Genesis 25. For those of you who may not have been able to hear the Bible study, I'd like to encourage you to go back and listen to it. I normally don't encourage people to listen to me, but I would encourage you to go back and listen to it because the whole thing was one big setup for what we're about to look at now.

So I believe it'll help to make this clear, but I want to reiterate that these stories in the scripture are pictures of Christ. We need to always remember that. All of the stories in the scripture are pictures of Christ. All of these people and these events represent Christ, the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, salvation in Him. But with that being said, no one character or event is a perfect picture. Man just cannot perfectly picture Christ.

Every worldly person in this book is a sinner before God. And their sins are exposed in the pages of this word. And I'm so glad for that. Aren't you so glad that the Lord exposed the sins of these people? So we can see that he came to save sinners like us. But our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ was no sinner. He knew no sin.

So there comes a point with every character in the scripture where that character cannot picture Christ. A sinner in the act of committing sin does not picture Christ. So usually we get glimpses of pictures. A picture for just a brief moment in a character's life. And even though it can be shocking that any sinner before God could be a picture of Christ, What I'm about to say I firmly believe. I find that the greater the sinner is known to be, the greater the picture is. For me.

The greater it displays the mercy and the grace and the glory of God. God, Christ really did come to save sinners. He really did. And he really came to take the place of sinners. You know, if we could ever learn what Christ came to do, we could ever learn why Christ came into the world. Everybody thinks he came to be an example. It's not why he came. He came to take the place of his people. He came to stand in the place of his people.

So what I just said that most definitely applies to this story in this picture of Jacob and Esau. We get a glimpse it's not the totality of this character but we have a very good glimpse here. I'm going to do a quick recap of how we ended the Bible study a very very quick recap and then we'll move right on into continuing the story. And what we're looking at is the picture of the only way that sinners can be saved and blessed of God. The only way. And that way is substitution with Christ.

That's it. All right, there are four characters in this story. Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau. Isaac represents God the Father. Rebecca represents God the Spirit. Jacob represents God's elect souls that he chose to save. And Esau represents God the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.

And while I'm recapping, I'll recap the, you know, that's a shocking statement. And people are going to ask, how in the world can that be? That's the glory of the gospel. How can that be? How can this be? That's the glory of the gospel. That's what we're going to see in this story, the glory of the gospel. All right, here is a quick recap of the picture. Look at verse 24.

Rebecca was carrying twins. Jacob and Esau, verse 24, and when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. That's when she found out they didn't have ultrasound back then. And so she was just wondering, what is going on in me? When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb.

And the first came out red. all over like in hairy garment and they called his name Esau. Red represents blood. He had his own garment that represents righteousness. and they called his name Esau. The root meaning of that name is the Accomplisher, the Finisher, the Offering, the Sacrifice. That's what the root of Esau's name means. So he's a picture of Christ. He's a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse 26, and after that came his brother out and his hand took hold on Esau's heel. That is what sin did to Christ. The Lord told Satan, you are going to bruise his heel on the cross of Calvary. Verse 26, and his name was called Jacob, sinner, trickster, supplanter.

And Isaac was threescore years old when she bared them, and the boys grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter." That translates to mean an all-wise, all-knowing provider of nourishment. He was a man of the field. And Jacob was a plain man dwelling in tents. I'll tell you what that means down the road.

Verse 28, and Isaac loved Esau. The father loves the son. Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison. The father loves the son because of what he provided. But Rebekah, but God. Those are, man, if a sinner needs mercy and grace, those are two glorious words. But God, the spirit of the Godhead loved the sinner. Verse 28 says, but Rebekah loved Jacob. And this is what that love did for the sinner Jacob. Verse 29. It says in Jacob, Sod, Hottage.

Now I just want to tell you, I'm pretty sure this message is going to be shorter. I want it to be shorter because it's going to be technical and I don't want this to be technical. I don't want it to be too technical. I don't want us to lose the heart of this by it being too technical.

But this is what caused everything to expand into multiple parts. As you can see from the end of the Bible study, the definitions of these names and these words and these things, this is what proves the spiritual picture of the story. So I don't want to be too technical, but let me go through this and let's see if the Lord will give us some attention here and make it to be a blessing.

All right. Verse 29 says, and Jacob sod pottage, the center, Jacob, the center. We know what that means. That means he made soup. But the definition of the phrase sod pottage is he boiled up. He seethed. He acted proudly. He acted presumptuously. He acted rebelliously and arrogantly. Now that's what sinful man brought to the cross of Calvary. He brought his arrogant, proud, rebellious sin. That's what he brought. That was Jacob's contribution to this whole thing. Verse 29, and Jacob sawed pottage, and Esau came from the field, and he was fain.

Now this story is a spiritual picture of the cross, all right? This whole account is a picture of the cross. So picture our Lord as a man in the garden of Gethsemane here. Picture everything that he endured and caused himself to go through and what he made himself to be for us, for his people. And think about this moment of the Garden of Gethsemane.

Verse 29, Jacob sod potage and Esau came from the field and he was faint. And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage. He said, you give to me everything that you have proudly, rebelliously, sinfully seethed. You give it to me.

For I am faint, therefore was his name called Edom, his name, that translates his reputation, his glory, therefore was his reputation. We know what he made his reputation to be. No reputation. His reputation, His glory, His name was called Edom. That's very closely related to the name Adam. It comes from the same root word. It has the same definition as Adam. Our Lord is called the second Adam. The second Adam did this. A man did this. A man did this for his people. The God-man did this. And as the God-man, God manifest in the flesh, the Son of Man, In him humbling himself and making himself of no reputation.

As the second Adam accomplishing for his people what the first Adam could not accomplish. In him willingly taking the cup of sin that was from his people, from Jacob, his people. And the cup of condemnation and the cup of suffering and the cup of death that was owed to his people.

Knowing that it was not possible for that cup to pass from him, isn't that what he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane? Lord, if it's possible, let this cup pass from me. If there's any other way except I drink this. Knowing that it was not possible for that cup to pass for him from him. And therefore in him drinking that cup dry, that was his glory. That was his glory.

Verse 30 said, Esau said to Jacob, feed me. I pray thee with that same red pottage, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called Edom. Give it to me. Pass it to me. Let it be found in me. Let me bear it in me. Verse 31, and Jacob said, sell me this day thy birthright. And as we go through this, I'm not going to deny the sin in any of these men. I'm not going to do it.

There's a physical picture that's going on here. But in these definitions, there's a spiritual picture going on here too. Cell means, the definition of the word cell is to surrender one's self, to sell one's self to, to be given over to death. That's what it means. To be given over to death. Give yourself, submit yourself to death for me.

Verse 31 and Jacob said, sell me this day that birthright, your place, your standing before the father. Verse 32 and Esau said, behold, I am at the point to die. My margin says, I am going to die. I'm going to die. My time is at hand. Our Lord said, for this cause came I into the world. Verse 32, and Esau said, behold, I'm at the point to die. And what profit shall this birthright do to me?

Again. I know that in the physical picture Esau represents a man who has no concern for Christ whatsoever. I understand that. No concern for Christ whatsoever. And that's me and you by nature. That's us by nature, but in the spiritual picture we can hear our Lord saying what profit could possibly come.

If I do not die. What profit could possibly come if I do not give up my place, if I keep my place and I do not give up this place and empty myself unto death? Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

The birthright of Christ was ordered and it was covenanted to be given to his people before the foundation of the world. The father gave Christ all things and Christ has given to his people. He covenanted to give to his people all things. In John 17, he said, Father, even the glory you gave to me, I've given it to them. That's always been such an amazing thing to me. The glory, I've given it to them.

As a beautiful picture, this firstborn said, what good will this birthright do me if I do not give it to the ones that I came to be the substitute for? Verse 32, and Esau said, behold, I'm at the point to die. And what profit shall this birthright do to me?

And Jacob said, swear to me this day. That means take an oath, make a covenant concerning me. Verse 33, Jacob said, swear to me this day and he swear unto him. That literally means he swear by Jehovah himself. He swore to God. Hebrews 6 says, Because Christ could swear by no greater, he swore by himself and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. He surrendered himself. He gave himself over to death. in the place of Jacob. He took the place of nothing to himself. He took the place of emptiness to himself in the place of Jacob. That's what Jacob had.

That's what you and I had. And that's what Christ took from us in order to give his place to us. Verse 34 says, then Jacob gave Esau, that means exchanged with Esau, delivered over to Esau. It literally translates made Esau to be inflicted with bread and pottage of lentils that translates the fight, the battle, the war, the waging of the war. It also means dust. That's what the sinner gave to the firstborn. Dust. That's all we could give. Dust. The death of dust and a battle that needed to be fought. and a battle that needed to be fought because of our sin.

Verse 34 goes on to say, and he did eat. Esau did eat it. That means he consumed it. The word means to devour, to slay, to consume, to destroy. He did eat. and drink. Our Lord drank the cup of man's sin and then he drank the cup of God's wrath on that sin and in doing so he finished the battle for his people. Verse 34 says he did eat and drink And when he was done, when he was finished, it says he rose up. That translates to arise, to stand, to become powerful, to be established, to be fixed, to fulfill, to confirm. It means accomplished and successful. That's Christ. That's the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank God he did eat and drink.

You know, we were the ones who made the soup. I know that the word sod means made, he made pottage, but I can't help. I always think of sod, grass, dirt, mud, and it sounds awful to me. Well, that's a pretty good, that's a pretty accurate description of the soup we've made.

That's what we gave to Christ. That's what Christ took from us. He did eat and drink and rose up and went his way, the way of his own going. Verse 34 says, thus Esau despised his birthright. Now again, let me say again, I'm going to continue saying throughout this, no picture is perfect. And Esau was a sinful man committing sin against God in this. Our Lord has declared that throughout the scripture. He's let it be known that he was angry with Esau. He did not love Esau. He did not choose to save Esau.

But I will say this. Just enter into this. As a spiritual picture, our Lord did turn his back on his own standing before God. He did. He did turn his back on his own place with God in order to redeem his people from their sins. He did. He counted his people to be a greater treasure to him.

You know, we and it is true. He saws a center and he wanted a bowl of mud more than the place of his father. That's true. And that's us by nature. But in the spiritual picture. Our Lord Jesus Christ counted us the bowl of mud. To be a greater treasure to him. We think, why would you do this for us, the bowl of mud? Our Lord counted his people to be a greater treasure to him than even his own birthright taught to all the inheritance of his father.

You know Psalm 2 says that the father said to the son, if you ask me, I'll give you the heathen for your inheritance. I'll give you, you're gonna get an inheritance. What do you want? If you ask me, I'll give you the heathen for your inheritance. That's exactly what the Lord Jesus Christ asked him for in John 17. He said, Father, I will, this is what I want. This is what I want. This is what I want my inheritance to be from this moment forward. I will that they, they, Be with me where I am. This is what I want.

Father, I left my place. I left my standing. I left everything that was mine and joined myself to their place. You know, he was numbered with the transgressors. He wasn't a transgressor. But he made himself to be numbered with the transgressors. Father, I left my place and I joined myself to their place so they could leave their place and be joined to my place.

Our Lord literally gave up everything. He literally I. I think I may be entering to this probably should have done part four. I might be entering into this more now than even writing these notes, but he gave up everything. Our Lord gave up everything. When he gave up the ghost, our Lord gave up the ghost. When he gave up the ghost, he gave up everything willingly. to redeem sinners to himself. And chapter 27, and this is in closing, okay? Chapter 27 gets into the heart of that redemption. Just turn very quickly to chapter 27. Let me read these first four verses to you here in closing.

And it came to pass that when Isaac was old and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son and said unto him, my son. You can almost hear the father saying, this is my beloved son. And he said unto him, behold, here am I. Verse two, and he said, behold, now I am old. I know not the day of my death.

Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver, and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison, and make a savory meat such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, that my soul may bless thee before I die. Father said, I'm gonna bless you. He said, the blessing is going to go to you. And chapter 27 declares how all of the spiritual blessings of Christ.

Came to his people. Now, all of them were given to his people, and it's a beautiful story and the Lord will, and we'll look at it tonight. All right. This is all just a setup for the story. If the Lord is willing, we'll we'll finish it up tonight. All right.