"And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me./ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel;"
The House of Laban is the microcosm of the world, and for the heir of promise it is the house of 'my pilgrimage' (Ps.119.54) the Spirit sets Rachel as a song which resonates with the Song of Solomon. Rachel signifies the Bride of Christ. In terms of Jacob and Rachel we shall study the significance of Laban's words, 'Abide with me." Jacob had already stayed funder his roof or a month. "And he abode with him the space of a month."(v.14) With a slippery fellow like Laban the god of this world provides as several instances of sons of perdition. The beast in the Vision of St John 'and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."(Rev.13.5) Is this relevant here? What does 42 mean then?.
"Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle."(31.41) Jacob served Laban 14 years for his brides. So 14x3= 42 gives us the number. This same number we have in the generation of Jesus Christ."So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations."(Mt.1.17) The Spirit sets the relationship of Christ and his bride motif in the house of Labann so it is set as a guard rail in instruct us in what sense it is to be understood. Jacob as a steward is set in terms of the Son and under the everlasting Covenant. Thus 'and six years for thy cattle' ties up with Gen. 1.28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it..." So entering into the rest of God on day Seven is apt. What does Peniel means? "for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (32.30)
"And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me./ And Jacob served seven years for Rachel;"
The House of Laban is the microcosm of the world, and for the heir of promise it is the house of 'my pilgrimage' (Ps.119.54) the Spirit sets Rachel as a song which resonates with the Song of Solomon. Rachel signifies the Bride of Christ. In terms of Jacob and Rachel we shall study the significance of Laban's words, 'Abide with me." Jacob had already stayed funder his roof or a month. "And he abode with him the space of a month."(v.14) With a slippery fellow like Laban the god of this world provides as several instances of sons of perdition. The beast in the Vision of St John 'and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months."(Rev.13.5) Is this relevant here? What does 42 mean then?.
"Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle."(31.41) Jacob served Laban 14 years for his brides. So 14x3= 42 gives us the number. This same number we have in the generation of Jesus Christ."So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations."(Mt.1.17) The Spirit sets the relationship of Christ and his bride motif in the house of Labann so it is set as a guard rail in instruct us in what sense it is to be understood. Jacob as a steward is set in terms of the Son and under the everlasting Covenant. Thus 'and six years for thy cattle' ties up with Gen. 1.28 "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it..." So entering into the rest of God on day Seven is apt. What does Peniel means? "for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." (32.30)
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