1. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob
Genesis

2. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
Not in spite of but through these differences that
God affirms His covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

3. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
1. Affirmation at Bethel (28:10-22)
A. The Events Leading to Bethel (27:1 - 28:9)
B. The Dream (28:10-13)
C. The Affirmation (28:14-15)

4. Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.
Genesis 28:15

5. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
We can’t have faith in God and Jesus Christ without knowing what He has said.
Faith is in His Person based on what He has said.

6. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
1. Affirmation at Bethel (28:10-22)
A. The Events Leading to Bethel (27: :9)
B. The Dream (28:10-13)
C. The Affirmation (28:14-15)
D. Jacob’s Worship and Pledge (28:16-22)

7. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
Worship is an action in response to God’s Word that always recognises the Lord’s headship.

8. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
2. Jacob’s Wrestle with God (31:1 – 32:32)
A. The Command of the Lord (31:3)
B. The Reminder of the Lord’s Promise (31:13)
C. The Wrestle at Penuel (32:22-32)

9. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
Insecurity is evidence of unbelief, lack of faith in Jesus Christ, in His willingness and/or power to fulfil His word.

10. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
3. Reaffirmation at Bethel (35:1-12)
A. The Command to Go (35:1)

11. Genesis Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

12. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
3. Reaffirmation at Bethel (35:1-12)
A. The Command to Go (35:1)
B. The Cleansing (35:2-4)

13. Genesis And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments 3. “Then let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.”

14. Genesis So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the terebinth tree which was by Shechem.

15. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
3. Reaffirmation at Bethel (35:1-12)
A. The Command to Go (35:1)
B. The Cleansing (35:2-4)
C. The Reaffirmation of the Covenant (35:11-12)

16. Genesis 35 11. And God said to him; “I am God Almighty
Genesis And God said to him; “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body.”

17. Genesis 35
“The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land.”

18. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob: Genesis 27 - 35
God WILL do ALL that He has said He WILL

19. Covenant Nation Affirmed to Jacob
Genesis