Jacob becomes Israel

 He was the son of Isaac and Rebekah  and the grandson of Abraham.

From Genesis;

                     25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she

                                said, If it be so, why am I like this? And she went to enquire

                                of the LORD.

                     25:23 And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb,

                               and two manner of people shall be separated from your body;

                               and the one people shall be stronger than the other people;

                               and the elder shall serve the younger.

 Jacob was the second twin to come out of his mother Rebekah's womb.  Esau was the first

born and was a hunter and Jacob was a mild man dwelling in tents. Isaac loved Esau

because he ate of his game but Rebekah loved Jacob.

  Jacob was cooking a stew one day when Esau came home from hunting and was famished,

and asked Jacob for some stew, but Jacob said first swear to give me your birthright. Esau

said I will faint if you don't give me some food, so he swore to him and gave Jacob his

birthright as the first born for he thought little of it, then Jacob gave Esau some stew.

 Now later on when Isaac was older and nearing the end of his life, he called Esau in and told

him to go get him some wild game and prepare it the way he likes it. Then I will give you my

blessing for the first born. Rebekah overheard the conversation and told Jacob to go and get

a lamb from the flock and she would prepare it the way your father likes it. Jacob said to his

mother that his father might touch him and feel his smooth skin and not the hair of his brother

and then curse him. But his mother pushed him and said she would bear the curse, and

so they fastened animal skins to his forearms for Isaac to feel. Then he went in and received

the blessing;

                      See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed:

                      27:28 Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the

                      fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine:

                      27:29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be

                      lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to

                      you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be

                      he that blesses you.

When Esau returned he was furious about the deception and begged for a blessing from his

father and this was his blessing from Isaac;

                                                           Jacob's Ladder

 One night on the way to Laban's house Jacob bedded down for the night and used a rock for a

pillow. While asleep that night;

          The Switch, what goes around comes around

blessed and things that he touched flourished. So Laban had 2  problems, first he didn't want to lose

Jacob and second Rachel was his second daughter, and Leah the eldest was not yet married. So on

the wedding night instead of Rachel, Laban had forced Leah to take her sister's place.  In the morning

light Jacob realized he had been deceived this time. Then Laban said he could have Rachel for another

7 years work. So Jacob worked for another 7 years, an Leah began to bear Jacob the first of his 12 sons.

But Rachel was barren, for God saw that Jacob did not love Leah. So Jacob was given her handmaid

Bilhah who bore him 2 sons. Also Zilpah, Leah's handmaid bore him 2 sons, and Leah gave Jacob

a total of 6 sons. Finally God heard the cries of Rachel and she bore Jacob's 11th son Joseph.

   Now it was time for Jacob to leave and return home, so he went to Laban to ask for wages for all the

years he had worked for him. Laban asked Jacob what he wanted, and he said all the spotted and

speckled cattle and goats and brown sheep in his flock and for this he would also tend his flocks for

another year. But Laban went through the herds and removed all of these animals and gave them to his

sons, then he went away to graze the animals that Jacob was not tending to. But an Angel told Jacob to

peel some rods taken from the Poplar, Chestnut and Hazel trees. He laid the rods in the drinking troughs

for the herds and then the animals would mate in front of the rods. When the best cattle would mate

he would place the rods by them. All the offspring from the cattle and goats were spotted and speckled,

and the sheep were brown. So Jacob became wealthy and had large flocks.

   Then the Lord told Jacob to return to his home and that He would be with him, so he packed everything

up and they left. Now Laban was mad, especially because unbeknown to Jacob, Rachel had taken her

father's idols. Laban eventually caught up with Jacob and complained to him. Jacob said to search his

camp and if he found the idols he could kill the person who stole them, not knowing that it was Rachel.

But Rachel hid all the idols in a pillow and sat on it and when Laben came into her tent she said it was

her time of the month and that she couldn't get up. So Laban found nothing and he made a covenant

with Jacob, for the Lord had warned him not to harm His servant Jacob. So he left in peace.

                                           Esau and the Angel

 Now it was time to meet Esau. So he sent messengers ahead of him with gifts to prepare the way.

When they returned they told Jacob that Esau was on his way with 400 men. So he became afraid

and divided his camp in two and prayed to the Lord for help. He sent them across the creek and he

was alone until a man came upon him and they wrestled until daybreak. When he saw that he was

not prevailing against him he touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh and it was dislocated. He asked

Jacob to let him go and Jacob said not until you bless me, then he said what is your name. He

replied Jacob. He answered your name shall no longer be Jacob but Israel, and he blessed him.

So Israel called the place Peniel, for I have seen God face to face and my life is preserved.

   Now since I was a little child I had known that I would have a bad leg, and as the years have

unfolded They have broken my right leg 3 times now. Twice in the ankle which is a reminder

of what God told Satan long ago;

Also the day I started writing this chapter was the day before Lent began, that evening while

skating I tore the groin muscle in my right leg, They never stop. I have been wrestling with an

Angel/teacher for years now, and there are times I wish I could get a hold of him and that it

would stop and the relationship could change. This is something I pray for everyday.

  Esau  came to his camp with his men and Jacob bowed low before him 7 times as he made

his way to him. Esau embraced his brother and they made peace, he asked Jacob to come

to his land. But Jacob said he had to rest his young children and flocks and that he would be

along later. But the Lord wanted him to go another way.

Now from the Book of Revelation here are a few verses, in the first

2 Jesus is clearly talking about someone else

The Alpha phase will end with the 2 witnesses from the 11th chapter in Revelation.

               11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of

               the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

Then it will be their turn to rule, the 2 from the 13th chapter in Revelation.

                 13:16 And he caused all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond,

But their time will end and their will be a purification upon the Earth and there will

be around a 1000 year reign of the most Holy Eucharist, Jesus Christ.

The name is Chyren Selin 7th, which is from the book Les Propheties by

Michel Nostradamus.  Chyren Selin Quatrains

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