Part 2: No Soup for You [JACOB] // David Asscherick

Two brothers, two personalities, two nations, one pot of stew. In this well-known story of conflict, Jacob secures the long-treasured birthright from his elder brother, but has he really obtained it? Does he even understand it? The Bible says that, “Esau despised his birthright” (Genesis 25:34). This is true, but as we’ll see in this study, so did Jacob!

[@juliegrizzell6824]

I'm 67 and looking back with some discouragement at major life choices. I came upon your series and have found some clarity and comfort. Thank you for the guidance offered. There is always hope in God.

[@Quintori]

"Nothing is a better pillow than a clear conscience."
WHEW! That's a word there.

[@daniel_Kings16]

God bless you pastor David.

[@robertsynko6681]

I love the concept David describes that our life is a line and not a "dot". The "line" looks at the long view, whereas the "dot view" is impulsive, short-sighted, and often leads us to make wrong decisions that go against His design for our lives. Amen!

[@pauguste6559]

I can’t stop listening! I just keep going to the next chapter. Thank you for presenting this series so clearly. Yes, please do a Joseph series 🙏🏾. God bless you.

[@dominiquer3036]

Yes please! A series on Joseph would be great!

[@AnaMaria-rf8sv]

YES! Please make a series on Joseph, it'd be lovely. ^-^

[@maryreasor7613]

Thank you David. I now have a better understanding of this story and the brothers’ relationship. God bless you. May we maintain and understand the significance of our birthright for the Glory of God and not our own selfish desires.

[@onfireforjesus8374]

This was very good!

[@clc7378]

🙌🏼 Thank You! … 🙏🏼

[@lovemoremzatinkhalamba4882]

Man, this is good!

[@terriharper697]

This helping me to wean off of #scwithda lol. We often think of the despise of Esau, but not Jacob. Even given the prophecy, to "take" what God will give you is equally disrespectful of God. Neither Rebbekah or Jacob understood. She had already "taken" Isaac "by her action, or will" so she didn't understand the God of Abraham. She didn't 'grasp' His wisdom and way.

[@sheldonschultz4681]

I find it fascinating how many people see this story as God's prediction that the deception would happen, which was the "Plan." I, however, see this as much like the predicted death of Jesus, He was going to die on the cross, but the prophecy was open enough that people did not have to sin and be lost for the prophecy to be fulfilled. Judas could have gone in a different direction in the end. Judas had betrayed Christ, but if he did not do so, the story would still have fit the prophetic expectation and come to the same conclusion. No one was forced to do as they did, and the deception did not have to happen here for God to work and create a situation where the younger ruled over, the older.

[@Charlotte-bu1zu]

Did God designed the prophecy that way. Or was God simply revealing to R e Becca how the events will unfold.
Also was Jacob simply doing his cooking routine as a family chore and preconceived that he will use an occasion as this to buy the birthright. Perhaps Esau was in the habit of making these hunting trips and returning home just in time for meals. And Jacob feeling peeved decided in the last previous times he will make Esau beg for food And so this would have been the most opportune time....

[@derekriethmeier4366]

What justification is there at 34:15 to justify rendering the text "my birthright." I can't find any English translation that uses "my."

[@kv2morgan]

What a great dilemma these two boys have?
neither understood what the Birthright meant, really.

[@1Sewstuff]

What a difference between the way Jacob and David looked at their futures knowing their future given by God.
Why Gid does not always give us the answers to our inquiries. What would it have been like had Rebecca not known what she knew?

[@jojacori]

The case of David is an exception?

[@dominiquer3036]

Isaac wasn’t the first born child. He more than anyone else should have understood that this was spiritual and had nothing to do with who was born first.

[@likeenoch-walkandtalkw6112]

You can see how Jesus (second adam) has played in this

[@charlesoneal4866]

New, I'm from VA

[@thelmafrancisco5585]

The redundancy at the beginning is a bit unnecessary

[@gpl422sda]

David the KJV Gen 25:31 says thy not my birthright

[@sheldonschultz4681]

David, when you say you are not a hunter, you are entirely wrong. You are a fly fisherman; of all people who fish, a fly fisherman is the most excellent hunter and the most skilled at reading the fish's life and using that knowledge to deceive the fish into taking his fake food to catch the fish. This is hunting at its best; many "Hunters" use a hit-and-miss approach which is more like gathering, such as a casting net or a big boat using a bottom trawl. Your fishing is far more like Jesus intended us to equate with His statement to become "Fishers of Men." Do you tie your own flys? If so, I am amazed you have never done a series on fly fishing and the great commission. Many people would never watch your videos like this one above, but if it was filmed while fly fishing and you are talking about how it relates to the gospel, it could be a gospel magnet.