Genesis 27:18 And he came unto his father, and said, my father: and he said, here am I; who art you, my son?
Again, you have surrender taking place at the river of Jabbok where there was a confrontation between Jesus and Jacob. It is not often that you read in the Bible where Jesus would leave heaven, and travel all the way to earth, to have a confrontation with some individual. There must be a valid reason why Christ found it necessary to do this. Jacob seemed to be hedged in with much difficulties on every side.
It had become necessary for him to leave Laban who had deceived him twice, and also defrauded him ten times. And now, at the command of God he’s on His way back home when he gets bad news that his brother Esau is on his way, coming to meet him with four hundred soldiers in tow. He finds himself between a rock and a hard place, with only bad choices before him, and as far as he could see, it is just a matter of time before there is some form of confrontation.
The only problem is that this time, the confrontation would be coming from the most unlikely source. Esau was not the problem, for God would restrain him from doing Jacob any harm. Similarly, the time of Jacob’s trouble in the future is not about satan, is not about the beast, nor is it about 666. The living righteous would have already been sealed, so there is nothing that men, or demons could do to change that fact. We will explain later.
Genesis 27:19 And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as you asked me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!