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Dec. 9, 2022
The Land Is Given to Jacob
Jacob is now returning from Padam Aram and needs to reconcile with Esau. As he travels south along the eastern side of the Jordan River he sends for Esau who lives in Edom. Once he makes peace with Esau Jacob then crosses the Jordan and enters the Land God had promised to Abraham. God appears to him and changes his name from Jacob to Israel. He then tells Jacob that the land God had given to Abraham and then to Isaac, would be given to him and to his descendants.
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The Land is Given to Jacob (Out of Zion Episode #155)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Transcript
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Well, welcome to everyone from a beautiful sunny Jerusalem.
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You are looking behind me here across the city to the east,
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and in the very, very far distance, I hope you see a smoky, hazy ridge of mountains.
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That is on the other side of the Jordan.
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That would be the beginning of the mountains of Edom,
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depending on what time of history we're talking about.
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It's such a beautiful setting to talk about our Torah reading this week.
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So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional.
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When I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
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We're reading through the Torah this year, along with the Jewish community,
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and this week's reading is from Genesis 32 verse 4 through 36 verse 43.
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It's called Reyeshlach, which means that Jacob sent.
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So Jacob sends messengers to Esau, his brother, in Edom.
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And his brother, he and his brother had had a great falling out.
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Of course, Jacob had bought the birthright from Esau.
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He had tricked his father into giving him the blessing of the firstborn.
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So he and Esau didn't have a great relationship.
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And he was a little worried about this reuniting with Esau.
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Jacob is now coming back from the land of Patamorom.
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He has two wives.
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He has two maid servants as well as concubines.
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He has many children and he's a wealthy man, but he's very worried about reuniting with Esau.
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So he sends messengers to Esau and he sends gifts and he's coming down on the east side of the Jordan River.
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I'm standing in Israel, which is on the west side of the Jordan River.
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But on the other side of the Jordan River, which you can see in the very, very far distance there, is the land of Gilead, of Amon, of Edom.
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And so he's coming down south towards Edom.
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Very worried about this meeting.
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And he has a night where he wrestles with the angel of the Lord.
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And this angel tells him that his name is going to be changed to Israel because he had struggled with God and prevailed.
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And the word Israel, many say that it means to have struggled with God.
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It actually means more of a prince of God.
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It means that he struggled and prevailed and he's in the place, the position of a prince of God.
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So lo and behold to his surprise, meets Esau, it's a peaceful reuniting.
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The brothers are at peace.
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And at that point, Jacob then crosses the Jordan River, comes back over to the west side, enters the land when he has another encounter with God at Bethel.
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And there God confirms to him, the Abrahamic covenant, that this land was for his descendants.
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It was given to the descendants of Abraham.
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It was repeated to Isaac.
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And now it's being repeated to Jacob.
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This is the land of covenant and it's to belong to his descendants.
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So next week we're going to read about Esau in Edom.
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That's the beginning of our reading next week.
43
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So I hope that you can come with me one day to Israel, that you can see all of these places, the sites and the sounds.
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I think you hear the sounds of children playing in the background.
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That's Israel.
46
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They're back in their land.
47
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They're blooming and blossoming.
48
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I hope you can come with me.
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But until next week, I'll see you then in Shabbat Shalom.
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Well, welcome to everyone from a beautiful sunny Jerusalem.
2
00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:10,000
You are looking behind me here across the city to the east,
3
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:18,000
and in the very, very far distance, I hope you see a smoky, hazy ridge of mountains.
4
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,000
That is on the other side of the Jordan.
5
00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:24,000
That would be the beginning of the mountains of Edom,
6
00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000
depending on what time of history we're talking about.
7
00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,000
It's such a beautiful setting to talk about our Torah reading this week.
8
00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,000
So welcome to this week's Shabbat Shalom devotional.
9
00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:42,000
When I seek to share just a little inspiration and bring a little piece to the close of your very busy week.
10
00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,000
We're reading through the Torah this year, along with the Jewish community,
11
00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:53,000
and this week's reading is from Genesis 32 verse 4 through 36 verse 43.
12
00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,000
It's called Reyeshlach, which means that Jacob sent.
13
00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:04,000
So Jacob sends messengers to Esau, his brother, in Edom.
14
00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000
And his brother, he and his brother had had a great falling out.
15
00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000
Of course, Jacob had bought the birthright from Esau.
16
00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:15,000
He had tricked his father into giving him the blessing of the firstborn.
17
00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000
So he and Esau didn't have a great relationship.
18
00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:24,000
And he was a little worried about this reuniting with Esau.
19
00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,000
Jacob is now coming back from the land of Patamorom.
20
00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:29,000
He has two wives.
21
00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:33,000
He has two maid servants as well as concubines.
22
00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:41,000
He has many children and he's a wealthy man, but he's very worried about reuniting with Esau.
23
00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:48,000
So he sends messengers to Esau and he sends gifts and he's coming down on the east side of the Jordan River.
24
00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:53,000
I'm standing in Israel, which is on the west side of the Jordan River.
25
00:01:53,000 --> 00:02:04,000
But on the other side of the Jordan River, which you can see in the very, very far distance there, is the land of Gilead, of Amon, of Edom.
26
00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,000
And so he's coming down south towards Edom.
27
00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:11,000
Very worried about this meeting.
28
00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:17,000
And he has a night where he wrestles with the angel of the Lord.
29
00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:27,000
And this angel tells him that his name is going to be changed to Israel because he had struggled with God and prevailed.
30
00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:32,000
And the word Israel, many say that it means to have struggled with God.
31
00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:35,000
It actually means more of a prince of God.
32
00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:43,000
It means that he struggled and prevailed and he's in the place, the position of a prince of God.
33
00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:49,000
So lo and behold to his surprise, meets Esau, it's a peaceful reuniting.
34
00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000
The brothers are at peace.
35
00:02:51,000 --> 00:03:05,000
And at that point, Jacob then crosses the Jordan River, comes back over to the west side, enters the land when he has another encounter with God at Bethel.
36
00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:12,000
And there God confirms to him, the Abrahamic covenant, that this land was for his descendants.
37
00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:15,000
It was given to the descendants of Abraham.
38
00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,000
It was repeated to Isaac.
39
00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000
And now it's being repeated to Jacob.
40
00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:25,000
This is the land of covenant and it's to belong to his descendants.
41
00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:30,000
So next week we're going to read about Esau in Edom.
42
00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,000
That's the beginning of our reading next week.
43
00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:42,000
So I hope that you can come with me one day to Israel, that you can see all of these places, the sites and the sounds.
44
00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,000
I think you hear the sounds of children playing in the background.
45
00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,000
That's Israel.
46
00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,000
They're back in their land.
47
00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:50,000
They're blooming and blossoming.
48
00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:52,000
I hope you can come with me.
49
00:03:52,000 --> 00:04:03,000
But until next week, I'll see you then in Shabbat Shalom.
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