Good Morning, The Bible Recap Reading: Genesis 27 - 29 The Bible Recap Podcast: Day 21 "God's sovereignty over the sins of man." This story of Jacob and Esau has always been a puzzle to me. Jacob is the youngest. Esau is the oldest but does not take the idea of "birthrights" and "blessings" seriously, obvious since he gave his birthright away for a bowl of soup. Rebekah loves her younger son most and manipulates the situation to make sure that it is HE who gets the blessing. Is that not sin on her part? Was not Jacob participating in that manipulation sin on HIS part? Then why did GOD let the deception stand? I suppose this is where you need to look deeper. If I had paid attention in Chapter 25, I would have seen where God said that the "younger would serve the older". It was GOD's plan for Jacob to get the birthright and would have happened with or without the manipulation of Rebekah. Issaac KNEW this... but still wanted to give the birthright to Esau, the firstborn. So that could be considered sin too as both his plan and Rebekah's plan were a bit at war with each other. Despite the deception, God's plan still stayed on track, despite the sins of his chosen people. Ah well.. Tara-Leigh's explanation made sense to me and she explained it so much better in the podcast. And as always, we got a reminder that GOD is where the JOY is. Have a blessed day.
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