“Fix…and I Will Bless”

March 26, 2017

“Fix…and I Will Bless”

Blessings folk!

Esau had abdicated his birthright for a bowl of beans - lentils to be exact.

But there was one more thing that was to occur.

The blessing of the father.

We saw yesterday that Esau sought repentance, but it was not to be had.

Let us begin to look at the Esau account…

Gen 27:1-10
Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Isaac said, “Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death.

“Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow,
and go out to the field and hunt game for me;

and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat,
so that my soul may bless you before I die.”

Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau.
So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home,

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying,

‘Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat,
and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’

“Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you.

“Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there,
that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves.

“Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat,
so that he may bless you before his death.”


What a lovely family.

Apparently Isaac did not know about the “lentil soup” episode.
But God did.
God knew that Esau had forfeited His inheritance.

Look at the fleshly desires we see in this short vignette.

Isaac wants a good meal of game before he dies.
He wants the meal, then he will bless Esau, apparently with the blessing of the first born.
He loved food.

Esau is more than happy to oblige.
He wants the blessing, even though he had long before denied it.

Rebekah, the loving wife?, plotted against her husband.

Isaac favored Esau…Esau was “a man’s man” as we will see.

Rebekah favored Jacob…he was as the meaning of his name “deceiver, supplanter”.

Denial of the birthright of God.
Lies.
Deception.
Intrique.
Food used to gain favor.
Food used to meet desires.
Blessing received at the point of manipulation.

Humm….sound familiar…

…to be continued…

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