Jacob Excerpt

Gen. 33:4 “But Esau ran to meet him and embraced him.”

Esau was ready to forgive his brother the moment they are reunited. Jacob had foreseen a difficult process of reconciliation, a listing of past offences, a time to pay back all he had stolen; but Esau simply ran to meet his brother.

The story of the Prodigal and the story of the Supplanter is the same.  Even though we have deeply offended the Father or the brother, we are family.  “We should rejoice because your brother who was lost is now found.”  Luke 11.

Family never disappears.  God is on a rescue mission with the Son to restore all the brothers and sisters to the family.  He is seeking His children, and our place of belonging comes from this initial relationship with the father. Malachi 2:10-11.

Have we not all one Father?

Has not one God created us?

Why do we deal treacherously with one another?

God desires a reconciled family of believers.  To enter the promises of his blessings, we must take our Esau’s along, our spouses who we may have offended, our hurtful masters and wayward children all before the throne of grace.

This millennial generation is on a global quest to bring all of humanity into one community.  While their cultural diversity and “We are the world” slogans may be distorted by humanism, the longing for one voice of humanity is a desire of heaven.

As we approach eternity, more and more voices from every tribe, tongue, and people will join the chorus of Hallelujah.  The gathering of the nations is woven deep into the heart of God and echoes in the DNA of all of His children.

Rather than building walls between races and nations, we are called to run towards them, embrace them, kiss them and weep as Esau did to Jacob.  This call to the nations is the initial commission of the church and remains her lasting marching call.

Your movement is only going to be completely mature as you embrace the nations that are different from you and seek them to be reconciled to the higher purposes of God on the earth.

If Jacob and Esau can be reconciled, there is no gap too wide.