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Recap of 10/4/09:
1. It seems that Jacob’s focus for 22 years, since the loss of Joseph (Genesis 37:34,35) was death and fear. Life had become bitter for him. As one scholar said he was at the “end of hope.”
2. God restores hope to him by reassuring him of His promises, by reunion with his beloved son, and by making provision for him in a new home.
3. Jacob ultimately understood that he was a pilgrim (an alien) and a stranger here, his real home was a heavenly home provided by God (Hebrews 11:13,14). As expositor Matthew Henry said: “He calls his life a pilgrimage, looking upon himself as a stranger in this world, and a traveler towards another world. This world his inn, not his home.” (emphasis mine)
4. In 1 Peter 2:11 calls believers “aliens and strangers” in this world. A recognition that our real home is heaven. Do we think and live as if this place is temporary or have we driven out tent pegs deep into the earth.
