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Jacob and His Wives a Shadow of Christ
About this Teaching:
a. These stories confirm the allegories found in the life of Joseph.
b. Rachel and Leah are a history of Israel and the Gentile Bride.
Using Jacob as a shadow of Christ and his relationship with the Gentiles and the Jews this love triangle becomes an easily understood allegory. First I would like to point out that Leah is an allegory of the Gentile Church and her history. Rachel on the other hand is an allegory of the children of Israel and their history.
Leah’s name means wild cow. Her name is to insinuate that she has no one to care for her. A wild cow had no caretaker the same as the wild olive has no one to care for it. Paul understood this mystery of Leah and Rachel. This is why he called the Gentiles the wild olive. Israel was cared for by the Lord, therefore it was tame. By the Gentiles being grafted into the tame olive tells us that he will take care of us along with Israel. This is the very reason that Laban tricked Jacob and hid her in the tent on his wedding night instead of Rachel. He knew that Rachel would be cared for and believed that Jacob would be willing to work an extra seven years to get her. But he wanted someone to take care of his little girl, Leah. He believed that Jacob would be good to her. This is the reason God brought us into Israel’s promise so that we too would be taken care of.
Rachel’s name means ewe Lamb. She was so beautiful and Jacob loved her so much, she would have to become his wife. He asked Laban her father who agreed but told him he would have to labor for him for seven years before he could have her. Jacob did this but, on the wedding night, Laban tricked Jacob and hid Leah in the tent with him. Jacob supposed that she was Rachel and embraced her. In the morning he was very disturbed to find that she was there instead of Rachel. He then worked another 7 yrs. to get Rachel. All totaled he worked fourteen years to get her. Instead he ended up with two wives. Rachel’s life and her children tell us the history of Israel. Where they have been and where they are going. She was the wife of promise. Laban promised her to Jacob. Israel is the people to whom the promises came first. Jesus told the woman at the well; salvation is of the Jews. Paul himself said to the Jew first and also to the Greek. They were first choice because of the promise made to Abraham. When Christ came for her it would be deception that would prevent her from becoming his. In the meantime God gave Jesus a Gentile bride with the promise that later on he would save Israel. Rachel’s children tell us the history of Israel, If you remember Rachel wasn’t able to have children. She was barren. She also had a problem with Idols. This is one of the things that God held against her. On the other hand Leah began having children immediately which provoked Rachel to jealousy. Remember? Paul said in Romans 11:11 that God had saved the Gentiles to provoke Israel to jealousy! This is why Paul said this! He could see the story of Leah and Rachel as an allegory of the Gentile Church and Israel.
Rachel desired to have children, but was unable to do so. She decided to ask Jacob to take her handmaid Bilhah to wife, which was a custom they had in those days. Bilhah’s children would belong to Rachel. This way Rachel would no longer be ashamed. Bilhah was an allegory of the Law of Moses. She was a bondwoman, Paul told us in Galatians 4:21-31 concerning Abraham’s promise that Hagar the bondwoman was an allegory representing the Law of Moses. That Sarah was an allegory of the free woman of promise. According to scripture the Law came by necessity not by promise. But salvation will come to Israel to the free woman, not the bondwoman. He said to cast out the bond woman and her son, the bondwoman’s son would not be an heir with the freewoman’s son. Rachel’s bondwoman Bilhah represents the Law of Moses, she will bear two different sons. An allegory of two separate time periods with Israel. Bilhah has her children, but we must remember that they are legally Rachel’s children. Bilhah will first give birth to Dan.
1. Dan’s name means judging. When Bilhah gave birth to Dan, Rachel said God hath judged me, and hath heard my voice. It was Rachel that gave Dan his name. This was a shadow of Israel’s beginning under the Law of Moses. Moses was the first to judge Israel. After they had entered into the promise land, they were to be ruled by Judges for a period of time. This period lasted from Moses until the time that Samuel anointed Saul as king over Israel. The law represents bondage.
2. The next son that Bilhah gave birth to would also belong to Rachel. Rachel named him Naphtali, which means Wrestlings of God. Rachel said; With great wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and I have prevailed. This is the period of time that Israel decided that they wanted a King. Israel began to wrestle with God. They wanted a king; no more judges. God gave them a king, but their problems would only increase. They have been wrestling with God ever since. They were wrestling with God when Christ came. Israel will wrestle with God until the Church gives her the Gospel the way God wants us to. Jacob is a shadow of Israel wrestling with God, way up into the night. The Lord cripples him but Jacob wins. Israel will wrestle with God until God changes their minds about Jesus, then they will win and their walk will be changed forever. Leah is a shadow of the Gentile church. Rachel said that she had wrestled with her sister, referring to Leah, and that she had prevailed. God has saved the Gentiles to provoke Israel to jealousy. Rachel was terribly jealous of Leah, but in order to have children of her own, not from her handmaid, she will have to come to terms with Leah.
Rachel heard that Reuben had found some mandrake in a field. Reuben was the firstborn son of Leah. Mandrake was a herb that was suppose to cause a barren woman to have children or would increase child birth in some way or other. The mandrake in this story represents the Gospel of the lord Jesus Christ. This is what the lord uses to bring forth children. Jesus was the firstborn of many brethren, which was the church. This is who Reuben represents, the firstborn. But it is Leah who will have to give her the mandrake. Jesus has given us the Gospel, which will cause childbirth, but he doesn’t preach it, we must do that. This is what Leah is representing in this story, the Church. She doesn’t want to give the mandrake to Rachel. But when promised a special night with Jacob she immediately accepts. The next scene in this story is that she meets with Jacob and tells him that she has bought him for the night with mandrake. When the church gives the Gospel to the Jewish people, God will give us the greatest soul winning Revival America has ever seen in her history. But like Leah, who didn’t really care whether Rachel had children or not, The Church in America has ignored Paul’s plea in the 11th chapter of Romans. The Church doesn’t really care if the Jews get saved or not, this is why we have left them out of Bible prophecy until the very end. We don’t really want the Jews to come to Jesus, we have a jealousy problem, just like Leah. Leah began to have children of her own after doing this. We will have a great increase when we do what we are suppose to do.
After Leah had given the mandrake to Rachel, Rachel began to have children of her own. Not from her handmaid, but her very own. The first son she has is Joseph. Joseph’s name means the Lord shall add. When he was born she said the Lord shall add to me another son. She knew in her heart that she would give birth to another child and she would. The two sons Rachel is about to give birth to is a shadow of the divided kingdom of Israel. The same as the shadow in the story of Joseph and his shadows that we have just recently talked about. The Northern Kingdom was given to Joseph’s house. It was in the hand of Ephraim. The Northern Kingdom was called Israel most of the time, often times God called it Ephraim, sometimes he called it the house of Joseph. God had made the ten northern tribes companions with Joseph’s house. When looking at this allegory of Rachel’s children we are looking at the Northern Kingdom of Israel being born again through Jesus Christ first. In Jeremiah 31:9 God promised that Ephraim, the Northern Kingdom would be saved first. He said I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my first born. Here he is talking specifically of the Northern Kingdom of Israel that he had placed in Joseph’s care. Remember? In Ezekiel 37: God said that he would make a stick for Joseph, which was in the hand of Ephraim for all of Israel his companions, and that he would make a stick for Judah, for Israel and his companions. He would then bring them together and they would become one in his hand. Then he would bring them back to the Land of Israel and make them one nation upon the mountains of Israel and they would no longer be two nations.
Once again I would like to remind you that the largest group of Jews in the world is in the United States of America, this is the stick for Joseph. They will be saved before the tribulation begins. In this allegory Leah, representing the Gentiles, gives Rachel, who represents Israel, the mandrake which causes her to bear children. Remember? In Joseph’s story in Egypt his Gentile bride gives birth to his sons? This is another shadow of the Gentiles causing the birth of Israel through Jesus Christ. It’s the same shadow! The Gentiles will be responsible for the salvation of the Jews. Remember Joseph and his sons had the birthright, which also meant that they were the firstborn. Then Rachel gives birth to her second and last son whose name was Benjamin. His name means the son of the right hand. This son will be born during a time of great stress. Jesus called this period of time, the time of sorrows. Rachel dies giving birth to this last child. Because of her grief, she names him Benoni, which means son of my sorrow. Once again this is a shadow of the time of sorrows. But, Jacob says no, we are not going to name him Benoni, but his name will be Benjamin. This name means the son of the right hand. Where does Jesus sit? On the right hand of God? Yes, I believe he does. This is telling us that these children of Israel will be born through the right hand of God. Speaking of Jesus himself.
This son represents all the Jews who are living in the nation of Israel. This is Ezekiel’s stick for Judah, the Southern Kingdom of Israel, under Judah’s name. God placed the tribe of Benjamin with Judah in the Southern Kingdom when he divided Israel into two kingdoms. Benjamin was Joseph’s brother not his son. In the story of Joseph, when Joseph was trying to get his brothers to bring Benjamin to him, Jacob would not let him go to Egypt. Finally facing starvation and certain death if he doesn’t, He placed Benjamin in Judah’s care to take him to Egypt. When they came to Joseph, Joseph could no longer keep his identity hidden. He revealed himself to his brothers. When the Jews from Israel come to America where Joseph’s family is living, Jesus will reveal himself to them and they will accept him as their Lord and bow their knees to him. This is why God placed Benjamin with Judah. God is using Joseph’s family as the means to bring all of Israel to Jesus. In an effort to bring Benjamin to Joseph’s family, he will be in Judah’s care; Judah will have to come with him. This is how God is going to save Judah along with Joseph’s house. He will bring them together in a place that he has prepared to accomplish this. In doing so, he will save the whole house of Israel. It was Joseph’s servants the Gentiles that fed Joseph’s family when they came, He commanded them to give his brother Benjamin a greater portion.
The Gentile church is about to do the greatest work we have ever been given to do. The whole nation of Egypt came to Joseph because of that terrible time. God is going to bring the whole nation of America to Jesus during the terrible time that is coming upon the world. God is going to use America like he did Egypt during the famine. Millions of people will come to America from all over the world because of the distress from the anti-Christ during the last 3 &1/2 years. God has created America to be a refuge in the world. He isn’t through with America yet!
It is so easy to see that these two stories confirm one another. Yet, both of these stories have another mystery that is wonderful to know. Both the story of Joseph in Egypt and Jacob and his two wives, have a 14 yr. time period that is a mystery. This 14 yr. time period in each story tells us different things about Christ and Israel. Jacob labored for 14 yrs. to get Rachel; none of his labor was for Leah yet she became his wife along with Rachel. Rachel represents Israel; Leah represents the Gentiles. This is telling us that Jesus will labor for Israel 14 yrs. before he will claim her as his bride. He has already labored for Israel 3 ½ yrs. Then he turned to the Gentiles. He has yet to labor another 3 ½ yrs. before the first 7 yrs. are complete. The Gentiles have become his bride during this first 7 yrs. of time. The 7 yrs. of tribulation will be the last 7 yrs. of his labor for Israel. The story of Joseph has the same 14 yrs. of Labor.
During the first seven yrs. he provided the provision for the salvation of his brothers who would come to him in Egypt. But, in doing so he provided salvation for anyone who lived anywhere in the whole world. As long as they came to him for the provision. During the first 7 yrs. he took a Gentile bride. This is the same as the shadow of Jacob getting Rachel for his first 7 yrs. of labor. But remember his labor wasn’t for her; it was for Rachel. Leah represents the Gentiles, Jacob represents Christ. In Joseph’s story his Gentile bride gave him children, Manasseh and Ephraim. Remember Joseph’s house has the birthright, and Ephraim is the holder of it. This is an allegory of the Northern Kingdom being born because of the Gentile bride. The Northern Kingdom belonged to Joseph’s house. This will happen during the first 7 yrs. that Christ will labor for Israel. This is during the 7 yrs. before the tribulation. Remember in the story of Leah and Rachel? It was Leah who gave the mandrake to Rachel so that she could bear children. She was responsible. This is telling us the same thing. The Gentiles will be responsible for the salvation of the Jews in America. There will also be a great harvest of souls before the last 7 yrs. This is shown by the harvest that Joseph reaped before the 7 yrs. of famine came. Jesus has already spent 3 ½ yrs. making provision in his labor for Israel. He purchased salvation at the cross, gave us the Gospel to take to the world, and poured out the Holy Spirit upon the earth. But Israel was held in blindness and God turned to the Gentiles. Time has stood still concerning his labor for Israel. In the last 3 ½ yrs. before the tribulation begins He will begin to labor for the salvation of Israel once again. This is proven by the story of Joseph’s Gentile bride giving birth to his children. An interesting thing about this is that only recently in America the Jewish people have been coming to Christ in large numbers. Estimates are being made anywhere from 60,000 to 600,000. If these estimates are true, we could be very close to the last 3 ½ yrs just before the seven yrs. of tribulation.
Remember? This is Christ’s labor for Israel. The last 7 yrs. will be the last 7 yrs. of his labor for Israel. During this last 7 years the Jews living in Israel will come to America to be joined together with their brothers. When this happens Christ will be revealed to them and they will accept Jesus themselves. After they are saved the Gospel will go across the world like a wildfire. Of course the anti-Christ will have conquered 1/4th of the world which will cause major problems for those people who live there and to the missionaries who try to take them the Gospel. God is going to save whole nations before the return of Christ. The last 7 yrs. is known as the great and dreadful day of the Lord. It will be wonderful for some, but dreadful for others.
God has given us these two stories, the one of Joseph in Egypt, the other of Jacob and his wives to show us what is about to happen in the world. It’s up to you and me to make a decision. God has given us these two witnesses in the scriptures to prove that it is true. Will we take this message on faith and do what God wants us to do? Or will we wait in unbelief? Jesus is not coming for the Church until we have finished the work that he has given us to do. In Romans the 11th Chapter, Paul begged us to have mercy on the Jews by giving them the Gospel. He said that God had placed Israel in blindness that he might have mercy on us. With the hope that through our mercy, Israel would find mercy. He then said that this was the plan of God, that he might have mercy upon all. Romans 11:30-31. Won’t you please help us take the Gospel to the Jews in America? Aren’t you tired of the death, the drugs, and the wickedness that Satan has afflicted our nation? Only You and me can do it and that is only with God’ s help. Please, pray for his will concerning your participation in this great event.
Leah is a history of the Gentile Bride
Leah is a shadow of the Gentile Church. Her life shows us a history of the Church, from the time of Christ, to the judgment seat of Christ during the millennial reign of Christ.
Rachel was Jacob’s first choice, which shows Israel, but Leah was his first wife. She was the wife of his circumstance. The Jews rejected Jesus, so He turned to the Gentiles. The sons that were born to Leah give us a history of the Church’s condition down through the age.
The first four sons born to Leah were all sons of her own. They were a shadow of the early Church, free from the law; free from sin (in Christ); and pleased Jesus very much.
The first son was Rueben, behold a son (first fruits). In Genesis 29:32 Leah said, "Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me."
Here the Gentile Church is born, the Gentile Bride. It was born in persecution from the Jews who believed that Christianity was perverting Judaism. Rachel despised Leah and that was the reason God blessed Leah with children and Rachel was left barren.
This early Church suffered very much, but had the true spirit of the Gentile Bride. It all began with Peter’s message to the house of Cornelius, and exploded into birth after Paul’s conversion to Christ, when he became the Apostle to the Gentiles. This early Church, just like Leah, longed for the presence of her husband.
The second son was Simeon, hearing. In Genesis 29:33, Leah said, "Because the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also:" This early Church went through a lot of persecution, and God heard their cry. It seemed that the more the Church was persecuted, the more people got saved. The Romans tried to kill the Church, but were eventually converted to Christ themselves.
These sons mark a distinct difference from one period of Christian conversion to another. This group of people were saved over a period of time. It was the love of the Gentile Bride for Jesus that caused this special group of Christians. Christ was moved by passion for His Bride, because of the suffering she endured for Him, and He gave her a revival of souls. But the Roman persecution only became more horrible as Christ brought forth new children. The third son Leah had was Levi, joined. In Genesis 29: 34, Leah said, "Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons:" The Church continued to grow, even though it was under very severe persecutions. They were burned at the stake, fed to lions, and killed in great numbers because of their love for Jesus. The Church become ONE at this time, laying aside all their differences. Dying side by side, they loved the Lord. This group of people believed that it was time for Jesus to come and laid everything aside to please Him. Because of this, God brought them peace and saved their persecutors the Romans The fourth son born to Leah was the last to be born (before the dark ages of the Church came). This group of people loved God and worked together. It was from the heart, and that pleased God.
This son’s name was Judah, praise. In Genesis 29:35, Leah said, "Now will I praise the Lord." The verse continues, "therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing."
This group of people realized that the Lord delayed His coming, they still loved the Lord, and praise was sincere. They were no longer being persecuted, and God had saved their persecutors so there was nothing to fear. The Church began to prosper in material things and Christianity was a popular thing. They now had their own servants, chariots and horses, big houses with swimming pools in the back yard. Prosperity was the rule of the time. In all this blessing something happened to Leah. She became barren. She lost the desire to see souls saved, and quit praying for the lost. She was too busy getting things to notice. Does this sound familiar?
The next two sons born to Leah were by her handmaid, Zilpah, which means a drop. The handmaids represent Law, and Zilpah’s name, a drop, is a shadow of something falling, more like a drop of myrrh falling to the ground. Paul called this period the great falling away.
During this same period of time, the Church was out of fellowship with God. It tried to force mankind to accept Christianity, but it was done with armies and violence. Anyone who opposed the Church was put to death. The Bible was taken away from the people and could only be read by the leaders of the Church. But, God had not forgotten His people.
The Church became rich, fat, and blind. Idolatry was introduced, and religion, rather than God, tried to dominate the world.
Leah’s fifth son, Gad, fortune, was born to her handmaid, Zilpah. When he was born, his mother said, "a troop cometh." The word fortune is not a lightly given word in this period of Christianity. The Catholic Church was born to the Church at this time. Wealth and power was the goal. The direction of men would no longer come to men through the Holy Spirit, for now the Church would answer to man, rather than to God.
The Church would rule with armies, rather than love. During this period, God gave birth, but many would try to follow God, only to be killed by the Church itself, accusing the true hearts of being heretics. Legalism, just like the Law of Moses, bound God’s people, and they became prisoners of man’s opinions, rather than the Grace that God gives. Leah’s bondwoman gave birth to them, and the bondwoman represents the bondage of laws and legalism. The Bible was preserved during this period that man called the Dark Ages. During this age almost half of the earth’s population died from the black plague. If you will notice, it happened in those countries that were being ruled by this Church’s power. God smote the earth with a curse because of their hardness. The next son born to the bondwoman was Asher, which means happy. After men like Martin Luther had broken away from the Catholic Church, people were set free to serve God. They proclaimed liberty and grace, and the Protestant Church was born. This breaking away had to happen, in order to preserve the Church. The Church was being reborn through the spirit of rebellion, and it was necessary at the time. But after the Church had come out of bondage, it should have stayed free, but it did not. It shook off one chain to put on more. Being called a Protestant does not exactly set well with me. I’m not protesting anything, but sin and ungodliness, but I’m not at war with my brother or sister in Christ. The Church today is divided in legalism over different points in the Bible. The spirit of the churches is saying: "If you don’t see it the way we see it, then we are against you. The word Protestant, has become an old word with a new meaning. When it is all said and done, and Jesus has returned, the Church, in reflecting the past, will be ashamed of this Protestant age, mainly because of our constant warfare of legalism between one another. This was born in rebellion, and the spirit of rebellion is still here.
God has preserved the Church in spite of all of this and we, like Leah in Genesis 30:13, are saying, "Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed." We are concerned over what the daughters think, you know, the other churches? We want them to believe that we are perfectly happy and have been blessed above them. The spirit of competition fills the air between the churches, rather than fellowship.
I recently asked a brother of another church if he and the church to which he belonged, would participate with our church, and many other churches, in the annual March for Jesus? His answer was that of pure amazement. He was shocked that I would even suggest such a thing. Most certainly, they would not participate in such an embarrassing circumstance. When asked why, he suggested that others would see them marching with us and would think that they had lowered their standard of Christian living. What was really sad, was that this brother’s standard of Christian living might embarrass some sinners! All he was succeeding in doing was maintaining their typical standard of division. We have grown to the point that some are able to fellowship a little. But, we are going to have to go beyond fellowship, to working together in an effort to reach the lost. Our emphasize has to be on the CROSS, rather than our petty religious stands. Paul said that our divisions are carnal. It is during this son that God gave the Church several nations where they could serve God in relative peace. Freedom of worship, (Happy). But, this son born to Leah’s bondwoman will truly be happy when we do what God wants us to do. The churches in America must unite to the degree that we can reach the lost in America together. If you are happy with the abortion, the rape and murder, the children shooting each other in gang wars, the rate of divorce, the homosexuality, all the ungodly sexual sins in this country, if you are happy with this, then do not do anything. Then you will find you and your children laying somewhere a victim of the murder or rape that you have been so unconcerned about.
But, if you care, then listen carefully to this message to the Church, and see America saved and the people in this country changed. We need NEW HEARTS, not NEW LAWS. We have got to return to the CROSS OF JESUS, and learn to imitate men like Billy Graham, who have presented a constant door to Heaven, without the leaven of materialism and personal gain, but unselfish giving of the true Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Now, if you remember, Leah has had four sons of her own, and the last two were hers, but is was the bondwoman who gave birth to them. Leah represents the Gentile bride, and the Catholic Church that has tried to gain world dominion is the bondwoman. And, so is every doctrine of man that has been born out of division and controversy. The true hearted Christian is always trying to patch and heal, making amends for the condition of the Church. People who criticize people for hearing and understanding the voice of God are going to have to get close enough to God so that they can hear Him too. It will be true hearts in the Catholic and Protestant Church that will hear His voice and obey when He calls.
The Catholics cannot change what their ancestors have done, anymore than the Protestants can, but we can Love each other and do what God wants us to do today.
Leah was barren. It was her bondwoman that was giving birth, and she wanted more children of her own, born from her own body, not the bondwoman. It was at that time that God put her heart to the test. Rachel knew that Leah’s first born, Rueben, had found mandrakes in the field. According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, mandrake is an herb used to promote conception. Rachel asked Leah if she would get the mandrakes from Rueben, and give them to her, because she was barren. But, Leah protested, sounds like Protestant all right. We are so selfish, if it is not about us or for us, we do not want to get involved. We have got our own programs, you do your program and we will do ours. Rachel is a shadow of Israel, Jacob’s first love. Leah’s response to Rachel’s request was of total unbelief. In Genesis 30:15, she said unto her, "is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? And, wouldest thou take my son’s mandrakes also?"
But, God was testing Leah’s heart, just as He is doing today with this message that I am sharing with you. God is testing the Gentile Bride, so He can cause her fullness to appear.
Rachel replied to her in the same verse of scripture, and said, "therefore he shall lie with thee tonight for thy sons mandrakes."
God was cutting a deal with Leah so that she could have more children of her own. This time, not with the bondwoman’s heart, but from her own. The mandrakes in this scripture represent the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The seed, the Word of God. Without the hearing of the Gospel, people can not be born. The Church cannot reproduce without the sharing of the Gospel. Notice, it is Rueben’s mandrakes. Rueben was the first born.
The Bible tells us in Romans 8:29, that Jesus was the firstborn of many brethren. What this tells us, is this: the mandrakes represent the Gospel of the first born, or the Gospel of Jesus Christ, without doctrinal special revelations.
Leah could not resist, she loved Jacob so much. The Gentile Bride will do the same thing because she loves Jesus so much. She wants to see her children saved. Because she had done as she had been asked, Leah went out to meet Jacob in the evening. She told him that she had bought him with Rueben’s mandrakes. Jacob spent the night with her. Genesis 30:17 says that God hearkened unto Leah and gave her another son.
What God is going to do for the Gentile Bride, after she gives the Gospel to the Jews in our own country, will be to give us a very intimate relationship with Him. The first true intimate relationship that the Church has had in over a thousand years. This will bring Revival to America, like no other time in our history. This will be the beginning of the latter rain of the Holy Spirit, and will lead to the birth of two more sons.
You would be surprised at the number of people that I have shared the salvation of Israel with who have responded with a comment something like this, "Well, I do not believe that God wants to save the Jews anymore than anyone else. There are a lot of people all over the world that we need to reach. In fact, our church has it’s own missionary program. I don’t think we need to change or show partiality when it comes to the Gospel."
You must realize that this is the same way that Leah felt when Rachel made this request. She felt, "why should I become especially concerned with you having babies when I need babies of my own." It is only natural for the Gentile Bride to want more Gentiles saved. And, God wants to do this very thing, if we will obey Him by taking the Gospel to the Jews. He will bless our efforts in taking the Gospel to other Gentiles. This is exactly His plan. There will be more Gentiles saved after this happens than have been saved in the last nineteen hundred years all combined. There will be multiple healings all over America. Our whole nation will be completely changed. No more drug addition, no more abortions. Marriages will begin to hold fast, and little children will not be molested any longer. Why? Because God is going to change the heart of America!! There are six million Jews in America, let’s go reach them with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
Leah’s next son was her very own. She named him Issachar, which means man of hire. She felt that she had earned him, and she did. It was God’s deal, you don’t have to worry about whether God will keep His word or not. God cannot lie. This son is born because she obeyed God. It will be a tremendous harvest of souls. In fact, during this same harvest Ephraim, or the Jews in America and the western part of the world, will be saved, because we gave them the Gospel. Remember the story of Joseph’s Gentile bride giving birth to Ephraim and Manasseh? It is the same event. This happens right before the tribulation. The last son that was born to Leah was named Zebulun, which means a dwelling place. She said, "Now will my husband dwell with me." This son will be born to the Gentile nations during the seven year tribulation. Their expectations will be His return, and they will open their hearts in love more and more as they see the day approach. The heart of man is where Jesus lives, until He comes back. And, in this Church period, He will live in the hearts of millions of Christians, as never before. We will call it the End-time Revival Then Leah had a daughter, Dinah, which means judgment. This daughter represents the people who are spared at the judgment seat of Christ, who do not make it in the rapture. Notice, it was a daughter, not a son. Sons represent heads of households. She will be the people that fill the earth during the thousand year reign of Jesus.
The sons (or raptured Church) will take care of her during the reign of Jesus.
Dinah was defiled by a wicked person and God brought vengeance on them for it. At the end of the thousand years, Satan will be loosed, and will destroy many of these people. But, God will destroy the wicked in a fiery wrath. After Leah had her last son, Zebulun, a dwelling place, she said that her husband would come and live with her because she had given him six sons. But, if you add the two she had by Zilpah, her handmaid, you will see that she had eight. She said six. She did not acknowledge the sons that she had received from the bondwoman. Paul said that whoever was seeking to be saved by the works of the law had fallen from grace.
The two sons during the dark ages were rejected by the true Church, and by the Lord, also. People who separate themselves from the rest of the body of believers because of by-laws that they have turned into golden calves to worship, heed this warning: THE PROMISE IS GRACE. He said, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." Jacob wanted the promise, but Esau did not think it was worth very much. It is the will of God that the Church becomes ONE in the spirit of Love, and that we all come to the unity of the faith, and love Jesus with a pure heart.
When the early Church made an attempt at becoming one, it ended in legalism and law. They tried to enforce unity with law. It did not work then, and it will not work today. Love cannot be enforced by law. It has to come through the fruits of the Spirit. Love, patience, and long suffering are the keys. Stand still and see the GLORY of GOD.
I would like to add one thing to this. The Protestant Church has come a long way in the last one hundred years, and so have the Catholics in this country. If we are born again, and washed in the blood of Jesus, that makes us ONE. It is God’s will that we love one another. Love never fails.
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Your brother in Christ Tommie Spurgeon
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