Jacob's journey to destiny -Gen35
Gen35
The Lord is calling Jacob to leave the worldly place, the ungodly ties of peer pressure, the corruption of the unbelivers, where he can get hurt and easily tangled up, to "arise, go up to Bethel and live there"(v1)
Bethel means the house of God.
There comes a time of seperation and letting go, of spiritual cleansing.
Although it can look very disturbing, those worldly things really didn't have any power ove him
once he decided to leave(V5)
He committed his life and worship to God at Bethel.(altar)
V8"Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died..."The person who had been meeting with him basic needs(nanny's for chores, feeding, cooking, cleaning,etc), who had helped discipling him left. Or it could mean he graduated from foundation period of discipleship.
Then he met God again at Paddan-aram(V9), the place of His mother, who laid down her life and paved the way for him. And he found who he really was. Rebekah had always believed in him, she had a vision for him, and this is the time that he came to the revelation of his mother's vision for him.
Out of this revelation Jacob built a pillar of stone, a monument, a new stronghold in God, a new statement, and he named it Bethel. Now not only was he belonged to Bethel, the house of God, he's gonna be a builder of the house of God.
Then he came to a place called Ephrath, which is also Bethlehem. This is the place where the love of his life, Rachel died. And this is also the place where a born again mind of greatness was birthed. Out of the death a new seed was planted.
v21"Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder." The reference in my Bible leads the tower of Eder to Micah4:8"As for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come - even the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem." This speaks to me the fullness of destiny, the fulfilment of God's promise.
v22 speaks that some of his children are pinching his glory.
v27-28 Jacob remembered and recognised that he's a successor of Abraham and Isaac, that his spiritual blessing was built on the foundation of Abraham and Isaac's faith.
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