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Genesis 32:3–36:43: Peace on Earth depends on a transformed you

God sent His people into the world as His Ambassadors and Priests. How can they bring peace if they aren't at peace themselves? Photo by Tiago Costa/Freeimages.com available via Creative Commons License.

The LORD sends us into the world to be His ambassadors and part of the kingdom of priests. Will we go? How will we face challenges of our own making or ones that are out of our control? There will be times when we reap the consequences of our behavior and times we are victims of injustice inflicted on us. In scenarios, we need to look to the only one who can give us wisdom to react to those situations. That’s one lesson threaded through the Torah reading וישלח Vayishlach (“[and] he sent”, Genesis 32:3–36:43).

Another lesson is how division is toxic to the Kingdom of God. How are we living out apostle Paul’s counsel for unity and peace?: “If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men” (Romans 12:18 NASB).

In Vayishlach we see what happened when Ya’akov (Jacob) and and Eysau/Eysav (Esau) met again after 20 years. Edom/Eysau was born “red” and “hairy,” symbols associated with humanness, and his life is an example of living “by the flesh” versus “by the Spirit.”

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Genesis 28:10–32:2: Messiah seeks ‘the lost sheep of Israel’

Jacob favored the sheep that no one else wanted and God blessed him. Jacob's desire to gather the unwanted sheep to himself is a foretaste of Messiah and His gathering of the Lost Sheep to Himself. Photo by Streuli Silvan/Freeimages.com under Creative Commons License.

https://hallel.info/wp-content/uploads/171125-Parashat-07-Vayetze-Genesis-28v10-32v2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:51:58 — 32.0MB)Subscribe: RSSThe Torah reading ויצא Vayetze (“and he went out,” Genesis 28:10–32:2) is another example of how all the Scriptures testify of the Mashiakh (Messiah). The account of Ya’akob’s (Jacob) using striped sticks to encourage breeding among livestock and separating livestock sounds like archaic superstition, […]

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Genesis 32:4–36:43: Face up to your past, so Mashiakh can purge it

"Jacob Wrestling With the Angel" by Rembrant
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, "Jacob Wrestling With the Angel," Wikimedia Commons, c. 1659

Ya’akov meets with Eysau and becomes one again with his family. From there, Ya’akov’s family has to clean out the wickedness from their household. As we see in Torah section Vayishlach (“and he sent,” Genesis 32:4–36:43), there’s messianic symbolism of the “son forever.” It points to God’s Son, the Mashiakh Yeshua, Who died in sorrow but was resurrected and sits at God’s right hand forever.

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Genesis 32:3-36:43: God has sent us, but are we going?

A lady with long blonde wavy hair wearing a blue robe and walking sticks in both hands walks on a desert trail towards the horizon.

They were all sent: Patriarchs Abraham, Ya’akov and Yosef, prophet Moshe, Mashiakh Yeshua, apostle Peter and deacon Stephen. They were sent out with a message from the Holy One of Yisrael. So too, Yeshua has sent us to the people around us with the message that God wants reconciliation with humanity, and Yeshua’s atonement makes that happen. That’s the legacy these great figures in Scripture have passed to us. The following recorded discussion is on the Torah section Vayishlakh, which means “and He sent.” We explore the drama between Ya’akob and Eysau. It’s referred to throughout Scripture, and the conflict continues in our day.

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God converts Ya’akov the supplanter into Yisra’el the ruler (Genesis 32)

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Ya’akov (Jacob) had a conversion experience the night he wrestled with a Heavenly visitor. Not only did he receive a new name, but also he received a new “vision” for what his future would hold.