A Comforting Shadow of God’s Grace

For the well-being of his life, Jacob needed to leave the land of Canaan and flee to the land from which his grandfather Abraham came. This flight was not because of the unbelieving Gentiles, who considered the land of Canaan to be their property. He had to flee from his own twin brother, Esau, on whose heel he, Jacob, had at birth been clinging physically (Gen. 25:26). Our God had through Isaac pronounced the covenant promise upon Jacob. And, as God's counsel was being fulfilled, that which...