course he would. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:43,200 –> 00:16:46,720
\nBut just let’s just see the
\ndetails in Genesis 32 here. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,960 –> 00:16:51,360
\nLook at verse 25.
\nIt says there very clearly the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:51,440 –> 00:16:56,520
\nAngel saw that he prevailed not
\nagainst Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:59,240 –> 00:17:01,800
\nI want you to reflect upon that.
\nBrothers and sisters, come back <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:01,800 –> 00:17:06,960
\nto Hosea 12.
\nHow was that possible? <\/p>\n

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\nHow does a mortal man who was
\nfearful of Esau, who was 100 <\/p>\n

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\nyears of age, how does he
\novercome an Angel? <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:20,200 –> 00:17:23,079
\nWell, we’re told the answer in
\nHosea chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:24,040 –> 00:17:30,200
\nYou see there he had power over
\nthe Angel and prevailed. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:30,200 –> 00:17:34,680
\nSo you can put in your margin
\nGenesis 32, verse 25. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then we see how He did it.
\nHe wept and made supplication <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:41,720 –> 00:17:46,560
\nunto him.
\nHe wept and made supplication. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:47,040 –> 00:17:50,200
\nJacob fought with prayers and
\ntears. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:50,480 –> 00:17:54,440
\nThese were his big and powerful
\nweapons. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:54,960 –> 00:17:58,760
\nAnd so imagine picture as this
\nman is wrestling. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:58,960 –> 00:18:07,360
\nHe’s he’s praying, he’s crying,
\nhe’s pleading, he’s in utter <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:07,360 –> 00:18:11,120
\npain.
\nThis was a, a spiritual warfare <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:11,120 –> 00:18:14,280
\nthat that that resulted in a, a
\nphysical battle. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:15,520 –> 00:18:23,520
\nBut this was a a wrestling with
\nhis mind as he prayed, as he <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:23,520 –> 00:18:27,440
\ncried, as he pleaded with his
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:29,120 –> 00:18:31,720
\nWant us just to reflect upon our
\nown battles, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:31,720 –> 00:18:33,480
\nsisters?
\nAnd is that the way that we <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,480 –> 00:18:43,360
\napproach our own battles, that
\nwe pray, that we cry, that we <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:43,360 –> 00:18:47,800
\nplead?
\nIf we ought to be a Jacob to be <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:47,800 –> 00:18:53,880
\ntransformed to Israel, these are
\nthe steps that we need to take. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:56,080 –> 00:18:58,520
\nI want you to notice something
\nelse here. <\/p>\n

247
\n00:18:58,520 –> 00:19:04,160
\nNotice it says there in verse 3,
\nHebrews, Hosea 12, verse three. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:05,440 –> 00:19:08,880
\nHe took his brother Jacob.
\nHe took his brother Esau by the <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:08,880 –> 00:19:11,120
\nheel in the womb.
\nSo that’s the meaning of the <\/p>\n

250
\n00:19:11,120 –> 00:19:14,440
\nname Jacob, the heel catcher.
\nAnd then we read. <\/p>\n

251
\n00:19:14,440 –> 00:19:20,320
\nAnd by his strength he had power
\nwith God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:20,560 –> 00:19:23,440
\nI want you to notice that now.
\nNow look in your margin, please.<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:23,880 –> 00:19:26,960
\nBy that phrase, by His strength,
\nHe had power with God. <\/p>\n

254
\n00:19:26,960 –> 00:19:29,280
\nWhat do you see?
\nThis is a really important <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:29,280 –> 00:19:30,280
\ndetail.
\nWhat do you see? <\/p>\n

256
\n00:19:30,560 –> 00:19:33,960
\nBy that phrase, By his strength,
\nHe had power with God. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:34,160 –> 00:19:37,560
\nIf you look carefully in your
\nmargin, you should see in his <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:38,200 –> 00:19:39,720
\nmanhood.
\nHave you got that? <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:40,960 –> 00:19:47,520
\nYes, in his manhood.
\nSo the battle, the wrestling <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:48,800 –> 00:19:53,680
\nJacob reaches adulthood.
\nSomething is now changing in <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:53,760 –> 00:19:56,640
\nJacob.
\nHe has hit maturity as he <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:56,640 –> 00:20:02,880
\nwrestles with the Angel.
\nAnd so as he grows, he becomes <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:02,880 –> 00:20:07,360
\nmore and more powerful.
\nHe becomes stronger and stronger<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:07,360 –> 00:20:09,400
\nin God’s strength.
\nNow this is really interesting, <\/p>\n

265
\n00:20:09,400 –> 00:20:11,040
\nisn’t it?
\nBecause look at the contrast <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,040 –> 00:20:13,200
\nnow.
\nIt says there at the beginning <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:13,200 –> 00:20:15,880
\nof verse three, he took his
\nbrother by the heel in the womb.<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:16,320 –> 00:20:21,520
\nHe’s an infant.
\nHe’s a child, and by his <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:21,520 –> 00:20:24,320
\nstrength in his adulthood, can
\nyou see that We’ve got this <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:24,520 –> 00:20:26,880
\nprogressive step of maturity
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:27,000 –> 00:20:30,720
\nHe had power with God.
\nSo he starts off as a child, an <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:30,720 –> 00:20:34,160
\ninfant, and as an infant he’s
\nholding on to the heel of Jacob.<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:35,480 –> 00:20:38,920
\nAnd then something happens to
\nhim that he reaches adulthood. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:39,640 –> 00:20:43,080
\nAnd in this adulthood, he has
\npower with God, and he applies <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:43,080 –> 00:20:48,680
\nthat power with God against the
\nAngel there in verse four. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:48,680 –> 00:20:49,880
\nAnd he prevailed.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:50,360 –> 00:20:52,280
\nSo he starts off holding the
\nheel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,720 –> 00:20:55,840
\nHe hits this point of maturity.
\nHe has power with God, and he <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:55,840 –> 00:20:57,720
\ndirects that power over the
\nAngel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:57,960 –> 00:21:02,720
\nAnd in that wrestling, he
\nprevails against the Angel. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:06,000 –> 00:21:09,200
\nSo in his immaturity, he’s a
\nheel catcher. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:10,240 –> 00:21:14,520
\nAnd in this wrestling here in
\nHosea chapter 12, he becomes a <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:14,520 –> 00:21:24,000
\nman because he realizes the
\npower, the power only comes from<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:24,000 –> 00:21:26,800
\nGod.
\nThat’s an important lesson, <\/p>\n

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\nbrothers and sisters, in our own
\nchallenges in life, the strength<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:31,760 –> 00:21:38,800
\nonly comes from God.
\nSo the question is then, why <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:38,800 –> 00:21:43,000
\ncouldn’t the Angel overcome
\nJacob? <\/p>\n

288
\n00:21:45,040 –> 00:21:48,000
\nWell, think what we’re seeing
\nhere in Hosea chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:48,000 –> 00:21:52,080
\nJacob was locked in prayer.
\nThe effectual fervent prayer of <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:52,080 –> 00:21:55,120
\na righteous man availeth much
\nJames 5 verse 17. <\/p>\n

291
\n00:21:55,560 –> 00:22:00,560
\nFaith and prayer has the power
\nto move mountains. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:00,720 –> 00:22:03,360
\nAnd you can imagine now as Jacob
\nis wrestling with this Angel, <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:03,600 –> 00:22:07,360
\nJacob is praying to Almighty God
\nthat he overcomes this Angel <\/p>\n

294
\n00:22:07,360 –> 00:22:11,520
\nbecause he wants a blessing.
\nAnd although the Angel is is <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:11,520 –> 00:22:15,560
\nstrengthened and empowered by
\nAlmighty God himself, God was <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:15,640 –> 00:22:22,240
\nanswering the prayer of Jacob.
\nThe Angel was powerless, <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:22,480 –> 00:22:27,680
\nhelpless, incapable of defeating
\nJacob in this moment. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:27,680 –> 00:22:31,400
\nIt is an extraordinary moment,
\nbrothers and sisters, an <\/p>\n

299
\n00:22:31,400 –> 00:22:38,720
\nextraordinary moment in time.
\nCome back to Genesis chapter 32.<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:40,000 –> 00:22:46,400
\nYou might be thinking, well,
\nperhaps the Angel allowed Jacob <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:46,960 –> 00:22:51,640
\nto prevail.
\nOr look what Scripture says. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:51,640 –> 00:22:56,160
\nBrothers and sisters, let’s not
\nuse our own imaginations. <\/p>\n

303
\n00:22:57,200 –> 00:23:00,360
\nLet’s keep close to Scripture.
\nIt doesn’t say that, does it? <\/p>\n

304
\n00:23:01,800 –> 00:23:06,360
\nGenesis 32, verse 55.
\nWe’ll read it again and when the<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:06,360 –> 00:23:09,440
\nAngel you can put there instead
\nof he the Angel, because <\/p>\n

306
\n00:23:09,440 –> 00:23:13,440
\nsometimes we get confused there.
\nAnd when the Angel saw that he <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:13,440 –> 00:23:21,400
\nprevailed not against Jacob, he
\ntouched the hollow of his thigh.<\/p>\n

308
\n00:23:21,840 –> 00:23:24,120
\nIf you have a look at other
\ntranslations, you’ve got the new<\/p>\n

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\n00:23:24,120 –> 00:23:27,880
\nliving translation.
\nWhen the Angel saw that all he <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:27,880 –> 00:23:31,480
\nwould not win the match by when
\nthe Angel saw that he prevailed <\/p>\n

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\n00:23:31,480 –> 00:23:35,240
\nnot the New Living Translation,
\nhe would not win the match the <\/p>\n

312
\n00:23:35,400 –> 00:23:38,920
\nESV, he did not prevail against
\nhim the net Bible. <\/p>\n

313
\n00:23:39,160 –> 00:23:46,960
\nHe could not defeat Jacob.
\nThis was not the Angel letting <\/p>\n

314
\n00:23:46,960 –> 00:23:53,280
\nJacob win.
\nSo here we have after a close <\/p>\n

315
\n00:23:53,280 –> 00:23:58,800
\nmatch, the Angel was forced to
\ndo something to make a move, to <\/p>\n

316
\n00:23:58,800 –> 00:24:04,040
\ncreate an advantage for himself.
\nWe, we, we can see in a way that<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:04,040 –> 00:24:09,480
\nthe Angel here needed some help
\nas he wrestled against Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:10,360 –> 00:24:16,640
\nAnd so he touched Jacob’s thigh.
\nIt’s literally the socket of his<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:16,640 –> 00:24:18,480
\nhip.
\nNow think about that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:18,480 –> 00:24:22,080
\nThe, the hip is where you get
\nyour mobility and your strength.<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:22,360 –> 00:24:25,000
\nIt’s in a wrestling match.
\nIt’s the it’s the joint where <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:25,000 –> 00:24:27,640
\nyou exert pressure on the
\nopponent. <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:32,280 –> 00:24:36,240
\nAnd so by touching the hollow of
\nhis thigh, it would have been <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:36,240 –> 00:24:41,400
\nexcruciating for Jacob.
\nHe would have been writhing in <\/p>\n

325
\n00:24:41,400 –> 00:24:44,920
\npain.
\nAnd instantly for the Angel, the<\/p>\n

326
\n00:24:44,920 –> 00:24:49,440
\ntables now are turned.
\nJacob was prevailing against the<\/p>\n

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\n00:24:49,440 –> 00:24:51,840
\nAngel.
\nAnd so then the Angel needs to <\/p>\n

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\n00:24:51,840 –> 00:24:55,320
\ntouch the hollow of his thigh to
\ngive an advantage to the Angel. <\/p>\n

329
\n00:24:55,720 –> 00:24:57,440
\nIt’s what’s taking place,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:24:57,520 –> 00:25:00,560
\nIt’s amazing, it’s astonishing,
\nit’s unbelievable, but it’s <\/p>\n

331
\n00:25:00,560 –> 00:25:10,080
\ntrue.
\nAnd Jacob now was no match. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:25:12,840 –> 00:25:20,960
\nThe fight was now over.
\nBut this is Jacob, and now Jacob<\/p>\n

333
\n00:25:20,960 –> 00:25:24,040
\nshows on parallel to
\ndetermination. <\/p>\n

334
\n00:25:24,600 –> 00:25:28,800
\nJacob now can’t overcome the
\nAngel, but he’s going to hold <\/p>\n

335
\n00:25:28,800 –> 00:25:32,240
\non.
\nHe’s going to hold on until the <\/p>\n

336
\n00:25:32,280 –> 00:25:37,640
\nAngel blesses him.
\nNow, brothers and sisters, have <\/p>\n

337
\n00:25:37,640 –> 00:25:41,160
\nyou in your own life, when
\nyou’ve been going through life <\/p>\n

338
\n00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:44,880
\nhappily, comfortably, and then
\nsuddenly in your own personal <\/p>\n

339
\n00:25:45,360 –> 00:25:51,080
\ncircumstances, all your strength
\nhas been taken away, that you’ve<\/p>\n

340
\n00:25:51,080 –> 00:25:54,360
\nbeen broken, that you’ve been
\nliterally reduced to nothing <\/p>\n

341
\n00:25:54,360 –> 00:25:56,280
\nunexpectedly.
\nHas that ever happened to you? <\/p>\n

342
\n00:25:56,320 –> 00:25:58,640
\nI’m sure it has.
\nI’m sure it has. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:25:58,640 –> 00:26:02,600
\nAnd, and when we reflect upon
\nthose moments in our own lives, <\/p>\n

344
\n00:26:02,880 –> 00:26:06,920
\nit’s in those moments, isn’t it,
\nthat our true selves are <\/p>\n

345
\n00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:09,600
\nrevealed.
\nIt’s when our true character <\/p>\n

346
\n00:26:09,600 –> 00:26:13,680
\nshines through.
\nAnd the lesson in all of these <\/p>\n

347
\n00:26:13,680 –> 00:26:16,960
\nbrothers and sisters, Jacob
\ncouldn’t overcome the Angel. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:26:17,080 –> 00:26:19,480
\nThe the the battle, the
\nwrestling match was over, <\/p>\n

349
\n00:26:20,240 –> 00:26:23,880
\nnaturally speaking, but not in
\nJacob’s mind. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:26:25,360 –> 00:26:29,360
\nHe was in excruciating pain.
\nEverything was stacked against <\/p>\n

351
\n00:26:29,360 –> 00:26:33,480
\nthis man.
\nBut he’s holding on now for dear<\/p>\n

352
\n00:26:33,480 –> 00:26:37,600
\nlife until he gets the blessing.
\nThat must be the lesson for you <\/p>\n

353
\n00:26:37,600 –> 00:26:39,040
\nand for me.
\nBrothers and sisters, we’re <\/p>\n

354
\n00:26:39,040 –> 00:26:40,440
\nnever going to overcome an
\nAngel. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:26:40,640 –> 00:26:46,960
\nBut what we can do is hold on
\ntight until we’re blessed by <\/p>\n

356
\n00:26:46,960 –> 00:26:50,440
\nGod.
\nThat surely must be the lesson <\/p>\n

357
\n00:26:50,640 –> 00:26:52,880
\nfor us all.
\nAnd, and in all of this and in <\/p>\n

358
\n00:26:52,880 –> 00:26:56,480
\nall our challenges in life and
\nwhatever life throws at us, we <\/p>\n

359
\n00:26:56,480 –> 00:27:05,760
\nneed to appreciate all times
\nthat we only have strength and <\/p>\n

360
\n00:27:05,800 –> 00:27:13,360
\npower with God.
\nWe only have strength and power <\/p>\n

361
\n00:27:14,400 –> 00:27:21,400
\nwith God now.
\nThis is such a momentous moment <\/p>\n

362
\n00:27:21,840 –> 00:27:24,280
\nthat the psalmist now picks this
\nup. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:27:25,600 –> 00:27:28,280
\nI just want you to notice a
\nphrase before we go there. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:27:28,640 –> 00:27:34,080
\nVerse 25, that Jacob’s thigh, I
\nwant you to remember was the <\/p>\n

365
\n00:27:34,080 –> 00:27:42,680
\nlittle phrase out of joint, out
\nof joint. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:27:43,800 –> 00:27:45,520
\nLet’s have a look now at Psalm
\n22. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:27:49,520 –> 00:27:54,760
\nThe psalmist here inspired,
\nguided by the Spirit, picks up, <\/p>\n

368
\n00:27:54,760 –> 00:27:59,800
\nI believe the wrestling match of
\nJacob with the Angel and now <\/p>\n

369
\n00:28:00,000 –> 00:28:04,080
\napplies it to the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:28:04,440 –> 00:28:08,600
\nLook at these words here.
\nPsalm 22, the Messianic Psalm <\/p>\n

371
\n00:28:09,680 –> 00:28:12,720
\nbegin there in verse one.
\nMy God, my God, why hast thou <\/p>\n

372
\n00:28:12,720 –> 00:28:15,840
\nforsaken me?
\nThe whole Psalm is is littered <\/p>\n

373
\n00:28:15,840 –> 00:28:19,880
\nwith with messianic references,
\nbut where I’d like to look at is<\/p>\n

374
\n00:28:19,880 –> 00:28:27,400
\nverse 14 personal pronoun.
\nHere I am poured out like water <\/p>\n

375
\n00:28:27,480 –> 00:28:33,680
\nand all my bones are out of
\njoint. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:39,840
\nMy heart is like wax.
\nIt is melted in the midst of my <\/p>\n

377
\n00:28:39,840 –> 00:28:42,240
\nbowels.
\nSo we’ve got the same phrase <\/p>\n

378
\n00:28:42,240 –> 00:28:48,600
\nhere, out of joint.
\nBut there’s something incredibly<\/p>\n

379
\n00:28:49,080 –> 00:28:53,560
\nsignificant about this because
\nout of joint with the Angel and <\/p>\n

380
\n00:28:53,560 –> 00:28:58,600
\nJacob, the out of joint in the
\nHebrew simply means to be <\/p>\n

381
\n00:28:58,600 –> 00:29:03,320
\ndislocated.
\nSo his thigh was dislocated, <\/p>\n

382
\n00:29:03,760 –> 00:29:08,960
\nexcruciating, painful, but it
\nwas dislocated. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:29:09,720 –> 00:29:13,360
\nBut brothers and sisters, when
\nthe psalmist picks up, I believe<\/p>\n

384
\n00:29:13,480 –> 00:29:16,880
\nthe wrestling of Jacob, he
\napplies now guided by the <\/p>\n

385
\n00:29:16,880 –> 00:29:23,000
\nSpirit, a much stronger Hebrew
\nword to describe the wrestling <\/p>\n

386
\n00:29:23,000 –> 00:29:27,360
\nof our Lord.
\nBecause out of joint here in <\/p>\n

387
\n00:29:27,360 –> 00:29:31,560
\nPsalm 22 is to separate and to
\ndivide. <\/p>\n

388
\n00:29:31,880 –> 00:29:39,240
\nNot, not at all to be
\ndislocated, but to separate, to <\/p>\n

389
\n00:29:39,240 –> 00:29:48,280
\nbreak away.
\nSo for our Lord it wasn’t out of<\/p>\n

390
\n00:29:48,280 –> 00:29:52,040
\njoint.
\nIt’s as if although we know that<\/p>\n

391
\n00:29:52,040 –> 00:29:57,800
\nnot a bone was broken to fulfil
\nthe Passover lamb, the pain for <\/p>\n

392
\n00:29:57,800 –> 00:30:05,160
\nour Lord was if every single
\nbone was broken. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:30:08,320 –> 00:30:12,000
\nThat was the feeling of our Lord
\nas he wrestled. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:30:12,840 –> 00:30:17,440
\nHe gave everything.
\nThe whole idea is that every <\/p>\n

395
\n00:30:17,440 –> 00:30:21,880
\nbone was broken from another.
\nThink of that, brothers and <\/p>\n

396
\n00:30:21,880 –> 00:30:24,440
\nsisters.
\nAnd there’s a real play here <\/p>\n

397
\n00:30:24,440 –> 00:30:29,800
\nbecause it says there I am
\npoured out, and the meaning of <\/p>\n

398
\n00:30:29,800 –> 00:30:37,480
\nthe name Jabok is to pour here
\nin this moment in verse 14 was <\/p>\n

399
\n00:30:37,480 –> 00:30:43,000
\nour Lord’s Jabok moment.
\nNow look at this. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:30:45,200 –> 00:30:47,400
\nCome with me to Hebrews chapter
\n5 now. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:30:48,680 –> 00:30:54,680
\nAnd suddenly these words that we
\nknow familiar, we can see how <\/p>\n

402
\n00:30:54,680 –> 00:30:57,280
\nthey are rooted in the life of
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:30:58,080 –> 00:31:04,840
\nHebrews 5 verse 7, concerning
\nthe Lord, who in the days of His<\/p>\n

404
\n00:31:04,840 –> 00:31:08,840
\nflesh, when He had offered up
\nprayers and supplications, with <\/p>\n

405
\n00:31:08,840 –> 00:31:12,480
\nstrong crying and tears unto
\nHim, that was able to save him <\/p>\n

406
\n00:31:12,480 –> 00:31:14,520
\nfrom death, and was heard in
\nthat He feared. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:31:14,640 –> 00:31:18,600
\nAnd you can put right by there
\nverse 7, Hosea 12, verse 4, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:31:18,600 –> 00:31:23,040
\nwhere it says He prevailed
\nJacob, He prevailed, He wept and<\/p>\n

409
\n00:31:23,040 –> 00:31:26,400
\nmade supplication unto him.
\nCan you see that the writers of <\/p>\n

410
\n00:31:26,400 –> 00:31:28,720
\nthe Hebrews now picks up the
\nJacob moment? <\/p>\n

411
\n00:31:28,960 –> 00:31:32,400
\nAnd the way that Jacob contended
\nwith the Angel with prayers and <\/p>\n

412
\n00:31:32,400 –> 00:31:35,960
\nsupplication and tears is
\nexactly the experience of our <\/p>\n

413
\n00:31:35,960 –> 00:31:42,360
\nLord throughout his life,
\nthroughout his life. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:31:42,840 –> 00:31:47,080
\nSo that when he died, the
\nfeeling within him was that <\/p>\n

415
\n00:31:47,080 –> 00:31:53,160
\nevery bone had been broken, the
\nsacrifice was complete. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:31:53,840 –> 00:31:57,320
\nHe had given all for you and for
\nme. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:31:57,360 –> 00:31:59,360
\nIsn’t that amazing, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n

418
\n00:31:59,800 –> 00:32:01,680
\nIsn’t that absolutely
\nastonishing? <\/p>\n

419
\n00:32:03,560 –> 00:32:08,400
\nAnd so the words then that we
\nhear each Sunday, take, eat, <\/p>\n

420
\n00:32:08,880 –> 00:32:11,800
\nthis is my body which is broken
\nfor you. <\/p>\n

421
\n00:32:12,280 –> 00:32:14,080
\nSuddenly, I believe that makes
\nsense, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

422
\n00:32:14,080 –> 00:32:16,960
\nWhich was broken for you?
\nAnd we think the Lord’s body <\/p>\n

423
\n00:32:16,960 –> 00:32:24,680
\nwasn’t broken, but it was.
\nIt was in terms of how the Lord <\/p>\n

424
\n00:32:24,680 –> 00:32:31,560
\nfelt that every bone he felt had
\nbeen broken in that Jacob <\/p>\n

425
\n00:32:31,640 –> 00:32:34,560
\nexperience.
\nBrothers and sisters, isn’t this<\/p>\n

426
\n00:32:34,560 –> 00:32:41,800
\nso moving and so humbling that
\nour Lord did this for you and <\/p>\n

427
\n00:32:41,800 –> 00:32:45,640
\nfor me?
\nCome back then to Genesis <\/p>\n

428
\n00:32:45,640 –> 00:32:50,960
\nchapter 32.
\nSo we left Jacob here, wrestling<\/p>\n

429
\n00:32:50,960 –> 00:32:53,640
\nwith an Angel, his hip, his
\nouter joint. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:32:53,640 –> 00:32:57,280
\nHe’s in excruciating pain, but
\nhe’s holding on his Jacob. <\/p>\n

431
\n00:32:57,440 –> 00:33:01,840
\nHe’s not letting go.
\nVerse 26 So now the Angel, <\/p>\n

432
\n00:33:02,560 –> 00:33:06,720
\nalthough the Angel has an
\nadvantage, he now can’t let go <\/p>\n

433
\n00:33:06,720 –> 00:33:11,120
\nof Jacob.
\nVerse 26 the Angel said, let me <\/p>\n

434
\n00:33:11,120 –> 00:33:13,760
\ngo.
\nCan you see this, that there’s a<\/p>\n

435
\n00:33:13,760 –> 00:33:17,040
\nfeeling here, there’s a sense of
\nanxiety with the Angel that the <\/p>\n

436
\n00:33:17,040 –> 00:33:20,720
\nday was breaking.
\nThis battle was over as far as <\/p>\n

437
\n00:33:20,720 –> 00:33:24,200
\nthe Angel was concerned, but
\nJacob was holding on and the <\/p>\n

438
\n00:33:24,200 –> 00:33:25,800
\nAngel couldn’t do anything about
\nit. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:33:26,800 –> 00:33:28,600
\nThat was the determination of
\nthis man. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:33:28,800 –> 00:33:31,560
\nLet me go, says the Angel for
\nthe daybreaker. <\/p>\n

441
\n00:33:31,760 –> 00:33:33,960
\nCan you see this?
\nThis is not this is not the <\/p>\n

442
\n00:33:33,960 –> 00:33:35,800
\nwords of an Angel that we would
\nexpect. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:33:35,800 –> 00:33:41,800
\nBut it was true.
\nAnd Jacob said, I will not let <\/p>\n

444
\n00:33:41,800 –> 00:33:48,920
\nthee go except thou bless me.
\nSo even with a dislocated hip, <\/p>\n

445
\n00:33:49,760 –> 00:33:55,520
\nJacob wasn’t letting go.
\nThe Angel wasn’t getting his own<\/p>\n

446
\n00:33:55,520 –> 00:33:59,720
\nway, was he?
\nBrothers and sisters, the Angel <\/p>\n

447
\n00:33:59,720 –> 00:34:03,280
\nwanted to stop.
\nAnd why did the Angel want to <\/p>\n

448
\n00:34:03,280 –> 00:34:06,880
\nstop?
\nBecause Hosea Chapter 12 tells <\/p>\n

449
\n00:34:06,880 –> 00:34:12,520
\nus that when the Angel looked at
\nJacob, the wrestling had changed<\/p>\n

450
\n00:34:12,520 –> 00:34:17,400
\nhim.
\nHe’d gone from an an infant to <\/p>\n

451
\n00:34:17,400 –> 00:34:22,440
\nan adult in the wrestling.
\nDuring that night he had reached<\/p>\n

452
\n00:34:22,600 –> 00:34:28,800
\nmanhood and for the Angel his
\nwork was over, but for Jacob <\/p>\n

453
\n00:34:30,320 –> 00:34:34,040
\nthere was more to go.
\nNow when you reflect upon that <\/p>\n

454
\n00:34:34,040 –> 00:34:37,159
\nand you you see now that the
\nAngel wanted to stop and and <\/p>\n

455
\n00:34:37,159 –> 00:34:41,560
\nJacob wanted to continue.
\nYou can see here that in one <\/p>\n

456
\n00:34:41,560 –> 00:34:46,000
\ncontest during a long night,
\nthere’s 2 battles that are going<\/p>\n

457
\n00:34:46,000 –> 00:34:47,400
\non.
\nHave you ever reflected upon <\/p>\n

458
\n00:34:47,400 –> 00:34:48,639
\nthis?
\nThere’s actually 2 battles that <\/p>\n

459
\n00:34:48,639 –> 00:34:53,840
\nare going on that the Angel is
\nwrestling with Jacob so that the<\/p>\n

460
\n00:34:53,880 –> 00:34:59,120
\nAngel can change the character
\nof Jacob. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:34:59,960 –> 00:35:02,920
\nAnd when the Angel sees that he
\nreaches adulthood, that he’s <\/p>\n

462
\n00:35:02,920 –> 00:35:06,400
\nfully mature, that no longer is
\nhe holding onto the heel of <\/p>\n

463
\n00:35:06,440 –> 00:35:10,120
\nEsau, the Angel wants to stop.
\nHis mission is complete. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:35:10,120 –> 00:35:14,640
\nCan you see that?
\nBut there was another battle <\/p>\n

465
\n00:35:14,640 –> 00:35:19,120
\ngoing on.
\nJacob was wrestling with an <\/p>\n

466
\n00:35:19,120 –> 00:35:22,160
\nAngel.
\nAnd why was Jacob wrestling? <\/p>\n

467
\n00:35:22,160 –> 00:35:24,640
\nBecause he wanted to receive the
\nblessing. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:35:24,840 –> 00:35:27,080
\nNow, brothers and sisters,
\nthat’s a very important lesson <\/p>\n

469
\n00:35:27,080 –> 00:35:33,360
\nfor you and for me.
\nGod works with us in our lives, <\/p>\n

470
\n00:35:33,360 –> 00:35:38,080
\nin our challenges and in our
\nproblems to change our character<\/p>\n

471
\n00:35:39,080 –> 00:35:43,720
\nand we ought to hold on in that
\nexperience, hold on for dear <\/p>\n

472
\n00:35:43,720 –> 00:35:48,840
\nlife, however hard that
\nexperience is in order to <\/p>\n

473
\n00:35:48,840 –> 00:35:50,400
\nreceive the blessing.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

474
\n00:35:50,520 –> 00:35:55,000
\nIt’s a two way thing.
\nWhen our characters are being <\/p>\n

475
\n00:35:55,000 –> 00:35:59,120
\nchanged, it’s painful.
\nAnd the lesson in all of this is<\/p>\n

476
\n00:35:59,120 –> 00:36:02,880
\nto hold on, to look past the
\npain. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:36:08,700 –> 00:36:12,860
\nA little surprising.
\nThen in verse 27 you read these <\/p>\n

478
\n00:36:12,860 –> 00:36:17,340
\nwords.
\nAnd he said unto him, the Angel,<\/p>\n

479
\n00:36:17,980 –> 00:36:21,800
\nwhat is thy name?
\nAnd he said Jacob. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:36:21,800 –> 00:36:25,160
\nNow just imagine that in in the
\nmid middle of the the wrestling <\/p>\n

481
\n00:36:25,160 –> 00:36:29,240
\nmatch, Jacob’s adversary here,
\nthe the Angel, this mighty Angel<\/p>\n

482
\n00:36:29,240 –> 00:36:34,840
\nsaid something really odd.
\nHe asks a Jacob, what is your <\/p>\n

483
\n00:36:34,840 –> 00:36:37,400
\nname now?
\nNow the Angel knew Jacob, didn’t<\/p>\n

484
\n00:36:37,400 –> 00:36:38,920
\nhe?
\nHe’d been with Jacob for 20 <\/p>\n

485
\n00:36:38,920 –> 00:36:42,400
\nyears.
\nIt was most unconventional, <\/p>\n

486
\n00:36:42,400 –> 00:36:43,720
\nwasn’t it?
\nHe’d fought all night. <\/p>\n

487
\n00:36:43,720 –> 00:36:48,880
\nAnd now Jacob, his hips out of
\nout of joint, his heart is, is <\/p>\n

488
\n00:36:48,880 –> 00:36:50,920
\nbursting, his legs are
\nunbearable. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:36:50,920 –> 00:36:53,960
\nHe’s his arms are numb.
\nHe’s been wrestling with an <\/p>\n

490
\n00:36:53,960 –> 00:36:58,120
\nAngel all night long.
\nAnd then out of that moment, the<\/p>\n

491
\n00:36:58,120 –> 00:37:05,800
\nAngel has the audacity to ask
\nJacob politely, Excuse me, what <\/p>\n

492
\n00:37:05,800 –> 00:37:13,920
\nis your name?
\nWhy, brothers and sisters, this <\/p>\n

493
\n00:37:14,200 –> 00:37:19,560
\nis where it happens.
\nIt’s not an unusual moment. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:37:19,560 –> 00:37:23,080
\nIt’s a development of a
\nstoryboard. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:37:23,320 –> 00:37:25,480
\nCan we have a look back to
\nchapter 27? <\/p>\n

496
\n00:37:25,680 –> 00:37:28,800
\nChapter 27, as I, I mentioned
\nyesterday, was going to cast a <\/p>\n

497
\n00:37:28,800 –> 00:37:34,000
\nlong shadow over Jacob’s life
\nwhen he stole, he robbed Esau of<\/p>\n

498
\n00:37:34,080 –> 00:37:36,720
\nthe blessing.
\nAnd remember, and I emphasized <\/p>\n

499
\n00:37:36,880 –> 00:37:40,880
\nand I told you to take note of
\nit yesterday, that Jacob lied <\/p>\n

500
\n00:37:41,120 –> 00:37:47,280
\ntwice, didn’t he?
\nVerse 19 when when Isaac, when <\/p>\n

501
\n00:37:47,280 –> 00:37:55,320
\nhis curiosity was aroused, he
\nwas asked, Verse 18, Who art <\/p>\n

502
\n00:37:55,320 –> 00:37:59,080
\nthou, my son?
\nWhat is your name? <\/p>\n

503
\n00:38:00,960 –> 00:38:11,280
\nVerse 19 I am Esau.
\nVerse 24 Art thou my very son <\/p>\n

504
\n00:38:11,400 –> 00:38:17,280
\nEsau, what is your name?
\nAnd he said I am. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:38:19,640 –> 00:38:24,520
\nCan you see what’s happening?
\nThe very same question is being <\/p>\n

506
\n00:38:24,520 –> 00:38:28,080
\nasked of Jacob in the middle of
\nthe wrestling match. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:38:29,040 –> 00:38:35,080
\nWhat is your name?
\nAnd when that question was asked<\/p>\n

508
\n00:38:35,080 –> 00:38:44,440
\nbefore Jacob received the
\nblessing of his father, and he <\/p>\n

509
\n00:38:44,440 –> 00:38:51,200
\ndeceived his father, and in
\norder to receive the blessing of<\/p>\n

510
\n00:38:51,200 –> 00:38:56,600
\nGod, how is he going to answer
\nnow? <\/p>\n

511
\n00:38:58,560 –> 00:39:03,360
\nAnd he has to answer, he has to
\nreveal his name in order to <\/p>\n

512
\n00:39:03,360 –> 00:39:10,960
\nreceive the blessing.
\nAnd he says I am. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:39:15,560 –> 00:39:20,680
\nI’m a heel catcher.
\nI have held onto my brother’s <\/p>\n

514
\n00:39:20,680 –> 00:39:27,960
\nheel all my life and now I’m a
\nman. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:39:30,160 –> 00:39:34,360
\nI have maturity.
\nI have power. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:39:34,360 –> 00:39:41,160
\nWith God I’m a cripple.
\nI can no longer run from the <\/p>\n

517
\n00:39:41,160 –> 00:39:45,480
\nface of Esau.
\nI am Jacob. <\/p>\n

518
\n00:39:45,600 –> 00:39:49,600
\nCan you see that in order for
\nhim to receive the blessing, he <\/p>\n

519
\n00:39:49,600 –> 00:39:53,440
\nhas to renounce Esau?
\nRemember, he was the twin. <\/p>\n

520
\n00:39:53,520 –> 00:39:57,120
\nHe had Esau within him.
\nAnd then when he he deceives his<\/p>\n

521
\n00:39:57,120 –> 00:40:03,680
\nfather, he says I am Esau.
\nBut now after the wrestling, I’m<\/p>\n

522
\n00:40:03,680 –> 00:40:07,080
\nno longer Esau.
\nI’ve let go of the heel. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:40:08,160 –> 00:40:12,880
\nI am Jacob.
\nI am the heel catcher. <\/p>\n

524
\n00:40:14,640 –> 00:40:18,160
\nI am the one who is not fully
\nmade like my brother. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:40:18,880 –> 00:40:23,480
\nI am the one who is made in your
\nstrength. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:40:25,520 –> 00:40:27,120
\nIsn’t that wonderful, brothers
\nand sisters? <\/p>\n

527
\n00:40:27,120 –> 00:40:29,000
\nSo moving.
\nIt caught me just a moment <\/p>\n

528
\n00:40:29,000 –> 00:40:31,760
\nthere.
\nJust so incredibly moving. <\/p>\n

529
\n00:40:31,760 –> 00:40:35,080
\nIt was a, it was an open
\nconfession, wasn’t it? <\/p>\n

530
\n00:40:35,520 –> 00:40:38,560
\nI’m Jacob.
\nI’m a mast. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:40:39,720 –> 00:40:43,680
\nI’ve always been Jacob.
\nI’ve always been a heel catcher.<\/p>\n

532
\n00:40:43,880 –> 00:40:46,240
\nI’ve always been running from
\nthe face of easel. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:40:48,320 –> 00:40:55,120
\nThat’s who I am.
\nI am nothing, he was saying. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:40:56,520 –> 00:40:59,160
\nNow.
\nIt’s in that moment that <\/p>\n

535
\n00:40:59,160 –> 00:41:04,080
\neverything happens to Jacob.
\nNotice this as soon as he <\/p>\n

536
\n00:41:04,080 –> 00:41:07,400
\nconfesses who he is, what is
\nyour name? <\/p>\n

537
\n00:41:09,320 –> 00:41:14,080
\nVerse 28 And he said, can you
\nsee that? <\/p>\n

538
\n00:41:14,080 –> 00:41:20,480
\nSuddenly as soon as he confesses
\nwho he is, God now can work with<\/p>\n

539
\n00:41:20,480 –> 00:41:24,760
\nhim.
\nThy name shall be called no <\/p>\n

540
\n00:41:24,760 –> 00:41:27,640
\nmore, Jacob.
\nI am a heel catcher. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:41:27,640 –> 00:41:31,680
\nHe’s just acclaimed.
\nNo, no, no, no, says the Angel. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:41:32,800 –> 00:41:35,960
\nThy name now shall be called no
\nmore, Jacob. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:41:37,760 –> 00:41:41,160
\nYou’ve hit maturity, says Hosea,
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:41:42,360 –> 00:41:47,480
\nYou now have power with God.
\nThe work of the wrestling Angel <\/p>\n

545
\n00:41:48,400 –> 00:41:52,400
\nwas complete.
\nFor as a Prince hast thou power <\/p>\n

546
\n00:41:52,400 –> 00:42:00,720
\nwith God and with men hast
\nprevailed, so he now bears the <\/p>\n

547
\n00:42:00,720 –> 00:42:02,720
\nname of Israel.
\nSo important, brothers and <\/p>\n

548
\n00:42:02,720 –> 00:42:05,600
\nsisters, this is the first
\nmention of the name Israel in <\/p>\n

549
\n00:42:05,600 –> 00:42:09,280
\nScripture.
\nThe first mention of the name <\/p>\n

550
\n00:42:09,400 –> 00:42:12,440
\nIsrael in Scripture.
\nAnd it’s after this wrestling <\/p>\n

551
\n00:42:12,440 –> 00:42:17,120
\nmatch with the Angel.
\nNow given that we believe in the<\/p>\n

552
\n00:42:17,120 –> 00:42:21,400
\nhope of Israel, I think
\nsometimes we get confused with <\/p>\n

553
\n00:42:21,400 –> 00:42:24,640
\nthe meaning of the name Israel.
\nAnd it’s not surprising, is it, <\/p>\n

554
\n00:42:24,800 –> 00:42:27,000
\nthat we’re a little confused
\nwith the meaning of the name <\/p>\n

555
\n00:42:27,000 –> 00:42:30,840
\nIsrael, because verse 20, 28 is
\nnot entirely clear, is it? <\/p>\n

556
\n00:42:32,040 –> 00:42:35,280
\nSo just look at different
\ntranslations on the screen here.<\/p>\n

557
\n00:42:36,680 –> 00:42:40,160
\nSo the new King James Version
\nsays your name shall no longer <\/p>\n

558
\n00:42:40,160 –> 00:42:43,000
\nbe called Jacob, but Israel.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

559
\n00:42:43,240 –> 00:42:46,480
\nFor you have struggled with God
\nand with men and have prevailed.<\/p>\n

560
\n00:42:48,520 –> 00:42:51,640
\nAnd then the the new living
\ntranslation has these words. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:42:51,640 –> 00:42:55,400
\nFrom now on you will be called
\nIsrael because you have fought <\/p>\n

562
\n00:42:55,400 –> 00:42:58,800
\nwith God and with men and have
\none. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:43:00,000 –> 00:43:04,440
\nOK, just just think about those
\ndifferent renderings there. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:43:06,600 –> 00:43:11,600
\nLook in your margin in chapter
\n32 and verse 28 by the name <\/p>\n

565
\n00:43:11,720 –> 00:43:13,440
\nIsrael.
\nAs I mentioned, that’s the first<\/p>\n

566
\n00:43:13,440 –> 00:43:17,280
\ntime and you can see in your
\nmargin, and perhaps this is the <\/p>\n

567
\n00:43:17,280 –> 00:43:19,240
\nreason why it triggers some
\nconfusion. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:43:19,240 –> 00:43:21,080
\nYou’ve got, you’ve got two
\nmeanings there, haven’t you? <\/p>\n

569
\n00:43:21,240 –> 00:43:25,600
\nBy the name Israel, you’ve got a
\nPrince with God or a a striver <\/p>\n

570
\n00:43:25,600 –> 00:43:27,440
\nwith God.
\nAnd they feel very different <\/p>\n

571
\n00:43:27,440 –> 00:43:30,640
\nthings, don’t they?
\nA Prince with God and a striver <\/p>\n

572
\n00:43:30,760 –> 00:43:32,640
\nwith God.
\nBut perhaps we can think of this<\/p>\n

573
\n00:43:32,640 –> 00:43:39,600
\nin a dual way, that the lesson
\nin Jacob’s life was that if you <\/p>\n

574
\n00:43:39,600 –> 00:43:48,240
\nstrive with God in faith, then
\nyou will become a Prince with <\/p>\n

575
\n00:43:48,240 –> 00:43:52,000
\nGod.
\nSo if we in the present strive <\/p>\n

576
\n00:43:52,000 –> 00:43:56,200
\nwith God, then we will be a
\nPrince with God. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:43:56,200 –> 00:44:00,880
\nSo in fact, rather than two
\nseparate meanings, it’s a <\/p>\n

578
\n00:44:00,880 –> 00:44:05,760
\ndevelopment, it’s a progression,
\nit’s a narrative of our lives. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:44:05,960 –> 00:44:10,000
\nIf we strive, then we will
\nbecome a Prince. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:44:11,480 –> 00:44:13,960
\nBut I think there’s something
\neven more beautiful than that. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:44:13,960 –> 00:44:17,600
\nAs you, as I said, if you look
\nin your margin there, Israel’s <\/p>\n

582
\n00:44:17,600 –> 00:44:20,640
\nname means striver with God.
\nJust just see that in your <\/p>\n

583
\n00:44:20,640 –> 00:44:25,600
\nmargin striver with God, and the
\nexplanation is given in the <\/p>\n

584
\n00:44:25,600 –> 00:44:28,320
\nverse there.
\nYou have fought with God and <\/p>\n

585
\n00:44:28,320 –> 00:44:33,960
\nwith men and have prevailed.
\nYou have fought with God and <\/p>\n

586
\n00:44:33,960 –> 00:44:43,930
\nwith men and have prevailed.
\nThink about what we’ve just seen<\/p>\n

587
\n00:44:43,930 –> 00:44:49,250
\nin Jacob, and I believe this is
\nthe meaning of the name Israel. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:44:50,730 –> 00:44:57,760
\nIf you wrestle with God in
\nfaith, you will prevail against <\/p>\n

589
\n00:44:58,080 –> 00:45:01,600
\nworldly foes.
\nI’m going to repeat that because<\/p>\n

590
\n00:45:01,600 –> 00:45:04,360
\nI believe this is the meaning of
\nthe name Israel, something so <\/p>\n

591
\n00:45:04,360 –> 00:45:07,360
\nfundamental to us as followers
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:45:07,720 –> 00:45:13,360
\nIf you wrestle with God in
\nfaith, then you will prevail <\/p>\n

593
\n00:45:13,400 –> 00:45:17,600
\nagainst the enemies and the foes
\nof God. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:45:19,760 –> 00:45:21,680
\nNow, if that’s the case, and I
\nbelieve that is the case, I <\/p>\n

595
\n00:45:21,680 –> 00:45:24,960
\nbelieve that is at the heart the
\nmeaning of the name Israel. <\/p>\n

596
\n00:45:25,280 –> 00:45:27,280
\nThink about that.
\nWhat’s taking place if you <\/p>\n

597
\n00:45:27,280 –> 00:45:31,080
\nwrestle with God and then you
\nprevail against the enemies. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:45:31,080 –> 00:45:34,920
\nBut what’s going on?
\nHow can you wrestle with God and<\/p>\n

599
\n00:45:34,920 –> 00:45:36,320
\nthen prevail against the
\nenemies? <\/p>\n

600
\n00:45:36,320 –> 00:45:38,640
\nWhat’s the picture, Brothers and
\nsisters, have you ever thought <\/p>\n

601
\n00:45:38,640 –> 00:45:41,480
\nabout this?
\nWhat’s the picture here of the <\/p>\n

602
\n00:45:41,480 –> 00:45:47,440
\nmeaning of the name Israel?
\nIt is a picture of a father and <\/p>\n

603
\n00:45:47,440 –> 00:45:52,200
\nson.
\nWe’ve all seen how a father can <\/p>\n

604
\n00:45:52,200 –> 00:45:55,160
\ntoughen up a son or a daughter
\nwith a little bit of wrestling. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:45:55,840 –> 00:45:59,440
\nThat’s the whole picture here.
\nIt’s this really beautiful, <\/p>\n

606
\n00:45:59,560 –> 00:46:05,080
\nintimate picture of a father
\nwrestling not to, not to defeat <\/p>\n

607
\n00:46:05,080 –> 00:46:11,360
\nthe child, not to hurt the
\nchild, but to strengthen the <\/p>\n

608
\n00:46:11,360 –> 00:46:15,760
\nchild for the real battles
\nagainst the enemies. <\/p>\n

609
\n00:46:15,760 –> 00:46:17,120
\nCan you see that?
\nThey’re lovely. <\/p>\n

610
\n00:46:18,040 –> 00:46:20,080
\nThat’s the meaning of the name
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

611
\n00:46:20,880 –> 00:46:25,880
\nOur experiences in life with
\nGod, our wrestling with the <\/p>\n

612
\n00:46:25,920 –> 00:46:31,200
\nAngel, is to strengthen us in
\nfaith in order that we can <\/p>\n

613
\n00:46:31,200 –> 00:46:34,600
\nreally battle against the
\nenemies of God. <\/p>\n

614
\n00:46:34,760 –> 00:46:39,000
\nAnd so then Israel at the heart,
\nat the center, is all about <\/p>\n

615
\n00:46:39,000 –> 00:46:47,120
\nbeing a child of God, being a
\nchild of God, and how God <\/p>\n

616
\n00:46:47,880 –> 00:46:55,400
\nwrestles with us in order that
\nwe will win, in order that we <\/p>\n

617
\n00:46:55,400 –> 00:46:58,960
\nwill win.
\nWe might not feel like that at <\/p>\n

618
\n00:46:58,960 –> 00:47:04,880
\nthe time, but God has got the
\ntrue perspective of our lives. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:47:05,280 –> 00:47:10,880
\nAnd winning is all about being
\ngranted God’s coming Kingdom. <\/p>\n

620
\n00:47:11,560 –> 00:47:15,240
\nNow the theme of this week is
\nall about the faces, all about <\/p>\n

621
\n00:47:15,240 –> 00:47:18,120
\nthe faces.
\nAnd so then verse 30, at the end<\/p>\n

622
\n00:47:18,120 –> 00:47:24,960
\nof this wrestling and receiving
\nthis blessing, Jacob called the <\/p>\n

623
\n00:47:24,960 –> 00:47:30,920
\nname of the place Peniel.
\nFor I have seen God face to face<\/p>\n

624
\n00:47:30,920 –> 00:47:34,720
\nand my life is preserved.
\nNow look again in your margin, <\/p>\n

625
\n00:47:34,720 –> 00:47:37,680
\nplease, by the name Peniel,
\nyou’ll see the face of God. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:47:37,680 –> 00:47:39,600
\nAnd that’s part of our theme,
\nthe face of God. <\/p>\n

627
\n00:47:39,920 –> 00:47:48,280
\nAnd so in that wrestling, in
\nthat wrestling, Jacob saw the <\/p>\n

628
\n00:47:48,280 –> 00:47:52,600
\nface of God.
\nBut it goes a step further <\/p>\n

629
\n00:47:52,600 –> 00:47:55,200
\nbecause that’s not entirely
\naccurate. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:47:55,200 –> 00:48:00,960
\nYour margin hasn’t got it
\nentirely right because Penny L <\/p>\n

631
\n00:48:02,080 –> 00:48:10,840
\nis 2 root words.
\nPen is to turn and L God. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:48:13,280 –> 00:48:23,880
\nPen is to turn and L is God.
\nSo the wrestling caused Jacob to<\/p>\n

633
\n00:48:23,920 –> 00:48:30,760
\nturn his head.
\nSee that he went there seeing <\/p>\n

634
\n00:48:31,160 –> 00:48:40,640
\nthe face of Esau and the
\nwrestling turned his head to <\/p>\n

635
\n00:48:40,640 –> 00:48:43,600
\nface God.
\nAnd so Peniel means the face of <\/p>\n

636
\n00:48:43,600 –> 00:48:46,080
\nGod because at the end of the
\nprocess, when you turn your head<\/p>\n

637
\n00:48:46,080 –> 00:48:47,680
\nto face God, that’s what you’re
\ndoing. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:48:47,680 –> 00:48:49,480
\nYou’re facing God.
\nIsn’t that lovely, brothers and <\/p>\n

639
\n00:48:49,480 –> 00:48:50,680
\nsisters?
\nThat’s what it’s all about, <\/p>\n

640
\n00:48:50,680 –> 00:48:52,960
\nisn’t it?
\nThat’s what our wrestling is, so<\/p>\n

641
\n00:48:52,960 –> 00:48:56,200
\nthat we can see our Maker and we
\ncan see the Lord Jesus Christ in<\/p>\n

642
\n00:48:56,200 –> 00:48:59,240
\nour lives.
\nThat’s what it’s all about for <\/p>\n

643
\n00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:05,520
\nyou and for me, so that we too
\ncan find Peniel, that we can <\/p>\n

644
\n00:49:05,520 –> 00:49:08,960
\nturn our faces from our
\nadversaries and all the things <\/p>\n

645
\n00:49:08,960 –> 00:49:14,320
\nthat are causing us trouble, and
\nwe can see God working in our <\/p>\n

646
\n00:49:14,320 –> 00:49:25,000
\nlives.
\nThat morning, Jacob found <\/p>\n

647
\n00:49:25,000 –> 00:49:27,840
\nhimself to be a cripple for
\nlife. <\/p>\n

648
\n00:49:28,880 –> 00:49:33,520
\nHe was always going to limp.
\nAnd brothers and sisters, our <\/p>\n

649
\n00:49:33,520 –> 00:49:39,400
\ncrises are real.
\nOur suffering and the deep cuts,<\/p>\n

650
\n00:49:39,840 –> 00:49:47,080
\nthey hurt and they are painful,
\nand when the sun rises it bears <\/p>\n

651
\n00:49:48,160 –> 00:49:53,720
\nour scars.
\nBut for Jacob that morning they <\/p>\n

652
\n00:49:53,720 –> 00:50:00,320
\nwere honourable scars because
\nJacob that night had fought <\/p>\n

653
\n00:50:00,320 –> 00:50:05,240
\nbravely, hadn’t he?
\nHe had fought bravely and won in<\/p>\n

654
\n00:50:05,240 –> 00:50:08,720
\nGod’s strength.
\nAnd so, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

655
\n00:50:08,720 –> 00:50:12,560
\nthen at the end of this talk
\ntoday, what is the big lesson <\/p>\n

656
\n00:50:12,840 –> 00:50:16,640
\nfor you and for me?
\nIt’s only when we admit to our <\/p>\n

657
\n00:50:16,680 –> 00:50:24,800
\nGod that we are heel catchers,
\nthat we are nothing, that we are<\/p>\n

658
\n00:50:24,800 –> 00:50:29,160
\nin need of God’s salvation.
\nIt’s only then, brothers and <\/p>\n

659
\n00:50:29,160 –> 00:50:34,440
\nsisters, when we are reduced to
\nnothing, that we are broken, <\/p>\n

660
\n00:50:35,120 –> 00:50:39,040
\nthat we are on a state of
\ndespair and we are just hanging <\/p>\n

661
\n00:50:39,040 –> 00:50:43,960
\non for dear life.
\nIt’s then and then only, that <\/p>\n

662
\n00:50:43,960 –> 00:50:47,280
\nGod can work wonders and
\nmiracles in you and me. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:50:48,920 –> 00:50:54,640
\nWhen we confess to Him who we
\nare and that we need His help, <\/p>\n

664
\n00:50:55,720 –> 00:51:02,160
\nthen God can change us.
\nAnd so then I leave you with <\/p>\n

665
\n00:51:02,160 –> 00:51:07,280
\nthis question.
\nHave you, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

666
\n00:51:07,280 –> 00:51:11,680
\nas we sit here comfortably at
\nour Bible school today, have <\/p>\n

667
\n00:51:11,680 –> 00:51:16,320
\nyou, have you taken your mask
\noff? <\/p>\n

668
\n00:51:18,440 –> 00:51:24,440
\nHave you taken your mask off and
\nconfessed to God who you really <\/p>\n

669
\n00:51:24,440 –> 00:51:29,200
\nare?
\nAnd if not, why not?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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