OUR
NATURAL MAN WRESTLES WITH THE ANGEL OF THE LORD
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The brightness of our
revelations depends upon the correctness of our doctrines, our
building
blocks. We who are saved, redeemed, imputed for
righteousness, born-again,
are ascending Jacob’s ladder. (Gen 28:12; John 1:51). God is Thought. Thoughts are Life. God’s angels are His
manifested Thoughts. God is Love. God is a Spirit. God is the eternal
Spirit
from which all things, which are the entire
manifested universe, was/is
being created. All S(s)pirits are God’s thoughts. You are a part of
God’s
Spirit (Eccl 12:7); you will
become either an eternal Spirit, or an eternal
fallen spirit.
(Gen 32:24-32) And Jacob
[“supplanter, schemer, trickster,
swindler!” Amplif. Bible] [1] was
left alone [in his tent]; and there [he]
wrestled a man [a
man who was
an angel: Rev 19:10; 22:9] [2,3] with him
until the breaking of the day [i.e.,
sunrise]. And when he
[the angel]
saw that he [the angel] prevailed [Heb: overcame] not
against him [Jacob], he touched the hollow [pride] of his [Jacob’s] thigh [the
strongest muscle of the body, connoting pride];
and the hollow [pride] of Jacob's thigh was
out of joint [his
pride was
greatly weakened, humbled], as he [Jacob] wrestled
[prayed]
with him [the angel]. And he [the
angel] said, Let me go
[release
me], for the day breaketh. And he [Jacob] said, I
will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And he [the angel] said
unto him, What is
thy name? And
[“in shock of
realization, whispering” Amplif. Bible] he [Jacob] said,
Jacob [“supplanter,
schemer, trickster, swindler!” Amplif.].
And he [the angel] said, Thy
name shall be called no more Jacob, but
1.
Commentary: “Jacob”
= is a clear type and shadow of
our natural man
who in these verses was “imputed
for righteousness” by God, i.e., he
got saved, and received “a new name” (Isa 62:2; Rev 2:17) indicating a change of character, and
became
a.
(Rom 4:20-25)
He [Abraham] staggered
not at the promise
of God through unbelief; but was strong
in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully
persuaded that, what he [God]
had promised, he [God]
was able also to perform. And therefore it
was imputed [Gk:
reasoned, reckoned] [“accredited”
Amplif.] to him
[Abraham] for
righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; But
for
us also, to whom it shall be imputed,
if we believe on him that raised up
Jesus our Lord from the dead;
Who was delivered for our offences [Gk: sins], and was raised again for our
justification [Gk:
acquittal] [i.e., forgiveness].
b.
(James 2:23)
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God [see Judg 7:3 for the 22,000 Israelite
warriors who did not believe God], and
it was imputed unto him for righteousness:
and he was called the Friend of God.
2.
(Hosea 12:3-5)
He
[Jacob] took
his brother [Esau] by the heel in the womb, and
by his strength he had power
[Heb: to prevail: have power (as a
prince)] with God:
Yea, he [Jacob] had power over the angel
[“OVER THE ANGEL”], and prevailed [Heb: overcame]:
he wept, and made supplication [Heb: prayer]
unto him: he [Jacob] found him [God] in
Bethel [Heb: house of god], and there he spake with us [us who?]; Even
the [triune] LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial [remembers].
a.
strength = Heb: (in the sense of
effort, but successful); ability,
power: force, might.
3.
(Rev 22:8,9)
And I
John saw these things, and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen, I
fell down to worship before the feet of
the angel [“THE ANGEL”] which shewed me these things. Then saith he unto
me, See thou do it
not: for I am thy
fellowservant, and of thy brethren [Gk: brothers]
the prophets,
and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
[see parallel verse in Rev 19:10]
Amen