Genesis 28
Jacob Meets God

“God has no Grandchildren”

V.1-2 Isaac sends Jacob to Paddan Aram

V.3-5 A sincere blessing for Jacob
V.6-9 Making bad worse

(1.) He married a daughter of __________________, joining with a family God had rejected

(2.) He took a third wife, his other two were neither dead nor divorced.

(3.) He did it only to please his father, not to please ______________.

V.10-11 “Was it worth it?”

Expecting wrath but getting _______________________

V.12 Do you see Jesus?

Luke 24:27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.

•See John 1:41-51

Jacob didn’t build that ladder

✱_________________ is man’s attempt to get to God.

1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus

Jesus doesn’t just show us a way

John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

V.13-15 God’s Word ministers to the uncertain
1. You will receive this land
2. Your descendants will fill the land
3. “All people will be blessed through your offspring [seed]”

Gen 28:14 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. NKJV

Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. NKJV

Who is this “Seed”?

Gal 3:16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say "and to seeds," meaning many people, but "and to your seed," meaning one person, who is Christ.

4. I am with you and will watch over you

V.15 “I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you”

“Be patient with me, God’s not finished yet.”

Phil 1:6 He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

V.16-17 “the LORD is in this place and I wasn’t aware of it.”

The place of suffering has become the place of ____________________

V.18-19 Bethel- God’s ________________
1. Church of the Holy Sepulcher- Marks the place where Jesus was buried and raised from the dead.

2. Church of Dominus Flevit- Where Jesus wept over the fate of ________________

3. Church of the Pater Noster- Where Jesus instructed his disciples in prayer

4. Monastery of the Cross- Marks the place where the tree grew that provided the wood for _______________

5. Church of All Nations- Where Jesus prayed on the night of his betrayal.

6. Chapel of the Ascension

Is God more present in Israel?
Ps 139:7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.

✱Bethel would become notorious for idolatrous sacrifice (1 Kings 13:32, Hosea 10:15, Amos 4:4).

V.20-22 A bargain or a pledge?

The gospel of _________________ or the gospel of Jesus

✱Do you know God personally through faith in Jesus Christ or is God simply your grandparent’s or parent’s God?

God has no grandchildren