Well, this is interesting. After all that scuffle about who’s getting what blessing, when Rebekah tells Jacob she doesn’t want Jacob to marry a Hittite woman (like Esau did), Jacob calls Isaac and… blesses him again. He sets Jacob up as the inheritor of Abraham’s blessing – to be the father of nations, of God’s [...]
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Bless you, my son
Posted: January 22, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: blessing, Esau, Isaac, Jacob, Rebekah
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In yesterday’s reading, we saw Isaac and Rebekah waiting patiently for the LORD to answer their prayers. And the LORD does answer, and says to Rebekah, “your older son will serve your younger son.” And then, in the part we skipped, Esau sells his rights as the firstborn son to Jacob. Now Isaac is about [...]
Good question!
Posted: January 19, 2012 in Orange, YellowTags: faith, Isaac, prayer, questions, Rebekah
Rebekah and Isaac are like most people. When it comes to how they live their lives, they choose a mix of old ways and new ones. Like Abraham and Sarah, they worship the LORD, and they care about what the LORD has in mind (which is a little remarkable considering that Isaac was nearly killed [...]
