Chapter 1: The gospel of Jacob

Amen. Thank you, Luke. Okay, here we are. The Gospel according to Jacob. Why am I doing this lesson? Well, I think I explained it last week. I can’t remember if I did it on video or not, but I’ll I’ll do it again just in case you didn’t know. I was having a conversation with one of the brothers, Tim Snow, came across a verse in um Genesis about Jacob and it kind of triggered something in me cuz you know we taught several months ago a lesson called becoming Israel and we’re going to mention that in today’s video so I won’t double down yet. But it occurred to me that there was much more typology

in the life of Jacob that is more applicable to us today at this hour than most realized than I myself you know realized. I think it’s common knowledge to a lot of people that there is typology in the Old Testament as it pertains to Jacob and some of that typology is applicable across the board to the evangelical groups around the world. They would see these things and relate to them and and and feel like it was a foreshadowing of what Yeshua has come to do. And that’s all true. But there’s a few things in Jacob’s life that I believe are more applicable

to this day and this time with the awakening that’s going on and the things that we keep seeing, we keep hearing about happening in people’s lives uh as they make a decision to embrace the ways of the Lord. There appears to be, at least to my eyes, a pattern of what’s going on in our lives. Some of it we can’t quite articulate. Some of it we can’t quite understand. But when we go back and we look at Jacob’s life, all of a sudden we begin to see it. And so in that sense, Jacob is the type, the archetype really, the life, the

um experiences that the father made sure he went through and experienced. I mean, that just blows my mind when I think about this. so that people today in 2025 can look back and have answers as to why things are happening the way they are in their life. So that’s why I wanted to teach a broader lesson on Jacob. Why the gospel? Well, the gospel is good news, right? It’s it’s the good news according to Jacob. And of course, his whole life being typological is good news for us. So, let’s get into it.

About 6 months ago, I taught a lesson entitled Becoming Israel. And in that teaching, I addressed a reality that many of us inevitably face once we choose to walk in the ways of Yehovah. For many, this decision has come at a high cost. A loss of friends, fellowship, and even close family relationships. We found ourselves isolated, wondering how everything changed so drastically. Yet, in these weeks and months and even years of walking the path, the words of Yeshua have taken on deeper clarity. He warned us that following him would require surrendering everything we possess,

everything we hold dear, even our very lives. He told us that his coming would bring a sword, dividing even households and setting family members against one another. and we have faithfully obeyed regardless of where it led us and regardless of what it cost us. In our study, we looked at the process that Jacob experienced in order to earn the name Israel, one who struggles with God or strives with God. And we marveled at how accurate his experience seemed to match our own. Like Jacob, we wrestled with Yehovah about what was right and what was

wrong. We wrestled with him over truth versus everything we were led to believe by the churches. We struggled with cognitive dissonance for a while as we fought against ourselves, wrestling with long-held traditions, ingrained beliefs, and the fear of losing what once defined us. Yet, as the spirit of truth continued to lead us, the tension began to break. Our minds were renewed, our hearts were strengthened, and we slowly came to understand that the cost we paid was part of a greater transformation, one that was shaping us into true disciples of Yeshua,

fully aligned with the covenant people of Yehovah. Recently, it dawned on me, perhaps a nudging of the Holy Spirit, that it was not just Jacob’s wrestling that mirrored ours, but perhaps his whole life could be looked at through the prism of typology. For those of us who have set our hearts on pursuing truth, set our hearts on pursuing the Israel of Elohim.

Chapter 2: Isaac and Rebekah

We can’t really start this discussion without having a brief look at Isaac and Rebekah. There’s a great deal of typology that we’re going to briefly go over regarding these two individuals so that we can have a better understanding of the overarching typology of what they represent, what their family line represents. Of course, their family line begins with Abraham, right? Uh to Isaac, to Jacob, to Ephraim. Um the promises were made. And so, we’re going to look at that briefly. Most of us understand that Isaac himself is a type of Christ due to his quote unquote neardeath experience

with his father on Mount Moriah, where he took the place of the lamb that was to be slaughtered. willing willingly. Glenn number two says, “But there is more to the typology of Isaac and his wife Rebekah.” And again, some of the stuff that we’re going to briefly go over may not be new to you, but in the event that we have someone watching uh that is not accustomed to these things, I want to make sure you understand them. Rebekah was a type of the bride of Christ. Genesis 24 describes Abraham’s servant, often understood typologically as a figure of the Holy Spirit, being sent to find a bride for Isaac. This mirrors the New Testament pattern of the father sending the spirit to call out and prepare a bride for his son, Yeshua.

Rebekah willingly responds to the call just as the bride of Christ willingly responds to the gospel call through faith. Chosen before seeing the bridegroom, Rebekah accepts marriage to Isaac and perhaps you know the story before she ever sees him. Similarly, believers are called to love and follow Christ without yet seeing him in person. So, there’s a reason why the Holy Spirit allowed this, made this to happen with Isaac and Rebekah. She accepts being his bride without actually seeing him in

person. Genesis 24, pay attention to the language of the scripture. So they said, “We will call the young woman and ask her personally.” Why are they asking her personally, Glenn? Number two, did she have the right to say no? Yes. Yes, she had the right to say no even though this this wedding, this relationship was kind of prepared for them. And I use that loosely. It’s a misunderstanding that uh marriages in this day were forced upon people. That’s not true. Rebekah had the opportunity and the chance to say, “No, I don’t want to have anything to do with Isaac.” What is that pointing to?

That’s pointing to people in the world today who have the option or the right to say, “No, I don’t want to have anything to do with Yeshua. I don’t want to have anything to do with him. Then they called Rebekah and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” And she said, “I will go.” That there is also a type, a picture pointing us to the future experience of believers when we are faced with the possibility of following this man. Will you go? Matter of fact, when we baptize people, we ask them this question. Will Yeshua be your Lord?

Do you have a declaration of faith? And the answer is either yes or no. In this case, she said, “I will go.” As have many of you, if not all of you, at one point made the decision and responded similarly as Rebekah did to Isaac. I will go with him. I will go with Yeshua. First Peter 1, Yeshua, whom having not seen, you love. Though now you do not see him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressable and full of glory, receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. What is Peter saying?

He’s basically confirming everything that we just said. We embrace Yeshua. We follow Yeshua. We believe in Yeshua. We love Yeshua, having never seen the man. And what is that? That is faith. That is our faith in the man. Where does the faith in this man unseen lead to? the salvation of our souls. Leaving her old life for the promised son, Rebekah leaves her family and homeland to be united with Isaac in the land of promise.

This parallels the believer’s call to forsake the world and the old ties to follow Christ. She was adorned and prepared by the servant. Abraham’s servant gives Rebekah gifts and adornments. This foreshadows the work of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies and adorns the bride of Christ with spiritual gifts and righteousness in preparation for the wedding feast. And I think that’s just a beautiful picture.

What are we all trying to do in the course of our life in this world? We are trying to be righteous. We are making an effort to be obedient to the way. In doing so, we are ever increasing in our righteousness, ever increasing in our spiritual gifts, the things that he gives us to edify the body. Whether it’s encouragement or leadership or teaching, each person is given these gifts to edify the body and collectively we are growing in our righteousness so that

we may meet our bridegroom at the wedding feast. It’s all preparation all done by the Holy Spirit. And Rebekah’s experience was pointing to that, the marriage and comfort of the son. Isaac takes Rebekah as his wife and she comforts him after his mother’s death. This reflects Christ taking the church as his bride, bringing joy and completion to the son as part of the father’s eternal plan. So all of it we’re seeing in Rebekah and Isaac. The typology

is everywhere in the stories of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I was talking with brother Hamp this week and was sharing with him some of the things that I was seeing. And I told him almost jokingly, I said, “Brother, I see typology everywhere, even to a fault. I I I have to be careful as I’m reading my Bible because not everything 100% is typology. But if I’m not careful, I can turn something into typology that’s not typology. Of course, I have my my friend and brother Glenn number two here who’s going to keep me on the on the path. But as it pertains to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, there is typology everywhere.

Jacob is the mirror. I like this image because it shows Jacob looking across

Chapter 3: Jacob the mirror

the field to someone who looks like he might be alive today and they are they are mirrors or he is a mirror for this person. And so I wanted to take a moment just to look at how much of Jacob’s life really can be mirrored uh to our own. We’re not going to look at his entire life, but I encourage you to do that nonetheless. After we’re done with this study, I’m only going to hit some key points, but I want you to go back, study Jacob’s life for yourself, and and look for the typology.

Genesis 25, Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife because she was barren. And the Lord granted his plea. And Rebekah, his wife, conceived. The children struggled together within her. And she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” We’ve all had those moments of unsurity. So she went to inquire of the Lord. The Lord said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples shall be separated from your body. One people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.” So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. The first one came out red. He

was like a hairy garment all over. So they called his name Esau. Afterward, his brother came out and and his hand took hold of Esau’s heel. So his name was called Jacob very briefly. Jacob in the Hebrew Yakov meaning it derives from the Hebrew root how do you say that David the okay meaning heal supplant or follow after a literal definition is one who grasp the heel or suppler. What is the typology of the name? Well, as we’re going to see, Jacob’s whole life, or I

should say at least the early part of his life, is typology of the battle between flesh and spirit. Jacob’s name is typological of the transition from carnal striving to divine transformation, which mirrors the believer’s journey in Messiah. As we mentioned a moment ago, we all begin carnally without him and then eventually are transformed by his divine power as we grow in the faith. Jacob begins life as one who grasps the heel attempting to gain blessing and status through human effort and cunning. There was typology even in the fact that he was grasping the heel.

How do we know that? Well, we know that by what happens in his life between he and his and his brother. So, we can join those things together, if you will, to help us understand the typology. So, typologically, this depicts mankind’s natural state of striving for blessing and position apart from faith. Now, that can be all of us. that can be said of all of us BC or before Christ, right? But it can also speak to us now. Those of us who are still in one sense striving for blessing andor position apart from faith by our own efforts.

And I would dare say that we’re all kind of in different places as it pertains to this dynamic in our lives. Some are further along than others, but it doesn’t end just because you come to faith in Yeshua. First Corinthians 15 speaks to this. The body is sown in corruption. It is raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It is raised in power. It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there

is a spiritual body. And so it is written, the first man, Adam, became a living being. The last Adam became a lifegiving spirit. However, and this is the key, the spiritual man is not first, but the natural and afterward the spiritual. We can see this with Jacob. We’ll see here in a moment the natural Jacob and the things he was pursuing early in his life. And of course, the more you study down the road at the end of the book, you see the spiritual. And this is true for each one of us. By the way, Glenn number two, David, anytime you want to stop and make a

comment, please don’t hesitate. So, when we talk about Jacob, one of the questions that inevitably comes up was, wasn’t Jacob a spiritual guy before his calling? Right. That’s I think that’s a natural question because when people especially in the church who read about Jacob in the Bible or Isaac or Abraham, it’s it’s almost assumed that they’ve always been these righteous guys and that’s why they are who they are. Right? So, wasn’t Jacob a spiritual guy before his calling? Glenn number two.

No. No, he wasn’t a spiritual guy before his calling. And neither were you, Glenn. Number two, and neither was I.

Chapter 4: Called but not religious

Right? Again, typology. There is no record of early devotion in Jacob’s life. Unlike his father and grandfather, there’s no mention of Jacob building altars or calling on the name of Yehovah before his encounter at Bethel. The Bible tells us that his actions before this point, quote unquote, buying Esau’s birthright and deceiving Isaac, are all focused on self advancement rather than obedience to Yah. And again, I’ve said it a million times already, I’ll say it again. This also describes us. Jacob’s first significant spiritual experience occurs when Yehovah reveals himself in a

dream. And even then, his initial response is conditional. Think back about your own conversion experience when you were just coming around. Look at Jacob’s. Jacob made a vow saying, “If God will be with me and keep me in this way that I’m going and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord will be my God.” So, you know how I feel about if then situations in scriptures in scripture. Here is another one, but kind of backwards. He had some lessons to learn.

Jacob had some lessons to learn about faith. Uh, as I’m reading this passage, I’m thinking about Luke 6. Don’t worry about what you’re going to eat or what you’re going to wear. Consider the liies of the field. Consider the sparrows. You know, Yeshua teaching this lesson. And and yet we see the fleshly nature of Jacob in his earliest interactions with father being conditional. And we could probably all share some similar experiences when maybe we were coming from a

churchianity background and we started to see some of these things but we weren’t quite sure. Is God really here? Is this really biblical teaching? Father, if you can show me that this is true, then I’ll follow it. And you know, we have all these unsure experiences just like Jacob had them. So, Jacob was not a religious or God-fearing man before he was called. His early life was characterized by natural ambition and human cunning. His relationship with Yehovah began when Ya sovereignly intervened, calling him and setting him on a path of transformation

that eventually led to his new name, Israel. And as I’ve already said, this describes each and every one of us at some level. And perhaps when we’re done in the fellowship time, you can share this about yourself.

Chapter 5: Chosen but unworthy

Jacob was chosen, yet he was unworthy. Genesis 27. And before I read this, put your spiritual eyeglasses on because I want you to see. Matter of fact, I’m going to ask Glenn number two and you, David, what you see here. He went to his father and said, “My father.” He said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn.” Remember, Jacob was old, had a difficult time seeing. And he and Jacob took advantage of this to get the blessing. He called himself

Esau, your firstborn. I have done just as you told me. Did he do just as he was told? No. He did what Esau was told. Right. Please arise, sit, and eat of my game that your soul may bless me. But Isaac said to his son, “How is it you have found it so quickly, my son?” That being the game. And he said, “Because the Lord your God brought it to me.” Hm. Isaac said to Jacob, “Please come near that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son, Esau, or not.” So Jacob went near to Isaac, his father. And he felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” And he did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau’s hands. Why were they hairy? because they put goat skin on his arms to pretend that he was Esau.

So Isaac blessed him and he said, “Are you really my son Esau?” And he said, “I am.” So as it pertains to typology, let me ask David first since he’s sitting there so patiently, what do you see? I see um the a plan for deceit, multiple opportunities to quote unquote come clean yet continuous lying, manipulation and manipulation to achieve a particular selfdesired objective. Okay, number two. Uh what I see in the story is that this idea was contrived by

Rebekah and initially Jacob was resistant and she said let any curse fall on me instead of you. And so he was following uh the voice of his mother to deceive his father to get the blessing of great value. So, it was a uh it was a big con. It was a big con indeed. Let’s talk about this for a second. I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done just as you told me. There’s a couple things that I see. What was he trying to do? Jacob was acting like somebody he wasn’t.

He was declaring that he was somebody he wasn’t. He was telling his dad, “I have done just as you have told me.” I couldn’t help but think of Matthew 7 where so many people do the very same thing. I am your son. I’m calling you Lord. Lord, I have done just as you told me. I’ve prophesied in your name. I’ve cast out the demons. I’ve done many wonders. I am that person. And of course, we know that they weren’t. I never knew you. Depart from me.

So, that’s what I see here. First, I see that Jacob is pretending to be somebody he’s not. Pretending to be obedient in such a way that he wasn’t, just like we see in Matthew 7. But there’s more to it here. For me, this represents believers chosen by grace and not by works, clothed in another’s identity to receive the father’s blessing. Are you seeing this?

Jacob was clothed in another’s identity to receive the blessing. When we stand before the father, are we going to be clothed in another’s identity to receive the blessing? No. No. We’re going to be exposed. Well, yes, of course we’re going to be exposed. Yes, of course we’re going to be exposed. But the typology here, at least in my mind, Jacob receives the blessing not by his own merit. But by wearing Esau’s garments and covering his hands with goat goat skins, this is a picture of imputed righteousness.

Believers come before the father clothed not in their own worthiness, the exposed part that you’re talking about, Glenn, but in the righteousness of another, Yeshua is right. Mhm. So, we will in one sense be wearing the I hate to use this word, but if we’re talking about Jacob and Esau, the skin of of Yeshua when we stand before him, therefore, appearing to be someone else, we’re not. And that’s what the father is looking for, right? He’s looking for the presence of Yeshua in us.

So the typology goes deep here as it pertains to uh brother Jacob. Any thoughts on that Glenn too or David? Yeah right. You know righteousness is you know it is in fact something that we put on but if you look at the message to the uh what is the lay of the sea in church which we did last week. Yes. Which you know points out that they thought that they were in need of nothing. They thought their garments were white. They thought they could see clearly. Uh yet in fact they were you were poor, blind, and filthy. Mhm. Yeah. David, no, I I’m seeing what you’re seeing. Uh or I’m seeing what you’re saying. Uh but

then it’s it’s it just looks like it’s parts parts of the story are typological, if you will. So are we saying that Yeshua? No. that Esau is Yeshua. No, no, we’re not saying that Esau is Yeshua. We’re we’re we’re looking at the um and nor is he hairy. Of course, we don’t know that, right? We might get there and Yeshua have, you know, big old hairy arms. I don’t know. Uh no, I I don’t think he I think Esau has his own typological representation, which we’re going to look at here in a moment. The point isn’t about Esau. The point is about the blessing. how Jacob got the blessing and and that’s why it’s typological because like

him we get the the blessing by being clothed in another person’s identity through the Holy Spirit. Amen. Good question. Glenn number two, do you want to add to that? Yeah. I I think that you know when we all start coming to a knowledge of the truth we all start trying to keep the law and and we are we’re doing it very mechanically uh because we know that if we do that then we’re expecting to get God’s blessing and our motivation is not uh as as pure love as it develops with spiritual maturity.

It’s if I do this I’ll get that. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. All right, let’s move on. So, what does Epo Esau represent, David? That was your that was your question. Well, Esau,

Chapter 6: The nature of Esau

I think in the story, is natural Israel or humanity in the flesh, seeking inheritance by natural right or effort, but outside of Yehovah’s elective purpose. What does that mean? Well, we know that the father had chosen Jacob even though Jacob wasn’t the first born. The firstborn by natural right receives the blessing, receives the inheritance, but Jacob was chosen. And so, this is what Esau kind of represents. He kind of represents the person who maybe should have received the inheritance by his

natural right or his efforts but he wasn’t chosen by the father. Esau weeps bitterly. You know the story reflecting those who pursue the promise through fleshly means but do not obtain it because they don’t seek it by faith. Esau, Esau’s intent to kill Jacob foreshadows the hostility of the natural man toward the spiritual man. And we see in Romans 7, this happening where Paul talks about the evil that is constantly present with me, waring against the law of my mind. this flesh versus the spiritual battle that

is constantly going on in our lives. We see in Genesis 27 that Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. I will kill my brother Jacob.” So there’s always this back and forth, so to speak, with the flesh trying to overcome the the spiritual. Esau weeps bitterly because he didn’t get what he wanted by faith. He wanted it by right. He wanted it by effort. It wasn’t something that

he sought with faith. Hebrews 12, lest there be any fornicator or godless person like Esau who for one morsel of food sold his birthight. For you know that afterward when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. for he found no place for repentance though he sought it the blessing diligently with tears. So this is again more typology of the things that we see in scripture regarding the second coming. There’s going to be tears.

There’s going to be weeping and nashing of teeth like Esau because we sought the blessings of the father or we sought salvation by obedience because we were a good boy because we were a good girl because we didn’t murder anybody because we didn’t steal very many things. because we because we didn’t cuss. Uh because we were with the right church. All these reasons that really mean nothing. We weren’t there because of our raw faith.

And that’s the the distinction that I believe the Holy Spirit is making here as it pertains to Jacob and Esau. Any more thoughts before I move on? Okay.

Chapter 7: The permanence of the blessing

We see in the story of Esau when once the blessing was given that Esau cried out to Isaac, “Have you not reserved a blessing for me?” Right? That’s the question. And as as you’re studying this from your western Greek mentality, the question might come up as it did for me. Why was Isaac’s blessing permanent once it was giving? Because when you read that story and you read that Isaac gave Jacob the blessing that should have went to Esau, my first question is why doesn’t a Isaac just say, “Well, wait a minute. You fooled me. Psych.

Come over here, Esau. I’m switching everything over to you.” Why? Why couldn’t that happen? Why was Isaac’s blessing permanent once it was given? David, do you have any thoughts on this before I turn to Glenn number two? No. No. No. Glenn number two, do you have any thoughts on this? Yeah. My only thought just goes back to earlier in the story uh when the twins were struggling in Rebekah’s stomach and and God, you know, pointed out that the younger will serve the older and and so this was predicted and then God brought it about. Well, Isaac had to be aware of all that. Okay.

Okay. There’s there’s a lot to this, guys. This goes the reason the answer to this question goes all the way back to Genesis where Yehovah spoke the universe into existence. This goes to Hebraic thought. Uh this goes to the power of the word, the spoken word is Isaac’s blessing was considered permanent because of the ancient neareastern understanding of spoken

blessings, particularly those given under divine covenantal authority. In Hebrew thought, words once spoken, especially by a patriarch, were not merely wishes or hopes, but legally binding declarations with spiritual force. Believed to align with Yehovah’s will, Isaac, as the son of Abraham, was the covenant heir to the promises Yehovah gave to Abraham. The blessing he gave to his son was not just personal, but an extension of Yehovah’s covenant promises passed from a Abraham to Isaac to Jacob. And we see things in the word like Proverbs 18, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

Psalm 33, by the word of the Lord, the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. Psalm 33 again. For he spoke and it was done. He commanded and it stood fast. So in the eyes of ancient Israel, words weren’t spoken brashly, if something was spoken because of what they understood about the father’s own tongue and his own breath and his own words that when Jacob or I’m sorry when Isaac spoke something,

it was done. It was commanded and it stood fast. Blessings and curses function similarly to legal transactions or covenants. When Isaac blessed Jacob, it was akin to signing and sealing an irrevocable inheritance document. Even though it was given under mistaken identity, the blessing still stood because once ratified by the patriarch’s words, it was legally binding before God and man. So is this typology? Yeah, maybe there’s there’s typology there uh as it pertains to the covenants that we

are all under. But this was just a little side trip because I thought it might be a good thing to answer, a good question to answer as to why uh Isaac couldn’t have just switched everything back once he understood that he had been deceived. And now you know why.

Chapter 8: The ladder at Bethel

Jacob’s ladder. What’s going on in Jacob’s ladder? Glenn number two, do you recall? Yes, I I recall. Tell us. Well, he’s he has a dream about a ladder coming down from heaven and angels ascending and descending. And so that’s where the name uh Bethel uh house of God comes from. Yeah, it’s a great story. Let’s get into it. Now, Jacob went from Beersheba and went toward Haron. So, he came to a certain place and stayed there all night. Again, guys, as I’m reading these Old Testament stories, look, look, look for typology. Look for things that stand out to you.

Because the sun had set and he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head and he lay down in that place to sleep. Then he dreamed and behold a ladder was set up on the earth and its top reached to heaven and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, “I and the Lord God of Abraham, uh, your father and the God of Isaac, the land on which you lie, I will give to you and your descendants also. Your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth. You shall spurt abroad to the west and to the east, to the north, and to the south. And in you and your seed, all the families of the earth shall be blessed. Behold, I am

with you and will keep you wherever you go and will break you bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.” Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it.” And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place? This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Then Jacob rose early in the morning, took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, poured oil over the top of it, and he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city had been loose previously.

Then Jacob made a vow. And here’s the words we looked at earlier, and we’re going to look at them again. If God will be with me and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on, so that I come back to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God, and this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and all of that that you give me, I will surely give a tenth to you. So this story here, this dream, this moment was Jacob’s first real exposure to the truth. Something his father and grandfather already understood, but he did not fully understand it until

this moment, until this interaction, this dream that the father gave him. And then he says this, “Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it.” There’s something there for me, something that I wanted to talk about. Just like Jacob, each of us had experienced a time in life when we lived within world views shaped and constructed by the frameworks of our chosen religions. We were absolutely certain that we were in a quote unquote Godapproved situation. Many of us were absolutely certain that God could be nowhere else other than our little denomination.

And the bottom line is like Jacob, we did not know. Just like uh the lukewarm church that we looked at last week, Glenn just said this. We didn’t know that in reality we were wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. We had not been introduced to the true God of the Bible yet. And like Jacob, we could say that God was elsewhere and didn’t know it. Or he was much bigger than I thought he was and I did not know it. But once we had that first experience, once that that we had that moment where

he showed us something outside of the box that we had put him in, like Jacob, we took that stone and we set it up as a pillar in our heart. We poured oil on top of it, right? We could probably all go back and relive that moment where we came to realize that we did not know everything that we thought we knew. And when we think about that moment, it’s pivotable in our hearts. It’s pivotable pivotal in our personal history.

It was an unforgettable experience that we can all point back to just as Jacob could do with this unmistakable reference with his unmistakable reference and we could say that was when I knew that first time that first time that like I said the father showed us something outside of our little box that was absolutely true and that one little thing that he showed us that was outside of our little box showed a flashlight, a bright flashlight on so much more than we could ever hope or imagine. So much understanding, so much wisdom, so much un insight that up until that moment we were completely oblivious to

because we were locked within our own little denominational box. And for me at least, I’m not going to put words in your mouth. That was when I knew. That was my first real experience with the father that I now know. Just like Jacob. But like Jacob, we were still uncertain. I was uh I remember as I said in the opening thoughts the cognitive dissonance. I was very weary, very leerary, suspicious even of what I was coming to

understand. How could this be true? God, if you’re going to be with me, be be with me now because I don’t want to be led astray. And we had the same if God will be with me and keep me in this way then he’ll be my God. So we struggle with the uncertainty. We struggle with the hesitation regarding our encounter with the truth. Especially if you came from church background and you ask these questions. Is what I’m seeing true? How can this be true? I’ve shared this story before. I’ll share it again. the early parts of my journey, I was studying out um after I had studied out the festivals, I moved on to food laws and

Shabbat and I got stuck on Shabbat because I was absolutely certain that I had Shabbat all figured out. And I was watching a lesson online by a brother named Doug Hemp doing a short 15minute lesson on Shabbat. And by the end of that lesson, I had these questions. How can this be? This can’t be true. Why? Because it conflicted with my personal worldview. That’s why.

And it forced me to call the man. It forced me to call Doug Hemp and get him on the phone and say, “You need to explain this.” And he did with beautiful mastery. And all of a sudden, bam, my uncertainty went away. But it was there initially, just like Jacob. So again, we can see our our lives, the mirror in Jacob’s experience.

Chapter 9: Appeasement and fear

I want to look at this real briefly too because this is important I think for a lot of people coming out of Babylon, coming out of the churches. This is in the Bible for a reason. What does Jacob’s appeasement mean? Genesis 32, let’s read about it. What’s happening in Genesis 32? Genesis 32 is a story about Jacob going back to see his brother. Back to see the brother that he had deceived that he had stolen the birthright from. Back to see the brother who had vowed to kill him. And in doing so, when you read the story, he sends parties ahead of himself with gifts and presents to be given to Esau before he actually arrives.

And in Genesis 32, we see Jacob saying, “I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and of all the truth which you’ve shown your servant, for I have crossed over this Jordan with my staff, and now I’ve become two companies. Deliver me, I pray, talking to the father, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau, which represents the world. For I fear him, lest he come and attack me, and the mother with the children, and the mother with the children, for you said, I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as a sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multiple. So, what’s happening here? Jacob is fearing. He’s afraid of his brother. He’s crying out for deliverance. Why is he crying out for deliverance?

Because he knows he’s not worthy because of everything that he did. He’s afraid of his brother and is crying out for deliverance. Even though the father said he would be treated well, he’s reminding the father of that promise. So despite Yehovah’s promise to protect, Genesis 32 says, “For Jacob said,”I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.” Knowing that Esau kind of res represents the fleshly man, the world, and Jacob’s effort to appease him, how does that reveal itself is the right question, Glenn? Number two, David, how

does that unfold in our life today? What would that look like in a contemporary situation? you know, from a a a human standpoint, uh, you got somebody that’s that’s angry and upset. And so, if I can soften that, if I can send him a series of gifts, and you know, that’s what it was. It’s okay, here’s gift number one with a message, here’s gift number two with a message. If I can send him a series of of of gifts, then each each gift will soften uh that and when I get there, you know, instead of want to kill me, he’ll see that I’m actually giving him all these blessings. Okay, David.

Yeah, I mean that that’s one way. I mean I would wonder and I don’t recall exactly the details uh before this or in the context of of this but it it could have been also maybe you know that he is trying to be act in a righteous way right and and expressing some level of humility some level of remorse uh you know as opposed and and so maybe that’s kind of I mean that could be perceived that way and look at that last verse, especially the last five words highlighted in yellow, and ask yourself, how does this apply to me in my crossing over days?

Let’s let’s let me draw this out for you guys. How is this like us? Okay. Like Jacob, we have come to a knowledge of the truth and new identity from Yehovah. But due to fear, we still attempt to negotiate with or appease the world or the church to secure respect, love, favor, or acceptance. Many of us were stunned and disheartened when rather than responding to those efforts, people, the church rejected and shunned us entirely.

Now, how does this unfold? I think just like Jacob did with Esau in our crossing over moments, one of the things that we do is we take our quote unquote newfound knowledge, our new found truth, be it about the law, food laws, Shabbat, whatever it is, and like a brand spanking new shiny little thing, we take it to our Christian brothers and sisters. Our Christian church brothers and sisters look at this. This is amazing.

And they reject it. And we’re kind of stunned by that. But we don’t want to lose their respect. We don’t want to lose their love. We don’t want to lose their favor. We don’t want to get kicked out of the church. I’m thinking about that sister in the Gospels, I can’t remember which, who the Bible says she was afraid of be losing her position in the synagogue.

That’s what we do. And so, as a result of all these fears, we appease. We try to find all the possible ways to appease these situations in fear. So, Jacob in this situation equals a believer redeemed and called by Yehovah while still operating under remnants of old ways of thinking. And at the end of the day, everything that I’m telling you, all the things that we have done like Jacob to appease the nations, to appease our family, to appease the church is all about self-preservation. That’s all Jacob was doing.

And that’s what we do when we get overly concerned with whether or not somebody or some association or some church will accept you. Genesis 32. They will not. Yeshua promised that they would not. But instead of preaching a lesson on that, I want you to see the typology. I want you to see that this was all here all along for us to learn lessons from as it pertained to Jacob. Galatians 1, do I now persuade men or God? Do I seek to please men or if I still please men, I would not be a bond servant of Christ?

So, we can’t we can’t let ourselves get caught up in trying to please men, the church, our brothers and our sisters, be they physical or spiritual. We have to be arbiters of the difficult truth of scripture.

Chapter 10: The design of the struggle

Wanted to show you this real fast. I I I wanted to go into Jacob’s wrestling match. Um but I did a whole lesson on it, so I’m not going to do it again. If you’re watching on YouTube, this is the lesson. You go back and find it. I’ll link it in the in the um in the description where we talked about how much the wrestling, the cognitive dissonance, the pain, the deep sense of loss, the the fierce battle in our heart as we grappled with the father, desperately trying to discern what is mere tradition and what is truly his word. That was all by design. Like Jacob had to strive and wrestle to earn that name.

It’s got to happen for you. If you’re seeking to bear the name Jacob, you must go through the the wrestling, right? Isaiah 44 says, “They spring up like the grass, like willows from the water courses.” One will say, “I am the Lord’s.” Another will call himself by the name of Jacob. And another will write on his hand, “The Lord’s” and name himself by the name of Israel. So that’s prophesied that people are going to be doing this. They’re going to be taking on the name Israel. They’re going to be taking the name Jacob because of what they see in the word,

but they can’t until they wrestle. So, I’m not going to cover that. I do want you to go back and watch that lesson to understand this part of the typology in Jacob’s life. Let’s let’s finish up here. Don’t be afraid.

Chapter 11: Egypt and the remnant

Genesis 46. Then God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night and said, “Jacob, Jacob.” And he said, “Here I am.” So he said, “I am L, the Elohim of your father. Do not fear to go down to Egypt, for I will make of you a great nation there. I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will surely bring you up again.” and Joseph put his hand and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes. By this time in history, Jacob had been called. He had wrestled with Yehovah. He

had earned the name, embraced the truth, has declared his faith in the God of his fathers. Now, it was time for him to face the world. It was time to leave what was comfortable and live within the rules of a hostile nation. Again, thank typology, think foreshadowing. It was time for him to live within the rules of a hostile nation that was not sympathetic to his customs, his beliefs, or his standards. He had to find a way to make it work in the world while Yah

somehow created a nation from his descendants. Did he know that he was going that all this was going to unfold or how it was going to unfold? No. Did he see it within his lifetime? No. But he went anyways. He went into Egypt which is symbolic of the world for us anyways. Why? Because of this promise. I will go with you into Egypt. And wasn’t that the condition all along from Jacob from the very beginning from his

very first encounter with the father? If you be with me. And so it shouldn’t surprise us that the father says here many years later I will go down with you to Egypt. So how how should we understand this? Egypt is the world. It always represents Babylon where Jacob was forced to live under their rules, under their system like we are. Forced to live under the rules in the system of modern day Babylon. But like Jacob, we sometimes forget that he’s here with us.

That he is going to be with us while we are in Babylon, while we’re under their system. And he says, “I’m going to surely bring you up again.” Did the father bring Jacob up again? Glenn number two, do you recall? Yeah, he did. He did bring him up again. The question is when not until he died. Yeah. After he his bones were brought back. Yes. In the Exodus. So the father’s promise that I will surely bring you up again happened but

not until he was dead. It was his bones that were brought up. Where was he taken? to Canaan i.e. the promised land where we like him also wish to be taken after we die. Do you see the typology? Jacob lived in Babylon, Egypt under their system until he died. And it wasn’t until he died that he was taken to the promised land. Joseph, same with Joseph. And guess what? Same with us. We won’t see the promised land until we die.

Typology. It’s everywhere. And it says, “I will make a great nation of you there.” We cannot we cannot not read this. It should not go unnoticed. The Helva created the nation of Israel within the worldly system of Egypt. Micah 5. Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples. That’s us, by the way. The remnant of Jacob, like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass that tar for no man, nor wait for the sons of men. And the remnant of Jacob

shall be among the Gentiles, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep. How should you see yourself right now, brother, sister? Do you see yourself as the hunted or do you see yourself as the hunter? According to Micah in his prophecy, you’re a lion among the beasts of the forest. You’re a young lion among flocks of sheep who if he passes through both treads down and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. Your hand shall be lifted against your adveraries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. Isaiah 66. Hear the word of the Lord, you who

tremble at his word. Your brethren who hated you, who cast you out for my name’s sake. Let the Lord be glorified that we may see your joy. But they shall be ashamed, the people that cast you out. The sounds, the sound of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, the voice of the Lord who fully repays his enemies. Before she was in labor, she gave birth. Before her pain came, she delivered a male child. Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a woman be born or a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children. Shall I bring to the time of birth and not cause delivery, says the

Lord. Shall I cause delivery? Shut up the womb, says your God. Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad with her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her, that you may be fed and be satisfied with the consolation of in of her bosom, that you may drink deeply and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. So this is both Micah and Isaiah all talking about these days that we’re in. We are amongst the midst of many peoples. We are young lions among flocks of sheep in the eyes of the father and hopefully in your eyes as well. And as Isaiah said, those of us who have been

cast out or cast away or hated because we trembled at his word, the father will justify. He’ll give birth to his two children within the nations. So let’s finish with this. Just as Yehovah formed a physical nation for himself under the watchful eye of Egypt, so too is he now forming a spiritual nation under the watchful eyes of all nations. A people called Jacob, a people called Israel, not by bloodline, but by faith in Messiah, gathered from every tribe and tongue to fulfill his eternal promise.

Chapter 12: Fellowship and concluding thoughts

And there we have it, brothers and sisters. Now is the time for us to make comments, ask questions, rebut, rebuke. As you know, I take them all. Um, let’s see. I think I don’t know who had their hands up first, but let’s just start with Emily. Hi, Emily from Idaho. Make sure you unmute yourself when you speak. Yes, I’m here. Thank you. This was a wonderful teaching, Ed. Thank you. Um, just real quickly, so the whole self-preservation thing is really huge and this has been a wonderful lesson. Um, the last three

years I’ve lost um, a lot and there is no woe in that at all. It’s um you know coming out of things um with the right attitude, you know, being humble, but having been on the worship team at at Calvary Chapel and having to step down, leave the church, eventually losing my marriage and um however, I still have um this piano teaching thing that I do and I didn’t ask for it. It just happened upon me. But the songs, I mean, the one of the first things that um happened coming out of the church, being on the team, was this disgust for almost all music for about 3 years. I couldn’t even listen to hardly any music. And

slowly, you know, but I was still teaching like classical music and then getting requests of songs. But even like this song, you know, like from John Lennon, if you look at the lyrics, it’s so evil. And I’m having this choice having to make right now. Do I keep doing this? Because if I don’t, I’m going to lose a whole other realm of um Christian friends because I already told them I don’t do Christmas music, you know? So now if I take out even more music, it’s like I’m cutting off. And so I was thinking about like what Paul said about be all things. I became all things to all people. And so I think well at what point do I just totally isolate myself from everybody?

So if you have any comments on that. Well, first of all, thank you for thank you for sharing. And I think honestly, if I’m honest with you, Emily, I think what you just shared is the the price of being set apart. The more you understand your Bible and the more you begin applying what the Bible actually says, you get more and more, if by little by little, set apart from the world. And the world takes notice. It’s one thing for you to wake up one day and say, “Oh, I’m off pork because I see it in my Bible.” A lot of people can

handle that. A lot of friends and family can handle that. You’re not even porking. Okay, fine. Well, then all of a sudden you’re like, “Oh, now I’m going to be worshiping on Saturday.” Oh, well, that gets a little bit more notice, doesn’t it? A decision like that. uh or or maybe you’re one of those people who decide the word seat seed. That’s really going to get noticed. The more you repent, the more you change, the more you embrace what the Bible actually says, the further and further away you get from everything that you once knew. You notice that. They notice that.

Can you go back to it? Yes, you can. The Bible calls it returning to your vomit. but you don’t want to go back to that. So, how do you handle the transition? How do you how do you navigate the emotional involvement in that? Because these people that see this happening to you are usually close friends. They’re usually family members. And that’s why Yeshua said what he said about bringing a sword. because some of those family members, some of those close friends, they’re not going to see things the way you do.

So, I can’t make it easy for you, Emily, for anybody. But I wanted to share something. Yeah. I I would just direct you to 1 Corinthians 5 9 and 10. That’s where Paul answers that question very well, very succinctly. Read it to us. Is it long? No. Okay. says, “I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of the world or with the covetous or with the extortioners or with the idolattors. Since then, you would need to go out of the world.” So he’s saying that if you tried to

avoid all sinful people, you’d have to literally leave the planning. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that’s true. I mean, you you uh you got to live amongst them. Um but it doesn’t mean you have to partake in um in the things that they do. And the more the more you more the more, how do I put this? The more you change, I’ve already said it, the more you change, the more you repent, the more the world’s going to take notice. And they reject you, but you don’t reject them. Yeah, that’s a great way of saying it. No, of course not. You you you be like Yeshua in this situation. Even though you they reject you, you don’t reject

them because that’s what Yeshua did. But remember, they reject you because they reject him. Right. Anybody else want to say something in that regard before we move on from Emily? No, I to to that point, we also remember I mean similar to some of the stuff you just mentioned in the lesson that even though we don’t see it, God is still using us in order to reach other people. When the the scripture that you quoted, Emily, he says, “I became like them so that I may win them over.” Right? And so you have a role in this to continue to engage for them to be exposed to what a righteous uh you know godly life looks like uh and to assist them or to plant seeds to water those seeds. Again, first Corinthians

um so that they eventually may come to know God. It’s through you that they will uh you know that they will become to know him, right? And so I think that there’s an importance in that that on on the other hand, it doesn’t mean that you have to compromise your standards, right? I mean, in order for you to be truly effective, you do have to stand your ground and do have to continue to obey God, as unpopular as that may be, right? Amen. Thank you. Above all, Amen. Okay. him first. Yeah. Oh, no problem. No problem. Let’s see. Uh Allen in Alabama.

Uh thank you Ed. Um awesome teaching. Um there’s two points that I I wanted to bring up and and I think it’s about being um when the father calls you and changed or called Jacob and changed his name from Jacob to Israel uh in Genesis 32 and again in 35. I think it’s really awesome to to read throughout the rest of the chapter. His name isn’t immediately called Israel for the rest of the chapter. It goes back and forth from Israel to Jacob. And I believe it was on your slide, the don’t be afraid one in Genesis uh 46:2. It said he spoke to Israel when the father said he spoke to Israel and said Jacob, Jacob. Uh and then again in in Genesis 49, uh it said sons of Jacob, listen to your father

Israel. Uh so the I I just think it’s really um poignant to the point that it’s not instantaneously when you’re called by the father that you are the brand new changed man that it is a walk-in process. And I I found it really interesting to continue reading through Genesis to to see the difference in when he’s called Israel and when he’s called Jacob. Um and to the point about uh Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau. Um, is that more about deception? Uh, or do you think it’s more about uh kind of like Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar? Uh, and trying to fulfill the promise according to the flesh versus letting Yehovah fulfill the promise because I think as as Glenn

said, um, Rebekah heard from the father that the younger would serve the older. Um, so was she trying to be deceptive to gain something she wanted or was she trying to fulfill the father’s promise through the fleshly desire instead of allowing it to be fulfilled naturally? Is that a direct question or is that just you? Both. Did you want to respond to that, Glenn, since he cited you? Uh, no. I I think it’s a a great question and it’s a great point to contemplate.

U you know, I would just point out that, you know, part of that is she’s willing to accept any curses that come along with the deception. And uh you know, that that’s all good things to think about, contemplate, pray about. Yeah. And and I I would respond by saying um Allan that the point that I made in that scripture wasn’t the only point to be made there. There everything that you said could also be said there. There’s more than one thing going on in any one verse. I was just trying to draw

a line in the um in the typology u as it pertained to us. But is there a lot more there? Yeah, I think there’s a lot more there which you so correctly stated. So, thank you so much, brother Rambo. Yes, sir. Uh, just pivoting off of what Allan said, um, as I was reading in preparation for this, uh, this study, um, it looked to me as if the parents were definitely in on it. Um, and a couple things that uh came to mind was one when you actually look at the previous uh chapter, it ends with and Esau married two Canaanite women. It was a grievance to the family.

And then you also see that he was a dweller of tents and he seemed to be, you know, about 40 years of age and still living at home and not willing to go out. And so putting all those pieces together, it looked to me as though the parents were in on it because Jacob was 100 years old at this time and it says that he lived to be 180. So, he’s got a long life to live yet. And uh it like Allan was seeing, it just seemed to me that uh the parents had to

be in on it to make Jacob feel like, you know, he was truly deceiving and the ruse was on him in order to get Esau angry with him so that the parents could get him out of the house and send him away to Heron so he could find a wife there and not be stuck in a rut fear and marry Canaanite women. And so I want to get your feedback on that as well. Glenn, well, I you know, in in my life, I I have seen that, you know, when God is working things out, he’s, you know, 4D chess is just like an understatement. I mean, he’s working, you know, hundreds of things out simultaneously.

And, you know, it’s just amazing to sit back and watch. Uh, and I think the point that, uh, Rebekah was trying to take things in her own hands rather than having faith that God was going to work it out, that, you know, that’s a valid point. But, um, I, you know, God’s directing everything. I mean, the nations, uh, all all this political stuff, all the wars, all the everything, God is is is bringing about his plan. And, uh, nobody’s going to stop it, slow it down, or defeat it. It’s on his timetable. Yeah. I I just think your question highlights the sovereignty of the father who, yeah, their parents were involved,

but he uses that, right? He uses all that stuff. All the little details that may be in and out of a certain situation, he’s using to his ends and his means. So, I would agree with that 100%. Let’s see. Brother Flowers, you had your hand up at one point. Did you want to share anything? Oh, yeah. I’m sorry for doing that in the middle of the teaching, but I was just got a little overzealous there. Um, I saw what you were saying with that appeasement part and um, it it just really clicked for me. You pointed out a couple of things. I’m I always love shadow pictures and the, you know, the patriarchs and you pointed out a couple of things that I never noticed before.

That was one of them. And the other one was uh, the covering of Esau’s garments on on Jacob. And I I I knew exactly where you were going with that one as well. I was like, “Wow, yes, we put on Yeshua. We’re clothed with him.” I knew it wasn’t in the likeness of Esau because we know he’s a worldly man. And so I knew that, but I knew it was he was trying to obtain that blessing. And so there was a couple of shadow pictures you pointed out and that I never seen before. Just got a little overzealous. So sorry for raising my hand in the middle of your teaching. No worries, brother. No worries at all. Okay. Anybody else? Richard Maxwell raised his hand. Yeah. Shabbat shalom. I was uh wanting to reference back, and this is just me wrestling uh with with some of the

scriptures and the concepts uh with the deception uh that ensued. I’m drawn back to John 10 talking about the man who whoever climbs in through the door or does not climb in through the door uh into the sheepfold is a thief and a robber. Uh and then along lines with that scripture, I’m also wrestling with Matthew u 22 uh where the man who was in the wedding uh feast was not properly attired. Uh he and I’m looking at that compared to the way Yeshua covers us with sanctification. And I’m thinking about this deception.

He tried to enter in without coming through the gate, without that purification, without the birthight. It was deceptive. And so I’m still kind of wrestling with that. And I was interested in your thoughts on those. Yeah, I I definitely think um you go away, you dumb dog. I’m busy here. Don’t you see me talking? Um my my my doodle wants attention right when I’m teaching. Uh I I see the hesitancy in in where you might think that um I don’t know that I would initially um join Yeshua’s teaching on the gate

uh him being the gate going through him with this typology. Um, yes, Jacob was deceptive in uh what what he was doing, but as I said a moment ago, he used even that he used his mother’s deception, all of that to uh attain or reach to the inevitable end being Jacob receiving the blessing. And I think that speaks more to us being clothed with Christ than it does Jacob’s effort to uh grab something deceitfully.

I know it sounds crazy. It sounds difficult to wrap your brain around, but I don’t know that I would look at Yeshua’s teaching on him being the the gate and robbers and all that kind of stuff in the same light. I could be completely missing the boat on that and I’m open to somebody else’s perspective. Um, that’s just my two cents. Any thoughts from you, Glennon? Uh, no. I I I think yeah, all of these uh metaphors kind of fall apart if you if you start trying to look at them under a microscope. Uh, they all have a, you know, a pretty broad lesson. Uh but you you can’t you know you’re you’re not going to sneak into the kingdom of God because God’s created uh the path and the way u and

and so you know I I don’t think that some of those metaphors apply to the lesson in that way. Okay. Amen. Well, listen, uh Lori, you had your hand up at one time. Did you uh did you have anything to say before we close out here? We missing Paul this morning, so tell him we miss him. Thank you. He’s um resting right now. He had a pretty rough night last night. So anyway, I I don’t think I Well, I’ve got lots to say, but you don’t have enough time. Thank you so much for this teaching. It was wow. Um, I guess the only thing that was really on my mind is we’re talking a

lot about um feeling alienated and shunned and ostracized, but we’re hardwired to be in community. And when you’re virtually forced into being a recluse, it’s kind of hard to reconcile the human need for community and I think God-given edict to be in community with the absolute absence of community other than this this fellowship. And is there any kind of way to cure that? No, no. I mean, the the the the only way I would say is to do what you continue to do.

You you continue to look for likeminded believers in your area and and do your best to fellowship with them without being a Torah terrorist. In other words, don’t don’t reject them just because they don’t see everything just like you do. Um, you know, find those people. Um, and and have them in your home. Hospitality is huge. Um, you know, having people into your home. I have people reach out to me all the time. Hey, I’m in Texas. Well, they they’re in Texas, but they’re still 12 hours away, you know. So, Texas is a big state. Um, and I love to have them in my home. and I have had some in my home

from time to time. Um I think um you know if you can find a group in your city um a small congregation of believers who are who are trying to do what you’re doing. Amen. you know, fi find that group. If it if that group doesn’t exist, then online is is probably your best. Until you find another woman or man who believes like you do, and you guys can have some fellowship together in your home or in theirs, I don’t think we’re going to see the kind of fellowship that you’re talking about until we’re gathered together to him. And that will be the most beautiful of all moments when we

all are gathered together to have the kind of fellowship that we’ve longed for while we’re in the desert, while we’re while we’re in Babylon. Yeah. So, go ahead. We just we just have a little bit of u an issue with well we’re in Canada and by and large the um the sentiment here is to follow our governmental leadership in um against Israel and u that that’s a sticking point for for us and it’s just yes well come on down to United States.

Paul and Lori, we’ll take you. We’re not allowed. We have our own We have our own stuff, too. We’re in Haima. Oh, well. Well, listen, guys. Um, I wish I had all the answers for you guys. I wish any of you had all the answers for us. There’s just some things we’re not going to have answers to for a while, and that’s okay. But, thanks for coming today. Thanks for being a part of this fellowship. Amen. Um, thanks for taking your time to give your thoughts and share your opinions and your insights. I’m very

grateful for all of you. Um, we’ve run out of time and so we’re a little long, guys. Have a fantastic Shabbat. Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next time. Thank you so much. You take care. Shabbat shalom. Shabbat shalom. Shabbat shalom. Shalom. Shabbat shalom. Shabbat shalom. Shabbat shalom everyone. Thank you so much for the teaching. It was wonderful. Shabbat shalom. Shabbat shalom. Shout. Shabbat shalom.