Jacob: Process Established and Promise Continued

Have you ever taken time to read and meditate on your inheritance?

Do you radically hold to the PROMISE of GOD?

If you are a child of God, then are in a grand lineage of the great family of the history of the earth.

The grand promise? "I will be Your God and You will be My son."


The New Testament is quick to remind us of these things:

"[Christ] redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit." (Galatians 3:14)

"If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." (Galatians 3:29)

Let's take a moment to read this grand promise.... it is unfolded from Abraham to Jacob....

God to Abraham in Haran (12:2-3) Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

God to Abraham at Hebron (15:1-21) After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” And Abram said, “Behold, you have given me no offspring, and a member of my household will be my heir.” And behold, the word of the LORD came to him: “This man shall not be your heir; your very own son shall be your heir.” And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” And Abram believed the LORD, and the Lord counted it to Abram as righteousness. And he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.” But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?” He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half. And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your offspring will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs and will be servants there, and they will be afflicted for four hundred years. But I will bring judgment on the nation that they serve, and afterward they shall come out with great possessions. As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates, the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites and the Jebusites.”

God to Abraham at Hebron (17:1-21) When Abram was ninety-nine years old the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless, that I may make my covenant between me and you, and may multiply you greatly.” Then Abram fell on his face. And God said to him, “Behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be the father of a multitude of nations. No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make you into nations, and kings shall come from you. And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your offspring after you. And I will give to you and to your offspring after you the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God.” And God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant. Any uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.” And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and moreover, I will give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.” Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation. But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to you at this time next year.”

God to Abraham at Hebron (18:17) The LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

God to Abraham at Mt. Moriah (22:15-18) And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven and said, “By myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.”

God to Isaac at Gerar (26:2-5) And the LORD appeared to him and said, “Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father. I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.”

God to Isaac at Beersheba (26:24) And the LORD appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake.”

Isaac to Jacob at Beersheba (27:27-29) So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, “See, the smell of my son  is as the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed! May God give you of the dew of heaven  and of the fatness of the earth  and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you,  and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers,  and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you,  and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Isaac to Jacob  at Beersheba (28:3-4) " May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples. 4 May he give you and your descendants the blessing given to Abraham, so that you may take possession of the land where you now live as an alien, the land God gave to Abraham." (28:3-4)

God to Jacob at Bethel (28:13-15) And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

God to Jacob at Bethel (35:11-12) And God said to him, “I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come from your own body. The land that I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and I will give the land to your offspring after you.” WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?  Here is what I noticed.... THE GLORIOUS GOD “I am God Almighty" "I am your shield." "I am the LORD who brought you out from...." “I am the God of Abraham your father." “I am the LORD, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac" THE GOD WHO COMMANDS.... "Go" "Fear not" (2 TIMES) "Look" "Walk before me, and be blameless" "You shall keep my covenant" "Do not go down to Egypt" "Be fruitful and multiply" THE GOD WHO PROMISES DESCENDANTS THE GOD WHO PROMISES A GREAT NAME THE GOD WHO PROMISES LAND FOR ETERNITY THE GOD WHO PROMISES EXPANDED BLESSINGS AND FRUITFULNESS THE GOD WHO PROMISES TO DESTROY ENEMIES THE GOD WHO PROMISES TO KEEP HIS PROMISES NO MATTER WHAT THE GOD WHO WANTS US TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT HE KEEPS HIS WORD And FINALLY THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF BLESSING...DID YOU CATCH IT? so that you will be a blessing all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed increase your numbers until you become a community of peoples and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed Who could ever NOT want to be a part of this wonderful stream of prosperity, promise, and eternal peace? Start living like the conqueror you are!