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Jacob as heir of the prmoises he values, but uses evil means to secure
Jacob's history now begins*. Heir of the promises, and
valuing them, he uses means to have them, evil and low in
character. God answers his faith, and chastens his evil and
unbelief. God could have brought the blessing in His own way (or
made Isaac cross his hands as He did Jacob); Jacob, led by his
mother, followed his own way, and did not wait for God. But the
blessing was prophetic, and not to be recalled. The ways of God and
His purpose were not to be changed. Isaac was guilty, and Jacob
more so: all was overruled to answer faith and chasten evil in the
believer. Esau had deliberately given up the right, when he had the
choice: God was not in his thoughts: he cannot receive the blessing
when the consequences are there. Man must act by faith alone, when
the consequences are not seen, in order to be blessed, when the
time for blessing comes. |
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