WELCOME TO THE MESSIANIC REVOLUTION

Before we move on to the next chapter, just a few quick words about Esau and his descendants. First, Esau’s descendants will come to be known as the Edomites, a group of people that will be in continual conflict with God’s chosen race. The hated King Herod in the New Testament is an Edomite. He […]

When Rebecca overhears Isaac’s scheme to give Esau the blessing, she decides to intervene. She and Jacob cook up a scheme of their own that has Jacob putting on Esau’s hairy garments to fool his father into thinking that he is Esau and thus trick him into giving him the blessing. All and all, the […]

I find it interesting that Esau claims he was duped out of his birthright. He was the one who agreed to sell it for a bowl of soup in the first place (although it wasn’t his to sell). It seems like God’s decision to reverse tradition and grant the firstborn rights to Jacob and NOT […]

Today we begin Genesis Chapter 27 For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James Version, click here. This chapter is a perfect reflection of how worry and doubt control the decisions of human beings even in those areas where God has already reassured and pronounced a final decision. In this case, we […]

Abimelekh said to Isaac, “You must go away from us, because you have become much more powerful than we are.”-Genesis 26:17 Isaac and his tribe settle in the land of Gerar and decide to produce an extra source of food supply by planting crops.  The Lord supernaturally blesses these efforts with the result being a […]