This week’s talk is an exhortation by Brother Richard Morgan entitled “Jacob’s Redemption,” given at the Simi Hills Ecclesia in California, USA, on January 19th, 2025.<\/p>\n
We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n
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\nHello all and welcome back. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is Brother Benji.
\nThis week’s talk will be an <\/p>\n
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\nexhortation given by Brother
\nRichard Morgan at the Semi <\/p>\n
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\nHills, Ecclesia, California, USA
\non the 19th of January 2025 to <\/p>\n
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\nthe theme Jacob’s Redemption.
\nThis exhort entails a brief tour<\/p>\n
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\nthrough Jacob’s life,
\nparticularly focusing on his <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship and encounters with
\nhis family. <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Richard does such an
\nexcellent job drawing out the <\/p>\n
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\nsense of the text.
\nI’ll admit I have a soft spot <\/p>\n
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\nfor Jacob, yet you’d be hard
\npressed to find anyone who’s not<\/p>\n
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\nmoved by his story and
\nredemption. <\/p>\n
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\nI pray this talk will inspire
\nyou, move you, and encourage you<\/p>\n
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\nfor the week ahead.
\nWith that said, I’ll give you <\/p>\n
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\nover to our brother Richard for
\nhis exhort Jacob’s redemption. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning everyone.
\nDo you ever feel when you come <\/p>\n
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\nto the breaking of bread, You
\ncome here every week, you break <\/p>\n
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\nbread and you drink wine, but
\nsomething just doesn’t seem <\/p>\n
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\nright.
\nYou know that in the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nChrist you have the forgiveness
\nof your sins, but something <\/p>\n
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\ndoesn’t feel right.
\nYou don’t feel at peace. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, if you’ve ever felt like
\nthat, and perhaps you feel like <\/p>\n
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\nthat right now, or maybe you’ll
\nfeel like that in the future, <\/p>\n
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\nthen you have something in
\ncommon with Jacob. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob was a man who lost peace
\nin his life, but God worked with<\/p>\n
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\nJacob.
\nHe worked to to transform him <\/p>\n
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\nand for him to find peace again.
\nSo we’re going to talk about the<\/p>\n
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\nredemption of Jacob this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd hopefully, brothers and
\nsisters, it will be an <\/p>\n
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\nencouragement for us if any time
\nin our life we feel that we’re <\/p>\n
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\nnot at peace.
\nNow, I want to start towards the<\/p>\n
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\nend of our story and the reading
\nwe just had in Genesis chapter <\/p>\n
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\n32.
\nHere, Jacob is returning from <\/p>\n
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\nexile.
\nHe’s been in exile for at least <\/p>\n
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\n20 years, probably more.
\nWhile he’s on his journey home, <\/p>\n
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\nhe sends a message to his
\nbrother Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd it’s a little bit odd.
\nLet’s read about it. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat we just read through Lucas
\nin chapter 32 verse three, it <\/p>\n
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\nsays that Jacob sent messengers
\nbefore him to Esau his brother <\/p>\n
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\nin the land of sea of the
\ncountry of Edom, instructing <\/p>\n
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\nthem thus shall you say to my
\nLord Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nThis says your servant Jacob,
\nI’ve sojourned with Laban and <\/p>\n
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\nstayed until now.
\nI have oxen, donkeys, flocks, <\/p>\n
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\nmale servants and female
\nservants I’ve sent to tell my <\/p>\n
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\nLord in order they may find
\nfavour or grace in your sight. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he wants to find grace in the
\nsight of Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nLast he knew Esau wanted to kill
\nhim. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he sends this message.
\nNote note a couple of things <\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nHe he calls Esau my Lord, and he<\/p>\n
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\ndescribes himself as Esau’s
\nservant. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he’s establishing some kind
\nof hierarchical relationship <\/p>\n
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\nhere with his brother.
\nAnd the message itself is <\/p>\n
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\nstrange.
\nHe wants to tell Esau, I have <\/p>\n
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\nlots of animals and servants.
\nOK, why does he do this? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does he send this message to
\nEsau? <\/p>\n
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\nIf you carry on reading, it says
\nin verse 6 that the messengers <\/p>\n
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\nreturned to Jacob saying we came
\nto your brother Esau and he’s <\/p>\n
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\ncoming to meet you and there are
\n400 men with him. <\/p>\n
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\nThen Jacob was greatly afraid
\nand distressed. <\/p>\n
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\nHe divided the people with him
\nand the flocks and herds and <\/p>\n
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\ncamels into two camps, thinking
\nif Esau comes to the one camp <\/p>\n
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\nand attacks it, then the camp
\nthat is left will escape and <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s scared out of his mind.
\nLast he knew Esau wanted to kill<\/p>\n
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\nhim and now he’s coming with 400
\nmen. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Jacob only has himself to
\nblame here, doesn’t he? <\/p>\n
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\nHe didn’t have to send this
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
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\nJust just think about the
\ngeography of the situation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s come from Haran, way up in
\nthe north in modern day Syria, <\/p>\n
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\nand he’s made the long journey
\nSouth. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s about halfway down on
\nthe east side of the Jordan, <\/p>\n
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\nnext to the land of promise.
\nAnd all he has to do is find a <\/p>\n
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\nway across the River Jordan and
\nhe’s home safe. <\/p>\n
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\nBut instead, he goes completely
\nout of his way to send this <\/p>\n
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\nmessage to Esau.
\nMiso’s in the land of Edom, way <\/p>\n
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\ndown South, miles and miles
\naway. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jacob sends his message.
\nWhy did he do this? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy does he?
\nWhy does he pause before <\/p>\n
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\nreturning home?
\nWell, let’s go to the beginning <\/p>\n
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\nof the story, shall we?
\nBack in Chapter 25. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the first interaction.
\nWell, really, it’s the second <\/p>\n
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\ninteraction, 1st after he’s born
\nwith his brother Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is where Esau sells his
\nbirthright for a bowl of Stew. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know the story.
\nEsau’s been out hunting and he <\/p>\n
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\ncomes home absolutely exhausted,
\nstarving, hungry. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he sees that Jacob is making
\nsome Stew. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says, I’m exhausted, give
\nme some of that Stew. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jacob says, sure, yeah, I’ll
\ngive you some Stew if you give <\/p>\n
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\nme your birthright.
\nAnd Esau said I’m about to die. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat use is a birthright to me?
\nAnd he sold his birthright for a<\/p>\n
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\nbowl of Stew.
\nNow, Esau was wrong to do that. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we’re not here to talk about
\nEsau this morning. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re here to talk about Jacob.
\nAnd Jacob was no better, was he?<\/p>\n
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\nI mean, he could have done the
\nbrotherly thing. <\/p>\n
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\nHe sees Esau coming in
\nabsolutely exhausted, famished, <\/p>\n
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\nand he could have been kind to
\nhis brother and say here, have <\/p>\n
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\nsome Stew.
\nBut instead of showing kindness,<\/p>\n
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\nhe took full advantage of the
\nsituation. <\/p>\n
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\nHe took advantage of a man in a
\nvery vulnerable state, probably <\/p>\n
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\nknowing how Esau would react,
\nand he basically stole the <\/p>\n
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\nbirthright from his brother.
\nAnd things didn’t get better <\/p>\n
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\nbetween them, did they?
\nThey got a lot worse. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you turn over to chapter
\n27, this is where now Jacob <\/p>\n
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\nsteals the blessing from his
\nbrother and he does the same <\/p>\n
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\nthing.
\nHe takes advantage of a man in a<\/p>\n
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\nvery vulnerable state, and this
\ntime it’s their dad, Isaac, poor<\/p>\n
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\nold blind Isaac.
\nJacob takes advantage of a man <\/p>\n
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\nwith a disability and he
\ndeceives him with the help of <\/p>\n
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\nhis mother Rebecca.
\nHe puts the goat skins on his <\/p>\n
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\nneck and on his arms to make it
\nappear like he’s Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nHe lies, he cheats, he steals.
\nThere’s nothing good that could <\/p>\n
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\nbe said about Jacob in either of
\nthese incidents. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s read the record show
\nhe’s in chapter 27 here and <\/p>\n
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\nverse 26.
\nThen his father Isaac said to <\/p>\n
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\nhim, come here and kiss me, my
\nson. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he came here and kissed him
\nand Isaac smelled the smell of <\/p>\n
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\nhis garments and blessed him and
\nsaid, see the smell of my son is<\/p>\n
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\nthe smell of the field that the
\nLord is blessed. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as as Jacob leant down and
\nembraced his father, Isaac would<\/p>\n
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\nhave felt the roughness of the
\ngoat skins and the smell making <\/p>\n
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\nit appear that this was Esau.
\nAnd Isaac gives to Esau, sorry <\/p>\n
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\nto Jacob, the the blessing that
\nhe reserved for Esau. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jacob steals that blessing
\nthrough deceit from poor old <\/p>\n
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\nblind Isaac.
\nSo what did he steal? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, if you look at the
\nblessing in verses 28 and 29, it<\/p>\n
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\ncan be summarized as prosperity
\nand power. <\/p>\n
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\nThe verse 28, May God give you
\nthe dew of heaven and the <\/p>\n
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\nfatness of the earth, and plenty
\nof grain of wine. <\/p>\n
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\nMay God make you prosperous.
\nAnd in verse 29, it’s all about <\/p>\n
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\npower.
\nLet people serve you and nations<\/p>\n
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\nbow down to you.
\nBe Lord over your brothers, and <\/p>\n
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\nmay your mother’s sons bow down
\nto you. <\/p>\n
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\nSo you’re going to be Lord.
\nPeople are going to serve you. <\/p>\n
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\nPeople are going to bow down to
\nyou, including your mother’s <\/p>\n
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\nsons.
\nThat’s the blessing that Jacob <\/p>\n
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\nstole from his brother.
\nWhat was Esau’s reaction? <\/p>\n
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\nWell, he went out and wept.
\nVerse 34 As soon as Esau heard <\/p>\n
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\nthe words of his father, he
\ncried out with an exceeding <\/p>\n
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\ngreat and bitter cry.
\nAnd Esau has had enough of his <\/p>\n
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\nbrother.
\nHe’s up to hear with him. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and no wonder, so it says
\nin verse 41. <\/p>\n
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\nNow Esau hated Jacob because of
\nthe blessing with which his <\/p>\n
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\nfather had blessed him.
\nAnd Esau said to himself, The <\/p>\n
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\ndays of mourning for my father
\nare approaching. <\/p>\n
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\nThen I will kill my brother
\nJacob. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:35,720 –> 00:09:38,600
\nAnd their relationship is
\nabsolutely torn apart at the <\/p>\n
\n00:09:38,600 –> 00:09:41,680
\nseams.
\nJacob has wronged his brother. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:41,800 –> 00:09:43,800
\nHe sinned egregiously against
\nhim. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:44,400 –> 00:09:47,720
\nEsau hates him for it, and he
\nwants to kill him. <\/p>\n
\n00:09:48,440 –> 00:09:52,320
\nSo Jacob has to flee.
\nAnd that’s exactly what he does.<\/p>\n
\n00:09:52,320 –> 00:09:57,840
\nHe flees into exile.
\nNext chapter, chapter 28, verse <\/p>\n
\n00:09:57,840 –> 00:10:01,720
\n10, Jacob left Beersheba and
\nwent toward Haran. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:01,720 –> 00:10:05,480
\nAnd isn’t that what sin does?
\nBrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n
\n00:10:05,720 –> 00:10:10,720
\nDoesn’t sin put us into exile?
\nIt creates A separation between <\/p>\n
\n00:10:10,720 –> 00:10:14,240
\nUS and God.
\nIt creates A separation between <\/p>\n
\n00:10:14,240 –> 00:10:18,120
\nus, a distance between US and
\nthose that we’ve hurt. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:18,600 –> 00:10:22,120
\nAnd it feels like we’ve gone
\ninto exile. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:24,400 –> 00:10:29,000
\nSo Jacob heads towards Haran and
\nit’s while he’s on his journey <\/p>\n
\n00:10:29,080 –> 00:10:32,560
\nthat he has his first encounter
\nwith God. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:32,560 –> 00:10:35,640
\nWe’re going to look at 3
\nencounters that Jacob had with <\/p>\n
\n00:10:35,640 –> 00:10:38,040
\nGod this morning.
\nThis first one when he’s going <\/p>\n
\n00:10:38,040 –> 00:10:41,960
\ninto exile, the second one when
\nhe’s in exile, and the third one<\/p>\n
\n00:10:41,960 –> 00:10:43,960
\nwhen he’s returning home from
\nexile. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:44,320 –> 00:10:46,960
\nAnd it’s through these
\nencounters with God that God is <\/p>\n
\n00:10:46,960 –> 00:10:52,200
\ngoing to work with this man to
\nchange him, to redeem him. <\/p>\n
\n00:10:54,160 –> 00:10:56,600
\nSo let’s have a look at this
\nfirst encounter with God, shall <\/p>\n
\n00:10:56,600 –> 00:10:57,760
\nwe?
\nIt’s in this chapter, chapter <\/p>\n
\n00:10:57,760 –> 00:11:00,080
\n28.
\nThis is where Jacob has the <\/p>\n
\n00:11:00,080 –> 00:11:05,120
\ndream of the angels ascending
\nand descending on the ladder, a <\/p>\n
\n00:11:05,120 –> 00:11:09,280
\nmessage to Jacob that God is
\ngoing to be with him, and that’s<\/p>\n
\n00:11:09,280 –> 00:11:11,040
\nexactly what God says to him in
\nthe dream. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:11,040 –> 00:11:15,760
\nIf you look at verse 15 of
\nchapter 28, God says, behold, I <\/p>\n
\n00:11:15,760 –> 00:11:19,480
\nam with you and will keep you
\nwherever you go, despite the <\/p>\n
\n00:11:19,480 –> 00:11:23,800
\nkind of man you are, Jacob,
\ndespite what you did to your <\/p>\n
\n00:11:23,800 –> 00:11:27,280
\nbrother, I’m going to work with
\nyou. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:27,320 –> 00:11:31,440
\nI’m going to refine you.
\nI’m going to redeem you. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:32,960 –> 00:11:35,640
\nAnd then it says carrying on in
\nverse 15. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:36,520 –> 00:11:39,640
\nAnd I will bring you back to
\nthis land. <\/p>\n
\n00:11:40,880 –> 00:11:44,800
\nI’ll bring you home.
\nAnd isn’t that what we want, <\/p>\n
\n00:11:44,800 –> 00:11:50,680
\nbrothers and sisters, when we go
\ninto our spiritual exile, we <\/p>\n
\n00:11:50,680 –> 00:11:57,480
\nwant to find our way home.
\nSo what was Jacob’s reaction to <\/p>\n
\n00:11:57,480 –> 00:12:02,200
\nthis first encounter with God?
\nWell, he makes a vow. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:02,480 –> 00:12:05,120
\nIn fact, it’s the very first
\nrecorded vow in Scripture. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:05,120 –> 00:12:10,840
\nIf you look down at verse 20, it
\nsays Jacob made a vow saying if <\/p>\n
\n00:12:10,840 –> 00:12:13,160
\nGod will be with me and will
\nkeep you in this way that I go <\/p>\n
\n00:12:13,160 –> 00:12:16,000
\nand will give me bread to eat
\nand clothing to wear so that I <\/p>\n
\n00:12:16,000 –> 00:12:19,200
\ncome again to my father’s house
\nin peace, then the Lord shall be<\/p>\n
\n00:12:19,200 –> 00:12:21,440
\nmy God, and this stone which
\nI’ve set up for a pillar shall <\/p>\n
\n00:12:21,440 –> 00:12:23,680
\nbe God’s house, and of all that
\nyou give me, will give a full <\/p>\n
\n00:12:23,680 –> 00:12:26,120
\n10th to you.
\nSo this is Jacob’s vow. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:27,200 –> 00:12:29,320
\nIt’s a covenant he’s in with
\nGod, right? <\/p>\n
\n00:12:29,800 –> 00:12:33,360
\nAnd in this covenant, yes, God
\nhas God promised to be with him,<\/p>\n
\n00:12:33,800 –> 00:12:37,840
\nto look after him and to give
\nhim the necessities of life, as <\/p>\n
\n00:12:37,840 –> 00:12:41,080
\nit says at the end of verse 20
\nthere, to give him food and <\/p>\n
\n00:12:41,080 –> 00:12:44,320
\nclothing.
\nAnd then significantly in verse <\/p>\n
\n00:12:44,320 –> 00:12:52,440
\n21, so that I come again to my
\nfather’s house in peace, because<\/p>\n
\n00:12:52,440 –> 00:12:57,680
\nthat is what Jacob has lost.
\nThis is a man in turmoil. <\/p>\n
\n00:12:58,240 –> 00:13:00,720
\nHe’s estranged from his father.
\nHe’s on the run from his <\/p>\n
\n00:13:00,720 –> 00:13:05,720
\nbrother.
\nHis life is a mess and he wants <\/p>\n
\n00:13:05,720 –> 00:13:10,520
\nto come home, but he wants to
\ncome home in peace. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:12,840 –> 00:13:15,920
\nAnd then he says, if if you do
\nthis for me, if you provide me <\/p>\n
\n00:13:15,920 –> 00:13:20,600
\nwith food and clothing, it says
\nat the end of verse 22 there of <\/p>\n
\n00:13:20,600 –> 00:13:23,320
\nall that you give me, I will
\ngive a full 10th to you. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:25,840 –> 00:13:27,920
\nSo do you think Jacob kept his
\nvow? <\/p>\n
\n00:13:31,560 –> 00:13:33,960
\nOh, So we carry on readings for
\nthe next few chapters. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:33,960 –> 00:13:37,520
\nJacob comes to Haran, to his
\nuncle Laban’s house. <\/p>\n
\n00:13:38,120 –> 00:13:41,600
\nHe marries Leah and Rachel.
\nHe’s there for at least 20 <\/p>\n
\n00:13:41,600 –> 00:13:46,480
\nyears, probably more.
\nSo what did God do for Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:13:47,440 –> 00:13:51,200
\nwhile he was in exile?
\nWhat would you do if you were <\/p>\n
\n00:13:51,200 –> 00:13:55,760
\nGod dealing with this rogue,
\ndealing with this man who’s lied<\/p>\n
\n00:13:55,760 –> 00:13:58,080
\nand cheated and stole his way
\nthrough life? <\/p>\n
\n00:13:59,600 –> 00:14:04,680
\nWhat would you do to refine him?
\nWell, what God does for Jacob, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:06,120 –> 00:14:08,120
\nit’s a little bit strange if you
\nthink about it. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:09,360 –> 00:14:13,920
\nHe makes Jacob prosperous.
\nHe takes many of the flocks and <\/p>\n
\n00:14:13,920 –> 00:14:17,440
\nherds that belong to Laban and
\nhe gives them to Jacob. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:18,880 –> 00:14:23,280
\nWhy does God do that?
\nIf you turn over the excuse me, <\/p>\n
\n00:14:23,280 –> 00:14:27,640
\nif you turn over to chapter 31,
\nJacob acknowledges this. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:30,600 –> 00:14:36,240
\nSo chapter 31, it says in in
\nverse 9, Thus God has taken away<\/p>\n
\n00:14:36,240 –> 00:14:38,200
\nthe livestock of your father and
\ngiven it to me. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:38,360 –> 00:14:43,120
\nHe’s made me prosperous.
\nIt’s almost as if God is <\/p>\n
\n00:14:43,120 –> 00:14:47,360
\nconfirming the blessing that he
\nstole from Esau. <\/p>\n
\n00:14:48,640 –> 00:14:50,960
\nRemember the first half of that
\nblessing that God will make you <\/p>\n
\n00:14:50,960 –> 00:14:56,160
\nprosperous, and now God is
\nmaking Jacob prosperous <\/p>\n
\n00:14:57,840 –> 00:14:59,960
\naccording to the blessing that
\nhe stole. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:01,440 –> 00:15:07,640
\nWhy does God do this now?
\nThis is at the time where Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:15:07,640 –> 00:15:12,880
\nnow has his second encounter
\nwith God and it’s in the form of<\/p>\n
\n00:15:12,880 –> 00:15:17,000
\nanother dream.
\nSo in verse 11, it says, then <\/p>\n
\n00:15:17,000 –> 00:15:19,440
\nthe Angel of God said to me in
\nthe dream, Jacob and I said, <\/p>\n
\n00:15:19,440 –> 00:15:21,560
\nhere I am.
\nAnd he said, lift up your eyes <\/p>\n
\n00:15:21,560 –> 00:15:24,360
\nand see all the goats that mate
\nwith a flock of stripes spotted <\/p>\n
\n00:15:24,360 –> 00:15:25,840
\nthe muddles.
\nSee what I’ve done for you, <\/p>\n
\n00:15:26,280 –> 00:15:28,080
\nJacob.
\nI’ve taken the flocks and herds <\/p>\n
\n00:15:28,080 –> 00:15:30,400
\nthat belong to Laban.
\nI’ve given unto you, I’ve made <\/p>\n
\n00:15:30,400 –> 00:15:36,880
\nyou prosperous.
\nAnd then very significantly, God<\/p>\n
\n00:15:36,880 –> 00:15:43,440
\nreminds him of his vow.
\nSo if you look at verse 13, God <\/p>\n
\n00:15:43,440 –> 00:15:46,560
\nsays I am the God of Bethe where
\nyou anointed a pillar and made a<\/p>\n
\n00:15:46,560 –> 00:15:49,760
\nvow to me.
\nRemember that, Jacob, over 20 <\/p>\n
\n00:15:49,760 –> 00:15:53,280
\nyears ago you made a vow to me
\nof all that I give you. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:53,360 –> 00:15:57,600
\nI’ll give a full 10th to you and
\nI’m keeping the covenant. <\/p>\n
\n00:15:57,600 –> 00:16:01,040
\nGod says I’ve given you food and
\nclothing. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:01,640 –> 00:16:04,440
\nIn fact, I’ve gone above and
\nbeyond. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:05,760 –> 00:16:12,320
\nThey’ve made you prosperous.
\nSo Jacob, do you remember your <\/p>\n
\n00:16:12,320 –> 00:16:16,880
\nvow?
\nAnd then it says at the end of <\/p>\n
\n00:16:16,880 –> 00:16:21,600
\nverse 13, now arise.
\nGod says to him, now arise, go <\/p>\n
\n00:16:21,600 –> 00:16:25,120
\nout from this land and return to
\nthe land of your kindred. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:25,560 –> 00:16:31,200
\nIt’s time, Jacob, you’re ready.
\nIt’s time to go home. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:33,000 –> 00:16:37,960
\nJacob wants to go home, but he
\nwants to go home in peace. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:40,040 –> 00:16:43,400
\nSo Jacob takes his wives and his
\nchildren and all this <\/p>\n
\n00:16:43,800 –> 00:16:46,240
\nprosperity, all these animals
\nthat God has given to him, and <\/p>\n
\n00:16:46,240 –> 00:16:49,880
\nhe he leaves the House of Laban
\nand he heads on home. <\/p>\n
\n00:16:50,840 –> 00:16:54,120
\nAnd that brings us to our
\nreadings in chapters 32 and 33, <\/p>\n
\n00:16:56,480 –> 00:17:01,240
\nwhere Jacob pauses at the River
\nJabak on the east side of the <\/p>\n
\n00:17:01,240 –> 00:17:04,800
\nJordan.
\nBefore he crosses the Jordan and<\/p>\n
\n00:17:04,800 –> 00:17:09,400
\narrives home, he stops and and
\nsends this message to his <\/p>\n
\n00:17:09,400 –> 00:17:13,960
\nbrother Esau.
\nAnd Esau’s coming now with 400 <\/p>\n
\n00:17:13,960 –> 00:17:16,960
\nmen and he is scared out of his
\nmind. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:19,000 –> 00:17:23,920
\nSo what does Jacob do?
\nWell, the first thing, the first<\/p>\n
\n00:17:23,920 –> 00:17:26,200
\nthing he does is he prays to
\nGod. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:27,680 –> 00:17:29,720
\nSo that’s in verses 9 through
\n12. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:32,080 –> 00:17:35,880
\nWe won’t, we won’t look at the
\nwe will look at the prayer. <\/p>\n
\n00:17:35,880 –> 00:17:40,960
\nBut what this prayer illustrates
\nin verses 9 to 12 is that Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:17:40,960 –> 00:17:45,600
\nis a changed man.
\nHe’s now somebody who puts his <\/p>\n
\n00:17:45,600 –> 00:17:51,160
\ntrust in God.
\nAnd Jacob does something else <\/p>\n
\n00:17:51,160 –> 00:17:54,760
\nhere.
\nHe puts together a present for <\/p>\n
\n00:17:54,760 –> 00:17:59,280
\nhis brother Easel, and his plan
\nis that he’s going to send this <\/p>\n
\n00:17:59,280 –> 00:18:03,480
\npresent on the head with some
\nservants in the hope that when <\/p>\n
\n00:18:03,480 –> 00:18:06,800
\nJacob comes on the scene, Esau
\nhaving received the present, <\/p>\n
\n00:18:06,800 –> 00:18:10,960
\nwill be amenable to Jacob and
\nwon’t want to kill him, but will<\/p>\n
\n00:18:11,000 –> 00:18:15,080
\nwill accept him.
\nSo let’s read about the <\/p>\n
\n00:18:15,080 –> 00:18:17,080
\ninstructions then he’s given to
\nhis servants. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:17,080 –> 00:18:21,000
\nIf you look at verse 20 of
\nchapter 32, he tells his <\/p>\n
\n00:18:21,000 –> 00:18:23,960
\nservants, you shall say when you
\nhand over this present to Esau, <\/p>\n
\n00:18:24,400 –> 00:18:26,600
\nmoreover, your servant Jacob is
\nbehind us. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:26,800 –> 00:18:29,320
\nAnd then we get some insight
\ninto what Jacob is thinking. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:29,840 –> 00:18:33,280
\nSo carrying on in verse 20.
\nFor he thought I may appease him<\/p>\n
\n00:18:33,280 –> 00:18:34,960
\nwith a present that goes ahead
\nof me. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:35,200 –> 00:18:37,160
\nAnd afterward I shall see his
\nface. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:37,320 –> 00:18:39,920
\nPerhaps he will accept me.
\nAnd this is what Jacob was <\/p>\n
\n00:18:39,920 –> 00:18:41,920
\nworried about, right?
\nHe’s worried about a face to <\/p>\n
\n00:18:41,920 –> 00:18:44,160
\nface meeting with his brother
\nEsau. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:44,760 –> 00:18:48,120
\nIn fact, the word face is there
\nin the Hebrew a number of times <\/p>\n
\n00:18:48,280 –> 00:18:51,920
\nin that verse where it says I
\nmay appease him literally, I may<\/p>\n
\n00:18:51,920 –> 00:18:55,920
\nappease his face, where it says
\nat the end of the verse, perhaps<\/p>\n
\n00:18:55,920 –> 00:18:59,120
\nhe will accept me literally,
\nperhaps he will accept my face. <\/p>\n
\n00:18:59,480 –> 00:19:01,200
\nSo this is what Jacob is worried
\nabout. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:01,320 –> 00:19:04,720
\nHe’s going to have a face to
\nface meeting with his brother <\/p>\n
\n00:19:04,720 –> 00:19:11,680
\nEsau, a face to face meeting
\nwith his past, a face to face <\/p>\n
\n00:19:11,680 –> 00:19:17,560
\nmeeting with his sins, a
\nconfrontation with his demons. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:18,720 –> 00:19:23,440
\nAnd he’s scared.
\nBut there’s something <\/p>\n
\n00:19:23,440 –> 00:19:25,760
\nsignificant going on here,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:27,080 –> 00:19:30,480
\nYou see that word appease there
\nin verse 20. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:31,720 –> 00:19:33,600
\nI may appease him with a
\npresent. <\/p>\n
\n00:19:34,640 –> 00:19:37,200
\nThat happens to be the very
\nfirst occurrence of the word <\/p>\n
\n00:19:37,200 –> 00:19:41,280
\natonement in the entire Bible.
\nIt’s the word used all the way <\/p>\n
\n00:19:41,280 –> 00:19:45,080
\nthrough the law of Moses for the
\nway in which the the sacrifices <\/p>\n
\n00:19:45,080 –> 00:19:51,640
\nprovided atonement.
\nSo this present then is it’s a <\/p>\n
\n00:19:51,640 –> 00:19:57,680
\ngesture of atonement.
\nAnd I think that Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:19:57,680 –> 00:20:00,240
\nunderstood something very
\nfundamental. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:01,640 –> 00:20:05,680
\nRemember, he wants to go home,
\nbut he wants to return home in <\/p>\n
\n00:20:05,680 –> 00:20:09,600
\npeace.
\nBut I think Jacob understood <\/p>\n
\n00:20:09,600 –> 00:20:14,640
\nsomething that we all understand
\ninnately, what the prophet <\/p>\n
\n00:20:14,640 –> 00:20:21,160
\nIsaiah says, that there is no
\npeace to the wicked, or as <\/p>\n
\n00:20:21,160 –> 00:20:23,680
\nIsaiah says elsewhere in the
\nverse that we have on the <\/p>\n
\n00:20:23,680 –> 00:20:25,760
\nscreen.
\nExcuse me? <\/p>\n
\n00:20:26,800 –> 00:20:31,800
\nThe effect of righteousness
\nshall be peace. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:32,480 –> 00:20:35,880
\nYou see, under the law of Moses,
\nthe peace offering had to be <\/p>\n
\n00:20:35,880 –> 00:20:39,040
\noffered on top of the burnt
\noffering, the offering of <\/p>\n
\n00:20:39,040 –> 00:20:41,640
\nrighteousness.
\nAnd the principle is you cannot <\/p>\n
\n00:20:41,640 –> 00:20:45,200
\nhave peace without
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:45,560 –> 00:20:49,560
\nYou cannot find peace without
\nmaking things right. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:51,000 –> 00:20:52,440
\nAnd I think Jacob understood
\nthis. <\/p>\n
\n00:20:52,440 –> 00:20:55,400
\nHe wants to return home in
\npeace, but he knows the only way<\/p>\n
\n00:20:55,400 –> 00:21:01,080
\nto find that peace is to make
\nthings right. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:02,680 –> 00:21:06,920
\nAnd so this present is a, is a
\ngesture of, of wanting to make <\/p>\n
\n00:21:06,920 –> 00:21:12,160
\nthings right.
\nSo he puts together this <\/p>\n
\n00:21:12,160 –> 00:21:16,840
\npresent.
\nNow it’s quite the present if <\/p>\n
\n00:21:16,840 –> 00:21:18,720
\nyou just come back to verse 13.
\nLet’s have a look at it. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:18,720 –> 00:21:21,800
\nVerse 13 says he stayed that
\nnight and from what he had with <\/p>\n
\n00:21:21,800 –> 00:21:24,400
\nhim, and he had a lot with him.
\nRemember, God has made him <\/p>\n
\n00:21:24,400 –> 00:21:25,880
\nprosperous.
\nHe’s given him many of the <\/p>\n
\n00:21:25,880 –> 00:21:28,800
\nflocks and herds and other
\nanimals that belong to Laban. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:29,560 –> 00:21:32,120
\nSo from what he had with him, it
\nsays there in verse 13, he took <\/p>\n
\n00:21:32,120 –> 00:21:35,920
\na present for his brother Esau.
\nAnd then in verses 14 and 15, it<\/p>\n
\n00:21:35,920 –> 00:21:39,520
\nlists all the animals that make
\nup that present and there’s a <\/p>\n
\n00:21:39,520 –> 00:21:43,920
\nlot of them.
\nThere’s 580 animals. <\/p>\n
\n00:21:46,480 –> 00:21:50,880
\nSo I thought to myself, how much
\nwould these animals cost in <\/p>\n
\n00:21:50,880 –> 00:21:54,040
\ntoday’s markets if I was to put
\nthis present together today? <\/p>\n
\n00:21:54,400 –> 00:21:56,800
\nHow much would it cost me?
\nJust to give an idea of the <\/p>\n
\n00:21:56,800 –> 00:22:02,240
\nscale of this present.
\nNow animal prices, they have a <\/p>\n
\n00:22:02,240 –> 00:22:05,880
\nrange because of the pedigree of
\nthe the animals. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:05,880 –> 00:22:09,880
\nSo I went with a more
\nconservative estimate and this <\/p>\n
\n00:22:09,880 –> 00:22:14,840
\nis what I came up with.
\nSo it starts in verse 14 with <\/p>\n
\n00:22:14,840 –> 00:22:20,040
\n200 female goats.
\nIf you were to buy 200 female <\/p>\n
\n00:22:20,040 –> 00:22:22,240
\ngoats in today’s markets, how
\nmuch do you think that would <\/p>\n
\n00:22:22,240 –> 00:22:25,480
\ncost?
\nConservatively? <\/p>\n
\n00:22:26,120 –> 00:22:32,040
\nThat would set you back about
\n$50,000 and it carries on. 20 <\/p>\n
\n00:22:32,040 –> 00:22:38,480
\nmale goats 5000 dollars 200 U
\n$70,000.20 Rams $5000.30 female <\/p>\n
\n00:22:38,480 –> 00:22:45,040
\ncamels with their young 450,000
\ndollars 40K was $140,000 10 <\/p>\n
\n00:22:45,040 –> 00:22:49,680
\nbulls $60,000 Twenty female
\ndonkeys $30,000.10 male donkeys <\/p>\n
\n00:22:49,680 –> 00:22:55,120
\n$15,000 for a grand total of
\n$825,000. <\/p>\n
\n00:22:55,120 –> 00:22:58,400
\nIt’s ridiculous.
\nI was trying to remember the <\/p>\n
\n00:22:58,400 –> 00:23:03,240
\nlast present I gave my brother.
\nI think it was a book of dad <\/p>\n
\n00:23:03,240 –> 00:23:06,760
\njokes or something.
\nI mean this, this is, this is <\/p>\n
\n00:23:06,760 –> 00:23:10,200
\ncrazy, but it’s not.
\nIt’s not just the monetary <\/p>\n
\n00:23:10,200 –> 00:23:12,840
\nvalue, is it, Brothers and
\nsisters, Think about what Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:23:12,840 –> 00:23:16,400
\nis giving his brother here with
\nthe milk from the various <\/p>\n
\n00:23:16,400 –> 00:23:20,840
\nanimals and the meat the the
\nwolf from the sheep of the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:20,840 –> 00:23:24,720
\nanimal hides.
\nHe’s giving Esau here enough <\/p>\n
\n00:23:24,720 –> 00:23:28,800
\nresources, basically a farmer
\nfactory whereby Esau might <\/p>\n
\n00:23:28,800 –> 00:23:33,000
\nprovide for himself and his
\nfamily food and clothing for the<\/p>\n
\n00:23:33,000 –> 00:23:37,800
\nrest of their lives.
\nRemember, Jacob’s just been <\/p>\n
\n00:23:37,800 –> 00:23:41,120
\nreminded of his vow.
\nYou think Jacob’s keeping his <\/p>\n
\n00:23:41,120 –> 00:23:43,400
\nvow?
\nRemember, all he asked for was <\/p>\n
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:47,280
\nfood and clothing.
\nGod provided him in abundance, <\/p>\n
\n00:23:47,280 –> 00:23:49,720
\nand out of that abundance he now
\ngives this present to his <\/p>\n
\n00:23:49,720 –> 00:23:52,280
\nbrother.
\nI think Jacob is keeping his <\/p>\n
\n00:23:52,280 –> 00:23:56,640
\nvow.
\nSo he puts together the the <\/p>\n
\n00:23:56,680 –> 00:24:00,680
\nthese flocks and herds and
\ncabals and so on, and he sends <\/p>\n
\n00:24:00,680 –> 00:24:02,640
\nthem on a head with some
\nservants. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:04,640 –> 00:24:07,800
\nAnd in the meantime, this is
\nwhere Jacob now has his third <\/p>\n
\n00:24:08,160 –> 00:24:11,600
\nencounter with God.
\nIs this where he wrestles with <\/p>\n
\n00:24:11,600 –> 00:24:14,320
\nthe Angel?
\nIt’s recorded for us at the end <\/p>\n
\n00:24:14,320 –> 00:24:16,920
\nof chapter 32.
\nFrom verse 22 to the end, you <\/p>\n
\n00:24:16,920 –> 00:24:21,440
\nremember the story how the Angel
\nblessed him and changed his name<\/p>\n
\n00:24:21,440 –> 00:24:24,640
\nfrom Jacob to Israel and and
\ntouched the hollow of his thigh.<\/p>\n
\n00:24:25,400 –> 00:24:29,600
\nBut what did Jacob learn from
\nthis encounter with God? <\/p>\n
\n00:24:29,600 –> 00:24:36,200
\nWell, we have that in verse 30.
\nIt says that so Jacob called the<\/p>\n
\n00:24:36,200 –> 00:24:39,160
\nname of the place where he
\nwrestled with the Angel Penny <\/p>\n
\n00:24:39,160 –> 00:24:43,520
\nAl.
\nIt means the face of God saying,<\/p>\n
\n00:24:44,280 –> 00:24:48,720
\nfor I have seen God face to face
\nand my life has been delivered. <\/p>\n
\n00:24:48,720 –> 00:24:54,920
\nMy life has been saved.
\nYou think there’s a message in <\/p>\n
\n00:24:54,920 –> 00:24:58,080
\nhere for for Jacob?
\nYou think this is a sign for <\/p>\n
\n00:24:58,080 –> 00:24:59,760
\nJacob?
\nRemember, this is what he’s <\/p>\n
\n00:24:59,760 –> 00:25:01,760
\nworried about.
\nA face to face meeting with his <\/p>\n
\n00:25:01,760 –> 00:25:07,040
\nbrother Esau and now coming face
\nto face with God, he finds <\/p>\n
\n00:25:07,160 –> 00:25:11,440
\nsalvation.
\nAnd I think as we move into <\/p>\n
\n00:25:11,440 –> 00:25:14,520
\nchapter 33, that Jacob now
\napproaches this face to face <\/p>\n
\n00:25:14,520 –> 00:25:17,880
\nmeeting with his brother Esau,
\nno matter how scared he might <\/p>\n
\n00:25:17,880 –> 00:25:22,800
\nbe, he approaches it now with
\nrenewed confidence that <\/p>\n
\n00:25:22,800 –> 00:25:26,880
\neverything’s going to be all
\nright, that things will be made <\/p>\n
\n00:25:26,880 –> 00:25:29,960
\nright.
\nThere will be atonement, there <\/p>\n
\n00:25:29,960 –> 00:25:35,440
\nwill be reconciliation and he’s
\ngoing to be able to go home in <\/p>\n
\n00:25:35,440 –> 00:25:39,240
\npeace.
\nSo let’s read about this face to<\/p>\n
\n00:25:39,240 –> 00:25:42,440
\nface meeting, shall we?
\nIt’s in chapter 33 verses 4 <\/p>\n
\n00:25:42,440 –> 00:25:46,800
\nthrough 11.
\nIt says in chapter 33, verse 4. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:46,800 –> 00:25:49,960
\nBut Esau Ranter meet him and
\nembraced him and and fell on his<\/p>\n
\n00:25:49,960 –> 00:25:51,800
\nneck and kissed him and they
\nwept. <\/p>\n
\n00:25:54,080 –> 00:26:01,480
\nOver 20 years previously, it was
\nJacob who embraced his father <\/p>\n
\n00:26:03,360 –> 00:26:09,120
\nand kissed him with a kiss of
\ndeceit and stole the blessing <\/p>\n
\n00:26:09,800 –> 00:26:13,600
\nfrom his brother.
\nAnd Esau wept. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:14,960 –> 00:26:23,080
\nBut now, now the two brothers
\ncome together, they embrace, <\/p>\n
\n00:26:24,080 –> 00:26:28,720
\nthey kiss one another, and they
\nweep together. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:31,200 –> 00:26:35,000
\nVerse 5 And when he saw, lifted
\nup his eyes and saw the women <\/p>\n
\n00:26:35,000 –> 00:26:36,440
\nand children, he said, who were
\nthese with you? <\/p>\n
\n00:26:36,440 –> 00:26:41,040
\nJacob said the children whom God
\nhas graciously given your <\/p>\n
\n00:26:41,040 –> 00:26:44,240
\nservant.
\nYou see, there’s something <\/p>\n
\n00:26:44,240 –> 00:26:46,560
\nsignificant going on here,
\nbrothers and sisters, we met the<\/p>\n
\n00:26:46,560 –> 00:26:50,480
\nvery first occurrence of the
\nword atonement in chapter 32. <\/p>\n
\n00:26:50,600 –> 00:26:52,680
\nWell, this happens to be the
\nvery first occurrence of the <\/p>\n
\n00:26:52,680 –> 00:26:57,120
\nword to be gracious.
\nAnd God had been gracious with <\/p>\n
\n00:26:57,120 –> 00:27:00,080
\nJacob, hadn’t he?
\nDespite the kind of man he was, <\/p>\n
\n00:27:00,080 –> 00:27:04,440
\ndespite what he done to his
\nbrother, God had poured grace <\/p>\n
\n00:27:04,440 –> 00:27:08,440
\ninto the life of Jacob.
\nYou’ve gone above and beyond, <\/p>\n
\n00:27:09,960 –> 00:27:13,840
\nand Jacob acknowledges this.
\nGod has been gracious to your <\/p>\n
\n00:27:13,840 –> 00:27:18,640
\nservant.
\nVerse 6 Then the servants drew <\/p>\n
\n00:27:18,640 –> 00:27:20,640
\nnear and their children and
\nbowed down. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:20,880 –> 00:27:22,960
\nLeah likewise, and their
\nchildren drew near and bowed <\/p>\n
\n00:27:22,960 –> 00:27:25,360
\ndown and lost.
\nJoseph and Rachel drew near and <\/p>\n
\n00:27:25,360 –> 00:27:27,080
\nthey bowed down.
\nEsau said. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:27,080 –> 00:27:28,440
\nWhat do you mean by all this
\ncompany? <\/p>\n
\n00:27:28,440 –> 00:27:31,080
\nAll these animals that I met?
\nThere’s hundreds of them, Jacob <\/p>\n
\n00:27:31,080 –> 00:27:35,160
\nanswered.
\nTo find grace in the sight of my<\/p>\n
\n00:27:35,160 –> 00:27:39,520
\nLord.
\nYou see what Jacob’s doing here?<\/p>\n
\n00:27:39,520 –> 00:27:43,960
\nDon’t you remember the blessing
\nthat he stole from his brother <\/p>\n
\n00:27:43,960 –> 00:27:50,200
\n20 years previously, How he
\nwould be Lord over his brothers?<\/p>\n
\n00:27:51,560 –> 00:27:55,520
\nAnd now Jacob calls Esau my
\nLord, how people would serve <\/p>\n
\n00:27:55,520 –> 00:27:57,480
\nhim, and he says, I am your
\nservant. <\/p>\n
\n00:27:58,520 –> 00:28:00,920
\nAnd how people would bow down to
\nhim, including his mother’s <\/p>\n
\n00:28:00,920 –> 00:28:04,400
\nsons.
\nAnd now the whole of Jacob’s <\/p>\n
\n00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:08,520
\nfamily bows down to Esau, led by
\nJacob. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:08,520 –> 00:28:11,840
\nVerse three He himself went on
\nbefore them, bowing himself to <\/p>\n
\n00:28:11,840 –> 00:28:17,840
\nthe ground seven times.
\nI think you see what Jacob is <\/p>\n
\n00:28:17,840 –> 00:28:23,120
\ndoing here in this gesture of
\nwanting to make things right. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:24,960 –> 00:28:29,560
\nVerse 9 But Esau said, I have
\nenough my brother, keep what you<\/p>\n
\n00:28:29,560 –> 00:28:32,200
\nhave for yourself.
\nJacob said no, please, if I <\/p>\n
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:35,800
\nfound favour in your sight, then
\naccept my present from my hand, <\/p>\n
\n00:28:36,200 –> 00:28:41,000
\nfor I have seen your face, which
\nis like seeing the face of God <\/p>\n
\n00:28:41,800 –> 00:28:47,440
\nand you have accepted me just as
\nhe learned from that face to <\/p>\n
\n00:28:47,440 –> 00:28:53,720
\nface meeting with God, you find
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
\n00:28:55,680 –> 00:29:02,200
\nAnd then verse 11, please accept
\nmy blessing that is brought to <\/p>\n
\n00:29:02,200 –> 00:29:06,480
\nyou because God has dealt
\ngraciously with me, because I <\/p>\n
\n00:29:06,480 –> 00:29:10,520
\nhave enough that he urged him
\nand he took it and he calls that<\/p>\n
\n00:29:10,520 –> 00:29:16,280
\npresent that gesture of wanting
\nto make things right. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:17,000 –> 00:29:23,400
\nHe calls it a blessing.
\nWhat we have here, brothers and <\/p>\n
\n00:29:23,400 –> 00:29:30,480
\nsisters, is a beautiful picture
\nof atonement and of two brothers<\/p>\n
\n00:29:31,160 –> 00:29:38,640
\ntorn apart by sin and now
\nbrought together by the grace of<\/p>\n
\n00:29:38,640 –> 00:29:44,840
\nGod.
\nAnd Jacob, well now he can <\/p>\n
\n00:29:44,840 –> 00:29:50,320
\nreturn home in peace.
\nSays in verse 18 that Jacob came<\/p>\n
\n00:29:50,320 –> 00:29:53,400
\nsafely.
\nThe word is Shalom. <\/p>\n
\n00:29:54,480 –> 00:30:01,040
\nJacob came in peace to the city
\nof Shechem, which is in the land<\/p>\n
\n00:30:01,040 –> 00:30:05,360
\nof Canaan.
\nWell, this morning, brothers and<\/p>\n
\n00:30:05,360 –> 00:30:08,520
\nsisters, we have an encounter
\nwith God. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:10,000 –> 00:30:16,160
\nHere we see our Lord face to
\nface and in the bread and the <\/p>\n
\n00:30:16,160 –> 00:30:20,720
\ncup we have a reminder that God
\nhas gone out of His way. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:21,560 –> 00:30:29,400
\nGod has gone above and beyond in
\npouring grace into our lives. <\/p>\n
\n00:30:31,000 –> 00:30:32,920
\nThe question is, what is my
\nresponse? <\/p>\n
\n00:30:35,800 –> 00:30:42,680
\nAm I willing to, to go out of my
\nway to to go above and beyond <\/p>\n
\n00:30:44,240 –> 00:30:48,760
\nand seeking to, to make right
\nwhat has gone wrong? <\/p>\n
\n00:30:51,600 –> 00:30:54,800
\nMaybe, brothers and sisters, the
\nmessage in the the bread and the<\/p>\n
\n00:30:54,800 –> 00:31:00,520
\ncup this morning is it’s time.
\nWe’re ready. <\/p>\n
\n00:31:00,520 –> 00:31:06,160
\nIt’s time to go home.
\nIt’s time to find peace. <\/p>\n
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