Bro John Pople, from the series “Growing Closer to GOD” which was given at the 2015 New Zealand Bible School, class 4 was used for GCT episode #224<\/p>\n
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\nOur third period speaker, his
\nbrother John people on growing <\/p>\n
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\ncloser to God.
\nThe subtitle for today is <\/p>\n
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\nwrestling Israel.
\nThis is the second talk in the <\/p>\n
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\nseries.
\nThe introductory reading is <\/p>\n
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\nGenesis 32 verses 22 to the end.
\ngood evening, once more So, we <\/p>\n
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\nstarted our series on growing
\ncloser to God yesterday. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we saw from the example of
\nRuth, how we can grow closer to <\/p>\n
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\nGod, my learning to spread our
\nwings and we interpreted that <\/p>\n
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\ndirectly as the distribution of
\nMercy different subject tonight,<\/p>\n
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\ndifferent character.
\nTonight, we look at Jacob in <\/p>\n
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\nparticular, the nature of the
\ndistance between Jacob and guard<\/p>\n
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\nis somewhat more mental.
\nSomewhat more No, rather than <\/p>\n
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\nthe physical alienation that
\nRuth had experienced Jacob, <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to be talking about
\nthe instances of trust. <\/p>\n
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\nAm I going to trust that God
\nwill take care of me? <\/p>\n
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\nUnderlying, that question, of
\ncourse is the attitude. <\/p>\n
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\nI want to take control of my
\nlife myself. <\/p>\n
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\nI don’t know how many people in
\nthis room are able to identify <\/p>\n
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\nwith that problem.
\nI am. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you are, then you stand
\nwith me. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I will understand.
\nDesire to say, I trust God sort <\/p>\n
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\nof, but I’d love to actually
\nmake sure that I can run it all <\/p>\n
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\nmyself anyway, and that’s the
\nproblem that Jacob had. <\/p>\n
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\nHe wrestled with an angel Rafa
\nRafa just redis. <\/p>\n
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\nThat passage your name will no
\nlonger be. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob says God or says the
\nangel, but Israel meaning <\/p>\n
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\nstrength with God because you
\nhave struggled with God and with<\/p>\n
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\nman and have overcome similar
\ncomment is made in the prophets.<\/p>\n
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\nJacob struggled with the angel
\nand overcame him, he wept and <\/p>\n
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\nbegged for his favor.
\nWell, it seems like a wonderful <\/p>\n
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\ncrowning glory for Jacob at this
\ntime to have overcome one of the<\/p>\n
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\nalmighty host and receive the
\nblessing from him that he strove<\/p>\n
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\nfor.
\nWhat does verse 25 suggest? <\/p>\n
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\nIf you don’t want to look down
\nand you don’t have that in front<\/p>\n
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\nof you, don’t worry.
\nThere’s 25 was the verse that <\/p>\n
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\nsays, when the angel saw that he
\ncould not Prevail and could not <\/p>\n
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\novercome, he touched his leg and
\nthe sinew shrink, it’s a bit of <\/p>\n
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\nan open-ended question.
\nWhat does that imply? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want to have a go at that.
\nIt implies Jacob was a powerful <\/p>\n
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\nman like the first half of the
\nverse certainly implies that <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s racing wrestling with an
\nangel all night. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Angels, our strength was
\nlimited. <\/p>\n
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\nHe touched his thigh and a
\nhollow shrank. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay, what else?
\nMight that imply? <\/p>\n
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\nNow, why do you say that?
\nI’m interested in that answer. <\/p>\n
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\nHe could have done that from the
\nbeginning, and not only that, <\/p>\n
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\nbut he touched the hip and made
\nsomething in there singing, I’m <\/p>\n
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\nnot a biologist.
\nI’ve no idea what’s in the made <\/p>\n
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\nsomething shrink.
\nWhat if he touched his heart? <\/p>\n
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\nand that shrink, What if he
\ntouched his lungs and they <\/p>\n
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\nshrink?
\nThat verse implies that the <\/p>\n
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\nangel could have won.
\nThe struggle at any moment, he <\/p>\n
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\nchose.
\nAnd yet, In fairness the Bible, <\/p>\n
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\nclearly says, Jacob struggled
\nand overcame, we have an <\/p>\n
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\napparent contradiction right off
\nthe bat. <\/p>\n
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\nIf contradictions, worry, you, I
\nI sympathize. <\/p>\n
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\nI greatly enjoy them.
\nBecause contradictions mean <\/p>\n
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\nwe’ve got something mysterious
\nand interesting to investigate <\/p>\n
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\none.
\nHalf of that is right or perhaps<\/p>\n
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\nboth are.
\nIf we view it from one angle, <\/p>\n
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\ndon’t know.
\nSomething very fascinating is <\/p>\n
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\ngoing on when we have an
\napparent contradiction. <\/p>\n
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\nHere’s what we’re going to need
\nto do. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve come in far too late.
\nThis is later on in Jacob’s life<\/p>\n
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\nGenesis 32.
\nSo what we’re going to do is <\/p>\n
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\nwe’re going to back up and
\napproach this event again in <\/p>\n
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\ncontext and we’re going to back
\nup all the way to the beginning <\/p>\n
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\nof Jacob’s life back there in
\nGenesis 25. <\/p>\n
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\nEsau became a skillful Hunter
\neats or of course is Jacob’s <\/p>\n
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\ntwin brother.
\nA man of the Open Country. <\/p>\n
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\nWhile Jacob was a quiet, man.
\nStaying among the tents now. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob might feel justifiably
\nshortchanged by that English <\/p>\n
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\ntranslation because quiet is a
\nlittle bit lame, no pun <\/p>\n
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\nintended.
\nIn terms of describing Jacobs <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter, the Hebrew word is
\nTom elsewhere. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s either perfect undefiled or
\nupright. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s quite a compliment that
\nthe Bible, grants him here. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was a good man.
\nIn the simplest sense and he <\/p>\n
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\nstayed among the tents.
\nHe was a godly man but he has a <\/p>\n
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\nsignificant character flaw.
\nAnd these are the people that <\/p>\n
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\nGod is most interested in Godly
\nmen and women. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if they have any character
\nflaws at all, that doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nmatter.
\nGod will work with them. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes the Sandpaper feels a
\nlittle painful, but he will work<\/p>\n
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\nwith them.
\nHe will work with us and he will<\/p>\n
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\neradicate that floor.
\nThat’s who Jacob is. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is the nature of this
\nfloor? <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t have to guess because
\nthe Bible will tell us. <\/p>\n
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\nAt his birth, something happens
\nwhich the Bible through the <\/p>\n
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\ninspiration of, God tells us was
\nmeaningful and symbolic, we <\/p>\n
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\ncan’t attribute the behavior of
\na newborn to actual intention. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the Bible says, no, this is
\nrelevant this matters. <\/p>\n
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\nAfter this, Esau his brother
\nJacob came out with his hand, <\/p>\n
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\ngrasping Esau’s, Hawk, Esau’s
\nheel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo he was named Jacob or jakov
\nin their pronunciation and the <\/p>\n
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\nfact that he’s grasping Esau’s
\nheel is very relevant in the <\/p>\n
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\nHebrew, ooh, culture, the
\nclosest thing we have in any <\/p>\n
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\nculture that understands rugby.
\nSo I’m in the right place, it <\/p>\n
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\nseems is the tap tackle.
\nYour opponent has got past you. <\/p>\n
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\nHe’s defeated you.
\nHe is, he has eluded you, and <\/p>\n
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\nyou have one chance to LEAP out
\nand just slap his foot. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that as he’s running, his
\nfoot will be knocked behind his <\/p>\n
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\nown other leg and he’ll actually
\ntrip himself up and fall to the <\/p>\n
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\nground.
\nIt’s your last ditch effort to <\/p>\n
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\nactually trip your opponent and
\nthe Hebrew it. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m about grasping the heel was
\nremarkably similar to the tap <\/p>\n
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\ntackle.
\nWhilst the tap tackle is a fair <\/p>\n
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\nand legal move in the Hebrew
\nculture, the grabbing of the <\/p>\n
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\nheel to do much.
\nThe same thing was seen as a <\/p>\n
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\ndeceptive thing to do your
\nfriend, your colleague isn’t <\/p>\n
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\neven looking and you just grab
\ntheir heel and trip them up. <\/p>\n
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\nSo yaakov grasping the heel,
\nit’s a Hebrew idiom to mean to <\/p>\n
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\ndeceive or to take advantage of
\nsometimes. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ve had the word Jacob
\ntranslated as supplanter. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that similar one who trip
\nsomeone up is probably even <\/p>\n
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\nbetter.
\nAlthough longer. <\/p>\n
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\nSo, right from the start, Jacob
\nhad unwittingly enacted as a <\/p>\n
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\nbaby.
\nThe idea of grabbing the heel <\/p>\n
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\nwhich in Hebrew meant, he’s
\nsomeone who’s going to be a bit <\/p>\n
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\nslippery in getting the better
\nof other people. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was his character flaw.
\nHe was a politician and <\/p>\n
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\nmanipulator imaginator, that was
\nJacob’s character flaw. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Bible says, Says but
\nnevertheless God knew Jacob, was<\/p>\n
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\nTom upright a good man.
\nSo he said and he prophesied two<\/p>\n
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\nnations are in your womb.
\nHe says to the mother to <\/p>\n
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\npeople’s from within you will be
\nseparated. <\/p>\n
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\nOne people will be stronger than
\nthe other and the older will <\/p>\n
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\nserve the younger.
\nI’d like to suggest to you But <\/p>\n
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\nthat is one of the most profound
\nand important biblical <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples your meat.
\nThere it is in Genesis 25 it’s <\/p>\n
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\nexisted.
\nEven before then in Genesis for <\/p>\n
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\nevery single pair of brothers
\nthat you will meet in the <\/p>\n
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\nscripture with as far as I’m
\naware, absolutely no exceptions.<\/p>\n
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\nThe firstborn will fail because
\nhe is fleshly and the <\/p>\n
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\nsecond-born will succeed,
\nbecause he is spiritual. <\/p>\n
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\nStarts with Cain and Abel and
\nproceeds all the way down. <\/p>\n
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\nYou cannot name.
\nA good first born son, who is <\/p>\n
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\npresented among Brethren.
\nSamuel, is a first ball, subtle,<\/p>\n
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\nfirstborn son.
\nHe’s not presented amongst <\/p>\n
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\npresident.
\nAll the other pairings, Abraham <\/p>\n
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\nwas the second son.
\nHe wasn’t the eldest. <\/p>\n
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\nIsaac was a second son.
\nHe wasn’t the eldest. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob is the second son.
\nHe’s not the eldest. <\/p>\n
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\nAll of them are goes all the way
\nthrough the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ is probably best
\nseen as the younger brother of <\/p>\n
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\nAdam.
\nThe first First Son of God is <\/p>\n
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\nAdam, he was fleshly and failed.
\nThe Second Son of God, if you <\/p>\n
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\nwill was the Lord Jesus Christ
\nand perhaps the most important <\/p>\n
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\nmanifestation of that principle
\nis you You’ve all been born <\/p>\n
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\nonce?
\nThat man that woman will fail <\/p>\n
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\nand die and props.
\nMany of you have been born <\/p>\n
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\ntwice.
\nSo for me, I was born in 1970 <\/p>\n
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\nand I was born again in 1986.
\nSo I am 45 years old and my <\/p>\n
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\nspiritual brother is 29.
\nI’ve done my maths right. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I’m a 45 year old and I’m a
\n29 year old twin brothers. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the lesson is says God that
\nolder brother. <\/p>\n
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\nHe better serve that younger
\nbrother. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause if that doesn’t happen,
\nboth will die. <\/p>\n
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\nOkay so it’s a massively
\nimportant principle interrupts <\/p>\n
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\nhere it erupts absolutely
\neverywhere, including the two <\/p>\n
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\nTestaments, the two kings of
\nIsrael Etc. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can barely find a passage of
\nscripture that doesn’t have that<\/p>\n
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\nprinciple somewhere.
\nSo it is decreed by God, the <\/p>\n
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\nolder will serve the younger.
\nJacob gets to be in charge, but <\/p>\n
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\nto what extent is Jacob allowed
\nto facilitate this end? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd perhaps Jacob goes far too
\nfar in making sure this happened<\/p>\n
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\nby using his heel.
\nGrabbing his tap tackle style of<\/p>\n
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\nworking, we know these stories.
\nWell as is almost Sunday school <\/p>\n
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\nPretty swiftly.
\nEsau came in from the Open <\/p>\n
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\nCountry famished.
\nYou said to Jacob quick, let me <\/p>\n
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\nhave some of that, red stew.
\nI’m famished. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob replied.
\nFirst, sell me, your Birthright,<\/p>\n
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\nas a good brother for you, isn’t
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\nTaking advantage of the fact
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\nand Jacob ceases.
\nHe wrestles the birthright out <\/p>\n
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\nControl In fairness, God has <\/p>\n
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\nalways promised that Jacob would
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\nI get that but he has wrestled.
\nThe birthright out of Esau’s <\/p>\n
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\ncontrol, the says the same thing
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\ngetting ready to bless Esau.
\nSo he gets sort of mash unites <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he receives the blessing
\nfrom Isaac by deception by <\/p>\n
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\ngrabbing the heel, may God give
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\nrichness.
\nThis is Isaac blessing. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat he thinks is his firstborn
\nson and abundance of grain and <\/p>\n
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\nnew wine May Nations serve, you
\nand people’s bow down to you be <\/p>\n
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\nLord, over your brothers and met
\nthe sons of your mother bow down<\/p>\n
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\nto you.
\nSo, what were the birthright? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the blessing, basically,
\nwhat was the birthright that <\/p>\n
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\nDribble terms. <\/p>\n
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\nDouble portion, excellent Cold,
\nHard Cash and twice as much of <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nLet’s be let’s be direct about <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nAnd what was the blessing? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s recorded here as being
\nthe gift? <\/p>\n
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\nYou see what they are. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, absolutely. <\/p>\n
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\ntime to time if the harvest
\nfail. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I guarantee you’ll have food
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\ntwice as much money as the, the
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\nthe inheritance food and wine
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\nthing is that there?
\nOh, that is true. <\/p>\n
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\nExcellent, thank you.
\nThat’s, there you go. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve shown a crown Authority,
\nseniority and Authority. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s absolutely right.
\nSo he gets double portion of the<\/p>\n
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\nAuthority including even the <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what it was. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to use these pictures
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\nof what we’re doing.
\nThat’s what Jacob was promised. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what Jacob got.
\nBut what was the consequence of <\/p>\n
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\nhis wrestling?
\nThe manner in which he obtained.<\/p>\n
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\nThem also had consequences.
\nWhat was the consequence? <\/p>\n
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\nHe had to leave his family.
\nBut, particularly put I would <\/p>\n
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\nhave said he made his brother,
\nhomicidally angry. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve done that myself and I
\nnoticed the difference. <\/p>\n
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\nI live 6,000 miles away from my
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\nShe had passed away. <\/p>\n
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\nyour mind and let’s press on
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\nSo should Jacob have done that.
\nOf course not. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was God’s will for David to
\nbe king in place of Saul. <\/p>\n
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\nBut notice how David the man,
\nafter God’s Own Heart, would not<\/p>\n
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\nappeared to be handed to him on <\/p>\n
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\nDavid is now snuck into the camp<\/p>\n
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\nsleeping King Saul to take the <\/p>\n
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\nspear in the water jug.
\nAnd abishai says today, God has <\/p>\n
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\ndelivered your enemy into your
\nhands. <\/p>\n
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\nLet me pin him here to the
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\nabishai, don’t destroy him.
\nWho can lay a hand on the Lord’s<\/p>\n
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\nanointed and be Guiltless.
\nAs surely as the Lord lives. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid said the Lord himself will
\nstrike him. <\/p>\n
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\neven in what looked like a <\/p>\n
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\nPossibly even from the Lord to <\/p>\n
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\ntake the matter.
\nInto his own hands and perhaps <\/p>\n
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\nbeyond that of Godly. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was God’s will for Jesus to
\nrule the whole world. <\/p>\n
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\nIt still is.
\nAnd so, the devil takes Jesus to<\/p>\n
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\na very high mountain and says
\nyou can have it now. <\/p>\n
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\nFew conditions, but you can have
\nit now and Jesus says away from <\/p>\n
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\nme, Satan for it is written
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\nserve him only the Downing
\nexample of the man who knew to <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was perhaps the prior to <\/p>\n
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\nexcuse me?
\nThe presidental? <\/p>\n
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\nThe first biblical example of <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone misbehaving by applying
\nwhat you might call a shortcut <\/p>\n
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\nI know God wants me to have this<\/p>\n
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\neventually, so I’ll take it now.
\nIt isn’t Jacob. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see before, Jacob.
\nDoesn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe I’m a lot now.
\nWe’ve already had an earlier <\/p>\n
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\nexample.
\nGenesis 3. <\/p>\n
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\nGod, always wanted for men to <\/p>\n
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\nhave knowledge of Good and Evil.
\nHe had an entire plan laid out. <\/p>\n
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\nGod actually always wanted what
\nthe serpent has promised. <\/p>\n
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\nYou will be like gods.
\nThat is God’s ultimate plan. <\/p>\n
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\nGreat.
\nI’ll take it now. <\/p>\n
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\nit’s clear. <\/p>\n
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\nThere he goes on. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, he wants a beautiful wife
\nand so he’s told by his uncle <\/p>\n
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\nLaban who’s almost as deceptive
\nas Jacob himself to work for the<\/p>\n
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\ngirl.
\nAnd he ends up with Lea and <\/p>\n
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\neventually he gets Jacob, Rachel
\nbecause he works a lot longer. <\/p>\n
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\nHow many years did Jacob?
\nWork for Leah. <\/p>\n
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\nButton. 14.
\nI got a 14 out of 17. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the auction already,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nI got any advance on 14.
\nGoing once going twice. <\/p>\n
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\nI had a lot of sevens.
\nYou happy with your sevens. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s relevant, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nHe didn’t work one day for Leah.
\nThink of the emotional backdrop <\/p>\n
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\nof that comment.
\nHe worked seven years for Rachel<\/p>\n
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\nAnd then he worked another seven<\/p>\n
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\nyears for Rachel and got Rachel.
\nSo he actually worked 14 years <\/p>\n
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\nfor Rachel.
\nBy the time he and and he’s got <\/p>\n
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\nLeah without having any effort
\nand he worked 20 years. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat was the other six years for
\nRyan hammers, Leah feel. <\/p>\n
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\nI am married to a man who’s
\nworked 14 years to get my cute <\/p>\n
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\nsister and six years for cows.
\nThank you, Andrew, but sound <\/p>\n
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\nlike that.
\nBut it’s but it’s heartbreaking,<\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nWe love our love to but it’s <\/p>\n
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\nabsolutely heartbreaking.
\nI don’t want to be like I have <\/p>\n
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\nmore sympathy, probably for
\nlater than many others <\/p>\n
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\ncharacters in the history of the
\nBible and she left with that <\/p>\n
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\nsituation was faithful to her
\nhusband. <\/p>\n
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\nEven though she knew I am not
\nwanted every single day. <\/p>\n
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\nShe woke up, she can look at her
\nsister or even at the sheep and <\/p>\n
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\nsay, I am not wanted.
\nThat is absolutely crushing. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is of course, the result of
\nJacob’s. <\/p>\n
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\nMachination of like, no, I must
\nhave the one that I want. <\/p>\n
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\nLaban has to Bear some
\nresponsibility. <\/p>\n
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\nE2 must be said, do not take
\nyour wife sister as a rival <\/p>\n
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\nwife.
\nNow In fairness, the law came <\/p>\n
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\nafter Jacob but God’s principles
\nare Timeless so it’s not <\/p>\n
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\nsomething Jacob should have
\ndone, he should have accepted <\/p>\n
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\nthe wife.
\nHe was given at the hand of the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, I suggest you unfair that
\nmay have seemed given what Laban<\/p>\n
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\ndid but he is the man who
\nwrestles Israel wrestles no I’ve<\/p>\n
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\ngot to have what I want.
\nI don’t care how its pan. <\/p>\n
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\nI doubt, I’ve got to have what I
\nwant, and I’m smart enough, and <\/p>\n
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\nI’m strong enough, and I’m
\ncunning enough to make it <\/p>\n
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\nhappen, and he made it happen.
\nIs that good? <\/p>\n
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\nWow.
\nIt carries on the flocks. <\/p>\n
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\nI want the best flocks.
\nI want the healthy ones. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob, whose has Laban is as bad
\nas he is go into this? <\/p>\n
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\nScientific goodness.
\nKnows what I do this hocus-pocus<\/p>\n
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\nor real.
\nI don’t really care and trying <\/p>\n
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\nto deceive each other until
\nguess who wins. <\/p>\n
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\nJacob wins.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause Israel, wrestles, and
\nIsrael? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat gets what Israel wants?
\nWhat were the consequences of <\/p>\n
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\nthese wrestling’s of Jacob?
\nWe’ve considered some of them. <\/p>\n
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\nHaven’t we Leah?
\nIs unloved? <\/p>\n
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\nThe wives, the sisters are now
\ncompeting with each other. <\/p>\n
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\nBefore they may well, have been
\nfriends. <\/p>\n
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\nWe don’t know.
\nAnd the uncle Laban and his <\/p>\n
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\ncousins are so angry.
\nThey dismiss him from the <\/p>\n
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\npremises, and he’s out.
\nSo he’s now lost his brother, <\/p>\n
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\nhis mother, his uncle, his
\ncousins, and he’s got two wives,<\/p>\n
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\nat least one of which is
\nunloved, this is a mess. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s there for the intro we
\nshould have had as we return to <\/p>\n
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\nour opening scene.
\nAnd he wrestles with the angel <\/p>\n
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\nall night, and the angel wants
\nto leave, but Jacob won’t let <\/p>\n
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\nhim leave.
\nWhy won’t Jacob let him leave? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause Israel gets what Israel
\nwants no matter what. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so the angel says to Jacob,
\nyour name will no longer be <\/p>\n
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\nJacob.
\nBut Israel strength with God <\/p>\n
338
\n00:21:04,500 –> 00:21:08,600
\nbecause you have struggled with
\nGod and with man and have <\/p>\n
339
\n00:21:08,600 –> 00:21:13,200
\novercome but I want you to hear
\na hint of irony lying in the air<\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:13,200 –> 00:21:15,700
\nhere.
\nJacob does have strength with <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:15,700 –> 00:21:20,600
\nGod, but Jacob has completely
\nmisunderstood where that <\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:20,600 –> 00:21:24,200
\nstrength lies, it is absolutely
\nnot where he thinks it is. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:24,300 –> 00:21:28,000
\nIs in those biceps that pretty
\nmuch kept an angel pinned down <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:28,000 –> 00:21:30,800
\nfor most of the night.
\nMaybe the angel gave me a little<\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:30,800 –> 00:21:32,800
\nhint, by the way.
\nHe could have killed you. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:32,800 –> 00:21:34,700
\nAny moment have a think about
\nthat Sunday. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:37,700 –> 00:21:41,600
\nBut what does the wrestling
\nreveal about Jacobs opinion of <\/p>\n
348
\n00:21:41,600 –> 00:21:45,900
\nGod, particularly this one?
\nBut anyway, any of them. that’s <\/p>\n
349
\n00:21:45,900 –> 00:21:51,800
\na way open question, I realize
\nThat he can take from God what <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:51,800 –> 00:21:52,700
\nhe wants.
\nYou said that? <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:52,700 –> 00:21:54,900
\nYes, that’s that’s right.
\nThat’s that’s very right. <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:54,900 –> 00:21:58,100
\nThat’s clearly in that I’m
\nstronger than God. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:58,100 –> 00:22:01,300
\nAnd the angel says, perhaps
\nironically, oh, you’ve just <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:01,300 –> 00:22:04,200
\nbeaten God in a wrestling match.
\nCongratulations, I shall now <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:04,200 –> 00:22:07,400
\ncall you strength with God, but
\nJacob, still got a lot to learn <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:07,400 –> 00:22:12,100
\nyet.
\nWhy would he need to wrestle it <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:12,100 –> 00:22:19,200
\nfrom God?
\nYou can’t wrestle something. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:20,200 –> 00:22:22,700
\nIf you were going to get it
\nanyway and you trusted that <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:22,700 –> 00:22:26,800
\nright what it seems to me that
\nit reveals about Jacobs opinion <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:26,800 –> 00:22:31,100
\nof God, is that God isn’t really
\nkind enough to bless him. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:32,400 –> 00:22:35,700
\nIf he wants a blessing from God,
\nhe’s got a mug, the nearest <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:35,700 –> 00:22:40,300
\nAngel, and there’s humor in
\nthat, but I’m also deadly <\/p>\n
363
\n00:22:40,300 –> 00:22:44,400
\nserious.
\nWhat opinion must have half of <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:44,400 –> 00:22:47,700
\nGod.
\nImagine that if you’re a parent <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:47,700 –> 00:22:49,700
\nand your children are going
\naround the supermarket, I’m sure<\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:49,700 –> 00:22:51,800
\nthey’re always perfectly
\nwell-behaved at all times and <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:51,800 –> 00:22:54,000
\nthese things.
\nBut imagine that in public, your<\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:54,000 –> 00:22:56,600
\nchild is grabbing hold of your
\nankle and screaming. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:57,100 –> 00:23:00,000
\nMommy, mommy.
\nPlease feed me today, please <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:00,000 –> 00:23:01,400
\nfeed me and I thinking, what are
\nyou? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:01,500 –> 00:23:04,000
\nWhy would you ask that?
\nI always feed you. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:04,400 –> 00:23:09,900
\nHow embarrassing And Jacob is
\nwrestling with the angel as if <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:09,900 –> 00:23:13,900
\nGod is.
\nSo mean so parsimonious. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:14,700 –> 00:23:19,700
\nSo, unhelpful and unloving that
\nblessings have to be dragged out<\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:19,800 –> 00:23:22,700
\nfrom the Heavenly Host, even
\nagainst their will. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:24,300 –> 00:23:27,600
\nAnd this is something clearly
\nwhere Jacob needs to do a lot of<\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:27,600 –> 00:23:30,200
\nwork or God needs to do a lot of
\nwork with them. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:30,400 –> 00:23:32,200
\nWhat’s the consequence of this
\nwrestling? <\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:32,600 –> 00:23:35,600
\nVery simply?
\nWe know he wasn’t able to walk <\/p>\n
380
\n00:23:35,600 –> 00:23:38,900
\nproperly again.
\nOkay, that’s fairly obvious. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:23:39,700 –> 00:23:42,400
\nBut wait a minute.
\nWe had a, we had a corroborating<\/p>\n
382
\n00:23:43,100 –> 00:23:45,700
\nverse earlier.
\nJacob struggled with the angel <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:45,700 –> 00:23:48,300
\nand overcame him.
\nHe wept and begged for his <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:48,300 –> 00:23:50,200
\nfavorite.
\nDoesn’t Jose appraise this as <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:50,200 –> 00:23:53,200
\nwell from many, many years
\nDownstream shouldn’t Hosea. <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:53,700 –> 00:23:55,700
\nSighs.
\nIf indeed, this was the wrong <\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:55,700 –> 00:24:00,500
\nthing to do.
\nHosea, does criticize, this <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:00,500 –> 00:24:04,400
\nisn’t praise.
\nIt’s an indictment context is <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:04,400 –> 00:24:06,100
\nrelevant.
\nLet me put it in the other <\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:06,100 –> 00:24:07,700
\nsentences that have been missed
\nout. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:09,000 –> 00:24:13,600
\nGod will punish Jacob, according
\nto his ways and repay him. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:13,600 –> 00:24:16,100
\nAccording to his deeds in the
\nwomb. <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:16,100 –> 00:24:18,900
\nHe grasped his brother brothers,
\nheel as a man. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:18,900 –> 00:24:22,000
\nHe struggled with God, he
\nstruggled with the angel and <\/p>\n
395
\n00:24:22,000 –> 00:24:24,300
\novercame him.
\nHe wept and begged for his <\/p>\n
396
\n00:24:24,300 –> 00:24:28,100
\nfavor, but you must return to
\nyour God. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:24:29,700 –> 00:24:33,000
\nSo realize even Jose has given
\nthe correct commentary. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:24:33,500 –> 00:24:38,800
\nThis is not what Jesus Jesus.
\nThis is not what Jacob should <\/p>\n
399
\n00:24:38,800 –> 00:24:41,800
\nhave done.
\nYou should not have wrestled <\/p>\n
400
\n00:24:41,800 –> 00:24:45,500
\nwith God.
\nWe still have this strange <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:45,500 –> 00:24:47,200
\ncurious blessing though, don’t
\nwe? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:47,200 –> 00:24:49,900
\nWell, in will investigate that
\nwe haven’t forgotten it but <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:49,900 –> 00:24:52,700
\nwe’re getting closer to being
\nable to solve this problem now. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:53,300 –> 00:24:57,500
\nSo, just a little summary so
\nfar, you have struggled with God<\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:57,500 –> 00:25:01,500
\nand with men and have overcome.
\nWhat did he struggle for the <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:01,500 –> 00:25:04,500
\nbirthright?
\nThe blessing, Rachel, the pretty<\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:04,500 –> 00:25:08,300
\nwife that he wanted the superior
\nflocks and the angels blessing. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:08,700 –> 00:25:12,800
\nBut even though God had promised
\nhim all of these, well not <\/p>\n
409
\n00:25:12,800 –> 00:25:15,500
\nRachel, not the second.
\nWife but he promised him all the<\/p>\n
410
\n00:25:15,500 –> 00:25:18,600
\nothers.
\nThe consequence of Jacob <\/p>\n
411
\n00:25:18,600 –> 00:25:22,100
\nsnatching them out of the
\nalmighty’s Hand by any and all <\/p>\n
412
\n00:25:22,100 –> 00:25:25,100
\nmeans necessary.
\nWe can list the consequences, <\/p>\n
413
\n00:25:25,700 –> 00:25:28,300
\nhis brother was angry, his
\nbrother was murderous, he was <\/p>\n
414
\n00:25:28,300 –> 00:25:31,400
\ncut off from his mother.
\nHis first life was wife was <\/p>\n
415
\n00:25:31,400 –> 00:25:34,100
\nunloved.
\nHis wives arrivals and angry <\/p>\n
416
\n00:25:34,100 –> 00:25:36,000
\nwith him.
\nHis family is angry. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:25:36,000 –> 00:25:38,300
\nHe’s cut off with them and he
\ncan’t walk. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:25:39,800 –> 00:25:42,800
\nThat’s the catalog.
\nThat’s what the angel knows. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:25:43,300 –> 00:25:46,900
\nI think the angel is trying to
\ncall attention to Jacob. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:47,700 –> 00:25:52,200
\nYou’ve wrestled all your life.
\nJacob how’s it working out for <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:52,200 –> 00:25:55,700
\nyou?
\nHowever, all these results <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:55,700 –> 00:25:58,100
\nstacking up.
\nIs this what you want? <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:58,300 –> 00:26:02,000
\nCan you not see?
\nIt’s your own life, every time <\/p>\n
424
\n00:26:02,000 –> 00:26:06,300
\nyou wrestle, you just add a
\nnegative consequence to the <\/p>\n
425
\n00:26:06,300 –> 00:26:10,000
\nblessing, God was going to give
\nyou anyway. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:26:11,100 –> 00:26:14,400
\nAnd I think there can be no
\nbigger lesson spelled out in the<\/p>\n
427
\n00:26:14,400 –> 00:26:18,800
\nlife of Jacob than that one.
\nSo I suspect what God is really <\/p>\n
428
\n00:26:18,800 –> 00:26:22,800
\nsaying to Jacob is he says,
\nokay, I’m going to call you. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:26:23,100 –> 00:26:27,700
\nI said, boy I’m going to call
\nyou Israel strength with God. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:26:28,300 –> 00:26:32,800
\nAnd in time, maybe you’ll
\nrealize that the deceiver has <\/p>\n
431
\n00:26:32,800 –> 00:26:36,600
\nbeen given a deceptive or ironic
\nname that Israel is going to <\/p>\n
432
\n00:26:36,600 –> 00:26:39,800
\ncome to an understanding about
\nwhat it means to have strength <\/p>\n
433
\n00:26:39,800 –> 00:26:42,800
\nwith God.
\nAnd so far in his life, he’s got<\/p>\n
434
\n00:26:42,800 –> 00:26:47,000
\nit absolutely wrong every single
\ntime and yet he does have <\/p>\n
435
\n00:26:47,000 –> 00:26:49,800
\nstrength with God.
\nHe just doesn’t know where that <\/p>\n
436
\n00:26:49,800 –> 00:26:52,600
\nstrength is.
\nHe thinks it’s in his biceps to <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:52,600 –> 00:26:55,500
\npin down an angel.
\nHe thinks it’s in his brains to <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:55,500 –> 00:26:58,600
\noutsmart, and outwit just about
\neveryone that he’s come across, <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:58,900 –> 00:27:01,900
\nwhich he has successfully done
\nto his own destruction. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:27:04,900 –> 00:27:07,200
\nBut let’s resolve this
\ncompletely. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:27:08,100 –> 00:27:10,800
\nIt’s not just because I’m a man,
\nwe have these slightly matte <\/p>\n
442
\n00:27:10,800 –> 00:27:12,700
\nshow issues who won that
\nwrestling match. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:27:12,700 –> 00:27:15,400
\nReally did the angel win,
\nbecause he could have killed him<\/p>\n
444
\n00:27:15,400 –> 00:27:17,400
\nat any moment.
\nDid Jacob, actually <\/p>\n
445
\n00:27:17,400 –> 00:27:21,100
\nover-the-counter the angel as
\nthe Bible says, when the angel <\/p>\n
446
\n00:27:21,100 –> 00:27:24,800
\nsaw, he couldn’t overpower him,
\nhe touched his hip and his hip <\/p>\n
447
\n00:27:24,800 –> 00:27:27,700
\nwas wrenched, as he wrestled
\nwith the man. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:27:28,400 –> 00:27:32,000
\nSo clearly, the angel could kill
\nhim in a second. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:27:32,900 –> 00:27:38,200
\nWhat then was true about Jacob,
\nnot being able to be overcome. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:27:38,800 –> 00:27:42,000
\nWhat could the angel not
\novercome? <\/p>\n
451
\n00:27:43,900 –> 00:27:46,900
\nVery good who said that.
\nExcellent. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:46,900 –> 00:27:48,600
\nHis all the way from outside.
\nExcellent. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:49,600 –> 00:27:52,600
\nWhat is it?
\nThe angel cannot overcome his <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:53,000 –> 00:27:57,300
\nstubbornness his will.
\nAnd so it was a very real <\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:57,300 –> 00:27:59,300
\nwrestling match.
\nThe angel could have killed him <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:59,300 –> 00:28:00,700
\nin a second.
\nThat’s not relevant. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:28:01,100 –> 00:28:03,600
\nHe wants to see.
\nHe wants to wait and see. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:28:03,600 –> 00:28:06,900
\nJacob, will you see will you
\nstop doing this? <\/p>\n
459
\n00:28:07,600 –> 00:28:09,900
\nI think many parents.
\nAlso wrestled with their <\/p>\n
460
\n00:28:09,900 –> 00:28:11,100
\nchildren.
\nOften physically. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:28:11,800 –> 00:28:14,900
\nI could kill you at any Mom.
\nI just want you to just calm <\/p>\n
462
\n00:28:14,900 –> 00:28:17,900
\ndown.
\nWill you stop this? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:28:18,500 –> 00:28:21,400
\nAnd it gets darker and darker
\nand colder and colder in the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:28:21,400 –> 00:28:24,000
\nnight goes through.
\nAnd finally it comes to the <\/p>\n
465
\n00:28:24,000 –> 00:28:26,200
\nmorning and the angel realize
\nit’s really time for a cup of <\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:26,200 –> 00:28:27,300
\ntea.
\nI’m kind of done with this. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:27,700 –> 00:28:29,000
\nYou’re not going to get this,
\nare you? <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:29,000 –> 00:28:31,500
\nJacob, you just today you’re not
\ngoing to get this. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:32,100 –> 00:28:36,700
\nI haven’t been able to subdue
\nyou at all physically. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:36,700 –> 00:28:38,300
\nI could kill you but that’s not
\nrelevant. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:38,600 –> 00:28:42,900
\nI haven’t been able to subdue.
\nYou, you really have continued <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:42,900 –> 00:28:46,000
\nto struggle with guard to your
\nown continued blind. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:46,100 –> 00:28:48,900
\nHonest.
\nThe angel crippled Jacob <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:48,900 –> 00:28:51,500
\nphysically, perhaps, as a
\nstarting point to help him <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:51,500 –> 00:28:55,200
\nrealize you have strength with
\nguard but it’s not where you <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:55,200 –> 00:28:59,100
\nthink it is.
\nDid Israel learn his lesson that<\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:59,100 –> 00:29:01,300
\nday.
\nIt may have been the beginning <\/p>\n
478
\n00:29:01,300 –> 00:29:04,000
\nof recovery, but I think the
\nanswer know is better than the <\/p>\n
479
\n00:29:04,000 –> 00:29:04,800
\nanswer.
\nYes. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:29:05,100 –> 00:29:07,300
\nWhy?
\nBecause we know how much he went<\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:07,300 –> 00:29:09,800
\nout of his way and time does not
\npermit us to investigate at <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:09,800 –> 00:29:14,700
\nlength to continue wrestling
\nagainst everything to know that <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:14,700 –> 00:29:18,700
\nhe was the one powerful enough
\nto protect Joseph. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:18,700 –> 00:29:20,800
\nI’ll give him a special coat to
\nshow his favor. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:20,900 –> 00:29:23,400
\nI’ll do everything I can to get
\nout of my way to go out of my <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:23,400 –> 00:29:26,300
\nway to protect my own son.
\nDid he win? <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:26,300 –> 00:29:29,300
\nNo.
\nHis own son got killed. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:29,600 –> 00:29:32,900
\nAs far as he knows his brothers.
\nActually done something else, <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:33,200 –> 00:29:35,400
\nbut they told him.
\nHis son was dead and he went on <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:35,400 –> 00:29:38,900
\nand did the same thing with
\nBenjamin to and lost Benjamin <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:39,000 –> 00:29:43,000
\ntemporarily as well.
\nYou might think I’m being very <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:43,000 –> 00:29:45,000
\nhard on Jacob.
\nI certainly don’t mean to be. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:45,200 –> 00:29:48,900
\nJacob was a Godly Man.
\nAnd God was slapping him and <\/p>\n
494
\n00:29:48,900 –> 00:29:52,200
\nslapping him and slapping him
\nand slapping him because God <\/p>\n
495
\n00:29:52,200 –> 00:29:54,700
\nloved him.
\nI can work with you. <\/p>\n
496
\n00:29:54,700 –> 00:29:57,300
\nJacob, I can get to your Godly
\ncore. <\/p>\n
497
\n00:29:57,500 –> 00:30:02,100
\nIf you’ll just let go of your
\ndetermination to cheat and <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:02,100 –> 00:30:05,600
\noutwit and outsmart and out
\nmuscle everyone on what you <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:05,600 –> 00:30:08,300
\nthink is the road to Victory.
\nIf you want to know what favor <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:08,300 –> 00:30:10,800
\nand disfavor looks like, that’s
\nthe picture that comes into my <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:10,800 –> 00:30:13,900
\nmind.
\nJacob is constantly on God’s <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:13,900 –> 00:30:16,700
\nradar screen.
\nAnd often is the beam goes past.<\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:16,700 –> 00:30:19,800
\nIt’s somewhat of a sandpapering
\neffect that Jacob doesn’t enjoy <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:20,100 –> 00:30:23,100
\nEsau.
\nWhere’s the chapter? <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:23,700 –> 00:30:27,800
\nWhere God reasons with, Esau?
\nIt doesn’t even exist. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:28,600 –> 00:30:31,500
\nThis is what we mean by Jacob.
\nI have loved a Nika. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:30:31,500 –> 00:30:35,700
\nEsau, I have not.
\nLoved Esau isn’t really even on <\/p>\n
508
\n00:30:35,800 –> 00:30:38,400
\nGod’s radar screen Kappa.
\nIt’s May apply. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:30:38,400 –> 00:30:40,400
\nBut that’s, that’s what I’m
\nseeing. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:30:40,400 –> 00:30:42,200
\nSo don’t think I’m being too
\nharsh on Jacob. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:30:42,200 –> 00:30:44,900
\nI don’t think God is either what
\nhappens. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:30:44,900 –> 00:30:49,400
\nNext seven years of drought, you
\nknow that is something I didn’t <\/p>\n
513
\n00:30:49,400 –> 00:30:54,700
\nknow until vaguely recently when
\nI Stop to think about it is what<\/p>\n
514
\n00:30:54,700 –> 00:30:58,800
\nthat drought actually meant with
\nrespect to the birth rate and <\/p>\n
515
\n00:30:58,800 –> 00:31:02,700
\nthe blessing and the flocks.
\nAll those things that God said <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:02,700 –> 00:31:06,500
\nJacob, I promised them to you.
\nDo you realize what the drought <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:06,500 –> 00:31:09,900
\ndid?
\nIt took them all away. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:11,400 –> 00:31:13,400
\nNow, I would have thought no,
\nwait, God isn’t a cheat. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:13,400 –> 00:31:16,700
\nNo, God is not a cheat, but
\nthose blessings, he promised <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:16,700 –> 00:31:20,200
\nJacob were all taken away in the
\nend. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:20,200 –> 00:31:23,200
\nThe drought was so severe that
\nJacob had to go as a foreign <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:23,200 –> 00:31:26,300
\nimmigrant down to pharaoh and
\nbeg for food. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:26,700 –> 00:31:29,100
\nWhat were the things?
\nWhat was the birthright anyway? <\/p>\n
524
\n00:31:30,000 –> 00:31:33,800
\nThe birthright was or one of the
\nthings he was promised or <\/p>\n
525
\n00:31:33,800 –> 00:31:37,000
\nwrestled for was all those
\nflocks and herds, there’s a <\/p>\n
526
\n00:31:37,000 –> 00:31:42,000
\ndrought They’re dead and all
\nbeing eaten, they’re gone. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:31:42,500 –> 00:31:45,600
\nWhat else was there?
\nThere was all that food and <\/p>\n
528
\n00:31:45,600 –> 00:31:47,500
\ndrink.
\nNo, there’s seven years of <\/p>\n
529
\n00:31:47,500 –> 00:31:49,300
\ndrought.
\nThere is no food. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:31:49,300 –> 00:31:52,200
\nThere is no drink.
\nThat’s why he’s going to Egypt <\/p>\n
531
\n00:31:52,300 –> 00:31:55,900
\nto beg for food and drink.
\nWhat else was Jacob wrestling <\/p>\n
532
\n00:31:55,900 –> 00:31:59,300
\nfor and promised the power, The
\nAuthority. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:00,100 –> 00:32:05,300
\nWhat Authority is now a
\npenniless hungry, immigrant <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:05,700 –> 00:32:08,800
\nbegging and Egyptian official.
\nMeal. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:09,400 –> 00:32:13,600
\nThat’s not power, that’s gone.
\nWhat else did he wrestle for all<\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:13,600 –> 00:32:15,800
\nthe money?
\nSuch as he has, left is useless,<\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:15,800 –> 00:32:19,000
\nhe can’t eat it.
\nWhat else did he wrestle for <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:19,300 –> 00:32:20,600
\nRachel?
\nThe beautiful wife. <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:20,600 –> 00:32:21,900
\nGuess what?
\nShe’s dead. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:22,500 –> 00:32:25,300
\nShe’s already died at Bethlehem
\nin childbirth for Benjamin. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:32:26,100 –> 00:32:29,700
\nWhat else did he wrestle for to
\nprotect his beloved Son? <\/p>\n
542
\n00:32:29,800 –> 00:32:31,200
\nGuess what?
\nHe’s dead too. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:32:31,200 –> 00:32:36,500
\nAs far as Jacob knows.
\nGod took everything away. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:32:37,400 –> 00:32:43,600
\nWhy I suggest because Jacob got
\nit through his own, deceitful, <\/p>\n
545
\n00:32:43,900 –> 00:32:47,800
\ncleverness, and strength.
\nAnd God knew, if I let you keep <\/p>\n
546
\n00:32:47,800 –> 00:32:51,000
\nit under those circumstances,
\nyou’re going to think that you <\/p>\n
547
\n00:32:51,000 –> 00:32:52,800
\nare the author of your own
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:32:53,800 –> 00:32:56,000
\nAnd that will destroy you
\nspiritually. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:32:56,400 –> 00:32:59,700
\nSo, let me just take everything
\noff you that you wrestle for. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:00,300 –> 00:33:04,900
\nHow do you feel now?
\nJacob, Finally Israel stands <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:04,900 –> 00:33:12,100
\nbefore Pharaoh old homeless lame
\nbereaved and hungry. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:14,000 –> 00:33:20,200
\nFinally, he has nothing left to
\nwrestle with and frankly, he has<\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:20,200 –> 00:33:25,500
\nnothing left to wrestle for.
\nFinally, no wonder. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:25,500 –> 00:33:29,300
\nHe would say few and evil have
\nbeen the days of the years of my<\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:29,300 –> 00:33:36,600
\nlife, because finally strength
\nwith God is weak and he has to <\/p>\n
556
\n00:33:36,600 –> 00:33:41,500
\nacknowledge it, there’s nothing
\nI can do, my biceps don’t work <\/p>\n
557
\n00:33:41,500 –> 00:33:44,800
\nand my brains can’t help me.
\nI’m in a situation where I’ve <\/p>\n
558
\n00:33:44,800 –> 00:33:47,500
\nlost everything.
\nI thought my God promised me, <\/p>\n
559
\n00:33:47,900 –> 00:33:51,100
\nand I cannot myself get any of
\nit back. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:33:51,400 –> 00:33:53,400
\nPlease Pharaoh’s?
\nOil. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:33:53,700 –> 00:33:58,900
\nPlease may I have some food for
\nme and my family to eat the <\/p>\n
562
\n00:33:58,900 –> 00:34:01,800
\nultimate in dignity and
\nhumility. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:05,600 –> 00:34:15,100
\nWhat does God do next?
\nIt’s excellent sign language <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:15,100 –> 00:34:19,600
\nfrom the back pass, superb.
\nHe gives everything back. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:21,699 –> 00:34:26,199
\nFor free for nothing.
\nAnd without Jacob being able to <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:29,500
\ndo a thing about it.
\nWatch settle, your father, and <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:29,500 –> 00:34:32,000
\nyour brothers in the best part
\nof the land, let them live in <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:32,000 –> 00:34:34,800
\nGoshen, which is in the Nile,
\nDelta, beautiful and Lush. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:34,800 –> 00:34:38,400
\nThere, The Authority comes back.
\nJoseph, also, provided his <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:38,400 –> 00:34:41,300
\nfather, and his brothers, and
\nall his father’s household with <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:41,300 –> 00:34:43,500
\nfood.
\nBack, comes the blessing that <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:43,500 –> 00:34:46,600
\nhad been temporarily with hell,
\nthe Egyptians brought all their <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:46,600 –> 00:34:50,199
\nlivestock, to Joseph, and he
\ngave them food in exchange for <\/p>\n
574
\n00:34:50,199 –> 00:34:52,600
\ntheir horses.
\nSheep goats cattle and donkeys. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:34:52,900 –> 00:34:56,500
\nAll the flocks are back.
\nJoseph bought all the land in <\/p>\n
576
\n00:34:56,500 –> 00:35:00,500
\nEgypt for Pharaoh.
\nHe’s now the richest family in <\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:00,500 –> 00:35:05,600
\nthe land and Israel says to
\nJoseph, God says oh yeah, that <\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:05,600 –> 00:35:07,300
\nbeloved Son.
\nYou thought was dead. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:07,500 –> 00:35:09,000
\nYeah.
\nWhy don’t you have him back to? <\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:09,500 –> 00:35:11,300
\nWhy not?
\nI’m God I can do that. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:11,900 –> 00:35:15,800
\nIsrael said to Joseph in a much
\nhappier mood, I’m sure now I’m <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:15,800 –> 00:35:20,200
\nready to die because I’ve seen
\nfor myself, you are still alive,<\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:20,500 –> 00:35:24,400
\nGod gave it all back and Jacob
\nwill know, there’s nothing. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:24,500 –> 00:35:29,300
\nThat I did to make that happen
\nnow, God has provided for me and<\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:29,300 –> 00:35:31,500
\nI know that God has provided for
\nme. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:31,800 –> 00:35:34,000
\nIt was not my wrestling with the
\nangel. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:34,000 –> 00:35:37,400
\nIt wasn’t my sneaky sneaky
\noutwitting, my brother, or my <\/p>\n
588
\n00:35:37,400 –> 00:35:42,400
\nuncle, or anybody else.
\nHe’s given it all back or has he<\/p>\n
589
\n00:35:43,400 –> 00:35:47,500
\nWhat’s missing?
\nYou never gave back the second <\/p>\n
590
\n00:35:47,500 –> 00:35:51,800
\nwife and fair enough, but also
\nunderscoring, that’s not <\/p>\n
591
\n00:35:51,800 –> 00:35:53,800
\nsomething that he ever should
\nhave taken. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:35:54,000 –> 00:35:55,900
\nThis was not part of God’s
\nprovision. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:35:58,900 –> 00:36:01,000
\nHas Israel learned Israel’s
\nlesson. <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:03,200 –> 00:36:05,700
\nWhich Israel do you think I’m
\ntalking about? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:09,200 –> 00:36:12,700
\nAs his 20-foot concrete walls,
\nmachine guns. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:12,700 –> 00:36:17,700
\nBig tanks that go bang.
\nThe world’s best Air Force barf.<\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:17,700 –> 00:36:23,900
\nYou Israel is still wrestling.
\nWe can do it. <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:24,100 –> 00:36:28,300
\nWe can do it by our own might if
\nthe walls are high enough and <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:28,300 –> 00:36:31,400
\nthe aircraft’s have got enough
\nmissiles and enough to the <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:31,400 –> 00:36:33,600
\ntanks.
\nHave got enough technology and <\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:33,600 –> 00:36:35,100
\nthe fighters have got enough
\nSpirit. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:35,100 –> 00:36:39,200
\nWe can do it, we can do it.
\nWe can stay alive on our own, we<\/p>\n
603
\n00:36:39,200 –> 00:36:44,200
\ncan wrestle our way to Victory.
\nEven amongst all of these Arab <\/p>\n
604
\n00:36:44,200 –> 00:36:49,200
\nforces trying to destroy us.
\nIf they read Genesis, really, <\/p>\n
605
\n00:36:49,900 –> 00:36:56,800
\nIsrael is still wrestling.
\nThis is one of the most. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:36:57,500 –> 00:37:01,200
\nThese next few slides are, is
\none of the most favorite things <\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:01,200 –> 00:37:03,600
\nthat I discovered, probably in
\nthe last five years. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:03,900 –> 00:37:07,900
\nThis I find truly amazing Watch
\nWhat Happens. <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:08,400 –> 00:37:11,600
\nIt’s just going to start off
\njust as a recap of Jacob’s life.<\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:13,100 –> 00:37:16,300
\nIsrael wrestles we’ve seen all
\nthat for all that stuff. <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:17,100 –> 00:37:20,100
\nIsrael believes the Beloved son
\nis dead. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:20,300 –> 00:37:22,800
\nJoseph was killed by wild
\nanimals. <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:22,800 –> 00:37:27,800
\nHe was told actually the Beloved
\nson was still alive because the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:27,800 –> 00:37:30,800
\nmidianites sold Joseph in Egypt
\nto potiphar. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:32,000 –> 00:37:35,400
\nIn fact, not only is he alive,
\nhe’s the second in command in a <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:35,408 –> 00:37:38,100
\nMighty Kingdom, the might just
\nKingdom on Earth being Egypt at <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:38,100 –> 00:37:41,000
\nthat time and Pharaoh himself
\nsays to Joseph. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:41,100 –> 00:37:44,100
\nI hereby put you in charge of
\nthe whole land of Egypt. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:37:44,400 –> 00:37:47,900
\nHe had Joseph riding a chariot
\nas his second-in-command. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:37:49,000 –> 00:37:52,100
\nAnd in fact, the sun is working,
\neven though the family think <\/p>\n
621
\n00:37:52,100 –> 00:37:56,000
\nhe’s gone unrecognized for the
\nfamily, he loves collecting <\/p>\n
622
\n00:37:56,000 –> 00:37:58,600
\ntogether all the food during the
\nseven years of drought. <\/p>\n
623
\n00:37:59,000 –> 00:38:02,100
\nDuring the seven years of plenty
\nto prepare for the seven years <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:02,100 –> 00:38:05,600
\nof drought.
\nAnd then God takes everything <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:05,600 –> 00:38:08,000
\naway to teach Jacob to teach
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:38:08,100 –> 00:38:12,900
\nHis true strength and Israel.
\nFinally sees his weakness few <\/p>\n
627
\n00:38:12,900 –> 00:38:17,300
\nand evil of the days of the
\nyears of my life being At which <\/p>\n
628
\n00:38:17,300 –> 00:38:22,700
\npoint God restores everything.
\nExcept the extra spouse, he <\/p>\n
629
\n00:38:22,700 –> 00:38:25,500
\nwasn’t supposed to have that and
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:25,500 –> 00:38:29,600
\nFinally sees the beloved Son and
\nthe sons of Israel worshiped, <\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:29,600 –> 00:38:31,100
\nthe Sun as we’ve been going
\nalong. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:31,300 –> 00:38:33,400
\nYou’ve seen the chapter numbers
\nas they come through. <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:34,600 –> 00:38:38,500
\nThat’s the summary of what we’ve
\njust seen the history of the <\/p>\n
634
\n00:38:38,500 –> 00:38:44,600
\nlife of Israel is the history.
\nExcuse me, the future of the <\/p>\n
635
\n00:38:44,600 –> 00:38:48,600
\ncountry of Israel, if you want
\nto know, if you ever wanted to <\/p>\n
636
\n00:38:48,600 –> 00:38:51,800
\nknow what’s going to happen in
\nthe future of Israel, you might <\/p>\n
637
\n00:38:51,800 –> 00:38:55,600
\nsay yes, Ezekiel 38, Zechariah
\n14, Matthew 24, the Olivet <\/p>\n
638
\n00:38:55,600 –> 00:38:59,900
\nprophecy Shore, but you never
\nneeded to leave Genesis It was <\/p>\n
639
\n00:38:59,900 –> 00:39:02,800
\nall mapped out there from the
\nstart watch. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:02,800 –> 00:39:04,500
\nLet’s do it again.
\nThis time, I’m going to be on <\/p>\n
641
\n00:39:04,500 –> 00:39:08,800
\nthe other side.
\nIsrael is a man but Israel’s <\/p>\n
642
\n00:39:08,800 –> 00:39:13,100
\nalso a nation Israel.
\nWrestles we’ve seen that today <\/p>\n
643
\n00:39:13,100 –> 00:39:17,100
\nand every day in our papers,
\nIsrael believes the Beloved son <\/p>\n
644
\n00:39:17,100 –> 00:39:19,000
\nis dead.
\nYes, he died on a cross when the<\/p>\n
645
\n00:39:19,000 –> 00:39:24,100
\nRomans killed him, he’s dead.
\nYou know, pity that nice guy not<\/p>\n
646
\n00:39:24,100 –> 00:39:27,500
\nobviously the Messiah otherwise
\nhe’d be alive but the Beloved <\/p>\n
647
\n00:39:27,500 –> 00:39:31,100
\nson is actually alive.
\nI’ve because God has appointed a<\/p>\n
648
\n00:39:31,107 –> 00:39:34,800
\nday in which he will judge the
\nworld with righteousness by that<\/p>\n
649
\n00:39:34,800 –> 00:39:37,200
\nman whom he has ordained
\nwhereof. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:39:37,200 –> 00:39:40,500
\nHe has given Assurance under all
\nmen in that he has raised him <\/p>\n
651
\n00:39:40,900 –> 00:39:44,200
\nfrom the dead.
\nIn fact, the sun is not only <\/p>\n
652
\n00:39:44,200 –> 00:39:47,100
\nalive.
\nHe’s the second in command of a <\/p>\n
653
\n00:39:47,107 –> 00:39:50,400
\nMighty Kingdom Seated.
\nOn the right hand side of the <\/p>\n
654
\n00:39:50,400 –> 00:39:54,300
\nfather, I see Heaven opened
\ntestify, Steven and the son of <\/p>\n
655
\n00:39:54,300 –> 00:39:57,500
\nman standing at the right hand
\nof God. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:39:58,200 –> 00:40:02,600
\nAnd in fact, the sun is working.
\nUnrecognized for the family, he <\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:02,600 –> 00:40:06,000
\nloves in order to feed all who
\nwill come to him. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:06,600 –> 00:40:10,400
\nTherefore, he is able to save
\ncompletely those who come to God<\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:10,400 –> 00:40:12,700
\nthrough him, because he always
\nlives. <\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:12,900 –> 00:40:16,700
\nHow to intercede for them.
\nAnd there we are. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:40:17,100 –> 00:40:20,500
\nThere’s 2015.
\nWhat happens next? <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:21,300 –> 00:40:23,600
\nYou want to know?
\nRead the rest of the chapters of<\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:23,600 –> 00:40:26,500
\nGenesis, it’s all there.
\nIt’s been there since the very <\/p>\n
664
\n00:40:26,500 –> 00:40:30,400
\nbeginning.
\nNext God, takes everything away <\/p>\n
665
\n00:40:30,600 –> 00:40:34,000
\nto teach Israel, his true
\nstrength, indeed. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:40:34,700 –> 00:40:37,800
\nI will gather all the nations to
\nJerusalem to fight against it. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:40:37,900 –> 00:40:41,900
\nThe city will be captured, the
\nhouse is ransacked and the women<\/p>\n
668
\n00:40:41,900 –> 00:40:45,600
\nraped and Israel will finally
\nsee his weakness. <\/p>\n
669
\n00:40:46,300 –> 00:40:51,000
\nWell, might they say few and
\nevil of the days of the years of<\/p>\n
670
\n00:40:51,000 –> 00:40:53,800
\nOur Lives being.
\nI expect those words will be <\/p>\n
671
\n00:40:53,800 –> 00:40:56,400
\nuttered in spirit and what will
\nhappen. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:40:56,400 –> 00:41:00,500
\nNext will God, will restore
\neverything Jerusalem will be <\/p>\n
673
\n00:41:00,500 –> 00:41:03,600
\nraised up high never again, will
\nit be destroyed? <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:03,600 –> 00:41:07,500
\nJerusalem will be secure.
\nWhat next? <\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:07,700 –> 00:41:11,300
\nOh, except the extra spouse.
\nYou weren’t supposed to have <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:11,300 –> 00:41:13,400
\nthat.
\nAll the nations may walk in the <\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:13,400 –> 00:41:16,700
\nname of their gods, but we will
\nwalk in the name of Of the one <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:16,700 –> 00:41:19,900
\nGod the Lord, Our God forever
\nand ever and all of these other <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:19,900 –> 00:41:23,300
\ndalliances we’ve had with other
\nreligions and other forms of <\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:23,300 –> 00:41:25,700
\nthought will be dismissed and
\nthey will not return. <\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:26,100 –> 00:41:29,700
\nThere’s no room for the extra
\nspouse in the life of the Lord <\/p>\n
682
\n00:41:29,700 –> 00:41:34,300
\nGod.
\nAnd then Israel will finally see<\/p>\n
683
\n00:41:34,600 –> 00:41:38,000
\nthe beloved Son.
\nThey will look on me, the one, <\/p>\n
684
\n00:41:38,000 –> 00:41:40,800
\nthey have pierced and they will
\nmourn. <\/p>\n
685
\n00:41:42,100 –> 00:41:46,400
\nAnd the sons of Israel will
\nworship the Sun and what used to<\/p>\n
686
\n00:41:46,400 –> 00:41:49,300
\nseem to me like a rather flat
\nendings the Book of Genesis. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:41:50,200 –> 00:41:53,300
\nSuddenly becomes the most
\nmajestic picture of the Kingdom.<\/p>\n
688
\n00:41:54,100 –> 00:41:59,100
\nAs the sons of Israel will Bow
\nDown In Worship prostrate before<\/p>\n
689
\n00:41:59,100 –> 00:42:02,100
\nthe Beloved son.
\nThat at the name of Jesus every <\/p>\n
690
\n00:42:02,100 –> 00:42:06,900
\nknee should bow and every tongue
\nacknowledge that Jesus Christ is<\/p>\n
691
\n00:42:06,900 –> 00:42:13,400
\nLord. well, might Jesus have
\nsaid to the Pharisees, If you <\/p>\n
692
\n00:42:13,400 –> 00:42:18,400
\nbelieved Moses, as you claimed,
\nyou would have believed me for, <\/p>\n
693
\n00:42:18,400 –> 00:42:22,700
\nhe wrote about me.
\nWhere did Moses write about? <\/p>\n
694
\n00:42:22,700 –> 00:42:28,200
\nJesus, several answers are
\navailable, which is the most <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:28,200 –> 00:42:30,300
\nclear.
\nOne of all, I suggest to you. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:30,600 –> 00:42:34,100
\nThese last ten chapters of
\nGenesis, there is much a <\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:34,107 –> 00:42:36,700
\ndescription of the Latter-Day
\nprophecies as anything else, <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:36,700 –> 00:42:38,200
\nyou’ll find in the pages of
\nscripture. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:38,600 –> 00:42:41,700
\nAnd it’s been there from the
\nvery beginning, the history of <\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:41,700 –> 00:42:45,500
\nIsrael mapped out in the life of
\nthe man Israel. <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:45,700 –> 00:42:47,400
\nAnd that was a wonderful
\nDiscovery for me. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:47,400 –> 00:42:50,000
\nI’ve never been happier than
\nwhen I saw those things for the <\/p>\n
703
\n00:42:50,000 –> 00:42:51,800
\nfirst time.
\nTime just a few years ago. <\/p>\n
704
\n00:42:53,500 –> 00:42:55,700
\nHow can I learn from Israel’s
\nexperience? <\/p>\n
705
\n00:42:56,300 –> 00:42:58,700
\nI shouldn’t wrestle with my
\nbrothers. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:42:59,700 –> 00:43:03,100
\nWhat am I trying to win?
\nJust, what am I trying to <\/p>\n
707
\n00:43:03,100 –> 00:43:05,600
\nwrestle out of the hands of my
\nbrothers or the hands of my <\/p>\n
708
\n00:43:05,600 –> 00:43:08,000
\nfather?
\nThat’s going to have any value <\/p>\n
709
\n00:43:08,100 –> 00:43:10,300
\nfor.
\nIf it had value my father, would<\/p>\n
710
\n00:43:10,300 –> 00:43:14,000
\nbless me with it anyway, People
\nare often unreasonable and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:14,000 –> 00:43:17,900
\nself-centered forgive them.
\nAnyway if you are kind people <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:17,900 –> 00:43:20,500
\nmay accuse you of ulterior
\nmotives, he kind. <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:20,500 –> 00:43:23,200
\nAnyway if you are honest people
\nmay cheat. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:23,200 –> 00:43:26,900
\nYou he honest anyway.
\nThe good you do today may be <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:26,900 –> 00:43:31,100
\nforgotten tomorrow do well
\nanyway give the world the best <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:31,100 –> 00:43:32,900
\nyou have and it may never be
\nenough. <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:33,300 –> 00:43:37,700
\nGive your best anyway for you
\nsee in the end it is between you<\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:37,700 –> 00:43:40,200
\nand God.
\nIt was never between you and <\/p>\n
719
\n00:43:40,200 –> 00:43:41,900
\nthem.
\nAnyway. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:43:43,900 –> 00:43:48,800
\nGod chose Israel.
\nThe one who insisted on trying <\/p>\n
721
\n00:43:48,800 –> 00:43:50,600
\nto bring about his own
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:43:50,600 –> 00:43:54,300
\nHis own protection.
\nGod chose those who love him. <\/p>\n
723
\n00:43:54,900 –> 00:43:58,600
\nEven if they struggle with that
\ncharacter, flaw of failing to <\/p>\n
724
\n00:43:58,600 –> 00:44:02,400
\ntrust him failing to wait upon
\nhis timing and try and achieve <\/p>\n
725
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:05,600
\neverything themselves.
\nIf we read the life of Israel, <\/p>\n
726
\n00:44:05,800 –> 00:44:10,000
\nthe only thing the wrestling
\nbrought was pain and fractured <\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:10,000 –> 00:44:12,200
\nfamily.
\nNothing else. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:12,900 –> 00:44:14,800
\nIsrael never rested anything
\nelse. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:15,100 –> 00:44:19,700
\nIsrael had immense strength with
\nGod because he loved God, it <\/p>\n
730
\n00:44:19,700 –> 00:44:23,500
\nwasn’t in his biceps, it wasn’t
\nin his brains, he just needed to<\/p>\n
731
\n00:44:23,500 –> 00:44:29,500
\ndiscover where his strength with
\nGod, truly lay God can and will <\/p>\n
732
\n00:44:29,500 –> 00:44:35,200
\nwork with this type of person.
\nAnd so it was a final slide. <\/p>\n
733
\n00:44:36,100 –> 00:44:40,100
\nAnother lesson for me, don’t
\ngrab that God’s blessings. <\/p>\n
734
\n00:44:40,800 –> 00:44:44,100
\nDo I need to mug the nearest
\nAngel to get God’s blessings. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:44:44,400 –> 00:44:47,100
\nIsrael says yes grabbin rugby,
\ntackle him here. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:44:47,100 –> 00:44:52,700
\nAnd now and finally, he learned
\nknow what strengths do. <\/p>\n
737
\n00:44:52,700 –> 00:44:56,200
\nYou think that son has that with
\nthat father? <\/p>\n
738
\n00:44:57,100 –> 00:45:00,900
\nI suggest you that son has more
\nstrength with that father than <\/p>\n
739
\n00:45:00,900 –> 00:45:03,700
\nhe’ll ever know.
\nBut if he thinks it’s in his <\/p>\n
740
\n00:45:03,700 –> 00:45:08,700
\nability to knock his father
\ndown, he’s hilariously wrong. <\/p>\n
741
\n00:45:09,900 –> 00:45:12,500
\nBut the strength is there,
\nnonetheless. <\/p>\n
742
\n00:45:14,100 –> 00:45:18,000
\nFear not little flock, says the
\nfather for it is my good <\/p>\n
743
\n00:45:18,000 –> 00:45:20,300
\npleasure to give you the
\nkingdom. <\/p>\n
744
\n00:45:24,000 –> 00:45:25,200
\nNo wrestling required.
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