Season 5 Episode 5 – Genesis 28 : Chutes and Ladders!!Coming Up! - 0:00Intro - 1:52Meet Pastor Ron Again - 2:16A’ight So Boom! - 2:39Read Genesis 28 1-5 - 7:26Rebekah’s Plan WorkedIsaac Called Jacob?!Called him and blessed him, intended to and knew it was himYou must not take a wife from CanaanTold him where to go, who to look for and what to doGod Almighty (El Shaddai) Bless YouMake you a Company of PeoplesBlessing of Abraham (Take possession of the land)Isaac obeyed his fatherThis is not, however, a competing version of the blessing already granted (27:27–29); rather it expresses the patriarchal blessing in its historic terms (vv. 3–4; e.g., 16:10; 17:2, 6, 20; 22:17; 26:4, 24; 35:11; 48:4). K. A. Mathews, Genesis 11:27–50:26, vol. 1B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), 439.To Isaac’s credit, the blessing he gives to his son is the blessing of Abraham. Victor P. Hamilton, The Book of Genesis, Chapters 18–50, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1995), 235.Read Genesis 28 6-9 - 44:29Esau Saw/Learned some thingsDid not want Jacob to do what he had doneThe Canaanite women did not please his parentsIn particular is fatherTried to rectify the situationStill not quite rightAt least in the family - but the rejected side of the familyRead Genesis 28 10-15 - 51:02Jacob has a Journey Ahead of Him (Beersheba to Haran)Looks like hundreds of milesHis travels take him to sundownJacob reaches ‘the place’ - identified with the definite article by the narratorESV notes the stone is ‘under his head’, this may also be ‘at his head’He has a dreamThis Dream is Crazy, In this Dream …Jacob sees a ladder(Behold) Reached from Earth to Heaven (Abode of God or stars)(Behold) Angels Ascending and Descending on it(Behold) The LORD stood above the ladder and spoke to Jacob (this means the Abode of God?Introduces himself - You will know who is speaking to youGives the Promise of Abraham to Jacob and his offspringThen gets personalI am with you wherever you goI will keep you wherever you goI will bring you back to this land (the land that I promised)If I said it will come to passRead Genesis 28 16-22 - 1:04:47Jacob wakes up with some RevelationsSurely (without a doubt) the LORD is in this place (align with His Omnipresence), I was unawareHow awesome is this place (think of all he saw and heard)Considers this the house of God and the gate of heavenBethel signified to Jacob the assurance of God’s superintendence and imminence. K. A. Mathews, Genesis 11:27–50:26, vol. 1B, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005), 453.Setup a marker where he sleptThe significance of the pillar (stone with oil on it) - sanctified it for the location?Named the place where he sleptCalled it Betel (House of God)Narrator identifies the previous name as Luz A vow, is not the normal responseThe usual response is a question (Abraham) or obedienceDoes this tell us anything about Jacob?Contents of the vowIf (does not sound confident)God keeps me (be with me, keep me, bring me back in peace)Then (this is conditional)The LORD shall be my GodThe stone shall be God’s house (?)Will give a tenth of all you give meMusic from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!):https://uppbeat.io/t/avbe/night-in-kyotoLicense code: WDUZARYUHWMKKMU3