{"id":1193,"date":"2024-09-16T20:02:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-2-the-stolen-face\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:38:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:38:47","slug":"stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-2-the-stolen-face","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-2-the-stolen-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Whitehouse – From Jacob to Israel – Class 2 – The Stolen 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, young people, Good <\/p>\n

2
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\nmorning.
\nYes, that sounds like Tuesday. <\/p>\n

3
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\nSo yesterday we looked at two
\nfaces and two paths. <\/p>\n

4
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\nWe saw Jacob’s desire for the
\nbirthright that Esau despised. <\/p>\n

5
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\nAnd Esau, at the end of our
\nclass yesterday, we saw that not<\/p>\n

6
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\nonly was he just a foe, but he
\nwas Jacob’s refining fire, the <\/p>\n

7
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\ncatalyst for his transformation.
\nAnd we reflected for a moment, <\/p>\n

8
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\nwe all have our own Esau’s in
\nour lives, and they are there <\/p>\n

9
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\nprovidentially.
\nGod has placed them in our lives<\/p>\n

10
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\nin order that we too can become
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

11
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\nBut today we’re going to look at
\nGenesis chapter 27. <\/p>\n

12
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\nSo we open up our scriptures now
\nto chapter 27. <\/p>\n

13
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\nAnd we see here that Isaac’s
\nvision is dim, and we need to <\/p>\n

14
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\nbrace ourselves for Jacob’s bold
\nmove for the blessing. <\/p>\n

15
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\nAnd as we go through our morning
\nclass, I’d like us all to ask <\/p>\n

16
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\nourselves a very personal
\nquestion. <\/p>\n

17
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\nDo we act as if God is in
\ncontrol? <\/p>\n

18
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\nAnd I’ll repeat that question.
\nI’d like us to reflect upon that<\/p>\n

19
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\nas we go through the lessons
\nthis morning. <\/p>\n

20
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\nAsk yourselves the question, do
\nyou act as if God is in control <\/p>\n

21
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\nof your life?
\nSo Genesis chapter 27 then, and <\/p>\n

22
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\nwe’ll commence right to the
\nbeginning, verse 1. <\/p>\n

23
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\nSo this is the day of the
\nblessing. <\/p>\n

24
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\nWe’ve already considered the
\nbirthright, and it came to pass.<\/p>\n

25
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\nWhen Isaac was old and his eyes
\nwere dim so that he could not <\/p>\n

26
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\nsee, he called Esau his eldest
\nson, and said unto him, My son. <\/p>\n

27
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\nAnd he said unto him, Behold,
\nhere am I. <\/p>\n

28
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\nAnd he said, Behold, now I am
\nold. <\/p>\n

29
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\nI know not the day of my death.
\nNow therefore take, I pray thee,<\/p>\n

30
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\nthy weapons, thy quiver, and thy
\nbow, and go out to the field, <\/p>\n

31
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\nand take me some venison, and
\nmake me savoury meat such as I <\/p>\n

32
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\nlove, and bring it to me that I
\nmay eat, that my soul may bless <\/p>\n

33
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\nthee before I die.
\nAnd Rebecca heard when Isaac <\/p>\n

34
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\nspoke to Esau his son, and Esau
\nwent to the field to hunt for <\/p>\n

35
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\nvenison and to bring it.
\nSo just notice then a number of <\/p>\n

36
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\nthings here in those verses.
\nSo the first thing then Isaac <\/p>\n

37
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\ncommands Esau to do is to go and
\nget the venison. <\/p>\n

38
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\nYou may have the certainly the
\nnew King James Version says hunt<\/p>\n

39
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\ngame for me.
\nNow remember in chapter 25 and <\/p>\n

40
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\nverse 28 we read that Esau loved
\nvenison and we’ve already <\/p>\n

41
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\nconsidered that Esau was a a
\ncunning hunter. <\/p>\n

42
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\nNow just reflect for a moment,
\nVenison is a rather strange <\/p>\n

43
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\nanimal isn’t it?
\nTo use before a blessing was <\/p>\n

44
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\ngranted, Isaac is telling Esau,
\ngo out and do what you do best <\/p>\n

45
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\nand do the very thing that I
\nlove. <\/p>\n

46
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\nI want you to go out and be the
\nhunter again. <\/p>\n

47
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\nBut in these opening verses here
\nin chapter 27, when we think <\/p>\n

48
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\nabout the faithfulness of Isaac,
\nthere is no mention, is there, <\/p>\n

49
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\nof the covenant name, which is
\nrather strange, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

50
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\nIt’s it’s rather mystifying that
\na covenant is about to be made, <\/p>\n

51
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\na blessing is about to be
\ngranted, yet there is no mention<\/p>\n

52
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\nof Yahweh.
\nAnd notice also that later in <\/p>\n

53
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\nthe law you can put in your
\nmargin there concerning the <\/p>\n

54
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\nvenison.
\nYou can put in quickly Leviticus<\/p>\n

55
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\n17 verses 13 and 14.
\nThat’s a very helpful cross <\/p>\n

56
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\nreference because I believe the
\nlaw picks up this occasion later<\/p>\n

57
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\nunder the writings of Moses and
\ntells us that any wild animal <\/p>\n

58
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\nthat was haunted needed to be
\nprepared in a special way. <\/p>\n

59
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\nIn fact, it needs to be brought
\nback to the altar. <\/p>\n

60
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\nThe the blood of that animal
\nneeded to be poured upon the <\/p>\n

61
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\naltar and it needed to be
\ncovered in dust. <\/p>\n

62
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\nAnd so all these things were
\nstipulated in the law in <\/p>\n

63
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\nLeviticus 17.
\nBut again, there is no mention <\/p>\n

64
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\nof any of these details with
\nIsaac. <\/p>\n

65
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\nNow, perhaps we, we look at that
\nand we see that his eyes are dim<\/p>\n

66
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\nand we make a, a, a metaphorical
\nconclusion to those words and <\/p>\n

67
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\nsay that this is a time of his
\nspiritual dimness. <\/p>\n

68
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\nAnd we’ll leave that to you and
\nI. <\/p>\n

69
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\nI’m going to reveal the reality
\nof this chapter a little later <\/p>\n

70
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\non in the week, God willing.
\nBut perhaps that’s what we <\/p>\n

71
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\nthink.
\nBut it’s certainly difficult to <\/p>\n

72
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\ncomprehend, isn’t it?
\nIt’s very difficult to <\/p>\n

73
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\ncomprehend Isaac will make a
\ncovenant with a deer. <\/p>\n

74
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\nThere’s no mention of a deer
\nunder the law. <\/p>\n

75
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\nIt was not one of the animals of
\nGod specified. <\/p>\n

76
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\nYet Isaac makes a covenant with
\na deer. <\/p>\n

77
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\nMeanwhile, as you can see here,
\nRebecca gets everything right <\/p>\n

78
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\nand see what she’s doing here.
\nShe is the driving force. <\/p>\n

79
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\nAnd I believe, as I mentioned
\nyesterday when God revealed to <\/p>\n

80
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\nher that the elder shall serve
\nthe younger. <\/p>\n

81
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\nI believe now we see the driving
\nforce behind that in what she <\/p>\n

82
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\nwas doing and how she was
\npushing, pushing Jacob. <\/p>\n

83
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\nSo, so notice first night she,
\nshe tells Jacob to go to the <\/p>\n

84
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\nflock to the goats.
\nShe knows that God will accept <\/p>\n

85
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\nthe goat.
\nAlso notice verse 15. <\/p>\n

86
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\nThis is an interesting phrase
\nthere. <\/p>\n

87
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\nNotice it says there that she,
\nshe gets Esau’s goodly garment. <\/p>\n

88
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\nSee that in verse 15.
\nAnd that goodly garment is <\/p>\n

89
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\npicked up in the Hebrew in
\nExodus chapter 28, verse 2 and <\/p>\n

90
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\nverse 4.
\nAnd it is the high priest’s <\/p>\n

91
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\ngarment.
\nSo this is the the priestly <\/p>\n

92
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\ngarment that was supposed to be
\nEsau’s as the right of the first<\/p>\n

93
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\nborn that we mentioned
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n

94
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\nAnd I would suggest it’s
\nprobably never been worn before.<\/p>\n

95
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\nAnd she brings out this garment
\nfor Jacob to wear and then <\/p>\n

96
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\nnotice three times she is the
\ndriving force in chapter 27. <\/p>\n

97
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\nLook verse 8, the phrase obey my
\nvoice. <\/p>\n

98
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\nVerse 13, obey my voice.
\nVerse 43, obey my voice. <\/p>\n

99
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\nAnd Jacob did just that.
\nShe, he, she, she, she told <\/p>\n

100
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\nJacob what to do, and he obeyed
\nthe voice of his mother. <\/p>\n

101
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\nAnd notice also how she
\ndisguises him. <\/p>\n

102
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\nJacob’s hands are covered with
\ngoat skins, He wears Esau’s <\/p>\n

103
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\ngarments, and he takes in
\nsavoury meat, the meat that <\/p>\n

104
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\nIsaac the father loved from
\nEsau. <\/p>\n

105
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\nBut Jacob played along.
\nAnd I want you to notice this <\/p>\n

106
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\nbecause this has a huge bearing
\nlater on in our story this week.<\/p>\n

107
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\nHe openly lies.
\nLet’s just notice these words <\/p>\n

108
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\nhere, verses 18 and 19, first of
\nall. <\/p>\n

109
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\nAnd and he came unto his father,
\nthat was Jacob, and said, my <\/p>\n

110
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\nfather.
\nAnd he said, Here am I, Who art <\/p>\n

111
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\nthou, my son?
\nAnd Jacob said unto his father, <\/p>\n

112
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\nI want you to notice this.
\nIt’s worth underlining because <\/p>\n

113
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\nthis has significance in the
\nlater story. <\/p>\n

114
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\nI am Esau, thy first born.
\nI have done according as thou <\/p>\n

115
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\nobeyedest me.
\nArise, I pray thee, sit and eat <\/p>\n

116
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\nof my venison, that thy soul may
\nbless thee. <\/p>\n

117
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\nAnd notice again verse 24.
\nTwice he does this. <\/p>\n

118
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\nAnd he said, Art thou my very
\nson Esau? <\/p>\n

119
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\nAnd he said, I am.
\nSo for emphasis here he lies <\/p>\n

120
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\ntwice.
\nNow isn’t it interesting that a <\/p>\n

121
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\nday would come in the life of
\nJacob when his own sons would <\/p>\n

122
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\ndeceive him with the blood of a
\nkid of a goat? <\/p>\n

123
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\nSo a lesson emerges right away.
\nThe deceiver becomes deceived. <\/p>\n

124
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\nWe need to remember that in our
\nown lives, brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n

125
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\nlies and deceits, they will
\ncatch us out. <\/p>\n

126
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\nThe father will catch us out.
\nThe deceiver will be deceived. <\/p>\n

127
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\nAnd Jacob, His life will become
\nmiserable over Joseph because he<\/p>\n

128
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\nwas deceived later by his sons.
\nNow when we get into the drama <\/p>\n

129
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\nof this chapter, we can clearly
\nsee that Jacob was afraid. <\/p>\n

130
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\nAnd notice these words in verse
\n22. <\/p>\n

131
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\nIsaac detects his voice
\nimmediately. <\/p>\n

132
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\nNotice that phrase there, verse
\n22. <\/p>\n

133
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\nThe voice is Jacob’s voice, but
\nthe hands are the hands of Esau <\/p>\n

134
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\nand Jacob as he lied, as his
\nfather questioned, as he sees <\/p>\n

135
\n00:09:09,960 –> 00:09:12,040
\nthe curiosity on his father’s
\nface. <\/p>\n

136
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\nJacob knew what he was doing was
\nnot right, and it was going to <\/p>\n

137
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\nshape this incident was going to
\nshape this man’s life. <\/p>\n

138
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\nHe knew what he was doing was
\nnot right and we should reflect <\/p>\n

139
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\nupon this.
\nShouldn’t we do? <\/p>\n

140
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\nDo we push for things in our own
\nlives without giving God <\/p>\n

141
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\nsufficient time?
\nDivine patience over human <\/p>\n

142
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\nhaste.
\nHow many of us, brothers and <\/p>\n

143
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\nsisters, have important
\ndecisions in our lives or have <\/p>\n

144
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\nhad important decisions in our
\nlives? <\/p>\n

145
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\nAnd we’ve prayed, Of course, all
\nof us would pray about those <\/p>\n

146
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\ndecisions.
\nAnd then we rush into the <\/p>\n

147
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\ndecision and we make it without
\ngiving God time to make the path<\/p>\n

148
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\nclear in your life and in mine.
\nAnd God was with Jacob. <\/p>\n

149
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\nAnd we’re going to see that
\npoint resoundingly clear today. <\/p>\n

150
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\nHe did not need to rush the hand
\nof his God. <\/p>\n

151
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\nHe didn’t.
\nAnd neither do we, brothers and <\/p>\n

152
\n00:10:20,360 –> 00:10:23,160
\nsisters, We really do.
\nIf we’re going to be men and <\/p>\n

153
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\nwomen of faith, we really need
\nto place our trust in God’s <\/p>\n

154
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\nhands and let Him show us the
\nway. <\/p>\n

155
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\nAnd we can tell whether we are
\nlike that when we reflect upon <\/p>\n

156
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\nthe decisions that we do make
\nand whether we do trust those <\/p>\n

157
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\ndecisions with our Heavenly
\nFather. <\/p>\n

158
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\nBut what’s fascinating about
\nthis is that although Isaac <\/p>\n

159
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\ncould detect a different voice,
\nthe big giveaway was not the <\/p>\n

160
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\nvoice.
\nIt was Isaac listening carefully<\/p>\n

161
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\nwith his eyes dim.
\nSo he’s his listening powers <\/p>\n

162
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\nthat day were acute.
\nIt was the words that nearly <\/p>\n

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\ngave Jacob away.
\nLook at these words here, verse <\/p>\n

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\n20.
\nSo the question is, how did you <\/p>\n

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\nget the food so quickly?
\nEsau and the reply from Jacob, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 20.
\nBecause Yahweh thy God brought <\/p>\n

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\nit to me.
\nInteresting isn’t it, that that <\/p>\n

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\nIsaac never mentions Yahweh,
\nnever uses the covenant title of<\/p>\n

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\nGod in the establishment of this
\ncovenant and this blessing with <\/p>\n

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\nhis Son.
\nAnd now suddenly this supposed <\/p>\n

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\nEsau refers to Yahweh.
\nAnd suddenly the curiosity now <\/p>\n

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\nis aroused in the Father, and he
\nsays, come close, let me feel <\/p>\n

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\nyou.
\nLet me smell you. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the reason why Isaac knew
\nthis, because he knew his son. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd although he loved his son
\nand loved the venison, and he <\/p>\n

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\nknew that his son was this, this
\ncunning hunter, he knew. <\/p>\n

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\nThere’s not one mention in
\nScripture where Esau uses the <\/p>\n

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\ncovenant name of God.
\nThis is the type of man we have <\/p>\n

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\nbefore us.
\nAnd so then the suspicion here <\/p>\n

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\nwas high, but the sun comes
\nclose. <\/p>\n

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\nHe touches the hands, he feels
\nthe garment, he smells him, <\/p>\n

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\ntastes of the food, and he’s
\nconvinced that this is Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he blesses him.
\nSo I’d like us now to look at <\/p>\n

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\nthis blessing.
\nIt’s there in verse 28 of <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 27.
\nThis is important. <\/p>\n

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\nSo he came near and kissed him,
\nand smelt the smell of the <\/p>\n

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\nraiment, and blessed him, and
\nsaid, See, the smell of my son <\/p>\n

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\nis as the smell of a field,
\nwhich Yahweh hath blessed. <\/p>\n

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\nTherefore God give thee of the
\ndew of the heaven, and the <\/p>\n

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\nfatness of the earth, and plenty
\nof corn and wine. <\/p>\n

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\nLet people serve thee, and
\nnations bow down to thee, and be<\/p>\n

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\nLord over thy brethren, and let
\nthy mother son bow down to thee.<\/p>\n

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\nCursed be everyone that curseth
\nthee, and blessed be he that <\/p>\n

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\nblesseth.
\nNow, when you look at those <\/p>\n

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\nwords there and you compare as
\nwhat we’ve got on the screen, <\/p>\n

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\nthe words of the Abrahamic
\ncovenant in Genesis 12, verses 2<\/p>\n

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\nand 3, words that we all know so
\nwell, you see that they’re very <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent.
\nIf you were to conclude what the<\/p>\n

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\nblessing was all about there,
\nwhen you look at verse 28 and <\/p>\n

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\n29, you’d say it is political
\npower and agricultural <\/p>\n

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\nprosperity.
\nThat’s what it’s all about. <\/p>\n

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\nLook, look at those words and I
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\nwhat’s being said here.
\nIt’s political power and <\/p>\n

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\nagricultural prosperity.
\nBut there is no mention of a <\/p>\n

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\nland, a people, a name, a seed,
\nwhich we know are the items in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Abrahamic promise of Genesis
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd yet these are entirely
\nomitted mysteriously in the <\/p>\n

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\nblessing that Isaac gives his
\neldest son. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the question is why?
\nWhich we won’t answer today, by <\/p>\n

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\nthe way.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is this the case?
\nSo Jacob then he receives his <\/p>\n

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\nblessing, and he’s off on his
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Esau comes into the room and
\nrealises what has happened. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 33.
\nAnd Isaac trembled when he <\/p>\n

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\nrealizes that he’s been duped.
\nAnd Isaac trembled very <\/p>\n

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\nexceedingly and said, who?
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\nvenison and brought it me?
\nAnd I have eaten of all before <\/p>\n

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\nthou camest and have blessed
\nhim. <\/p>\n

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\nYeah, and he shall be blessed.
\nJust notice those words there, <\/p>\n

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\nthe beginning of verse 33, that
\nhe trembled very exceedingly. <\/p>\n

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\nThe idea in the Hebrew is that
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\nviolently, uncontrollably, from
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\nThis was something that had
\nabsolutely shaken his world. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was more than distraught.
\nIt had impacted him physically. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he was saying to himself,
\nwhat have I done? <\/p>\n

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\nI’ve given the blessing to the
\nwrong person. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he was so, so overwhelmed
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\nviolently.
\nNow just just picture that in <\/p>\n

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\nyour minds.
\nIsaac knew that he’d done <\/p>\n

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\nsomething terribly wrong, that
\nhe had given the wrong blessing.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd perhaps he feels that God
\nhas found him out, that God had <\/p>\n

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\nseen all this, and God had
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\nperhaps.
\nBut look at the reply of Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nEsau was rather different.
\nVerse 34. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when Esau heard the words of
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\ngreat and exceeding bitter cry,
\nand said unto his father, Bless <\/p>\n

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\nme, even me also, oh, my father,
\nso it says there he cried with a<\/p>\n

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\ngreat and exceeding bitter cry.
\nHe, he burst into tears. <\/p>\n

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\nHe, he wailed loudly and
\nbitterly. <\/p>\n

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\nThis man was in pain,
\nexcruciating pain. <\/p>\n

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\nHe felt, he felt what Jacob had
\ndone to him deeply. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was wounded.
\nBless me, even me also. <\/p>\n

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\nOh my father, I remember
\nyesterday we looked at him <\/p>\n

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\nsurrendering the birthright.
\nAnd so then you can understand <\/p>\n

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\nwhy we read there in verse 28
\nconcerning the corn and wine. <\/p>\n

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\nHaving given the birthright in
\nthe double portion, Esau wanted <\/p>\n

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\ncertainly the corn and the wine.
\nSo with that picture in your <\/p>\n

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\nmind, I now want to go to
\nHebrews chapter 12 to get a <\/p>\n

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\ndivine commentary on what we’re
\nwatching. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s have a look at this
\nHebrews chapter 12. <\/p>\n

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\nHebrews 12 then, and what we
\nhave here, it spells out the <\/p>\n

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\nfaith of Isaac.
\nHebrews 12, verse 16, lest there<\/p>\n

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\nbe any fornicator or profane
\nperson. <\/p>\n

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\nWe looked at that and those
\nwords are loaded. <\/p>\n

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\nWe consider that in in Esau
\nyesterday for one morsel of meat<\/p>\n

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\nsold his birthright.
\nSo this is the birthright. <\/p>\n

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\nNow verse 17 is all about the
\nblessing for ye know how what <\/p>\n

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\nafterward when he would have
\ninherited the blessing that’s <\/p>\n

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\nEsau he was rejected for he
\nfound no place of repentance, <\/p>\n

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\nthough he sought it carefully
\nwith tears. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the phrase I want you to
\nnotice there how that afterward <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he would have inherited the
\nblessing. <\/p>\n

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\nHave a look in your margin.
\nIt says there even afterward <\/p>\n

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\ndesired to inherit the blessing.
\nSo we you’ve already seen that, <\/p>\n

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\nhaven’t we in Genesis chapter
\n27, how he pleased to his <\/p>\n

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\nfather, bless me, even me and
\nthe rights to the Hebrews now <\/p>\n

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\npicks up that incident and it
\ntells us there that Isaac he <\/p>\n

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\nstood firm and he would not
\nchange his mind. <\/p>\n

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\nHe would not give the blessing
\nto easel. <\/p>\n

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\nI want you to notice that
\nphrase. <\/p>\n

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\nThe phrase has incredible
\nmeaning. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was no place of
\nrepentance. <\/p>\n

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\nThe margin notice the margin.
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\nIsaac’s mind.
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\nThat begins to, to reveal
\nsomething interesting because <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we go to Genesis chapter
\n27, we, we kind of discredit <\/p>\n

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\nIsaac, don’t we, the foolish
\nIsaac. <\/p>\n

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\nBut there’s a little hint here
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\nwas a moment of faith, which we
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\nweek.
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\nhe wouldn’t change his mind.
\nHis decision was final. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Esau here this, this mighty
\nhunter, he was now just a big <\/p>\n

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\nblubbering bearded baby.
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\nabout that for a moment.
\nWhen you when you look at <\/p>\n

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\nGenesis and you see these
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\nepisodes, for example, Abraham
\ngoing up Moriah with his son <\/p>\n

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\nIsaac, how much emotion do you
\nread in Genesis chapter 22? <\/p>\n

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\nNothing.
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\nepisodes in the book of Genesis
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\nof the feelings of the
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\nVery rarely, if ever.
\nYet suddenly there is an <\/p>\n

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\nexplosion of emotion here that
\nthe full extent of the the <\/p>\n

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\nfeelings of Jacob and Esau and
\nIsaac are revealed to us. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I believe for a reason, the
\nScriptures and the Spirit is is <\/p>\n

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\ndrawing our attention to this
\nmoment in time because this <\/p>\n

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\nmoment in time is going to be
\npivotal for all three of them. <\/p>\n

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\nGo back a chapter now to Hebrews
\nChapter 11. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the same incident, but the
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\nhere in the great annals of the
\nfaithful. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, if if you don’t look down
\nat your scriptures, if I ask you<\/p>\n

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\na question, you don’t need to
\nshout out. <\/p>\n

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\nI know you like to in America,
\nbut don’t. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is it that Isaac don’t look
\ndown, Keep your chin up. <\/p>\n

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\nWhy is it that Isaac is found in
\nHebrews 11 and I saw one or two <\/p>\n

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\nJust look down, up, up, up.
\nWhy is it Isaac finds himself in<\/p>\n

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\nHebrews Chapter 11?
\nNow answer that question. <\/p>\n

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\nYou can think of Abraham and you
\nprobably can think right away of<\/p>\n

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\nJoseph.
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\na moment.
\nBut why Isaac? <\/p>\n

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\nAnswer that question.
\nLet’s come down Hebrews 11, <\/p>\n

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\nverse 20.
\nBy faith, Isaac blessed Jacob <\/p>\n

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\nand Esau concerning things to
\ncome. <\/p>\n

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\nNow we can quickly read over
\nthat because it doesn’t really <\/p>\n

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\nmake sense, does it?
\nIt’s much easier to understand <\/p>\n

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\nwhy Abraham’s there and
\ncertainly why Joseph’s there. <\/p>\n

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\nBut why is Isaac there?
\nThat he blessed Jacob and Esau <\/p>\n

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\nconcerning things to come?
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\nVersion, there’s a slight
\nemphasis there, even Esau, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nSo it says there that the Greek <\/p>\n

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\nis he blesses Isaac, Isaac
\nblesses Jacob, which perhaps is <\/p>\n

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\nan easier thing, but he even
\nblesses Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that was a little harder to
\nbless Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nSo there’s something in the
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\nmore challenging than the
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\nto Jacob.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd for this reason, he’s in
\nHebrews 11. <\/p>\n

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\nNow that’s interesting because
\nhe’s in Hebrews 11 on the day he<\/p>\n

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\ngives out the blessings.
\nNow, isn’t it interesting when <\/p>\n

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\nwe open up Genesis chapter 27,
\nwe we often say in our in our <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:34,800 –> 00:22:38,360
\necclesial groups, this is the
\nlow point in Isaac’s life. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:40,520 –> 00:22:43,920
\nYeah, the low point that you
\nmight think is the reason why <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:44,040 –> 00:22:46,760
\nhe’s in Hebrews 11.
\nAs far as God’s concerned, this <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:46,760 –> 00:22:50,280
\nis the high point.
\nIn fact, he’s here in Hebrews 11<\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:50,400 –> 00:22:53,560
\nnot because of Genesis chapter
\n22, which you’d expect him to <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:53,560 –> 00:22:56,000
\nbe, but because of Genesis
\nchapter 27. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:58,320 –> 00:23:02,320
\nBut what’s fascinating in all of
\nthis is that the blessing that <\/p>\n

338
\n00:23:02,320 –> 00:23:08,040
\nhe gives Jacob, thinking that
\nit’s Esau, is political power <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:08,120 –> 00:23:10,760
\nand agricultural prosperity.
\nIt was all about the present. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:10,800 –> 00:23:14,160
\nBut what does it say in Hebrews
\n11 concerning the things to <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:14,160 –> 00:23:16,480
\ncome?
\nSo there was a future aspect of <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:16,480 –> 00:23:17,840
\nthis blessing which we’ve not
\nseen. <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:18,040 –> 00:23:20,080
\nSo we have a look at that.
\nCome back then to Genesis <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:20,080 –> 00:23:23,000
\nchapter 27 and we’re going to
\npick up now the blessings <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:23,000 –> 00:23:26,280
\ncontinue.
\nAnd he’s not in Hebrews 11 <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:26,520 –> 00:23:30,040
\nbecause of what he said already.
\nHe’s in Hebrews 11 because of <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:30,040 –> 00:23:37,880
\nwhat he’s about to say.
\nSo Genesis chapter 27, then <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:46,030 –> 00:23:50,710
\nGenesis chapter 27, verses 39 to
\n41. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:50,710 –> 00:23:53,390
\nSo you can connect these words
\nto Hebrews Chapter 11. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:54,270 –> 00:23:58,470
\nThis is what it’s all about, and
\nI’ll explain right now. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:24:01,320 –> 00:24:05,000
\nSo now he knows that Esau is
\nEsau, and he’s going to bless <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:05,000 –> 00:24:07,560
\nhim.
\nHe’s going to bless him, bless <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:07,560 –> 00:24:10,520
\nme, my father.
\nSo Isaac blesses him. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:10,600 –> 00:24:14,120
\nNow what he’s about to do now is
\nthe reason why he’s in Hebrews <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:14,120 –> 00:24:16,680
\n11.
\nSo this is the pinnacle of <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:16,680 –> 00:24:20,160
\nIsaac’s faith.
\nAnd because of this, he’s in the<\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:20,160 –> 00:24:23,280
\nKingdom of God.
\nWow, verse 39. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:23,760 –> 00:24:27,000
\nAnd Isaac his father answered
\nand said unto him, Behold to <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:27,120 –> 00:24:31,880
\nEsau, thy dwelling shall be the
\nfatness of the earth and of the <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:31,880 –> 00:24:37,640
\ndew of heaven from above, and by
\nthy sword shalt thou live, and <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:37,640 –> 00:24:39,840
\nshalt serve thy brother.
\nAnd it shall come to pass, when <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:39,840 –> 00:24:43,440
\nthou shalt have the dominion,
\nthat thou shalt break his yoke <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:43,440 –> 00:24:48,600
\nfrom off thy neck.
\nAnd Esau hated Jacob, so when he<\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:48,600 –> 00:24:53,680
\nreceived this, he hated Jacob
\nmore because of the blessing <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:53,680 –> 00:24:55,040
\nwherewith his father just
\nblessed him. <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:55,080 –> 00:24:58,280
\nSo he didn’t like it.
\nHe didn’t like what his father <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:58,280 –> 00:25:01,440
\njust blessed him with.
\nAnd Esau said in his heart, the <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:01,440 –> 00:25:04,920
\ndays of mourning for my father
\nat hand, then I will slay my <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:04,920 –> 00:25:06,000
\nbrother Jacob.
\nOK. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:06,640 –> 00:25:11,240
\nSo he did not like what he did.
\nNow when you look at verse 39, <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:11,960 –> 00:25:15,840
\nyou you can see there I will
\nbless thy dwelling so that it <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:15,840 –> 00:25:18,040
\nshall be the fatness of the
\nearth and the dew of heaven. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:18,040 –> 00:25:22,640
\nLook back to, to, to the same
\nchapter and verse 28. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:23,200 –> 00:25:25,440
\nThere you’ve got the dew of
\nheaven and the fatness of the <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:25,480 –> 00:25:26,960
\nearth and plenty of corn and
\nwine. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:27,120 –> 00:25:30,040
\nCan you see that?
\nSo it would appear, wouldn’t it,<\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:30,320 –> 00:25:34,760
\nthat what Isaac was doing here,
\nhe was repeating the blessing <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:34,760 –> 00:25:39,960
\nthat he gave to Jacob, but he
\ncouldn’t because he already <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:39,960 –> 00:25:45,320
\nsaid, I can’t bless you.
\nI, I’m, I’m going to remain <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:46,000 –> 00:25:48,360
\nsteadfast in my decision.
\nI am resolute. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:49,640 –> 00:25:52,240
\nSo what is it?
\nLook in your margin here and it <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:52,240 –> 00:25:56,200
\ntells us, can you see that thy
\ndwelling shall be the fatness of<\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:56,200 –> 00:25:58,280
\nthe earth?
\nIt’s unfortunate the translators<\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:58,600 –> 00:26:01,480
\nhave translated it in that way.
\nCan you see I’ve got the Revised<\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:01,480 –> 00:26:03,920
\nversion there.
\nBehold, thy dwelling shall be <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:03,920 –> 00:26:06,240
\nthe fatness of the earth.
\nI’ve got all away from the <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:06,240 –> 00:26:07,680
\nfatness of the earth.
\nHave you got that? <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:08,360 –> 00:26:11,640
\nYes, that’s important because
\nthat’s the meaning. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:12,480 –> 00:26:15,200
\nAnd the Revised Standard Version
\ngoes on to say, and away from <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:15,200 –> 00:26:17,000
\nthe Jew of heaven.
\nSo in other words, then, it’s <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:17,000 –> 00:26:20,280
\nnot the fatness of the earth and
\nthe dew of the heaven. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:20,320 –> 00:26:24,240
\nIt is away from the fatness of
\nthe earth and away from the dew <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:24,240 –> 00:26:25,760
\nof heaven.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:26,160 –> 00:26:29,240
\nIt couldn’t be further away from
\nwhat Jacob had been blessed <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:29,240 –> 00:26:33,560
\nwith.
\nSo the fatness of the earth is <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:33,560 –> 00:26:36,800
\nthe choice choicest part of the
\nearth which was going to be <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:36,800 –> 00:26:38,920
\nreserved for Jacob.
\nAnd what is the choicest part of<\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:38,920 –> 00:26:40,200
\nthe earth?
\nThat is the land. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:42,240 –> 00:26:45,000
\nThe land was Jacob’s and so he
\nsaw. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:45,080 –> 00:26:47,760
\nYou will be the furthest away
\nfrom the land. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:48,400 –> 00:26:51,160
\nAnd what is the Jew of heaven?
\nWell, you can put in your margin<\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:51,160 –> 00:26:54,320
\nby the Jew of heaven.
\nDeuteronomy 32, verse 2. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:54,320 –> 00:26:57,120
\nAnd perhaps you already know
\nthat the Jew of heaven is that <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:57,120 –> 00:26:59,480
\nis symbolic of of God’s
\nblessings. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:00,320 –> 00:27:02,800
\nSo God’s blessings now would not
\nshower on Esau. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:04,600 –> 00:27:10,320
\nHe would live in Seer and Payron
\nin Edom, a dry desert place. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:10,320 –> 00:27:13,920
\nCan you see what’s happened?
\nWhen we understand that margin, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:14,440 –> 00:27:18,600
\nwe see that this blessing had
\nbecome a curse. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:21,000 –> 00:27:25,520
\nHe had cursed his son, and
\nbecause he was prepared to curse<\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:25,520 –> 00:27:30,240
\nhis son, the son whom he loved,
\nhe finds himself in Hebrews 11. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:30,280 –> 00:27:34,640
\nThis was an extraordinary
\nstatement of faith. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:35,680 –> 00:27:41,280
\nWhat a crushing blow for Esau.
\nAnd this was all about the <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:41,280 –> 00:27:46,080
\nthings to come.
\nHebrews 11 And he curses Esau. <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:46,440 –> 00:27:48,600
\nHow many of us have ever noticed
\nthat before? <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:49,920 –> 00:27:54,960
\nAnd he curses his son.
\nNow let’s see what he does now <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:56,680 –> 00:28:00,240
\nwith Jacob.
\nAnd because of what he does with<\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:00,240 –> 00:28:03,920
\nJacob as a couplet, he, he
\nblesses Jacob and he curses <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:03,920 –> 00:28:05,920
\nEsau.
\nAnd he finds himself in Hebrews <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:05,920 –> 00:28:08,960
\nChapter 11.
\nLet’s see what he says to his <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:09,000 –> 00:28:13,880
\nother son.
\nSo when you go to chapter 28 in <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:13,920 –> 00:28:19,800
\nstriking contrast, he now
\nblesses Jacob and suddenly the <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:19,800 –> 00:28:24,280
\nlanguage of Abraham and the
\nAbrahamic covenant just jumps <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:24,280 –> 00:28:28,000
\nout of these verses here.
\nLook at this and God Almighty <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:28,000 –> 00:28:30,160
\nbless thee verse 3 and make thee
\nfruitful. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:30,160 –> 00:28:31,960
\nAnd we know this language, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:32,160 –> 00:28:35,480
\nThis is Genesis 12 language and
\nmultiply thee, and thou mayest <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:35,480 –> 00:28:38,760
\nbe a multitude of people and
\ngive thee the blessing of <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:38,760 –> 00:28:41,720
\nAbraham to thee and to thy seed
\nwith thee, that thou mayest <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:41,720 –> 00:28:46,200
\ninherit the land wherein thou
\nart a stranger, which God gave <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:46,240 –> 00:28:48,360
\nunto Abraham.
\nA few things I want you to <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:48,360 –> 00:28:50,400
\nnotice.
\nWe’ve got a title here, a very <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:50,400 –> 00:28:53,280
\nsignificant title there at the
\nbeginning of verse three, God <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:53,280 –> 00:29:01,000
\nAlmighty, AO shadi eye.
\nSo now Isaac uses the title of <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:01,080 –> 00:29:05,400
\nale shadi eye, God Almighty to
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:05,480 –> 00:29:07,880
\nAnd the other thing I want you
\nto notice here, there’s a lovely<\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:07,880 –> 00:29:11,440
\nphrase there at the end of verse
\n3A, multitude of people. <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:11,640 –> 00:29:14,520
\nNow, that’s the first time you
\ncome across that particular <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:14,600 –> 00:29:19,680
\nHebrew word, a multitude, and it
\nis the Hebrew word of ecclesia, <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:21,280 –> 00:29:24,040
\na family made-up of men and
\nwomen. <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:25,280 –> 00:29:32,040
\nAnd so then Isaac not only tells
\nJacob of a land, but through him<\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:32,200 –> 00:29:37,160
\nwould become God’s expanded
\nfamily of you and me, brothers <\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:37,160 –> 00:29:41,240
\nand sisters, these words are of
\nhuge significance. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:43,280 –> 00:29:46,240
\nHuge significance.
\nNow remember, Isaac is saying <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:46,240 –> 00:29:52,760
\nthese words knowing, knowing
\nthat Jacob has deceived him. <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:54,280 –> 00:30:05,600
\nEl Shaddai, a land, a seed, a
\npeople, a multitude of Jews and <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:05,600 –> 00:30:10,440
\nGentiles.
\nWhat a enormous blessing that <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:10,440 –> 00:30:14,720
\nwould be.
\nNow, what Isaac is doing here, <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:14,720 –> 00:30:17,360
\nhe’s picking up language of his
\nfather Abraham. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:17,800 –> 00:30:19,640
\nLet’s have a look at Genesis
\nchapter 17. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:21,080 –> 00:30:26,360
\nGenesis chapter 17, and this is
\nthe first time we come across <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:26,360 –> 00:30:29,560
\nthis title, Ale shadiyai, and we
\nneed to make this connection <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:29,560 –> 00:30:32,440
\nbecause Isaac is using this
\ntitle for a reason. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:32,760 –> 00:30:36,200
\nNow what’s intriguing when you
\ncome back to chapter 17, chapter<\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:36,200 –> 00:30:40,920
\n17 is the chapter that the name
\nAbraham is changed to Abraham <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:41,240 –> 00:30:45,040
\nand Jacob is on a journey that
\nhis name would be changed. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:45,360 –> 00:30:51,400
\nAbraham, a father of a multitude
\nor exalted, would become a <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:51,400 –> 00:30:55,280
\nfather of a multitude or exalted
\nfather to a father of a <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:55,360 –> 00:30:57,960
\nmultitude.
\nSo the name Abraham was the name<\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:58,120 –> 00:31:04,760
\nthat would bear the promise.
\nFirst one, then of chapter 17. <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:04,920 –> 00:31:08,760
\nAnd when Abraham was 90 years
\nold and 9 Yahweh appeared to <\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:08,760 –> 00:31:14,640
\nAbraham and said unto him, I am
\nAl Shadi I walk before me and be<\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:14,640 –> 00:31:18,960
\nthou perfect.
\nWe should just think about that <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:18,960 –> 00:31:23,360
\ntitle there.
\nAl Shadi I Abraham was told Ale <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:23,360 –> 00:31:27,360
\nShadiyai when his name was
\nchanged, and now as Jacob begins<\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:27,360 –> 00:31:33,400
\nhis journey, Isaac imparts that
\nname to his son. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:33,480 –> 00:31:41,040
\nAle Shadiyai Ale Mighty
\nStrength, Power, Shaddad, <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:49,360
\nDestroyer and Shad Nourisher.
\nThe title is about God <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:49,720 –> 00:31:54,960
\nnourishing his people and
\ndestroying his enemies. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:56,200 –> 00:32:00,120
\nThe apostle Paul picks up these
\nwords here when he says, behold <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:00,120 –> 00:32:01,800
\nthe goodness and the severity of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:01,800 –> 00:32:04,880
\nThat’s the whole idea there in
\nRomans 11 verse 22. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:04,880 –> 00:32:08,360
\nIt is the the title of ale shadi
\neye. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:10,080 –> 00:32:14,440
\nAnd this ale shadi eye here
\nverse 7 of chapter 17, I will <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:14,440 –> 00:32:17,000
\nestablish my covenant between me
\nand thee, and thy seed after <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:17,000 –> 00:32:19,080
\nthee and their generations, an
\neverlasting covenant. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:19,080 –> 00:32:22,800
\nSo here Ale Shadi Eye, the one
\nwho is the nourisher of God’s <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:22,800 –> 00:32:25,000
\npeople and a destroyer of his
\nenemies. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:25,120 –> 00:32:27,640
\nHe promises.
\nHe makes a covenant with Abraham<\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:27,640 –> 00:32:31,920
\nand says, I’m going to give you
\nthe land and I will make you a <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:31,920 –> 00:32:35,920
\ngreat, great people.
\nAnd this is an everlasting <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:35,920 –> 00:32:41,200
\ncovenant underlining it.
\nThis is Ale Shadiyai. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:48,310 –> 00:32:52,510
\nThis was the name that Jacob had
\nto believe in, a name that was <\/p>\n

483
\n00:32:52,510 –> 00:32:57,000
\ngoing to nourish him.
\nA name that was going to protect<\/p>\n

484
\n00:32:57,000 –> 00:33:01,280
\nhim.
\nJacob had to place his trust, <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:02,040 –> 00:33:06,120
\nhis complete trust in that name.
\nNow when we think about that <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:06,120 –> 00:33:09,840
\ntitle of AO Shadi I working in
\nthe life of Abraham and now <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:09,840 –> 00:33:15,320
\nworking in the life of Jacob,
\nwe’re seeing now that that God <\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:15,320 –> 00:33:17,880
\nis being presented as a O Shadi,
\nan orchestrator. <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:18,200 –> 00:33:21,960
\nThis, this God with this
\nparticular title, who is behind <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:21,960 –> 00:33:25,160
\nnow the scenes in the life of
\nJacob in all the ups and downs <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:25,160 –> 00:33:27,840
\nand all the challenges and the
\ndifficulties in the moments of <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:27,840 –> 00:33:29,840
\njoy and the moments of
\ndesperation. <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:31,400 –> 00:33:35,280
\nBecause he’s a, he’s a
\nnourisher, but he’s also a <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:35,280 –> 00:33:37,160
\nrefiner.
\nNow, now, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

495
\n00:33:37,160 –> 00:33:40,840
\nas we reflect upon our own lives
\nand how we’ve arrived here in <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:40,840 –> 00:33:45,680
\nour own personal circumstances,
\nno doubt when we think about the<\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:45,840 –> 00:33:47,720
\nthe divine hand in our own
\npersonal lives and <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:47,720 –> 00:33:50,320
\ncircumstances, we see the Ale
\nShadi eye. <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:51,760 –> 00:33:53,280
\nThat’s what we’ve got to believe
\nin. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:54,560 –> 00:33:58,080
\nThe problems that we’re
\nexperiencing today, whether they<\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:58,080 –> 00:34:02,440
\nare health problems, whether
\nthey are family problems, family<\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:02,560 –> 00:34:04,760
\nproblems with our children in
\nparticular. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:04,760 –> 00:34:07,040
\nAnd a number of you have spoken
\nto me about your children and <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:07,040 –> 00:34:08,560
\nthank you for sharing those
\nthings with us. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:34:09,480 –> 00:34:11,679
\nOur hearts go out to our
\nchildren, particularly if <\/p>\n

506
\n00:34:11,679 –> 00:34:14,920
\nthey’re not prepare to embrace
\nthe saving name of the Lord <\/p>\n

507
\n00:34:14,920 –> 00:34:18,159
\nJesus Christ.
\nBut what we have to do, we have <\/p>\n

508
\n00:34:18,159 –> 00:34:22,639
\nto have absolute trust that the
\none who is in the ups and downs,<\/p>\n

509
\n00:34:22,760 –> 00:34:25,960
\nin the valleys and the peaks in
\nour lives is the ale shadi eye. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:34:26,120 –> 00:34:29,719
\nAnd we have to believe He’s a
\nnourisher and he will destroy <\/p>\n

511
\n00:34:29,719 –> 00:34:32,239
\nour enemies and He’s going to
\nget us over the line eventually.<\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:32,320 –> 00:34:36,199
\nBut we have to place our
\ncomplete trust in Him, our <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:42,400
\ncomplete trust in Him if we are
\ngoing to follow in the footsteps<\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:42,440 –> 00:34:47,840
\nof Jacob and become Israel.
\nWe have to believe that Ale <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:48,280 –> 00:34:53,679
\nShadi Eye is at work.
\nNow come back to Isaac and think<\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:53,679 –> 00:34:56,120
\nabout Isaac.
\nWhat a choice he had. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:57,120 –> 00:34:58,920
\nIt’s a heart wrenching choice,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:59,520 –> 00:35:05,240
\nHe’s got one son in tears and
\nthe other son will now become a <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:05,240 –> 00:35:08,480
\ntarget.
\nEver thought about that? <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:09,440 –> 00:35:11,120
\nAnd This is why he’s in Hebrews
\n11. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:35:11,120 –> 00:35:14,360
\nWhat a what a difficult decision
\nhe has to make here. <\/p>\n

522
\n00:35:15,440 –> 00:35:22,520
\nIt was a painful decision, But
\nlife does throw hard choices at <\/p>\n

523
\n00:35:22,520 –> 00:35:28,600
\nus and brothers and sisters,
\nwhen we think about our own <\/p>\n

524
\n00:35:28,680 –> 00:35:33,720
\nfamilies, how often in ecclesial
\nlife we make a particular stand.<\/p>\n

525
\n00:35:34,200 –> 00:35:39,720
\nBut when it comes to our own
\nfamily, there’s appeasement, we <\/p>\n

526
\n00:35:39,720 –> 00:35:45,480
\ncompromise, we can’t apply what
\nwe applied to others. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:35:47,040 –> 00:35:50,240
\nAnd this touches us all.
\nWhen it happens in family life, <\/p>\n

528
\n00:35:51,000 –> 00:35:56,360
\nit is difficult and perhaps we
\ntry to justify our changes in <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:56,360 –> 00:36:00,680
\nviews on certain things just to
\nmake life a little more <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:00,680 –> 00:36:05,840
\ncomfortable and convenient.
\nAnd I’ll leave it with that. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:07,120 –> 00:36:09,840
\nBut Isaac, he didn’t believe in
\nappeasement. <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:10,640 –> 00:36:18,040
\nHe loved both these sons and he
\nleaves one in total misery and <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:18,040 –> 00:36:20,720
\nthe other one now is going to
\nrun for his life. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:22,200 –> 00:36:25,840
\nThere’s no benefit really,
\nnaturally speaking, but he knew <\/p>\n

535
\n00:36:25,840 –> 00:36:28,920
\nspiritually he had made the
\nright decision. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:36:30,240 –> 00:36:34,720
\nSo Jacob now is a haunted man.
\nHe’s being hunted by the cunning<\/p>\n

537
\n00:36:34,720 –> 00:36:36,240
\nhunter.
\nHe’s now the prey. <\/p>\n

538
\n00:36:36,480 –> 00:36:39,840
\nThe predator is after him.
\nAnd he leaves Beersheba. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:36:39,840 –> 00:36:41,800
\nHe’s never going to see his
\nmother again. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:36:42,520 –> 00:36:49,960
\nAnd he treks 40 miles to Luz.
\nAnd there he lies at night under<\/p>\n

541
\n00:36:49,960 –> 00:36:53,000
\nthe blanket of stars shining
\nbrightly. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:36:53,440 –> 00:36:57,800
\nBut have a look at Genesis
\nchapter 35, because here we’re <\/p>\n

543
\n00:36:57,800 –> 00:37:00,200
\ngoing to go to chapter 28 and
\nwe’re going to think about the, <\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:00,200 –> 00:37:04,240
\nthe episode of Bethel.
\nBut what’s interesting here in <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:04,240 –> 00:37:07,760
\nGenesis chapter 35 that the, the
\nscriptural commentary here <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:08,360 –> 00:37:12,000
\nhighlights the frame of mind
\nthat Jacob had when he first <\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:12,120 –> 00:37:13,400
\nwent to Bethel.
\nHe goes twice. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:13,400 –> 00:37:15,960
\nI’m sure you know knew that and
\nwe’ll we’ll consider that later.<\/p>\n

549
\n00:37:16,320 –> 00:37:18,080
\nBut this is the first time he
\ngoes to Bethel. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:37:18,280 –> 00:37:22,680
\nAnd here God tells us the state
\nof mind Jacob was in when he <\/p>\n

551
\n00:37:22,680 –> 00:37:25,840
\ngoes to Bethel in Genesis
\nchapter 28 and the intervening <\/p>\n

552
\n00:37:25,840 –> 00:37:29,760
\nperiod is 30 years.
\nIt says in verse 1 of chapter <\/p>\n

553
\n00:37:29,760 –> 00:37:33,680
\n35.
\nAnd God said unto Jacob, Arise, <\/p>\n

554
\n00:37:33,680 –> 00:37:36,920
\ngo to Bethel and dwell there and
\nmake there an altar unto God <\/p>\n

555
\n00:37:37,080 –> 00:37:40,360
\nthat appeared unto thee when
\nthou fledest from the face of <\/p>\n

556
\n00:37:40,360 –> 00:37:42,080
\nEsal.
\nNow remember, the theme is all <\/p>\n

557
\n00:37:42,080 –> 00:37:44,040
\nabout the face, the faces of
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

558
\n00:37:44,160 –> 00:37:47,800
\nAnd here is a face.
\nIt’s the face of Esau. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:48,280 –> 00:37:53,680
\nSo he goes to Bethel with Esau’s
\nface burning in his mind. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:55,080 –> 00:38:00,400
\nAnd as far as he is concerned,
\nthat face is a stolen face. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:00,840 –> 00:38:08,040
\nIt’s the face that he stole from
\nhis brother when he deceived his<\/p>\n

562
\n00:38:08,040 –> 00:38:10,400
\nfather.
\nSo with that, come back to <\/p>\n

563
\n00:38:10,400 –> 00:38:14,920
\nchapter 28 and just look at
\nthis. <\/p>\n

564
\n00:38:16,520 –> 00:38:21,120
\nSomething dramatic, something
\nutterly shocking happens at this<\/p>\n

565
\n00:38:21,120 –> 00:38:23,840
\nplace which will be named Bethel
\nby Jacob. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:38:24,760 –> 00:38:30,200
\nWant you to to notice here the
\nuse of the word behold. <\/p>\n

567
\n00:38:30,200 –> 00:38:32,560
\nCan you see this?
\nSo when you come back to chapter<\/p>\n

568
\n00:38:32,560 –> 00:38:35,680
\n28, you see there in verse 11
\nand behold is the phrase. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:38:36,080 –> 00:38:39,240
\nBut you can see it’s used four
\ntimes, verse 12, twice. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:38:39,240 –> 00:38:47,120
\nNotice verse 13 and verse 15.
\nSo it’s telling us here, behold,<\/p>\n

571
\n00:38:47,120 –> 00:38:51,320
\nit’s this idea of surprise that
\nthat nothing prepared Jacob for <\/p>\n

572
\n00:38:51,320 –> 00:38:55,920
\nthis encounter.
\nAnd, and the encounter which <\/p>\n

573
\n00:38:55,920 –> 00:38:59,400
\nsurprised him draws this
\nparticular conclusion from Jacob<\/p>\n

574
\n00:38:59,400 –> 00:39:02,360
\nthere in verse 16.
\nSurely Yahweh is in this place. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:02,600 –> 00:39:06,320
\nSo there’s this element of
\nsurprise that goes on and Jacob <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:06,320 –> 00:39:10,600
\nconcludes after these 4
\nsurprises, these four moments, <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:10,600 –> 00:39:12,680
\nhe concludes Yahweh is in this
\nplace. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:39:12,680 –> 00:39:14,920
\nNow I want you to remember that
\nbecause that’s absolutely <\/p>\n

579
\n00:39:14,920 –> 00:39:17,920
\ncentral to understanding this.
\nYahweh is in this place. <\/p>\n

580
\n00:39:18,080 –> 00:39:21,160
\nNow what is this place?
\nWell, it is more than a place, <\/p>\n

581
\n00:39:21,160 –> 00:39:23,520
\nIt’s a particular place.
\nLook at verse 11. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:39:25,040 –> 00:39:27,680
\nAnd he lighted up a certain
\nplace and tarried there all <\/p>\n

583
\n00:39:27,680 –> 00:39:30,320
\nnight because the sun was set.
\nAnd he took of the stones of <\/p>\n

584
\n00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:34,080
\nthat place and put them for his
\npillows and lay down in that <\/p>\n

585
\n00:39:34,080 –> 00:39:35,600
\nplace to sleep.
\nSo you’ve got certain place <\/p>\n

586
\n00:39:35,600 –> 00:39:37,360
\nthere.
\nThat place, that place. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:39:37,440 –> 00:39:39,720
\nThe Scriptures now are really
\ndrawing our attention that it <\/p>\n

588
\n00:39:39,720 –> 00:39:42,440
\nwas a place.
\nAnd notice that first phrase, a <\/p>\n

589
\n00:39:42,480 –> 00:39:46,760
\ncertain place, you’ll see in
\nyour margin the place. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:39:47,400 –> 00:39:53,960
\nIt’s the definitive place.
\nAnd you can see that that place <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:53,960 –> 00:39:59,920
\nthere is three times in verse
\n11, verse 16, verse 17, and <\/p>\n

592
\n00:40:00,000 –> 00:40:05,760
\nverse 19.
\nSo if Jacob concludes that <\/p>\n

593
\n00:40:05,760 –> 00:40:10,880
\nYahweh is in this place, then
\nwhat we’re being told is. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:40:11,560 –> 00:40:16,000
\nThat Jacob has an unexpected
\nmeeting with Yahweh in this <\/p>\n

595
\n00:40:16,000 –> 00:40:17,080
\nplace.
\nThat’s the only thing you can <\/p>\n

596
\n00:40:17,080 –> 00:40:18,760
\nconclude, isn’t it?
\nIf you’re always in this place <\/p>\n

597
\n00:40:18,760 –> 00:40:22,600
\nand it’s it’s a surprise, then
\nthe surprise was all about that <\/p>\n

598
\n00:40:22,600 –> 00:40:26,320
\nYahweh’s in this place.
\nThink about that. <\/p>\n

599
\n00:40:26,400 –> 00:40:30,400
\nYahweh is in this place.
\nWell, this particular place of <\/p>\n

600
\n00:40:30,400 –> 00:40:33,000
\nBethel has a history.
\nCome back to Genesis chapter 12.<\/p>\n

601
\n00:40:34,800 –> 00:40:42,120
\nThis has a history and Jacob
\nknew that Yahweh dwelt in <\/p>\n

602
\n00:40:42,120 –> 00:40:48,120
\nBethel, but because of what
\nJacob did, he was not expecting <\/p>\n

603
\n00:40:48,120 –> 00:40:53,520
\nYahweh to be there for him.
\nThis is a, this is a, a <\/p>\n

604
\n00:40:53,520 –> 00:40:58,760
\ndisclosure really of the doubts
\nthat Jacob had now over all the <\/p>\n

605
\n00:40:58,760 –> 00:41:01,280
\nthings that he’d done in
\ndeceiving his father, although <\/p>\n

606
\n00:41:01,280 –> 00:41:04,520
\nhe had received this incredible
\nblessing of his father. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:07,360
\nSo come back then to Genesis
\nchapter 12 and we’ll pick up <\/p>\n

608
\n00:41:07,360 –> 00:41:10,280
\nverse 6.
\nYou’ll see the connections right<\/p>\n

609
\n00:41:10,280 –> 00:41:12,600
\naway.
\nBut this is where the Scriptures<\/p>\n

610
\n00:41:12,600 –> 00:41:15,400
\nare taking us back to.
\nAnd Abraham passed to the land, <\/p>\n

611
\n00:41:15,400 –> 00:41:19,440
\nunto the place of Shechem, unto
\nthe plain of Mora, unto the <\/p>\n

612
\n00:41:19,440 –> 00:41:21,840
\nplace of Shechem.
\nNotice that unto the place of <\/p>\n

613
\n00:41:21,840 –> 00:41:25,240
\nShechem, unto the plain of Mora.
\nAnd the canine was there in the <\/p>\n

614
\n00:41:25,240 –> 00:41:27,160
\nland.
\nAnd Yahweh appeared unto <\/p>\n

615
\n00:41:27,160 –> 00:41:29,160
\nAbraham, and said, So this is
\nthe message. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:41:29,160 –> 00:41:33,160
\nFrom this particular place, unto
\nthy seed will I give this land. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:41:33,320 –> 00:41:36,200
\nAnd there he builded an altar
\nunto Yahweh, who appeared unto <\/p>\n

618
\n00:41:36,200 –> 00:41:39,960
\nhim.
\nNow if you go to chapter 13, you<\/p>\n

619
\n00:41:39,960 –> 00:41:46,160
\nsee a commentary really of
\nchapter 12 verse 3 and Abraham <\/p>\n

620
\n00:41:46,160 –> 00:41:48,680
\nwent on his journey from the
\nSouth even to Bethel. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:41:48,680 –> 00:41:51,400
\nNotice and then the phrase unto
\nthe place. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:41:52,520 –> 00:41:57,680
\nSo the place then is associated
\nwith Bethel, Genesis chapter 28,<\/p>\n

623
\n00:41:58,720 –> 00:42:02,920
\nwhere he’s tent had been at the
\nbeginning between Bethel and AI <\/p>\n

624
\n00:42:03,200 –> 00:42:04,560
\nunto the place.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

625
\n00:42:04,560 –> 00:42:06,360
\nOnce again, this is what the
\nScripture is saying. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:42:06,680 –> 00:42:08,960
\nThink about the place, the
\nplace, the place, the place, the<\/p>\n

627
\n00:42:08,960 –> 00:42:11,480
\nplace.
\nThis is Bethel, this is the <\/p>\n

628
\n00:42:11,480 –> 00:42:14,360
\nAbrahamic blessing unto the
\nplace of the altar which he had <\/p>\n

629
\n00:42:14,360 –> 00:42:17,720
\nmade there at the 1st.
\nAnd there Abraham called on the <\/p>\n

630
\n00:42:17,720 –> 00:42:20,000
\nname of Yahweh.
\nSo this is the place. <\/p>\n

631
\n00:42:20,000 –> 00:42:22,680
\nNow, brothers and sisters, I
\nwant you to notice now that he <\/p>\n

632
\n00:42:22,680 –> 00:42:27,320
\nbuilds an altar.
\nHe builds an altar at the <\/p>\n

633
\n00:42:27,320 –> 00:42:30,920
\ndefinitive place, which is
\nBethel there in verse 7 of <\/p>\n

634
\n00:42:30,920 –> 00:42:34,720
\nchapter 12.
\nAnd it is at this altar that he <\/p>\n

635
\n00:42:34,720 –> 00:42:40,320
\ncalls upon the Lord there in
\nverse 8 of chapter 12 and verse <\/p>\n

636
\n00:42:40,320 –> 00:42:45,080
\nfour in chapter 13.
\nAnd that phrase, Hebrews tell <\/p>\n

637
\n00:42:45,080 –> 00:42:52,320
\nus, has huge significance.
\nThe idea of calling upon the <\/p>\n

638
\n00:42:52,320 –> 00:42:57,520
\nname of Yahweh there, the
\nliteral Hebrew, is to invoke <\/p>\n

639
\n00:42:57,880 –> 00:43:05,840
\nYahweh in the name of Yahweh.
\nIt has a particular emphasis to <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:05,840 –> 00:43:08,920
\ninvoke Yahweh in the name of
\nYahweh. <\/p>\n

641
\n00:43:08,920 –> 00:43:15,120
\nSo it is at Bethel, where
\nAbraham builds an altar, that <\/p>\n

642
\n00:43:15,200 –> 00:43:20,040
\nAbraham invokes Yahweh in the
\nname of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:43:20,040 –> 00:43:23,520
\nNow if you think about that, you
\ninvoke Yahweh, you call upon God<\/p>\n

644
\n00:43:23,520 –> 00:43:26,160
\nin the name of Yahweh, He who
\nwill be. <\/p>\n

645
\n00:43:26,360 –> 00:43:32,360
\nAnd the idea here is that you
\ncall upon God through or in the <\/p>\n

646
\n00:43:32,360 –> 00:43:40,640
\nname of God, a mediator who
\ncomes in the name of God. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:43:45,560 –> 00:43:51,360
\nAnd I believe brothers and
\nsisters, of course, the <\/p>\n

648
\n00:43:51,360 –> 00:43:56,200
\nsignificance of Genesis chapter
\n22 where Abraham rejoiced to see<\/p>\n

649
\n00:43:56,200 –> 00:44:00,240
\nmy day, says the Lord, and saw
\nit, and it was glad in John 8 <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:00,240 –> 00:44:04,760
\nand verse 56.
\nBut I believe it is here at <\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:04,760 –> 00:44:10,800
\nBethel that Abraham saw his
\nLord. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:12,880 –> 00:44:16,560
\nHe saw his Lord in Technicolor
\nin Genesis chapter 22. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:18,400 –> 00:44:24,200
\nBut it’s a Bethel that he sees
\nthe work of the mediator. <\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:24,880 –> 00:44:30,520
\nThe one who would be the seed
\nthat threw him would be the <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:30,520 –> 00:44:34,640
\nmultitudinous seed.
\nSo with that thought in mind, <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:34,640 –> 00:44:45,040
\nyou come back now to chapter 28,
\nchapter 28 and verse 12. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:44:47,360 –> 00:44:50,440
\nAnd so Jacob here at Bethel,
\nwhere Abraham earlier had <\/p>\n

658
\n00:44:50,440 –> 00:44:52,960
\ninvoked Yahweh in the name of
\nYahweh, where there was this <\/p>\n

659
\n00:44:52,960 –> 00:44:57,720
\nvision of the mediator here
\nJacob now in the very same spot <\/p>\n

660
\n00:44:58,480 –> 00:45:01,920
\nhe dreamed.
\nAnd behold, a staircase, not a <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:01,920 –> 00:45:06,680
\nladder set up on the earth, and
\nthe top of it reached to heaven.<\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:06,880 –> 00:45:11,640
\nAnd behold the angels of God
\nascending and descending on it. <\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:11,640 –> 00:45:14,440
\nAnd we know the understand we,
\nwe can interpret verse 12 <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:14,440 –> 00:45:17,600
\nbecause in verse 15 gives us the
\ninterpretation of this <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:17,600 –> 00:45:20,800
\nparticular vision.
\nGod says emphatically, I am with<\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:20,800 –> 00:45:23,120
\nthee, I will not leave thee.
\nSo the angels are ascending and <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:23,120 –> 00:45:27,680
\ndescending there with Jacob.
\nAnd Jacob was being assured once<\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:27,680 –> 00:45:30,960
\nagain that God was with him.
\nNow when we think about the <\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:30,960 –> 00:45:33,960
\nwords of Hebrews, one, are they
\nnot all ministering spirits set <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:33,960 –> 00:45:37,040
\nforth to minister for them who
\nshall be heirs of salvation? <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:37,040 –> 00:45:39,760
\nI believe the rights to the
\nHebrews is picking up here. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:45:39,960 –> 00:45:43,400
\nThis incident with Jacob.
\nThis is the significance of what<\/p>\n

673
\n00:45:43,400 –> 00:45:51,800
\nhappens to Jacob in Bethel, that
\nas we are assured that <\/p>\n

674
\n00:45:51,800 –> 00:45:55,560
\nprovidentially we’re in the
\nhands of the living God. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:45:56,360 –> 00:46:00,480
\nThe writer to the Hebrews uses
\nthis example here with Jacob to <\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:00,480 –> 00:46:04,680
\ngive us the assurance that we
\nare divinely protected. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:05,120 –> 00:46:07,200
\nThis is how divinely protected
\nJacob was. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:07,360 –> 00:46:11,720
\nThis becomes the pattern of how
\nGod is going to work with his <\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:11,720 –> 00:46:16,160
\nsons and his daughters.
\nBut here verse 13 says, behold, <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:16,200 –> 00:46:19,760
\nthe Lord Yahweh stood above it.
\nAnd you may think of a staircase<\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:19,760 –> 00:46:22,640
\nor a lad, it’s a staircase with
\nwith Yahweh above it. <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:22,760 –> 00:46:25,400
\nBut it’s worth just noticing
\nthere stood above it. <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:25,400 –> 00:46:28,440
\nIf you look in your margin,
\ncertainly in the Revised version<\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:28,440 –> 00:46:37,120
\nmargin we have there aside him
\nthat Yahweh stood aside him. <\/p>\n

685
\n00:46:38,120 –> 00:46:41,720
\nNow of course God is in heaven,
\nbut in this particular vision I <\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:41,720 –> 00:46:44,040
\ndon’t believe the emphasis is
\nthat God is in heaven. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:46:44,040 –> 00:46:47,040
\nI believe that God is beside
\nhim. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:46:47,200 –> 00:46:52,160
\nAnd in fact, you can put in your
\nmargin Genesis 18 verse 2, and <\/p>\n

689
\n00:46:52,160 –> 00:46:56,640
\nthe same Hebrew is used of how
\nthe Angel stood next to Abraham,<\/p>\n

690
\n00:46:58,320 –> 00:47:00,680
\nhow the Angel stood next to
\nAbraham. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:00,800 –> 00:47:04,840
\nIt’s the very same Hebrew.
\nSo I believe here that Yahweh in<\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:04,840 –> 00:47:07,840
\nthis particular vision of the
\nstaircase that Yahweh was <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:07,840 –> 00:47:12,160
\nstanding right beside him on the
\nearth by the altar. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:12,160 –> 00:47:15,240
\nAnd perhaps it’s Michael that
\nthe the name bearing Angel who <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:15,240 –> 00:47:17,200
\nis like God.
\nWe read in Daniel 12, verse 1, <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:17,320 –> 00:47:21,160
\nMichael, the great Prince, which
\nstandeth for the children of thy<\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:21,160 –> 00:47:23,760
\npeople, and what was the people,
\nthe people of Israel. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:47:23,840 –> 00:47:27,000
\nSo if Eichel has any role to
\nplay, it’s going to be now with <\/p>\n

699
\n00:47:27,000 –> 00:47:29,400
\nJacob, whose name is going to
\nbecome Israel. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:47:30,960 –> 00:47:37,120
\nSo perhaps now it is Michael who
\nstands now at the side of Jacob.<\/p>\n

701
\n00:47:37,120 –> 00:47:38,960
\nSo picture it.
\nThe staircase, the altar stones,<\/p>\n

702
\n00:47:38,960 –> 00:47:43,560
\nthe angels up and down and Jacob
\nlying and, and, and, and here he<\/p>\n

703
\n00:47:43,560 –> 00:47:46,280
\ncomes to Bethel fearing the face
\nof God. <\/p>\n

704
\n00:47:46,360 –> 00:47:49,640
\nAnd here the Angel is with him.
\nAnd, and suddenly now he’s told <\/p>\n

705
\n00:47:49,640 –> 00:47:51,920
\nthat this Angel won’t leave him.
\nHe’s got another twin. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:47:51,920 –> 00:47:56,280
\nDo you see that?
\nHe’s got another twin. <\/p>\n

707
\n00:47:56,880 –> 00:48:00,400
\nHe’s got to let go of the heel
\nof Esau, and he’s got to embrace<\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:00,400 –> 00:48:07,120
\nthis divine presence of Almighty
\nGod who is now with him, who’s <\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:07,120 –> 00:48:10,600
\nnever going to leave him, his
\nguardian. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:48:12,840 –> 00:48:16,040
\nSo the tables are turned.
\nAnd it’s a important lesson, <\/p>\n

711
\n00:48:16,040 –> 00:48:18,000
\nisn’t it?
\nIn our own lives, brothers and <\/p>\n

712
\n00:48:18,000 –> 00:48:23,080
\nsisters, the faith is not just
\nabout confronting the Esau’s in <\/p>\n

713
\n00:48:23,080 –> 00:48:27,200
\nour lives, but it’s also
\nappreciating that we’re not <\/p>\n

714
\n00:48:27,200 –> 00:48:30,880
\nalone.
\nIt’s also appreciating that <\/p>\n

715
\n00:48:30,880 –> 00:48:37,280
\nwe’re not alone.
\nJust very quickly then before I <\/p>\n

716
\n00:48:37,280 –> 00:48:40,920
\nfinish, the Lord Jesus Christ
\npicks up this incident here at <\/p>\n

717
\n00:48:40,920 –> 00:48:48,840
\nBethel and says to Nathaniel,
\nremember that, that rather than <\/p>\n

718
\n00:48:48,840 –> 00:48:51,680
\nthe angels ascending and
\ndescending upon the altar here, <\/p>\n

719
\n00:48:54,040 –> 00:48:56,840
\nthat the angels ascended and
\ndescended upon the Son of Man. <\/p>\n

720
\n00:48:57,840 –> 00:49:01,160
\nNow that’s lovely.
\nThat’s right at the end of John <\/p>\n

721
\n00:49:01,160 –> 00:49:03,440
\nchapter 1.
\nAnd Jesus is saying now that he <\/p>\n

722
\n00:49:03,440 –> 00:49:07,960
\nnow becomes the living,
\nbreathing Bethel, the House of <\/p>\n

723
\n00:49:07,960 –> 00:49:16,200
\nGod, the House of many stones.
\nSo he picks up this, but I just <\/p>\n

724
\n00:49:16,200 –> 00:49:18,240
\nwant to finish here, brothers
\nand sisters, and it’s something <\/p>\n

725
\n00:49:18,240 –> 00:49:22,800
\nfor a sort of reflects upon.
\nIt’s Genesis 28 and verse 13. <\/p>\n

726
\n00:49:23,520 –> 00:49:26,320
\nAnd behold, Yahweh stood above
\nit and said, I am Yahweh, God of<\/p>\n

727
\n00:49:26,320 –> 00:49:29,520
\nAbraham thy father, and the God
\nof Isaac, the land whereon thou <\/p>\n

728
\n00:49:29,520 –> 00:49:34,480
\nliest, to thee will I give it,
\nand to thy seed. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:49:35,840 –> 00:49:43,560
\nSo the message here that Jacob
\nwas assured of the covenant, the<\/p>\n

730
\n00:49:43,560 –> 00:49:49,040
\npromises would flow through him.
\nNow Jacob had fled the face of <\/p>\n

731
\n00:49:49,240 –> 00:49:53,120
\nEsau.
\nHe was doubting the presence of <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:53,120 –> 00:49:57,240
\nGod in his life.
\nAnd what he experiences at <\/p>\n

733
\n00:49:57,240 –> 00:50:05,960
\nBethany is a theophany.
\nWe’ve seen already a theophany <\/p>\n

734
\n00:50:05,960 –> 00:50:10,760
\nwith Moses and the wickedness of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n

735
\n00:50:12,640 –> 00:50:15,760
\nAnd Moses wanted the assurance
\nof God that God was still with <\/p>\n

736
\n00:50:15,760 –> 00:50:18,960
\nhim and his people.
\nAnd God revealed himself in the <\/p>\n

737
\n00:50:18,960 –> 00:50:28,760
\nmount Elijah fled.
\nThe hand of Jezebel goes down to<\/p>\n

738
\n00:50:28,760 –> 00:50:34,960
\nHoreb, and he too experienced a
\ntheophany when he was doubting <\/p>\n

739
\n00:50:34,960 –> 00:50:38,160
\nthat God was with him and his
\npeople, with the wind and the <\/p>\n

740
\n00:50:38,160 –> 00:50:40,240
\nearthquake and the fire and the
\nstill small voice. <\/p>\n

741
\n00:50:41,040 –> 00:50:44,800
\nWhy is it that we don’t think
\nthat Jacob too joins those other<\/p>\n

742
\n00:50:44,800 –> 00:50:47,720
\ntwo?
\nIt’s a theophany, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

743
\n00:50:48,320 –> 00:50:54,480
\nIt’s the same experience.
\nHe sees God, he sees almighty <\/p>\n

744
\n00:50:54,480 –> 00:50:58,720
\nGod, just like Elijah and Moses.
\nNow what I want to do, I just <\/p>\n

745
\n00:50:58,720 –> 00:51:00,800
\nwant to finish here, brothers
\nand sisters, I know we’ve gone <\/p>\n

746
\n00:51:00,800 –> 00:51:03,720
\nover a little bit and I’ll try
\nand get better with timing as <\/p>\n

747
\n00:51:03,720 –> 00:51:06,640
\nthe week goes on.
\nI’ll be much better on Saturday.<\/p>\n

748
\n00:51:08,520 –> 00:51:10,880
\nBut verse 18, we’re going to
\nfinish here because for me this <\/p>\n

749
\n00:51:10,880 –> 00:51:12,520
\nis the climax.
\nAnd we could just quickly read <\/p>\n

750
\n00:51:12,520 –> 00:51:15,120
\nover that because the, the, the
\nladder or the staircase is so <\/p>\n

751
\n00:51:15,120 –> 00:51:16,480
\ndramatic.
\nIt says there verse 18. <\/p>\n

752
\n00:51:16,480 –> 00:51:19,080
\nAnd Jacob rose up early in the
\nmorning and took the stone that <\/p>\n

753
\n00:51:19,080 –> 00:51:21,600
\nhe had put for his pillow and
\nset it up for a pillar and <\/p>\n

754
\n00:51:21,600 –> 00:51:25,720
\npoured oil upon the top of it.
\nCan you see what he does? <\/p>\n

755
\n00:51:27,560 –> 00:51:31,480
\nThere was Jacob, and he now
\nknows the seed of promise. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:51:31,480 –> 00:51:35,800
\nA multitude of seed is going to
\nflow through him, and for the <\/p>\n

757
\n00:51:35,800 –> 00:51:39,560
\nmultitudinous sea to flow
\nthrough him, it needed the seed <\/p>\n

758
\n00:51:39,560 –> 00:51:46,720
\nof promise to come.
\nAnd so he takes then Abraham’s <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:46,760 –> 00:51:58,560
\naltar, and he raises it, and he
\nanoints it at the very place <\/p>\n

760
\n00:51:58,560 –> 00:52:03,560
\nthat Abraham had invoked Yahweh
\nin the name of Yahweh and had <\/p>\n

761
\n00:52:03,560 –> 00:52:08,280
\nreceived this vision of the
\ncoming mediator. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:52:10,360 –> 00:52:12,560
\nI just want you to imagine this
\nas we finish this morning. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:52:13,280 –> 00:52:17,760
\nHe raises this stone and he
\nanoints it. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:52:17,760 –> 00:52:20,600
\nCan you picture that stone
\nglistening in the sunshine with <\/p>\n

765
\n00:52:20,600 –> 00:52:23,240
\nthe oil there?
\nAnd what does he do? <\/p>\n

766
\n00:52:26,240 –> 00:52:33,480
\nIt is in total recognition that
\nthe land and the people would <\/p>\n

767
\n00:52:33,480 –> 00:52:39,760
\ncome through one, the one who
\nwould be raised and anointed, <\/p>\n

768
\n00:52:41,240 –> 00:52:45,480
\nraised up amongst his brethren
\nand anointed on the day of his <\/p>\n

769
\n00:52:45,480 –> 00:52:49,080
\nbaptism.
\nBehold, this is my beloved son, <\/p>\n

770
\n00:52:49,840 –> 00:52:55,600
\nin whom I am well pleased.
\nAnd as we picture Bethel now, <\/p>\n

771
\n00:52:55,600 –> 00:52:58,640
\nbrothers and sisters, as Jacob
\nnow leaves Bethel, I want you to<\/p>\n

772
\n00:52:58,640 –> 00:53:04,720
\nimagine that solitary stone, the
\nbeginning of the House of God, <\/p>\n

773
\n00:53:06,280 –> 00:53:11,360
\nAnd that stone symbolized the
\nchief corner. <\/p>\n

774
\n00:53:13,280 –> 00:53:17,600
\nAnd many stones now need to be
\nassembled at Bethel into the <\/p>\n

775
\n00:53:17,600 –> 00:53:21,560
\nHouse of God, many living and
\nlively stones. <\/p>\n

776
\n00:53:21,560 –> 00:53:26,400
\nYou and me, brothers and
\nsisters, ask yourselves now, the<\/p>\n

777
\n00:53:26,400 –> 00:53:34,560
\nend of this talk, Where are you?
\nHave you been shaped and <\/p>\n

778
\n00:53:34,560 –> 00:53:37,680
\nmoulded?
\nHave you been brought close to <\/p>\n

779
\n00:53:37,680 –> 00:53:41,240
\nthat cornerstone?
\nAre you now in the House of God?<\/p>\n

780
\n00:53:42,800 –> 00:53:48,560
\nOr are you in another solitary
\nspace on your own, still waiting<\/p>\n

781
\n00:53:49,280 –> 00:53:52,120
\nto be shaped and moulded by your
\nGod?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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