OUR MESSED UP ELECTION. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM JACOB REQUEST FOR A SECOND BLESSING? — PART 1

Why Did Jacob Ask For A Second Blessing?

Sometimes the Bible can be difficult to understand. Why? I guess there are at least three reasons.

• The Bible tells us about our Creator, and we have trouble understanding our Creator because He is so unlike us. We are just His creatures, finite and limited. He is infinite.
• The Bible was written by people who lived thousands of years ago to people who lived thousands of years ago. That is, the Bible was written for us, but not to us. Therefore, even when we read the best translations of the Bible we still have to put ourselves in the place of people long dead.
• The Bible tells us the truth about ourselves, and we don’t want to know the truth about ourselves. That truth humbles us, and being humbled is quite…