Category: Bible Study

At Christmas, we often focus on the atmosphere, but there’s a juridical necessity behind the incarnation that we must understand to fully appreciate the proclamation of the good news. Everything revolves around the concept of the Go’el. But let’s start from the beginning.

For centuries, Jacob has been popularly characterised as a trickster, a deceiver who manipulated his way into receiving God’s blessings. Many sermons and commentaries depict him as an opportunist who exploited his brother Esau’s weakness and deceived his father Isaac. However, a closer examination of the biblical text challenges this portrayal. Jacob was not a…