Okay, we found Abraham was a man of faith in God, and son Isaac represents the risen Christ in heaven, but now we come to... Jacob.
Dear God, your unconditional promises
have sure painted you into a corner with this one!
This guy Jacob is no man of great faith like Grandad, no heavenly man like Dad – this is mummy’s boy who seems to have hung around for her amazing cooking for 75 years before she finally gave him a nudge! He then cheats his older brother, deceives his dad, and after being outwitted by Uncle Laban, outwits him too!
C’mon Jacob what’s wrong with you man, falling for weak-eyed Leah? Too much to drink at the reception? Couldn’t find your spectacles?
Next comes polygamy and a bunch of
rascal kids from all those wives who bargain to sleep with him... Daughter Dinah brings shame on the family; Simeon & Levi murder
innocent males and steal women, children & livestock; Reuben sleeps with
Dad’s concubine ; they all gang up on young Joseph and keep Dad believing he’s
dead for over a decade ; Judah sleeps with his daughter-in-law ...
You’re going to build this guy’s family into a great nation AND... you’re going to give them all this prime real estate AND... it will be a blessing for all families of the Earth??
You even divided the nations at Babel according to the number of Jacob’s family migrating later to Egypt?
You’re
kidding us aren’t you God? This must be some sick joke!
Or is it?
What happened at Bethel.....NEXT
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