Title: Jacob Revisits Bethel/Genesis 32
Chapter 13 Jacob's Return to Bethel
Jacob left for the hometown he had been missing for the past 20 years, but
At the thought of meeting his older brother Esau, he was afraid. so he
He first sent someone to check his brother's sympathy. At that time, his brother Esau was already Jacob.
How I knew it was coming, I left with 400 people.
When Jacob heard this report, he said, “He was very afraid and frustrated, and all his servants, his sheep, and his cattle,
Divide the camels into two flocks... and if you strike one flock, the other flock will escape."
It was at that time that I prayed earnestly before God. His prayer is in the Bible
It is recorded.
“O LORD, the God of my grandfather Abraham, the God of my father’s Isaac,
Go back to your hometown and to your people, whom the LORD commanded me before. i grace you
I will give you.
I can't afford at all the grace and all the truth that you have bestowed upon your servant.
I can't, but I crossed this Jordan with only my staff, and now I have two flocks.
it was rona I pray thee, deliver me from my brother's hand and from Esau's hand.
Deliver me, I fear him, for he comes and frightens me and my wives.
All. Surely I am gracious to you, says the Lord, and your offspring cannot be counted
I will make it as numerous as the sand of all."
This is his prayer recorded in Genesis 32. God is his
He responded greatly. In the past, he touched the heart of his maternal uncle Laban,
God, who had not harmed Esau, also moved Esau's heart to harm him.
Not only did Esau hold his neck and make him weep.
This cannot but be the grace that God bestowed upon Jacob, his chosen people.
In Genesis 33:12, Esau, who miraculously melted his heart, said to Jacob, "We
Let us go, and I will be your servant.” But Jacob dared to buy it.
gave up In Genesis 33:13, "Jacob said to him, My lord knows that, but my children
I am weak, and my flock and cattle have their young, so if I overdrive for just one day, the whole flock will be destroyed.
I am going to die, so please, my lord will lead before my servant, and go to Seir,
Lee," he said.
When Esau heard this, he then left some of his servants as their leaders.
He said to keep it aside, but Jacob refused even that. The one whom Jacob so renounced
It is a little difficult to accept Yu as a humble specification as he said it.
there is this Because he took a completely different path after he left his brother.
In Genesis 33:17, Jacob turned and came to a place called Succoth. Esau lives
Seir is in the far south, and Succoth is in the north. It is north of the Yapbok River.
Jacob, who had crossed over
went away I said I'd go to Sail slowly, but I made him turn in the opposite direction
it has become
Then why did Jacob not go to his native land and to the place where his father Isaac lived?
Did you turn to the city north? Apparently he was close to where his brother Esau lived.
Seems quite reluctant to go. He dared to take his father Isaac, who was still alive.
I couldn't even go see you. Perhaps when he thinks of his sins of old, his heart
He was anxious, and his steps seemed to have become so frightening. again realistically
Lo broke his hip bone while he was fighting the angel of God at the Jabbok River naru
Having said that, I know that I could not have walked a long way.
Genesis 33:17 says, "When Jacob came to Succoth, he built a house for himself, and
So they built a cage, so the name of the land was Succoth."
The word Succoth means “built a house” in Hebrew. There he found his wealth
He knows that even the wounds of the broken body have been healed. They said they built a house, so for many years there
He would have spent the rest of the day treating the disease.
In Genesis 33:18, it is said that after that he came to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan in peace.
All. Here, the word [peaceful] means [in a healthy body], and he is in the land of Canaan.
When he arrived at the city of Shechem, it was thought that his body was completely restored.
know. The place called Shechem is the land of Canaan west of Succoth, from there
He bought the land and settled down. As he reads the Bible, there he is
I know that I lived for about 10 years while growing up.
Young children around the age of 10 are already in their twenties. now full of blood
The children stopped there and started a horrific murder case. The content of the murder case
As it is written in the Bible, Dinah, daughter of Jacob, mingled with foreign women there, and then
He said that he was defiled by the love of Shechem, the son of King Hamor, the son of Goth.
When the sons of Jacob heard that there had been a proposal, they were very angry.
At last the sons of Jacob took the opportunity to lie down, all the men of Shechem were circumcised.
So they killed
When Jacob heard this, he was very afraid. In the text, recompense Jacob to his sons
There is one word. “You have offended me, and have brought me to the people of the land, the Canaanites.
made him hated I am few, and they will gather together and strike me and kill me.
If you do, I and my house will perish."
There is something that comes naturally to us as we read this account in the Bible. to Jacob
Why did such great tribulation and sorrow occur again? about here
Lee first need to keep in mind that all of Jacob's tribulation was a punishment from God.
have. As we know, when we compare Jacob and Joseph, his son Joseph also suffered a lot.
a person who has experienced However, Jacob's tribulation and Joseph's tribulation are fundamentally
This is different. As shown in the Book of Sheng, Joseph's transgressions and sins are not recorded.
Conversely, he suffered many tribulations because he wanted to live a clean life without sinning.
And he had to go to jail. He also went for his brothers
Mann brothers tried to kill him.
In this way, Joseph's tribulation was not due to his own sins, but to bear the sins of others.
It takes on the character of the sufferings of the suffering and suffering Christ. So his suffering
It has led to great glory. But Jacob's tribulation was not like that ᆄ It was God's punishment for his transgressions and sins.
Therefore, if we see Joseph as a shadow of Christ in this respect, how far is Jacob?
I think it would be good to see them as the shadows of our sinful saints. under these principles
In Esau, we now see that Jacob was again greatly troubled and had no choice but to fear.
The reason for the tribulation can be easily read in the Bible.
Now, what was his life like when he lived in Shechem for about ten years?
Let's think about whether According to Genesis 35:2, when he was in great tribulation, he
There is a saying that calls the phrases.
"Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Be among you.
Put away the idols of the nations, purify yourself, and change your clothes. we wake up
Let's go up to Bethel." From here we can see that Jacob still had the idols of his house up to that time.
You can tell that he was a person who couldn't liquidate. his wives and children worship idols
it was waiting Jacob's influence as a father did not reach his family.
it is true that the
Looking back, he had a vision when he ran away from his older brother Esau 30 years ago.
After experiencing God's great protection in the midst of it, I made a vow to God with a grateful heart.
there is this Genesis 28:20 "And Jacob made a vow, saying, God is with me, and I
Keep me on this journey and give me bread to eat and clothes to put on, so that I can rest in peace.
make me go home, and the LORD will be my God, and I will
This stone I built as a temple will be God's house, and I will give everything that God has given me.
I will surely give a tenth to God."
Here, if we look at his later work, God will fulfill all his wishes according to his wishes.
oh you gave God has been like that for over 30 years. food to eat as you wish
He gave them and gave them abundantly, and gave them clothes to wear, and made them come back to Canaan in peace.
did.
But, what about Jacob? None of his vows were put into practice.
Although he said, "The Lord will be my God," he is still in his home.
There was no sign of paying off idols, and he promised to pay tithes to God, but
There is no trace of this practice, and the temple of God was built on the spot where the stone pillar was built in Bethel.
He said he would weep, but even after 10 years had passed since he returned to the land of Canaan, even then
There was no visit to Bethel. God's dreadful chastisement came to Jacob
It would be natural. Jacob received God's grace greatly, but he did not see it.
I didn't know how to answer. When he was in an emergency, he sought God and made an oath, but he is at peace
When I lost, I sought God and made vows, but when I was at peace, I forgot all his grace
I can only see that he was the one who was abandoned. He also took 400 men by Esau at the river Jabbok.
When he heard that he was coming, he prayed earnestly to God and was greeted by an angel.
I was the kind of person who cried and prayed when the rib was broken, but all that passed
After I went, I forgot again. In order for God to awaken Jacob's soul,
So I know that [Dina Incident] happened. In fact, at that time Jacob's soul was awakened.
I was reminded of the old Bethel that I had completely forgotten.
He called his family members and said to them, “Remove idols, cleanse yourself, and change your clothes.
Oh, let's go to Bethel now. Let's build an altar there before my God."
will be. After this, he truly repented and his life changed.