"Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day."
The Spirit uses this expression, "unto this day" in order to instructs us the force of the covenant between God and Man. God decreed the day for his Son. "The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee./Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."(Ps.2:6-7) So God blesses Abraham Isaac and Jacob as heirs of promise in his Son.God tells Abraham, "And said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be." (15:5). This blessing spells redemption of their souls, which is characterised as stars for multitude. Each heir is set in heaven. Alongside God promises earthly blessings and it is what God confers on Jacob. ("And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,"-28:13-14).God stood above the ladder and he promised, "and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." The dream was specific for Jacob. The seed as stars for multitude promised to Abraham cannot be inherited with his flesh. He had to overcome his base traits that his epithet 'the heel catcher' carried. His ensuing struggle at Peniel and change of name woud explain his testimony. It was outward. No more was his confidence in his flesh. "or I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved./ And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh." The name Israel would only be confirmed later. "And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel."(35:10)
What is the testimony of Jacob but life in the Spirit? (Ro.8:1)
"Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day."
The Spirit uses this expression, "unto this day" in order to instructs us the force of the covenant between God and Man. God decreed the day for his Son. "The Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee./Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession."(Ps.2:6-7) So God blesses Abraham Isaac and Jacob as heirs of promise in his Son.God tells Abraham, "And said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be." (15:5). This blessing spells redemption of their souls, which is characterised as stars for multitude. Each heir is set in heaven. Alongside God promises earthly blessings and it is what God confers on Jacob. ("And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,"-28:13-14).God stood above the ladder and he promised, "and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed." The dream was specific for Jacob. The seed as stars for multitude promised to Abraham cannot be inherited with his flesh. He had to overcome his base traits that his epithet 'the heel catcher' carried. His ensuing struggle at Peniel and change of name woud explain his testimony. It was outward. No more was his confidence in his flesh. "or I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved./ And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh." The name Israel would only be confirmed later. "And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel."(35:10)
What is the testimony of Jacob but life in the Spirit? (Ro.8:1)
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