Wrestling God for a Blessing – Genesis E6

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Christianity, Old Testament, Torah, Theology, New Testament, God, Demons, Tim Mackie, Bible Study, Angels, Bible, Jesus, Spiritual Beings, Jon Collins, Religion & Spirituality, Spirit, Satan

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the story of the Bible, God singles out different people, like Jacob, to be the conduit of his blessing to all humanity. But from birth, Jacob consistently acts more like the snake from the garden of Eden than a righteous chosen one of God. He lies his way into blessings that God had intended for him all along. So what will God do? In this episode, Tim and Jon discuss the theme of blessing and curse in the life of Jacob.

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0:00.0	In the Bible, blessing is life, multiplying life.
0:10.0	It's the access to abundance.
0:14.0	And this is the type of world God created, one that can reproduce itself.
0:18.0	Life creating more and more life.
0:21.0	And then God chooses humans out of all the animals to represent Him.
0:26.0	And to partner with Him to take care of this blessing.
0:30.0	This is our calling.
0:32.0	We are stewards of God's blessing.
0:34.0	And we've proven to be pretty bad at it.
0:37.0	Adam and Eve fail. Noah has his own failure.
0:40.0	And they God chooses Abraham.
0:42.0	He blesses Abraham and appoints his family to be the vehicle of blessing for the entire world.
0:49.0	But even Abraham struggles.
0:51.0	And it kind of makes you wonder, what's God thinking trying to partner with humans?
0:55.0	Is he just choosing the wrong people?
0:57.0	Maybe he needs a better hiring process.
1:00.0	And then we're introduced to Abraham's grandson.
1:04.0	And if you thought Abraham struggled.
1:06.0	The Abraham story showed you somebody who occasionally acts like the snake in the garden.
1:12.0	But we get a couple generations down the line.
1:14.0	And what if the grandson of Abraham doesn't just occasionally act like a snake?
1:20.0	What if he's like born a treacherous lying son?
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