Struggle with God and Overcome
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Struggle with God and Overcome

  1. 142 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Struggle with God and Overcome

About this book

The wrestling match with God at Jabbok, where he insisted on a blessing, turned Jacob's life upside down. Before the wrestling match, Jacob was a prolific blessing-chaser and got whatever he wanted in his battles with Esau and Laban. After that night, his fate took an adverse turn: calamities and deaths rushed upon his family. What happened? Didn't God bless him? What was the wrestled blessing all about? The Bible is surprisingly reticent about disclosing the specifics of the blessing. This book investigates the mysteries of the wrestling match, the blessing, and the ensuing years. Why is Jacob's life story relevant to us today? We all want God's blessings, but we may not always understand what we are getting. Jacob's life story illuminates reasons behind suffering, illustrates true blessedness, and impels us to live life with a divine perspective.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Preface
  4. The Reasons Behind
  5. Mysteries and Adventure
  6. Tenacious Challenger
  7. Dubious Resort
  8. Blessings Misplaced
  9. Isaac’s Patriarchal Benediction
  10. Gorge of Jabbok
  11. Watershed Moment
  12. Life Stages
  13. Turn of Events
  14. Methodology
  15. Shechem
  16. Rachel and Reuben
  17. Leaving the Brothers
  18. Judah and Tamar
  19. Two Clans
  20. The Kingdoms
  21. Old and New Testament Parallels
  22. Sheaves and Stars
  23. At Potiphar’s House
  24. Cupbearer and Baker
  25. Abandoned
  26. Pharaoh’s Dreams
  27. Joseph and Jesus
  28. Staging
  29. Famine
  30. First Reunion
  31. First Coming
  32. Second Reunion
  33. Benjamin
  34. Second Coming
  35. Motif and Auspice
  36. The Wrestled Blessing
  37. Patriarchal Narratives
  38. Tribal Blessings
  39. Struggle with God and Overcome
  40. Blessedness versus Happiness
  41. Bibliography

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