genesis 35 a messy story finishes with faith and blessing
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Genesis 35Genesis 35A messy story finishes
with faith and blessing
Closing out the Story of Jacob
1.Getting our Bearings
1.Chapter 35 – A messy story finishes with faith and blessing
1.Encouragement from Jacob
1.Closing Thoughts
1. Getting Our Bearings
• Jacob’s Family Tree
• The Land
• The Story
Jacob’s Family Tree
Abraham’s Birthplace
Promised Land
Home of Abraham’s Family
THE LAND
ACT 1: Birth & Conflict w/ Esau
ACT 3: Jacob & Laban
To Haran & Padan-Aram
ACT 2: Travel to Haran
ACT 5: Evil in Shechem
ACT 4: Travel Back to Canaan
The story of Jacob
Beersheba
ACT 1: Birth & Conflict w/ EsauACT 1: Birth & Conflict w/ Esau
ACT 2: Travel to Haran•God appears to Jacob
ACT 2: Travel to Haran•God appears to Jacob
ACT 3: Jacob & LabanACT 3: Jacob & Laban
ACT 4: Travel Back to Canaan
•God appears to Jacob
ACT 4: Travel Back to Canaan
•God appears to Jacob
ACT 5: Evil at ShechemACT 5: Evil at Shechem
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The Story of Jacob
Chapters:Chapters:
2. ACT 6: (Ch. 35) - A messy story finishes with faith and
blessing
God Reaches out to Jacob
Chapter 35:1
Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there; and make an altar there to God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
2. A messy story finishes with faith and blessing
Jacob responds with Faith and Action
READ Chapter 35: 2-7-Immediate Response-Jacob acts as Priest to his household-Gets rid of the foreign Gods and Idols-Purification ritual & Change of Clothes-Worship of the God “who answered me in my distress”
-This is a different man than the Jacob of Chapter 34
2. A messy story finishes with faith and blessing
Jacob is Blessed by GodREAD Chapter 35: 9-12-Almost Identical to Genesis 17: 1-8
- El Shadai “God Almighty”- Abram -> Abraham; Jacob -> Israel- Promises Nations, Kings, Land
Comparison with Previous Encounters
Back to his Instincts
Genesis 35: 16-22
•Jacob does not stay at Bethel
•Problems arise
•Rachel dies in Childbirth
•Rueben sleeps with Bilhah
•Jacob resorts to passivity
Jacob’s Blessing
Genesis 35: 23-26
3. Encouragement from Jacob
•God takes faith over behavior all day long
•God is with us even as we continue to struggle with the same issues over and over
•Family behaviors are hard to overcome, yet Jesus came to redeem us from them
The character of Jacob
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What Jacob Inherited
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God is in the business of redeeming us
1st Peter 1:18-19
18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
Closing Thoughts
Your relationship and standing with God is based upon faith, not behavior
What instincts have you inherited from your family that weigh you down… that you can lay at the feet of your Redeemer fore healing?