Genesis 27, according to the revealed will
of the Lord, Jacob has received the blessing now from his father,
Isaac. Isaac purposed to bless Esau,
and the scripture says that when he realized that the Lord had
powerfully given the blessing unto Jacob. Isaac, the scripture
says, trembled exceeding great. He trembled, quaked, terrified
is what it was, terrified in abundance. He had seen the glorious
might and power of the Lord to do that which God had purposed
to do. And it terrified him. Now Esau,
according to the revelation of God's word in Genesis 25, 31,
32, that's when Esau had come in. He was hungry. told Jacob, give me something
to eat. Jacob said, sell me your birthright, right? Esau cared
nothing for the birthright. Now listen, the birthright was
that which was given, generally speaking, to the firstborn. It was the honor and the authority
that was bestowed upon the firstborn next to the parrots. It was a
double portion of the inheritance, and it was bestowed upon the
one to whom the promises of the Messiah would be given. And the possession
also of an inheritance in Canaan, that which was typical, it typified
heavenly inheritance. Now that birthright was a great
and divine honor that was bestowed. And Esau swore, when Jacob said,
sell me your birthright, Esau said, I'm about to starve to
death. What's it going to do for me now? Yeah, yeah, I'll
sell it to you. And he said, swear to me, and
he swore. And he sold the birthright for
nothing more than carnal, temporal gratification. He gave it all
up for nothing, for nothing. That
which was fleeting, it was over. He ate the bread. He ate the
pottage and it was done. And he had sold his birthright. It's the same thing that man
by nature does now. Well, Esau wished to not possess
the birthright. That's what he wished. He did
not want it. And God gave him according to
his wishes. I gave him what he wanted. The
scripture says that Esau was a profane person. It means ungodly. Profane person who for one morsel
of meat sold his birthright, and afterward, when he would
have inherited the blessing, he was rejected. For he found
no place for repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."
When it came time to give the birthright, to give the blessing,
and the blessing was because of the right of the birthright.
If you were deserving of the birthright, that's where the
blessing's coming from, when it's bestowed. And he found no
place of repentance. Isaac's dad, he wasn't gonna
change his blessing. He said, I blessed him, he's
gonna be blessed. And he saw, wept, sought it with tears. Is there not another blessing?
Come on. Is there not another one? He found no place for repentance,
though he sought it carefully with tears. But when you see
the blessing that was given to Jacob, Wasn't it a beautiful
picture of the gospel of God's free grace, wherein we behold
Jacob, the supplanter, the one who found acceptance with his
father, the blessing of his father, received the blessing because
he was robed in the raiment of the firstborn? Esau, you see
the picture. We've looked at this picture
now of the gospel being found in Christ, robed in Christ, robed
in his righteousness. And here's Jacob now, a picture
of every vessel of God's mercy. Those that have been everlastingly
loved in Christ and redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ, regenerated by the Holy Spirit. And now those who are
clothed in him right now and possess that sweet savor of the
holiness and the obedience and righteousness of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now we continue in these last
verses. Now that's what's happened right
up until the place where we are. And the scripture says, now after
Jacob had received the blessing, and Esau comes in and he says,
I'm here. Isaac says, who are you? He says,
I'm Esau, your firstborn. I've got the meal here that you
wanted. Well, who just left? And that's
when he said, He rightly named the supplanter. It's two times
he deceived. He took away my birthright, as
I said last time. No, he didn't. You sold it. He took away the blessing. God
gave it to him. God gave it to him. Have you
not another blessing? The scripture says in verse 41,
and Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his
father blessed him. Now here's an amazing thing.
Esau cared nothing for the birthright. And therefore, he cared nothing
for the blessing that was given because of the birthright. He
didn't want it. He didn't want it, but he hated
Jacob because Jacob desired it. and got it. Esau did not want
it, but he didn't want Jacob to have it. God Almighty had
set forth, Jacob have I loved, and Esau have I hated. Turn with
me to John 15. Now that's the John 15. Now what I just said
was this. Esau did not want the birthright. Therefore, he didn't want the
blessing. But he was hateful. He hated
Jacob because Jacob got it and wanted it. Listen to what the
Lord said, John 15. John 15, verse 18 to 20. If the
world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. You know what he just said? The
reason that the world and its false religion hates God's people
is because they hated God first. If the world hates you, if the
world hates you, say, I want you to know something. It hated
me before it hated you. Now that's pretty plain, isn't
it? Verse 19, if you were of the world, the world would love
his own. But because you're not of the
world, but I've chosen you out of the world, therefore the world
hateth you. If you were of the world, the
world would love his own, but because you're not of the world,
but I've chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth
you. The man by nature hates the gospel of God's free grace.
They hate it. They hate it. They hate that
God is God. They hate that God rules in heaven
and earth. They hate it. They hate that. And they hate you because God
has set forth in his scriptures that he's chosen a people. And
it's not according to their works. It's according to his mercy and
compassion. It was not by works of righteousness
that we've done but according to his mercy, for by grace are
you saved through faith and not of yourself. It's the gift of
God. It's not of him that will it.
It's not of him that run it. It's God that shows mercy. And
those that believe that are hated because God's chosen them out
of the world. They don't want what God's got
to say concerning himself. But they don't want you to have
it either. They hate you because God has said, I loved you and
chose to love you before the foundation of the world. Verse
20, remember the word, back in John 15, remember the word that
I've said unto you, the servant's not greater than his Lord. If
they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they've
kept my saying, they'll keep yours also. So here, here's Esau. He didn't want the birthright.
He didn't want the birthright. Sell me a birthright. Okay, I'll
sell it to you. Now Jacob got it. Jacob got the
blessing. And Esau hated him. Esau hated
Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed
him. The Lord said in John 16, 33. John 16, 33. These things have
I spoken unto you, that in me you might have peace. In the
world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have
overcome the world. The reason, according to the
revelation of scripture, for the hatred of the world toward
the Lord's own is because of God's acceptance of his people
in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. Because of his acceptance,
because of his good pleasure. And the blessing given to Jacob
was the Lord's to give. It was the Lord's. Therefore,
Esau's hatred was ultimately against God, proving the revelation
of the Lord. He said in Luke 21, 17, and you
shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. So the scripture
says in 41, Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith
his father blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, The
days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then will I slay
my brother. Now, Esau was a murderer. He was a murderer. He hated his
brother. First John 3.15 says, whosoever
hateth his brother is a murderer. You know that no murderer hath
eternal life abiding in him. a murderer in his heart, he just
hadn't done it yet. He's just waiting. Though he
was a murderer, just waiting for the right opportunity, it
becomes very apparent in what he said that he was trying to
maintain an appearance of honor before God and men. This is what
the Lord told the Pharisees they were doing, the Pharisees that
hated him. In Matthew 23, 27, Matthew chapter 23 and verse
27, the scripture says, woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, you
hypocrites. For you're like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed
appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's
bones and of all uncleanness. He hated his brother and he said,
I'm gonna kill him. Can't do it right now because
of the time of my dad's death, mourning. He thought his dad
was gonna die. Dad didn't die for another 40 years. But he
thought, I've gotta maintain some integrity and, you know,
look like I'm doing this out of respect for my dad. The Lord
told the Pharisees, he said, that's what you do. You look
good on the outside, but inside. Scripture says in verses 42 to
45, back in Genesis 27, and these words of Esau, her elder son,
were told to Rebekah. And she sent and called Jacob,
her younger son, and said unto him, behold, thy brother Esau,
as touching thee, or concerning you, doth comfort himself, purposing
to kill you. He's comforting himself and just
saying, I'll just bide my time. but I'll get you, I will get
you. Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise and flee
thou to Laban my brother, to Haran, and tarry with him a few
days until thy brother's fury turn away, until thy brother's
anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast
done to him. Then I will send and fetch thee
from thence, Why should I be deprived also of you both in
one day? Now, an amazing truth set forth
here. Verse 43 of 42. These words were
told to Rebekah. Now, maybe Esau said it again. Maybe he told somebody else.
Maybe the Lord informed Rebekah. It's not, all we know is that
the scripture says in verse 41, Esau hated Jacob because of the
blessing wherewith his father blessed him, and Esau said in
his heart the days. And then these words of Esau,
her elder son, were told to Rebekah. Now, we know that Esau said something
in his heart, but whether or not he, how she knew is irrelevant. Nevertheless, the scriptures
revealed, and these words of Esau, her elder son, were told
to Rebekah. And based upon what she knew
now, she responded. For the Lord had providentially
exposed Esau's heinous plan. Now, concerning that evil thought,
hold your place there. Turn with me to Luke 8. Luke
8. Luke chapter 8. Luke 8, 16 to 18. Luke 8, 16. No man, when he hath
lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it
under a bed, but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light. For nothing is secret that shall
not be made manifest. Neither anything hid that shall
not be known come abroad. Take heed therefore how you hear,
for whosoever hath to him shall be given, whosoever hath not
from him shall be taken, even that which he seemeth to have. Verse 17 again, nothing is secret
that shall not be made manifest. It's amazing to me, so many times
people that say things, to somebody about somebody else, they think
they won't know. And they know they're always
here. They always know what's going on. He saw planted something
in his heart that he was going to do to Jacob. He had a he had
a scheme. I'm going to kill him. But Rebecca
knew it. And her response set forth two
blessed things. Number one, she was a woman who
obviously held dear the word of the Lord. The Lord had told
her the elder is going to serve the younger. The elder's gonna
serve the younger. I told you before, the Spirit
of God moved upon the Apostle Paul to write in Romans 9 exactly
what the Lord had said and what he set forth and what she knew. Jacob have I loved, he saw have
I hated. Hath the potter power over the
same lump to make one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor?
Rebecca knew what God had said concerning her boys. She knew. She knew that one was going to
be accepted in the Beloved and the other left to himself. That's
all God has to do for a man or woman to perish. Just leave them
alone. Just let them do what they want to do. So, first thing,
this woman held dear the word of the Lord. She knew what the
Lord had told her. And therefore, she's doing what
she's doing to preserve Jacob's life. I told you before, there's
so many in the writers, the commentaries that were saying how deceitful
she was and stuff like that. We don't excuse sin, but I'm
telling you, where the Spirit of God does not set forth distinctively
Absolutely disobedience as he does many times. You know what
I say about Nathan going to David, you're the man, you're the man. Peter, you are going to deny
me three times before the cock crows twice. You will do it.
The Lord exposes, but where the Lord doesn't expose it, leave
it alone. and don't start speculating.
This was a woman that was walking, I said before, in the light that
she had. But the second thing that I noticed
about that, where she purposed to send Jacob was obviously determined
from a heart of faith in the Lord God that she loved and trusted. Now listen to what she did. Verse
42, in these words of Esau, her elder son were told to Rebekah,
and she sent, called Jacob, her younger son, said unto him, Behold,
thy brother Esau is touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing
to kill thee. Now therefore, my son, obey my
voice aright. Flee thou to Laban, my brother,
to Haran. Now, before she had ever heard
of her future husband, Isaac, the daddy of these two boys.
One had just blessed Jacob and gave also the blessing, the temporal
blessing, this earthly blessing to Esau. Before Rebecca, the
mama, ever heard of Isaac, her husband, Abraham, Isaac's father
had sent his servant to the very place where Rebekah lived. Abraham, Isaac's daddy, had sent
a servant to go search out, find a wife for his son, Isaac. When he got to where he went,
he went to Abraham's family. You go to my land. Don't go to
the land of the Canaanites. Don't go to Canaan. You go to where I'm from. And
here this servant comes, and you know he's come to this well,
and here comes this woman. She's carrying a water pot, and
he's got all these camels right here, He asked her for a drink
of water. And she said, I'll give you a drink of water. And
she said, I'll water all your camels for you too, which is
what he had prayed and asked the Lord for a sign. And here's,
here's, here's Rebecca. And here, here, the servant starts
to pray and thank the Lord, you know, that he had blessed his
journey. And here was, and she said, listen, come to my, come
to my house. And, uh, It came to the house
of Laban. That's her brother, her brother.
And so here she is. The servant finds a wife among
the people of God. And Rebecca was actually the
granddaughter of Abraham's brother, Nahor. Abraham had a brother,
his name was Nahor, Abraham's brother, and Abraham was Rebekah's,
actually it says her grand-uncle, we call her great-uncle, grand-uncle,
grandfather, he was a grand-uncle, that was Abraham to Rebekah. She was of his family, that's
where the servant was to go, you go there, you go there. So
this servant was to go specifically to find a bride for Abraham's
son. And Abraham told him, said, don't
you go anywhere. What if she doesn't come? If
she doesn't come, you're free. You're free from this oath. But
don't go to the land of Canaan. Whatever you do, don't go there.
And don't go get my son, bring her here. If she won't go, if
she won't come willingly, you're done. Here's a picture. Here's a glorious picture of
the bride of the Lord Jesus Christ being found according to covenant
mercy. This is where I want you to go.
This is exactly where you go. Chosen by the Father, redeemed
by the Son, called by the Holy Spirit, regenerated by the Spirit. That bride is cleansed, washed
white in the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the good
pleasure of God. Rebecca was the one that was
found for Isaac. And she willingly went. Will you go with this man? Yes,
I will. Yes, I will. Had she ever met him? No. All
she knew was what she had heard about the son, about his father. That's all she knew. And here
was one, sought out by this servant as a bride for Isaac. Here's Jacob. The one loved of
God, chosen of God, revealed to be the one that God was going
to bless. And this is the blessed chosen son of God's promise. And now his brother wants to
kill him. And Rebecca did what she knew
was the right thing to do as far as sending him away. And
she cast herself upon the mercy of God and sent her son, the
son of her affection. That's what it said, Rebecca
loved Jacob. And here's the son of God's promise. And God providentially through
her mouth is gonna send him back to where Isaac had also been
blessed to find a bride. So she said, you go. and you
go to my brother's house. That's where God blessed. That's
where God blessed me, she said. That's where God blessed your
daddy. That's where God blessed your grandpa, Abraham. That's
where the Lord said to go. And that's where I want you to
go. You see what I'm saying? This woman was acting. I read
some commentaries and they said, well, she was just trying to
skirt around it and try to give Abraham, I mean Isaac, Just another
reason, you know, she was sending him away, but I thought, I don't
think so. I think this woman was doing
what she was doing out of honor and respect unto what the Lord
had told her. The last verse bears this out,
and Rebecca said to Isaac, I'm weary of my life because of the
daughters of Heth. Esau had married a Canaanite
woman. One that obviously didn't know
God. And it grieved, it grieved Rebecca. She said, I'm weary of my life
because of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters
of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land,
what good shall my life do me? While many find fault, with the
way that Rebecca handled Jacob's receiving the blessing and being
sent away. And as I said, just a moment
ago, under no circumstances, we don't excuse sin. We don't
say, you know, but, but because all of us are guilty, we've all
come short of the glory of God. But again, can we not behold
Rebecca with an eye of faith concerning the promise of the
Lord Jesus Christ coming through the lineage, coming through the
loins of her son, Jacob. She knew, she knew what, she
knew what this meant. She knew, she knew what the blessing
and the birthright, she knew what that was. Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob, and that lineage, you go back and look at that
lineage, and through those, the Lord eventually, humanly speaking,
came into this world. And now his brother wants to
kill him. And with all that's been revealed
to this woman concerning God's choice for her son, Isaac's son,
Jacob. Because all that's been set forth
concerning God's love for Jacob and choice of Jacob and purpose
of blessing Jacob, if he The Lord of heaven be dishonored
by Jacob taking a bride of the daughters of Heth, bound to be
among the Canaanites, those that Abraham forbid his servant to
look upon as a wife for Isaac. If Jacob takes a wife among those
forbidden of God, Rebecca said, my life is not worth living. She desired to honor the Lord.
That's what she did. She desired to honor the Lord. Oh, the faith and the great respect
that I truly believe was set forth by Rebecca in this grievous
trial, and it was a grievous trial. Can you imagine? She got
two boys. She got two boys. One of them is rejected of God. God told her so. And the other
is accepted of God. Be blessed of God. And now, one
of her boys wants to kill the other one. Gonna murder the one
of God's affection, God's choosing. This woman is doing what she's
doing. Not after being conniving and
trying to fool her husband again. This woman believed God. Almighty
God's gonna do what God's gonna do. In spite of us, I agree with
anybody. Anybody wanna say, well, you
know, I think she should've, well, okay. But Almighty God's will's gonna
be, my counsel's gonna stand. She said, you go back to where
I know God blessed. You go back there, and I'll send
for you when the time is right. As far as we know, she never
saw him again. She never saw him. She sent him
away and she died before there was any record that she ever
saw her son again. But she believed God. I pray
God bless this to our hearts for Christ's sake. Amen.