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Commentary by Douglas Tilstra:
"Consider these questions to sharpen your understanding of this tragic story: 1. Picture the dynamics between the two sisters as one of them becomes the “woman of one man’s dreams” (29:1-20). How do you imagine Jacob’s arrival into Laban’s household affected Rachel and Leah as sisters? How might the sisters be affected by the attitude of their father, Laban? Of the "the deeply in love" Jacob?
2. Finally Jacob has worked 7 years for Rachel and has earned the right to marry her. But what a terrible deceptive trick unfolds with the wedding night! (29:21-27). What does this incident tell you about Laban (as a Dad, future father-in-law, etc.)? How might this event have affected Leah? Rachel? Jacob? The nucleus of Jacob’s new family? What might it be like for these sisters to now become rival wives?
3. What might those next 7 years of early married life have been for this “unhappily linked threesome” (29:28-30)?
4. What does it mean to experience God’s presence in the midst of ordinary and sometimes difficult situations? How do we discern the God of “Jacob’s ladder” still connecting with us in family difficulties, financial setbacks, personal failings, and the ins and outs of daily life?" Douglas Tilstra
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Commentary by Douglas Tilstra:
"Few Bible stories illustrate God’s attitude toward sinners (as stated above in Romans 5:6-11) better than the story of Jacob’s ladder dream. Jacob was a guilty man fleeing for his life from an angry brother whom he had grievously wronged. Jacob was alone, afraid, cut off from family and seemingly shut off from God. It is in that precise hour that God comes to Jacob, unannounced and apparently uninvited except by Jacob’s unspoken cry for help. God comes to Jacob and assures him that, despite his sin, he is still a precious son of the God of Abraham and Isaac, and that all the promises made to them also apply to him.
It is while we are still sinners that God comes to us as “Immanuel, God with us” (Matthew 1:23). The ladder Jacob saw represents Jesus (John 1:51), the connection between God and guilty humanity. The human family may be lonely, afraid, and exhausted, but God has not turned His back on us. He is truly the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob- the God of all struggling people and troubled families." Douglas Tilstra
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Commentary by Douglas Tilstra:
"This story, like none other in Scripture, displays the tragic results of generational sins. Rebecca’s scheme is reminiscent of Sarah’s scheme involving Hagar (Genesis 16:1-5). Both women intend to “help God” fulfill His promise. Both use methods contrary to God’s plans. Rebecca has perpetuated her mother-in-law's sins into the next generation. Jacob’s lie about his own identity is not that different from his father’s and grandfather’s lies about their wives’ identities. All three men rationalized their lies as necessary for the fulfillment of God’s promise. In reality their lies revealed cowardice and distrust of God. Other generational traits in this story include favoritism, marital discord, sibling rivalry, jealousy, and hatred. Also the themes of attempted murder, long family separation and ultimate reconciliation span the generations before and after Jacob. This story calls us to reflect on our own families. What traits, what family sins, what habits and tendencies have we inherited from our parents and grandparents? The awareness of such does not lessen our personal responsibility, but it does sharpen our focus on how and where we need God’s grace in our lives to face the Satan’s attacks." Douglas Tilstra Vice president for student life Walla Walla University USA ❤️ Jump to Daily Bible Reading https://www.revivalandreformation.org/bhp/en/bible/gen/27 Our accounts in other social networks:
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"When God declares Himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Exodus 3:6; Matthew 22:32; Acts 3:13) He declares Himself the God of struggling people and troubled families who are saved and healed by His grace. The story of Genesis is really one long family story, specifically focused on the first four generations of the nation of Israel, and the man and woman who lead each of those generations. Those men and women are Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob,Rachel and Leah, and Joseph and Asenath. We often consider them as Scriptural heroes and giants of faith. Indeed their stories are briefly mentioned in Hebrews 11 as examples of faith. However, like us, their lives were also deeply scarred by their own sins and the sins of others against them. The story of God’s family as told in Genesis reveals a family marked by drunkenness, deceit, murder, adultery, incest, cowardice, jealousy, hatred, betrayal, contempt between husbands and wives, and outright disbelief of God. Truly, it is a story of struggling people and troubled families. Yet it is the story of God who saves and heals struggling people and troubled families. It is the story of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." Douglas Tilstra Vice President for Student Life Walla Walla University USA ❤️ Jump to Daily Bible Reading https://www.revivalandreformation.org/bhp/en/bible/gen/26 Our accounts in other social networks:
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Commentary by Douglas Tilstra :
"In this chapter we say farewell to Abraham and are introduced to Jacob, whose sons become the tribal leaders of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel. It is through the nation of Israel that God will fulfill His promise to Abraham to make his family a great nation and to bless the entire world through that nation (Genesis 12:1-3). Ultimately Jesus would be born into that family of Abraham and be the greatest blessing and final fulfillment of God’s promise to Abraham (Matthew 1:1-17; Galatians 3:16-17). But before the story of Jacob’s sons and the formation of the nation of Israel we must hear Jacob’s story whose name is changed to Israel. We must learn the life experience of Jacob and follow his journey from deceit and trickery (Genesis 25:29-34; 27:36) to Prince with God (Genesis 32:28). God transforms Jacob’s character and finally changes his name as evidence of the transformation. Jacob’s story is really the story of every child of God. During these next few days try to read Jacob’s story as your own story." Douglas Tilstra Vice President of Student Life Walla Walla University USA ❤️ Jump to Daily Bible Reading https://www.revivalandreformation.org/bhp/en/bible/gen/25 Our accounts in other social networks:
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