BY
FAITH ISAAC AND JACOB
(Transcribed
Message)
Text:
Hebrews 11:20-21 "By
faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things
to come. 21. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped,
leaning upon the top of his staff."
1 Corinthians 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them
for ensamples [types]: and they are written for our admonition [warning,
rebuke], upon whom the ends of the world [age] are come."
Deuteronomy 21:17 "But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the
firstborn, by giving him a double portion of
all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the
right of the firstborn is his."
Genesis 27:36
"And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me
these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath
taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing
for me?"
Genesis 27:29
"Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy
brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every
one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee."
Hebrews 11:20
"By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to
come."
Hebrews 9:11
"But Christ being come an high priest of good
things to come, . . ."
Hebrews 9:15
"And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament,
. . (that). . . they which are called might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance."
Genesis 25:31-34 "And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32. And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what
profit shall this birthright do to me? 33. And Jacob said, Swear to me
this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and
drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his
birthright."
INHERITANCE
Hebrews 12:16-17 "Lest there be any fornicator, or profane
person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited
the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of
repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."
Matthew 20:16
"So the last shall be first, and the first last:
for many be called, but few chosen."
Romans 9:11-12
"(For the children (Esau and Jacob) being not yet born, neither
having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to
election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) 12.
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger."
Hebrews 11:21
"By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff."
Genesis 48:20
"And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and
he set Ephraim before Manasseh."
EPHRAIM MISSING
Revelation 7:4-8 ". . . and there were sealed an hundred and
forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
5. Of the tribe of Juda . . . Of the tribe of Reuben
. . . Of the tribe of Gad . . . 6. Of the tribe of
Aser . . . Of the tribe of Nephthalim . . . Of the
tribe of Manasses . . . 7. Of the tribe of Simeon
. . . Of the tribe of Levi . . . Of the tribe of Issachar
. . . 8. Of the tribe of Zabulon . . . Of the
tribe of Joseph . . . Of the tribe of Benjamin . .
."
Psalms 78:9-11
"The children of Ephraim, being armed, and
carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. 10. They kept
not the covenant of God, and refused to walk
in his law; 11. And forgat his works, and
his wonders that he had showed them."
Psalms 78:67-68
"Moreover he refused [cast away] the tabernacle of
Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: 68.
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved."
1
Chronicles 5:1-2 "Now the
sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but,
forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the
sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned
after the birthright. 2. For Judah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the chief ruler;
but the birthright was Joseph's:)"
Isaiah 7:5-6
"Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken
evil counsel against thee, saying, 6. Let us go up
against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for
us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:"
Hosea 7:1-2
"When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim
was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit
falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of
robbers spoileth without. 2. And they consider not in their
hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own
doings have beset them about; they are before my face."
Hosea 9:3 "They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but
Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat
unclean things. . . ."
Hosea 9:11
"As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly
away . . . "
Hosea 9:16-17
"Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no
fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved
fruit of their womb. 17. My God will cast them
away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be
wanderers among the nations."
Hosea 10:6
"It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king
Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be
ashamed of his own counsel."
Hosea 13:1-2
"When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in
Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2.
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten
images of their silver, and idols according to their own
understanding, . . . ."
Judges 1:29
"Neither did Ephraim drive out the
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among
them."
Galatians 5:19-21
"Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality,
impurity, sensuality, 20. idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife,
jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, 21.
envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I
forewarn you just as I have forewarned you that those
who practice such things shall not inherit the kingdom
of God." (NASB)
2 Peter 1:10-11
"Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your
calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye
shall never fall: 11. For so an entrance shall be
ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour
Jesus Christ."
WILL WE BE A
CASTAWAY?
1 Corinthians 9:26-27 "I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so
fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27. But I keep under my
body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have
preached to others, I myself should be a castaway."