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Date Posted: 18:21:42 11/11/10 Thu
Genesis 27:26-29 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: 28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: 29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
The final test as to the identity of which son stood before Isaac was "the smell test". Rebekah knew her husband well and knew he would know the smell of Esau's hunting clothes. Esau was a man of the field and his clothes smelled of grass, weeds and leaves as well as possibly the smell of the game he had taken and carried back home. The first part of the blessing reflects the heart of Esau. Many nights Esau had slept in the open field where the dew of heaven would dampen everything under the starlit sky. Dew itself is a great blessing. Even when there is no rain if there is dew then the flora will receive adequate moisture to survive and grow. The fatness of the earth, corn and wine reflect successful harvests of all that the earth has to offer. This would include the animals Esau hunted for food and the vegetable life that would nurture him and his. The man so blessed was to be assured of plenty from the earth.
As the blessing was for the earth to serve Esau with abundance so also were the people of the earth to serve him and bow to him. The blessing is Messianic. Isaac intended for his son Esau to bear the birthright of Abraham's blessing from God. The ultimate aim of the blessing was the "Seed". Galatians 3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. I doubt that Isaac knew who the ultimate recipient of thee blessing of Abraham was but God did. God's ways were not Isaac's ways and while Jacob was a thief in what he was doing God would still honor this blessing.
Before he was born God had pronounced on Jacob that the elder would serve the younger (Gen. 25:23, Rom. 9:12) and scripture cannot be broken. (John 10:35). Also within this prophetic blessing we see it strengthened and reinforced in something that took place in Joseph's life many years later. In the first part of verse 29 notice what is written: "Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee". Compare this with this passage in Genesis 37: Genesis 37:5-11 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: 7 For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. 9 And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.
The prophetic dreams of Joseph are as Jacob's blessing from Isaac. He is to be over his brethren. While this comes to pass literally in both cases the ultimate receiver of the blessings and prophecy is Jesus, the only begotten Son of God. Philippians 2:9-11 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth 11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
All Israel will one day bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. Every nation under heaven will bow and confess that Jesus is Lord. When Jesus rules in His Kingdom the real prophecy of Joseph's will be fulfilled. The sun (Jacob), moon (Rachel) and the eleven stars (his eleven brothers) will bow and worship. Jacob knew the immediate meaning of the dream because he identified himself, Joseph's mother and his brothers as being the ones bowing in the dream. The dream was historically fulfilled with in brothers in Genesis 44:14. It was further fulfilled when Jacob came to him in Egypt and lived under his authority as second ruler in Egypt.
"Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee." All this with Jacob and Jacob's son Joseph foreshadow the time when all nations will bow before Jesus.
Further fulfillment will be when Israel will be first among the people of the earth. You don't set a course against the nation Israel and come out a winner. Look at the middle eastern nations who daily pronounce curses against Israel. Look at their condition. They worship at the feet of a bloodthirsty God called Allah and die by the thousands as Muslim attacks Muslim. They blow each other up, cut each other's heads off and strike out against the world. "And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him;" (Gen.16:12) Great Britain as the empire the sun never set on turned her back against Israel and tried to stop the return of the diaspora and immediately went into decline. She fought two world wars and was made weaker with each war. Had it not been for her "sister" the United States, she would have fallen. Britain is not a third rate nation beset with more problems than she can begin to handle. While Mohammedanism increases, true Christianity can scarcely be found. She is set for the ash heap of history. The nation that once carried the gospel around the world and set up great missionary societies now turns her back on the God who brought her to power after the Reformation.
Can the United States of America be far behind. As we turn more and more against the "Apple of God's Eye" we are seeing more and more of the curses of other nations brought to our shores. As we start "cursing" Israel God has started cursing us. We are in a continual state of war. We have a closet Muslim for a president who, while pretending to be Christian, fights for all that will bring evil on the country and world. While he is not the anti-Christ he is as the leopard (Rev. 13:2)(albeit Kenyan leopard: Google it) who moves like a bear (communist Russia), speaks as a lion (English speaking) and the devil empowers him. (Rev. 13:2) People adored him and elevated him to an almost Messiah like position. The world seemed at his feet and he has the power of the worlds greatest military at his command. Truly the similarities to the anti-Christ are frightening but he will come to his end and he will be broken (Dan. 8:25) by the decree of God.
The blessing of God to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 has now come to Jacob and he surely was blessed. By extension the blessings fall on all Israel and she surely she shall be blessed. The curse has fallen on all who have oppressed her and the nations of today will be no exception.
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