Tag: The Law

Gen 31:1-2, Now Jacob heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “JACOB HAS TAKEN AWAY ALL THAT WAS OUR FATHER’S, AND FROM WHAT WAS OUR FATHER’S HE HAS ACQUIRED ALL THIS WEALTH.” And Jacob saw the countenance of Laban, and indeed it was not favorable toward him as before.

Laban’s sons were filled with envy which made it dangerous for Jacob.  Remember, JESUS HIMSELF WAS HANDED OVER TO PILATE BECAUSE OF THEIR ENVY OF HIM, MATT 27:18.

Jas 3:16, for where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and EVERY EVIL THING ARE THERE. 

Gen 31:19, Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep, AND RACHEL HAD STOLEN THE HOUSEHOLD IDOLS THAT WERE HER FATHER’S.

Rachel probably grew up with this idol in her home and wanted to take it.  We also bring so much of our past with us! IT’S TIME TO CLEANSE OUR HANDS AND CUT OFF OUR FORMER IDOLS!

Jas 4:8, draw near to GOD and He will draw near to you. CLEANSE YOUR HANDS, YOU SINNERS; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.  

Psa 51:10, Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. 

WALK IN HIS LOVE AND TRUTH! HE IS NEAR!

Gen 30:1-2, Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “GIVE ME CHILDREN, OR ELSE I DIE!” And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, “AM I IN THE PLACE OF GOD, WHO HAS WITHHELD FROM YOU THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB?”

Rachel is frustrated and hurt because her sister bears children and she doesn’t. Her response it to demand children from her husband! It’s not Jacob But God who does the work! Trust in HIM!

Psa 127:3, Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. 

Gen 30:22, THEN GOD REMEMBERED RACHEL, and God listened to her and opened her womb.

It is not that GOD forgot about Rachel, but that HE knows where and when to bless a person! HE is in full control and knows what HE is doing!

Pro 19:21, THERE ARE MANY PLANS IN A MAN’S HEART, NEVERTHELESS THE LORD’S COUNSEL—THAT WILL STAND. 

TRUST IN HIM & HIS PLAN FOR YOU!

Jer 29:11, FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE. 

Gen 29:17-18, Leah’s eyes were delicate, but Rachel was beautiful of form and appearance. Now JACOB LOVED RACHEL; SO HE SAID, “I WILL SERVE YOU SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL YOUR YOUNGER DAUGHTER.”

He worked 7 years to marry Laban’s daughter Rachel, yet Laban deceived him!

Gen 29:25, So it came to pass in the morning, that behold, IT WAS LEAH. And he said to Laban, “WHAT IS THIS YOU HAVE DONE TO ME? WAS IT NOT FOR RACHEL THAT I SERVED YOU? WHY THEN HAVE YOU DECEIVED ME?” 

Just as Jacob deceived his father and brother; he was also deceived by Laban!

Gal 6:7, Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Gen 29:31, When the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, He opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.  

God brought children to Leah, which brought her love and joy, but She said “my husband will love me”, “Now this time my husband will become attached to me”. Many women deceive themselves by having sex with their boyfriends thinking they will be loved by them! LOVE CAN’T BE BOUGHT, LOVE IS GIVEN, JUST AS HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON

Gen 28:12-13, Then he (Jacob) dreamed, and behold, A LADDER was set up on the earth, and ITS TOP REACHED TO HEAVEN; AND THERE THE ANGELS OF GOD WERE ASCENDING AND DESCENDING ON IT. And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: “I AM THE LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM YOUR FATHER AND THE GOD OF ISAAC; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.

Joh 1:51, And He (JESUS) said to him, …YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN, AND THE ANGELS OF GOD ASCENDING AND DESCENDING UPON THE SON OF MAN.” 

Jesus is the Ladder to Heaven

Gen 28:16-17, Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “SURELY THE LORD IS IN THIS PLACE, and I did not know it.” And he was afraid and said, “HOW AWESOME IS THIS PLACE! This is none other than the house of God, AND THIS IS THE GATE OF HEAVEN!” 

Jesus is also the Gate/Door of Heaven!

Joh 10:7, Then Jesus said to them again, … I say to you, I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP. 

THE WAY TO THE FATHER IS THROUGH THE SON, JESUS! HE IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE! HIS NAME IS ABOVE ALL NAMES! HE IS KING OF kings AND LORD OF lords!

Gen 27:1, Now it came to pass, when Isaac was old and his eyes were so dim that he could not see, …

This is one of those chapters that makes for a, so called, good tv series! Lies, deception, blindness, and NONE OF IT HONORS GOD! ISAAC WAS BLINDED by his love for Esau! Rebekah, favored Jacob, Esau sold his birthright and just didn’t care, and Jacob just wanted the blessing! GOD HAD ALREADY SAID TO REBEKAH!

Gen 25:23, … AND THE OLDER SHALL SERVE THE YOUNGER.” 

Gen 27:8, Now therefore, my son, OBEY MY VOICE ACCORDING TO WHAT I COMMAND YOU. 

This is not what the LORD commanded, that she BY MANIPULATION she would get the blessing for Jacob! SHE DIDN’T TRUST IN HIM!

Gen 27:35, But he said, “your brother came with DECEIT and has taken away your blessing.” 

Gen 27:41, So Esau hated …, and Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I WILL KILL MY BROTHER JACOB.”

The Bible tells it the way it is! The whole ugly truth about man, YET, HE IS IN CONTROL! IT’S NOT A MATTER OF WHO GETS THE BLESSING, BUT WHO GOD BLESSES AND WHO GOD USES!

Gen 26:1, THERE WAS A FAMINE IN THE LAND, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

I find it interesting that here Isaac is in the land that the LORD intended him to be in Yet, there was a famine! Life has it’s trials YET, KNOW IN THIS HE HAS A PLAN, A PERFECT PLAN FOR YOU!

Isa 26:3, YOU WILL KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON YOU, BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN YOU. 

Psa 37:23, The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, And He delights in his way. 

Isaac and his men dug 2 wells and the people of that area argued with him over them! Isaac called these wells “Contention & Strife”.

Gen 26:22, And he moved from there and dug ANOTHER WELL, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “FOR NOW THE LORD HAS MADE ROOM FOR US, AND WE SHALL BE FRUITFUL IN THE LAND.” 

1Jn 4:4, You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, BECAUSE HE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD. 

TRUST IN THE LORD, AND DO GOOD; DWELL IN THE LAND, AND FEED ON HIS FAITHFULNESS.

Gen 25:21, NOW ISAAC PLEADED WITH THE LORD FOR HIS WIFE, because she was barren; AND THE LORD GRANTED HIS PLEA, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 

How many times have we pleaded with the LORD? I know I have especially when I was out of work! THE PRAYERS & FASTING OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE ALWAYS HEARD BY THE LORD!

Isa 66:2, For all those things My hand has made, And all those things exist,” Says the LORD. “BUT ON THIS ONE WILL I LOOK: ON HIM WHO IS POOR AND OF A CONTRITE SPIRIT, AND WHO TREMBLES AT MY WORD. 

Ezr 8:23, So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. 

Gen 25:22, But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “IF ALL IS WELL, WHY AM I LIKE THIS?” SO SHE WENT TO INQUIRE OF THE LORD. 

It is always a good thing whether your pleading or inquiring of the LORD! Your building a relationship with HIM! Heb 13:5, …For He Himself has said, “I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.” HE HASN’T & NEVER WILL!

Ecc 4:12, Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. AND A THREEFOLD CORD IS NOT QUICKLY BROKEN. 

Abraham’s unnamed servant goes out to find a wife for Isaac! A type of HOLY SPIRIT!

Gen 24:27, And he said, “BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF MY MASTER ABRAHAM, WHO HAS NOT FORSAKEN HIS MERCY AND HIS TRUTH TOWARD MY MASTER. AS FOR ME, BEING ON THE WAY, THE LORD LED ME TO THE HOUSE OF MY MASTER’S BRETHREN.” 

The LORD led him by faith! We typically say “show me and I’ll go, BUT THE LORD SAYS ‘GO AND I’LL SHOW YOU’”.  For we walk by faith, not by sight. 2Cor 5:7

Heb 11:6, But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. 

I love the fact, that this unnamed Servant (a type of HOLY SPIRIT), brings a gentile bride (a type of church) to Isaac (a type of CHRIST). 

Gen 24:67, Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and SHE BECAME HIS WIFE, and HE LOVED HER…

Isa 54:5, FOR YOUR MAKER IS YOUR HUSBAND, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND YOUR REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; HE IS CALLED THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH. 

HE is coming for HIS Bride!

Gen 23:1, Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 

Interesting note here is that Sarah is the only woman in the Bible whose age is recorded upon her death! Sarah is also used in Scripture as an example to women!

1Peter 3:5-6, For in this manner, in former times, THE HOLY WOMEN WHO TRUSTED IN GOD also adorned themselves, being submissive to their own husbands, AS SARAH OBEYED ABRAHAM, CALLING HIM LORD, WHOSE DAUGHTERS YOU ARE…

Pro 18:22, HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS A GOOD THING, AND OBTAINS FAVOR FROM THE LORD. 

Gen 23:2, … ABRAHAM CAME TO MOURN FOR SARAH AND TO WEEP FOR HER. 

1Thes 4:13-14, But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, LEST YOU SORROW AS OTHERS WHO HAVE NO HOPE. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so GOD WILL BRING WITH HIM THOSE WHO SLEEP IN JESUS.

Pro 14:32, The wicked is banished in his wickedness, BUT THE RIGHTEOUS HAS A REFUGE IN HIS DEATH. 

Gen 22:1-2, Now it came to pass after these things that GOD TESTED ABRAHAM, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “TAKE NOW YOUR SON, YOUR ONLY SON ISAAC, WHOM YOU LOVE, and go to the land of Moriah, and OFFER HIM THERE AS A BURNT OFFERING on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”

Other, so called gods, required human sacrifice to please them YET, our LORD provided HIMSELF!

Gen 22:8, And Abraham said, “MY SON, GOD WILL PROVIDE for HIMSELF THE LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING.” So the two of them went together. 

In the KJV the word “For” is not used! So what we are seeing here is the FATHER TALKING about HIS Son. “MY SON, GOD, WILL PROVIDE HIMSELF THE LAMB FOR A BURNT OFFERING!

The Father called HIS Son God! Just like

Heb 1:8, But to the Son He says: “YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER; A SCEPTER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS THE SCEPTER OF YOUR KINGDOM. 

BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD! FULL OF MERCY & GRACE! WHO GAVE ALL THAT HE HAD FOR HIS BRIDE! HE WILL RETURN FOR HER, FOR ALL THOSE WHO PUT THEIR FAITH IN HIM! BE READY FOR HIS RETURN IS NEAR! BE READY!