LES RUSES ET LES BENEDICTIONS DE JACOB

ETUDIONS LA BIBLE 20EME SESSION

VENDREDI 5 AOUT 2022

LA VIE DE JACOB / THE LIFE OF JACOB (PARTII)

Présentateur : pasteur Marc E Siméon

VERSET DU JOUR :

Ge 28:15 Voici, je suis avec toi, je te garderai partout où tu iras, et je te ramènerai dans ce pays; car je ne t’abandonnerai point, que je n’aie exécuté ce que je te dis.

 15 “Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.”

QUI POURQUOI COMMENT

1. Who was a king and a priest at the same time in the era of Abraham?
2. Which prophet tried to curse the Children of Israel for money?
3. Which country prophet Jonah was trying to go to instead of Nineveh?
4. Which king went to see a medium to summon the spirit of a dead prophet?
5. Where did Jesus get baptized?
6. Why was John the Baptist hesitant to baptize Jesus?
7. What symbol of humility Jesus taught his disciples in his last days on earth?
8. What did the Canaan woman answer to Jesus when He said “we cannot give the bread of the children to the dogs.”?
9. Name two of the problems of Lazarus that caused him to go the rich man’s house.
10. What did Jesus do that caused the accusers of the adulterous woman to walk away one by one?

THE LIFE OF JACOB (PART II)  

JACOB THE PROMISED CHILD

• When we follow the story of Jacob and see all the maneuvers he had to do to seize the birth right and the blessings of his father, we have to wonder : “Could Jacob be fighting for what was spiritually and legally his at the first place?”
• We see that Jacob left behind all the wealth of his father to go start his own life, so, it wasn’t material riches he was seeking in getting the birthright.
• Could it be that he was just after the spiritual significance of the right?
• Could Jacob have become who he became without the blessing of his father?
• Could it be that God was involved in Isaac becoming blind so that he would not hand the blessing to the wrong boy?
• Could it be that God made Isaac feel that he was about to die so that he can release the blessings at once?
• Isaac did not die right away, he lived more than twenty years to see the return of Jacob

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ISAAC’S BLESSING TO JACOB

• Lets look in dept at what was pronounced on the day of the blessing?

Ge 27:21-40

21 Isaac dit à Jacob: Approche donc, et que je te touche, mon fils, pour savoir si tu es mon fils Ésaü, ou non.

22 Jacob s’approcha d’Isaac, son père, qui le toucha, et dit: La voix est la voix de Jacob, mais les mains sont les mains d’Ésaü.

 23 Il ne le reconnut pas, parce que ses mains étaient velues, comme les mains d’Ésaü, son frère; et il le bénit.

 24 Il dit: C’est toi qui es mon fils Ésaü? Et Jacob répondit: C’est moi.

28 Que Dieu te donne de la rosée du ciel Et de la graisse de la terre, Du blé et du vin en abondance!

 29 Que des peuples te soient soumis, Et que des nations se prosternent devant toi! Sois le maître de tes frères, Et que les fils de ta mère se prosternent devant toi! Maudit soit quiconque te maudira, Et béni soit quiconque te bénira.

• Verse 29 is the most dangerous verse, because Isaac, being a father and prophet, set an ongoing order whereby Jacob would forever be subservient to Esau which contradicted the will of God.
• The blessings of Isaac echoed the alliance of God with Abraham.
• People continue to try to tamper the will of God by imposing their own will instead.
• We see it done in churches and other Christian organizations.
• People love to name their preferred offspring as head in the things of God, regardless of lack of calling and qualifications.

THE TRICK REVEALED

GEN 27

30 ¶ Isaac avait fini de bénir Jacob, et Jacob avait à peine quitté son père Isaac, qu’Ésaü, son frère, revint de la chasse.

31 Il fit aussi un mets, qu’il porta à son père; et il dit à son père: Que mon père se lève et mange du gibier de son fils, afin que ton âme me bénisse!

 32 Isaac, son père, lui dit: Qui es-tu? Et il répondit: Je suis ton fils aîné, Ésaü.

 33 Isaac fut saisi d’une grande, d’une violente émotion, et il dit: Qui est donc celui qui a chassé du gibier, et me l’a apporté? J’ai mangé de tout avant que tu vinsses, et je l’ai béni. Aussi sera-t-il béni.

34 Lorsque Ésaü entendit les paroles de son père, il poussa de forts cris, pleins d’amertume, et il dit à son père: Bénis-moi aussi, mon père!

 35 Isaac dit: Ton frère est venu avec ruse, et il a enlevé ta bénédiction.

 36 Ésaü dit: Est-ce parce qu’on l’a appelé du nom de Jacob qu’il m’a supplanté deux fois? Il a enlevé mon droit d’aînesse, et voici maintenant qu’il vient d’enlever ma bénédiction. Et il dit: N’as-tu point réservé de bénédiction pour moi?

37 Isaac répondit, et dit à Ésaü: Voici, je l’ai établi ton maître, et je lui ai donné tous ses frères pour serviteurs, je l’ai pourvu de blé et de vin: que puis-je donc faire pour toi, mon fils?

 38 Ésaü dit à son père: N’as-tu que cette seule bénédiction, mon père? Bénis-moi aussi, mon père! Et Ésaü éleva la voix, et pleura.

 39 Isaac, son père, répondit, et lui dit: Voici! Ta demeure sera privée de la graisse de la terre Et de la rosée du ciel, d’en haut.

40 Tu vivras de ton épée, Et tu seras asservi à ton frère; Mais en errant librement çà et là, Tu briseras son joug de dessus ton cou.

REFLEXION

• It is a dangerous twist when Satan manipulate man to go against the will of God
• The third element in the story of Jacob is God Himself
• The permissive and the sovereign will of God were both at work in the narrative of the life of Jacob.
• The real issue was between the will of God and the will of the devil.
• While no one should adopt a con artist lifestyle to get what he wants in life, it a relief to know that God will always have the last word in all situations.
• We need to understand that Jacob did not have a bible to know  God the way we do now.
• It was just a matter of survival in a world that was dictated by ruses and self-protection.

REBECCA AT WORK AGAIN TO SAVE JACOB’S LIFE

Ge 27:41 ¶ Ésaü conçut de la haine contre Jacob, à cause de la bénédiction dont son père l’avait béni; et Ésaü disait en son coeur: Les jours du deuil de mon père vont approcher, et je tuerai Jacob, mon frère.

 42 On rapporta à Rebecca les paroles d’Ésaü, son fils aîné. Elle fit alors appeler Jacob, son fils cadet, et elle lui dit: Voici, Ésaü, ton frère, veut tirer vengeance de toi, en te tuant.

 43 Maintenant, mon fils, écoute ma voix! Lève-toi, fuis chez Laban, mon frère, à Charan;

 44 et reste auprès de lui quelque temps, jusqu’à ce que la fureur de ton frère s’apaise,

 45 jusqu’à ce que la colère de ton frère se détourne de toi, et qu’il oublie ce que tu lui as fait. Alors je te ferai revenir. Pourquoi serais-je privée de vous deux en un même jour?

 46 Rebecca dit à Isaac: Je suis dégoûtée de la vie, à cause des filles de Heth. Si Jacob prend une femme, comme celles-ci, parmi les filles de Heth, parmi les filles du pays, à quoi me sert la vie?

• Men always underestimate how smart women are.
• Rebecca is running the show from behind the curtain.
• Jacob had himself a great ally while Esau thought that his father would have the last say no matter what.
• Both Rebecca and Isaac fueled the hatred between the twin brothers.
• Unfortunately, blessed people tend to do the unthinkable in effort to help God while they only add nuisances to their destiny.
• Rebecca was yet after one more blessing for her beloved son.
• She would rather see him gone than to see him dead.
• On the disguise of looking for a wife, she managed to get Jacob out of the reah of Esau.

THE LAST BLESSING OF ISAAC TO JACOB

Ge 28:1 ¶ Isaac appela Jacob, le bénit, et lui donna cet ordre: Tu ne prendras pas une femme parmi les filles de Canaan.

 2 Lève-toi, va à Paddan-Aram, à la maison de Bethuel, père de ta mère, et prends-y une femme d’entre les filles de Laban, frère de ta mère.

 3 Que le Dieu tout-puissant te bénisse, te rende fécond et te multiplie, afin que tu deviennes une multitude de peuples!

 4 Qu’il te donne la bénédiction d’Abraham, à toi et à ta postérité avec toi, afin que tu possèdes le pays où tu habites comme étranger, et qu’il a donné à Abraham!

 5 Et Isaac fit partir Jacob, qui s’en alla à Paddan-Aram, auprès de Laban, fils de Bethuel, l’Araméen, frère de Rebecca, mère de Jacob et d’Ésaü.

• Esau already had several wives among the Canaanites.
• Esau was disqualified before God, yet his father wanted to pass on the blessing of Abraham to him.
• Isaac was forced to pronounce the rest of the blessings of Abraham to his indifferent son.
• Much is to learn about the power of destiny.
• All things work together for those who love God.

CONLUSION

• When we understand the doctrine of election, all Christians are favored by God in one form or another.
• Just like Rebecca did for Jacob, the Holy Spirit in a right way continues to coach us on how to amass all the blessings available to us on this side of heaven and for all eternity.
• Jacob had to be super attentive to his mother, so must we to the Holy Spirit.
• It’s not about material wealth, but the priceless spiritual ones that we should always go after.
• Next week God willing, we will begin with the journeys of Jacob in this series of studies of the life of Jacob.
• AMEN!

QUI POURQUOI COMMENT

1. Who was both a king and a priest in the time of Abraham? (Melchizedek)
2. Which prophet tried to curse the Children of Israel for money? (Balaam)
3. Which country prophet Jonah was trying to go to instead of Nineveh? (Tarshish) (Tarsis)
4. Which king went to see a medium to summon the spirit of a dead prophet? (Saul)
5. Where did Jesus get baptized? (Jordan River)
6. Why was John the Baptist hesitant to baptize Jesus? (Sense of unworthiness)
7. What symbol of humility Jesus taught his disciples in his last days on earth? (Washing the feet of the disciples)
8. What did the Canaan woman answer to Jesus when He said “we cannot give the bread of the children to the dogs.”? (The dogs eat at the foot of the table of their masters)
9. Name two of the problems of Lazarus that caused him to go the rich man’s house. (poverty, sickness, hunger)
10. What did Jesus do that caused the accusers of the adulterous woman to walk away one by one? (writing down their sins and asking the sinless person to throw the first stone)