Wonders........?

  After a recent re-read of many of my old notes- then written in the ancient form of "handwriting", a now little used art- I was excited to find my studies of Solomon, Paul's Friends, the Armour of God and other fascinating topics! I will be trying to post some of my old thoughts and ideas as the days pass, however I am currently studying Jacob, what a guy! I began my study into Jacob with a lot of zeal, people's opinons of him are very varied, stretching from disdain at his 'devious' ways right to uttmost respect for his life and heritage.   
     In Jacob we see an outsider running from his dad and brother to long-lost relatives in far lands, there he loses his heart to a beautiful girl. However he ends up married to someone he doesnt love, finally joining with his first-love, we see the sorry story of his first wife, her grief and sadness but final contentment. The family returns and amidst great tension and fear, our "hero" faces his elder brother once again.  Finally we follow the actions and lusts of the divided and devious sons of Jacob.
    This is a story in a story, Jacob's tale is an epic one, we follow him from his birth to his death. However it is but a second in the greatest story of all, the epic of the Bible. Reaching from the very creation of the worlds to the future, the Bible spans centuries, written by Kings, Farmers, Poets, Lovers, Shepards, Fisherman, Manufacturers and Musicians, revealing things which Angels strained to know, wonders that leave us open mouthed, telling the story of God's world and His people, the rebellion of the first man and the devestation that followed. And most of all, it tells us of God's great plan to end the rebellion for ever.
   Eve, the first woman, was told that one of her descendants would free man from the grip of sin, this promise continued down through Abraham and Isaac, Isaac and his wife Rebekah were told that it would continue through their youngest son, you've guessed it.... Jacob. Why Jacob and not his older brother Esau? We arent to know, who are we to question God?

"Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger."

   Jacob, emerged clutching at his brother's heel, desperate to be first! Sadly we quickly see a pattern of favouritism emerge from his parents: his father prefering Esau, due to his great skills at hunting and presumably his implied masculinity. Rebekah, however, prefered Jacob, who was known as a "quiet man, dwelling in tents". Hardly the smoothest family life, one would think! But we shall have to wait and see what happens to Jacob and his colourful brother, Esau......