"Jacob: A Deceiver Redeemed"

April 16, 2006

Jill Austin:
"Jacob: A Deceiver Redeemed"
 

We hear about angelic encounters, divine visitations, and glorious miracles, and we are filled with awe at the miracle of the Word becoming flesh and dwelling among us! We look at the life of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and we aren't surprised that she had a visitation from the angel Gabriel. Yet Jacob was a liar, a manipulator, and a deceiver, but he had a visitation that changed his life forever!

In your place of brokenness and shattered dreams, do you feel disqualified from experiencing the fullness of God's glory? Despite the circumstances of your past, the Lord desires to bring you into your calling and destiny. Radical visitations are for anyone who is desperate and craving deeper intimacy with Jesus!

Hope for Those Who Feel Disqualified

Genesis 28:10-19: Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran. So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, 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 am the Lord God of Abraham 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 spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in 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 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, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and poured oil on top of it. And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously."

Jacob's Visitation: A Ladder to Heaven

Jacob was a deceiver. He was born a twin, and when he was in his mother's womb, there was a prophetic word that Jacob would receive the covenant blessing from his father, even though he would not be the firstborn.

But with help from his mother, Jacob deceived Esau--the firstborn. We know the story. Where we are meeting Jacob in this portion of Scripture, Jacob is running for his life. Jacob had left his father and mother, his home--everything--and he is on a journey.

There is suddenly a break in from Heaven, but it's not because of Jacob's goodness right now. He had just deceived his brother! He didn't let God work out His plan, but Jacob worked it out in his own way. He is now on a journey for a bride, which is very prophetic.

The Lord suddenly breaks in, and there is the trafficking of angels who are ascending and descending from Heaven! God speaks the covenant blessing of Abraham to Jacob that his seed will be blessed.

Here you have a man who gets a prophetic visitation of the angelic with the heavens opening! He called the place Bethel, a gateway to the heavens! Positionally, however, Jacob's life was not in order! Yet God had a sovereign plan for his life!

Be encouraged--there is hope for those who feel disqualified.

 
Jill Austin
Master Potter
www.masterpotter.com  

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