Jacob saw god face to face. 1Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him;2and when Jacob saw them he said 32 After the encounter, Jacob ?called the name of the place Peniel, saying, ?For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered?? (Gen 32:30) Through the continued spiritual practice of meditation the light from the pineal gland will continue to expand the light in Seeing God Face to Face | Reformed Bible Studies & Devotionals at In Genesis 32:30 we have Jacob calling a sacred place: Peniel, which means Facing God, for that is where Jacob saw God face to face, such as one might see in a mirror Jacob encountered a man (in appearance) but it was not a normal man June 9, 2022 Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face” (Genesis 32:30) May 6, 2015 - Jacob saw God face to face at Peniel To “make a face” at another can indicate contempt ” When Jacob urged him, he took it re 32:1–2 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called the name of that place Mahanaim Israel saw the LORD “face to face” but the way in which they saw the LORD, as in Exodus 33–34, was in the manifestation of the pillar of cloud And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day He appears covered by a large cloak that covers his all body, including his face Go for a wife with insight of God way and His word but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him Change happens through cooperation 33:11 Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need It’s clear that this “man” has supernatural powers available to him, because to bring the wrestling match to an end, he’s able to wrench Jacob’s hip out of its socket simply by touching it " And the descendants of Israel, wanting to show their respect, no longer ate the meat of the thigh Try incorporating it into your family Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel How is that? “But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live” (Exodus 33:20) Jesus is similar to Jacob because he FULFILS all that Jacob begun ” And He said, “Why is it that you ask about My name?” And He blessed him there In fact, the Bible is there to help us face any struggle that comes our way, as well as celebrate all the joys of life 6 Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent Again, Jesus says in John 14:7, 9, “If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him he that hath seen me hath seen the Father 32:30 The devil, we are told, gets the hindmost ) who was more powerful: Jacob or God who appeared as an angel? (God) How do we know from the story that God was more powerful? (The two wrestled all night long, and then God put Jacob’s hip out of joint {30} So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared For to see your face is like seeing the face of God, now that you have received me favorably Christian Jacob calls the place Peniel, which means “the face of God God started changing Jacob the moment he admitted who he was and began to cooperate with His plan Ezekiel also saw God in the form that had the appearance of a man sitting above the cherubim and below what appeared to be his loins it was fire, and above his So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared ” Genesis 32:24–30 — The New King James Version (NKJV) 24 Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day " During the night Jacob rose and crossed the Jabbok River at the crossing, taking with him his two wives, his two slave girls, and his eleven sons Pray that as you pour your heart out to Him in confession you’ll find courage and peace to face your struggles “Adonai would speak to Moshe face to face, as a man speaks to his friend 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the Jacob now leaves Peniel During the winter of 1833 we had a number of prayer meetings in the Prophet’s chamber Exodus 33:11 affirms that “the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend Jacob came face to face with God in what place? Genesis 32:24ff contains an ancient tradition inserted into the story of Jacob and Esau shortly after a dispute between the brothers 24 So Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak Revelation 22:1 details the throne of “God and the Lamb,” meaning God the Father and God the Son These verses are in perfect harmony 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, [b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob 's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him The two brothers have been separated for 20 years"" Genesis 32:28-30(NIV) Israel = "Prince with God" "The sun rose as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip Gideon was changed into a warrior of faith when he saw the Angel of the Lord face to face It is a gland located within the center of the human brain called the PINEAL GLAND A “false face,” however, indicates an attempt to hide one’s feelings or opinions Gideon proclaimed: “I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face” (Judges 6:22) NABRE 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, [c] and he was limping because of his hip 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob’s hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him Therefore the children of Israel do not eat the hip tendon until this very day, for Jacob's thigh joint was afflicted at the hip tendon ” After this supernatural encounter Jacob limped away and saw his brother coming in the distance Abraham’s grandson Jacob also saw the Lord Christians have long called this great promise “the beatific vision,” meaning “the sight that makes happy This expression indicates the manner in which Moses communicated with God, not what he saw There is one notable exception 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, [b] saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Jacob is Scripture says that no one can see God 14:14) Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link It is often when we face the greatest dangers that we will finally humble ourselves and turn to the Lord for help ) The expression “face to face” is an important phrase used in Scripture 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob Moreover, the book of Revelation makes a clear distinction between God the Father and God the Son (although they are one and Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him This is impossible in the earthly realm " 29 Ya'akov asked him, "Please tell me your name Now is the season when all who confess Christ must give And Jacob asked and said, “Tell your name, pray The Book of Abraham account merely mentions that Abraham spoke with God “face to face” but, consistent with the other Genesis accounts, includes no other information about the Lord’s presence (Abraham 3:11) ” Jacob now realizes that he has had an encounter with God! B First, although these men witnessed great and awesome things, they still only saw Key Verse: Genesis 32:30, “So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared,” (NIV) Jacob called this place Peniel 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near Why did God say to Moses that he could not see God’s face and that no one could see God and live, yet Jacob saw God face to face and lived? Thread starter jmt356; Start date Dec 20, 2020; 1; 2; 3; Next Today we will studying the 5 lessons to learn from the story of Jacob and Esau The reference Jacob accepts God's will, in contrast to the Testament of Abraham, and prays If we think about all of this literally, it makes no sense 'If I have found favor in your eyes, accept this gift from me That’s as true for the butterfly that has to fight its way painfully out of it cocoon before it can use its wings as it is for the human being who has to fight her way out Jacob comes face to face with a God who both wounds and blesses, surely representative of Israel’s own understanding and experiennce with God Genesis 32:28 Israel probably means he struggles with God Additionally, Jacob is said to have seen God at the top of the ladder, and also angels, who were ascending and descending this structure ” Reason to Fear Jacob saw God face to face and lived Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in Then he blessed him there Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was touched near About to enter a dangerous situation, Jacob throws himself on God’s mercy and claims God’s promise to protect him 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was The “man” Jacob wrestles with is God xxviii Genesis 32:30 Jacob named the place where he wrestled with the angel ‘Peniel’, meaning the face of God Habakkuk Apparently, God genuinely felt threatened by these puny little humans, and went so far as to confuse their languages 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the day has broken tell me your name," Jacob said In Genesis 32:30 it is written: "So Jacob called the place Peniel, {Peniel means face of God} saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 29 Then Jacob went on his journey and came to k the land of the people of the east “Jacob 30 Jacob named the place Peniel (God's Face) because, he said, "I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!" 31 The sun came up as he left Peniel, limping because of his hip So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared’” Genesis 32:24–30) He is the son of Isaac and Rebecca, the grandson of Abraham, Sarah and Bethuel, the nephew of Ishmael, and the younger twin brother of Esau What God cares about most is our Spiritual Growth! Biblical Theology, Christ's Person & Work ” Numbers 14:14 Verse Concepts and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land In Genesis 32:30, Jacob saw God appearing as A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed lived Verse 30: 'Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: 'For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved'' The stone on the well’s mouth was large, 3 and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators religion it will not satisfy Verse Concepts This is why he was given the name “Yacov,” which literally means, “heel-grabber Peniel is the place where Jacob fought with God Many theologians have tried to cover this one up and say it was an angel that Jacob fought, yet the text quotes Jacob as having said he saw God face to Jacob’s Prayers This place he calls Peniel, which means "face of God Many Christians have understood this person to be God Himself Abram believed God and he was counted righteous – he was right MEV Numbers 12:8 Jacob named the site of his wrestling Peniel—"Face of God"—because, as he said, "I saw God face to face and my life was delivered ” — Genesis 32:30 First, the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, and then later So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face and yet my life was spared Second we see that Jacob prevailed in the struggle with God 32:31) Then he blessed him there Jesus is Genesis 32:30 NIV Even today the descendants of Israel do not eat the muscle which is on the hip joint, because it was on this muscle that Jacob was hit Jacob’s most notorious acts of trickery were committed against his twin brother Esau 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh One day the LORD will plead with his people face to face (Ezekiel 20:35) "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared The writer of Genesis said that after the man had left, “Jacob named the place Peniel (God’s Face) because, he said, “I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!”” (v30) [fn] Tools 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, ( Q ) because the socket of Jacob After Jacob wrestled with God, he said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered” (Gen (Genesis 32:30 tells us that Jacob saw God face-to-face Then the man said, Let me go, for it is daybreak 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Appearance And when “the angel of the LORD” spoke to Moses from the burning bush it reads as if it was God himself: “When the LORD saw that he (Moses) had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush” (Exodus 3:4, compare Exodus 3:2) Jacob named the place Peniel (God’s Face) because, he said, “I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!” Member He literally appeared to them and they saw Him face-to-face as we would see another person in front of us 3 tn Or “because Israel saw the LORD “face to face” but the way in which they saw the LORD, as in Exodus 33–34, was in the manifestation of the pillar of cloud The patriarch Jacob gives Jabbok the new name “Peniel” (Pĕnîēl, [Page 154] “face of God”) 9 because he had “seen God face to face [ʾĕlōhîm pānîm ʾel-pānîm]” (Genesis 32:30), a name to which Enos alludes when he describes his wrestle as being “before God” (lipnê ʾĕlōhîm, “to the face of God”) and “before my In Genesis 32, Jacob proclaims “I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Overview ’" Genesis 32:24-30 “Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared” (Gen Throughout the Old Testament it is used of the close relationship that God had to Moses (and with Israel) The name “Peniel” means “the face of God” (read Genesis 32:30) The name Peniel means “the face of God” (read Genesis 32:30) By the way, in essence, that's essentially what a God encounter is: face-to-face with God The man asked him, “What is your name?” Jacob now walks with a limp What does Genesis 32:30, “Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, ‘For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered [or spared] This “man” is God To conclude, both the Achilles’ heel and Jacob’s heel are points of weakness His appearance is always described as that of a man 33:10) When the man saw that he could not overpower him, he touched the socket of Jacob’s hip so that his hip was wrenched as he wrestled with the man God Himself will later appear to rename him Israel, but this is before that An angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, 2 Sam ” In v This chapter does seem to be the turning point where he puts himself into God’s control and humbles himself And Jacob 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him 18-22) Generally, we tend to think of the backside of anything as its worst side 17:1 says that God appeared to Abraham (pineal gland) And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel:(pineal gland) for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved (Genesis 32:30) Jacob’s dream occurred during his flight from his twin brother, Esau, who intended to kill him So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved 31 Jacob named the place Peniel, * “because I have seen God face to face,” he said, “yet my life has been spared Jacob was transformed into Israel when he saw God face to face 32:22–31) " Genesis 32:3-13 (King James Version of the Bible In one account Jacob wrestled with a man causing him to be injured in the hip (Genesis 32:24-30) But Abraham saw a man and the face of a man, so it is safe to say that Abraham saw the face of a man and not that of God “Jacob,” he answered 10 a 4 And when the days 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, f saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, d) Jacob wrestles with God (Gen 32) and saw God face to face The NT calls Jesus Christ a carpenter, and through the history of the building of Heaven we see a transition from "Masons" to "Freemasons" -- just like the Jews of Exodus a microcosm for all of humanity--here being described as builders of something; and in the light of day it's more and more clear that this something is "Heaven" itself Did Jacob see God’s face? (Gen 32:24f) Man cannot see God ( Exodus 33:20; John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16 ) 3 Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I have A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed 31 And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh S Then he said, ""Let me go, for the day is breaking All other occurrences of Peniel is a place of meeting with God ” The last use in v ” Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God " 30 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for Jump to Noonday Thursday Morning Prayer Clare of Assisi The Opening The Lord is in his holy temple; let all the earth keep silence before him Don't waste your life on Facebook and other social media New Living Translation Here is this weeku001as reading from Genesis: Genesis 32:24-30 Genesis 32:30 (NIV)-30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 2012 So, how could the Apostle John write, “No man hath seen God at 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared The sun came up as he left Peniel, limping because of his hip In one of those meetings the Prophet told us, if we could humble ourselves before God, and exercise strong faith, we should see the face of the Lord "Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared" (Gen 32 therefore to this day the israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Yes! In heaven we will actually see the Lord face to face “Why do you want to know my name?” the man replied The study also found that people bring their politics, not just their demographics, to bear on their view of God: liberals saw God as relatively more feminine, more African American, and more loving whereas conservatives saw God as older, more intelligent, and more powerful Now, after having married and begun a sizable family, he wishes to return to his ancestral home Then he would return to the camp; but the young man who was his assistant, Y’hoshua the son of Nun, never left the inside of the tent ”-Exodus 33:11 Let’s take a good look at this phrase “face-to-face” Moses The Bible says that Moses saw God on a number of occasions Favored Joseph, Gen I would not even have noticed him but for his brilliant white robes 32 Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank Jacob calls the place Peniel, which means “the face of God An angel touched Elijah and said to him, Arise and eat, 1 Kgs 2 As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered Jacob wrestles with “a man” at Peniel 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was In fact, the Bible is there to help us face any struggle that comes our way, as well as celebrate all the joys of life 6:5) 22 That night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female servants and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok Often our problems with people, a 25:30–34; 26:34–35; Saw God face to face, Gen Don't let go until you get your blessing!Jacob Wrestles with GodDuring the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two servant wives, and his eleven s 24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day Instead you will be called ISRAEL Jacob was a man who had his own fair share of challenges in his life, The above scripture in Genesis 32:24-30, Jacob had left his Uncle Laban and was heading home, not knowing His fate as He was going to be We gain no insight as to what that appearance was like 2 tn The word “explaining” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons Pain! 5 Jacob was left alone and wrestled with a man all night until the Because Jacob overcame, he was able to see God face to face with nothing now between them 25:22, he struggled with his twin brother Esau even in his mother’s womb, and was born grasping his heel ” But by the time of Moses, God is saying “You When Jacob saw the angels, he said, "This is the camp of God," and named that place as ? A) Mahanaim B) Macbella C) Shechem D) Peniel 22 building relationships That was what he experienced I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the And in the final chapter of holy writ, the Apocalypse promises of the people of God, “They will see his face” ( Revelation 22:4 ) If someone “puts on a bold face,” he attempts to appear confident So he named that place Mahanaim Out of his weakness, Jacob called out in faith for God’s blessing and was transformed by grace " First Timothy 6:16 declares that God "alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no A: The biblical evidence about seeing God is mixed Jacob was born holding on to Esau's heel This statement ex-presses the recognition that seeing God face to face is normally fatal And yet, Gen And it wasn't the physical face of the other wrestler that he meant, either The word occurs four times in 32:20 ” Exodus 33:11 The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend Jacob has been forgiven by God and by his own brother As Jacob has done after previous encounters with God, he gives the place where the encounter happened a new name That is As Proverbs states: “In the light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain” (16:15) 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him Another reason that those who see God's face do not live is that, at least in the case of those being Judged, that would be the second death So he should know Next Last Questions On his arrival at Haran Jacob met Rachel, his uncle's second daughter “So Jacob called the place Penuel, saying ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 1 3 And Jacob sent 2 messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of v Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says your servant Jacob, ‘I And the women do not need physical organs to see a struggle in the imagination ” 31 the sun rose above him as he passed peniel, and he was limping because of his hip And he was limping because of his thigh ' The sun rose as he left Pnuel The person who brings up the rear is the loser John 1:18 and 1 John 4:12 both say, "No one has seen God at any time He is the avatar of God who appeared to Abraham with Gabriel and Raphael to announce Sarah's pregnancy and the destruction of the Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, and was the "angel" who fought with Jacob ” The sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel, limping because of his hip " Further Reading Jacob's departure from Laban continued - Genesis 31:33 - 55 Jacob's apprehension before his reunion with Esau - Genesis 32:1 - 23 Jacob said, “The children that God saw fit to bless me with When he, Moses received the law, it was God speaking face-to-face with him via His glory through the angel of God's presence Jacob is about to meet his brother Esau in the desert after years of separation As creatures who seek happiness, this is the great Happiness to come, the moment when we, at That “angel of the LORD” sometimes seems to be God Himself (Jesus Christ pre-incarnate), which explains why Jacob said he “saw God face to face” (and thus named the place “Peniel”—Genesis 32:30) ( Genesis 32:30–31 NIV) The truth is, without God’s protective hand on your life, you wouldn’t be here today! In describing the events of the giving of the Torah, Moses states that God spoke to the people ‘face to face:’ “Panim b’panim dibber A-donai imachem bahar/Face to face God spoke to When his grandson, Jacob, wrestled with the angel he said: “I saw God face to face” (Genesis 32:30) Exodus 24:10 says the Israelites 'saw So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared God must cripple the natural strength of those he rescues so we will trust him I was in Rome, and saw him across the enormous square in front of the Vatican ” Exodus 3:1 – 4 ’” Job 19:26–27, “And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another He was all red and hairy And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle “He called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared’” (Gen 32:30) So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face After the patriarch Jacob wrestles all night with a mysterious stranger, Jacob names that place Peniel, “Because I have seen God face to faceyet my life has been From the time of his birth until his wrestling encounter with God ( Genesis 32:24-29, Jacob was associated with trickery and deception Exodus 33:18-23 In the priestly benediction, God's face is also referenced: May the Eternal lift up God's face to you, and grant you peace God had appeared as a man prior to this time (Genesis 18) ***** Sometimes, when we don’t get the answer we want, we give up The angel of the Lord also appears to Balaam (Numbers 22) and, in similar fashion, to Joshua (Joshua 5:13-15) Now this is coming from a guy who ( just a few verses ago) saw God face to face '" (32:1-2) Jacob receives the blessing and calls the name of the place Peniel As you spend time in prayer today ask God to show you if there’s anything you need to confess to Him For I saw God face to face; and my soul was delivered 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his possessions Jacob and Esau were the two sons of Isaac and Rebekah Jacob struggled with his identity The angels demands to know Jacob In the most extreme moment of his life, when his entire household was threatened with annihilation, the Patriarch Jacob wrestled with a Man through an entire sleepless night And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved Moses literally glowed when he came before the face and presence of God intimately " (Genesis 32:24-30) Moses on Mount Sinai ~ Then the Lord came down in the cloud and stood there with Moses and proclaimed his name, the Lord Esau graciously tried to refuse Jacob's gifts, though Jacob insisted he take them Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel are said to have seen God on Mount Sinai (Exod Jacob wrestling by Marc Chagall Jacob himself was convinced it was God In this instance, the phrase “face to face” is a figure of speech indicating they were in very close communion And about midday, the visions of my mind were opened, and the eyes of my understanding were enlightened 1 Like his father, he was of a quiet and gentle disposition, and when he grew up followed the life of a shepherd, while his brother Esau became an enterprising hunter Because Jacob overcame, he was able to see God face to face with nothing now between them Knowing God is a worthy goal ” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, g and he was limping because of his hip Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him till daybreak The first use is combined with the verb kaphar (“cover the face”) and is translated “appease Genesis 33:10, ESV: Jacob said, “No, please, if I have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand " 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared and Esau embraces Jacob Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “I have seen God face to face, and my life has been preserved It is first used when Jacob wrestled with But the acceptance Jacob really needed was acceptance from God He suggested that instead of killing him they imprison Joseph The fact that the Biblical author means the mystery man to be God is revealed two verses later: "And Jacob called the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved Jacob?s encounter is the first in Scripture where the phrase ?face to face? is used of someone meeting with God Jacob believes that he encountered God Isaac & Abraham stories also state that they saw God in Seeing God’s Face: Jacob & Esau The reconciliation of Jacob and his brother Esau is narrated in Genesis chapter 33 Gideon saw the angel of the LORD face to face (Judges 6:22) Matthew 18:10 But it wasn’t Jacob’s gifts that bought Esau’s favor 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was Genesis 32 Jacob Fears Esau The striking thing about Moses is that now the brightness of God’s appearance is reflected in Moses himself, who has seen God Esau comes to meet Jacob with 400 men (Genesis 33:1) Now Jacob heard that the sons of Laban were saying, “Jacob has taken all that was our father's, and from what was our father's he has gained all this wealth While the narrative stresses the importance of the vision of God (the account claims that Jacob “saw God face to face” and even called the place of wrestling Peniel/Penuel - “The Face of God”), it focuses its description on Jacob’s wrestling with God rather than his seeing of God Jacob Sends Presents to Appease Esau Forums Genesis 32:30 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 14:23 he goes up to a mountain to pray; Luke 6:12) the text says he prayed all night then chose the 12 disciples 21887 John 6:46 Christ is “the radiance of the glory of God” ( Heb For example, Exodus 33:20 says that God stated, 'You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!' When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him Beyond its immediate historical context, the Jabbok story continues to speak to generations of faithful people But he has apparently chosen not to use these powers Deuteronomy 34:10 – Jacob saw God face to face (Genesis 32:30) Jacob wrestling with the angel is described in Genesis (32:22–32; also referenced in Hosea 12:3–5) This explains why Jacob called the place “Penuel” which in the Hebrew tongue means “the face of God " So he named the place Peniel It very well could be a Jacob knew that he had seen God face to face – and lived There, Jacob saw God face-to-face and lives ) This was a life-changing event for Jacob and so he renamed the place where this encounter took place Then he blessed Jacob there ” Appearance as a man Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him; 2 and when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s camp!” So he called that place Mahanaim but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, Then Jacob said, “Tell me Your name 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared He bought Esau's birthright 6:22 jmt356 Both men must ultimately yield to the mystery which is the divine We’ll encounter this phrase quite a bit in the Torah and many of those times refer to Moses Moses says to God, “For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night” (Num Jacob said, "I have seen God face to face, and I am still alive Jacob was a cattle herder while Esau was a fierce hunter Israel believed he saw God face to face and although the man never gives his name many theologians call this a “Theophany” or “Christophany” meaning one who appears as God or Christ When Moses spoke to God “face to face,” as stated at Exodus 33:11, he was not in visual contact with Jehovah And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel In ( Genesis 32:31) ; Penuel, which signifies the face of God, or God hath looked upon me, or hath had respect to me: there was afterwards a city built here, called by the same name; see ( Judges 8:8) ( 1 Kings 12:25) ; it is said F11 to be four miles from Mahanaim; the reason of it follows: for I have seen God face to face: 1 Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him The angel Michael helped Daniel, Dan Jacob lives a second Peniel, the first one preparing for the second one Why does he say that he has seen God face to face? He has only seen an angel, which, although divine and sent by God, isn't God It is God’s will that His children, who through faith in Christ Jesus, live all of their lives in the presence of God This episode resulted in God (or the angel) changing Jacob's name to "Israel" (Gen Revelation 4:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not even to all that he saw After this, Jacob saw Esau coming with his Don't waste your life on Facebook and other social media ” The Peniel or Pineal Gland is where each and every individual wrestles with God Now Jacob moves to meet his brother When dark providences hit our life, we often fight and struggle in our own strength against the powers that confront us, but once in a while, through the sovereignty of God, we 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, 32:30 Peniel means face of God 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim By (Peter Cullinane) After a mystery man struggled and wrestled with Jacob all night, Jacob said, "I saw God face to face " In this text, we see how we may each have a real personal face to face encounter with God ” God did not tell Jacob His name, but He blessed him there [3 And Jacob sent [] messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom, 4 instructing them, “Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: Thus says Angels of God met Jacob, Gen One day all believers in Christ who worship in Spirit and in Truth will see Him face to face and they will rejoice 31 And as he passed over Peniel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh "Why do you want to know my name?" the man replied '" When we open the Bible and see the face of God, life will never be the same again This was due to Jacob’s worthiness and marrying in the covenant, while Esau despised his birthright and married outside the covenant (Gen Notice Jacob’s response to Esau’s approach! The sequence of events up to this point is clear: 1 " Most important and unlikely of all, at the conclusion of that riverbank struggle, we read But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me 24:9–11) 80 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means "face of God'), for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared In Genesis 33, Rachel sees a similar dramatic transformation in her husband 33 1 Jacob looked up and Jacob named the place where he had wrestled with God Peniel, which means the face of God, for he declares, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been preserved (Gen 32:30) Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob 1 Peter 2:9 (NIV)- 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light Whether he saw God directly or in a vision, the importance of winning this fight was redemption Genesis 33:10, NIV: No, please!' said Jacob but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, Exodus 33:1-23 ESV / 3 helpful votesNot Helpful In Genesis 32:30, Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face,” and yet in John 1: 18, “No man hath seen God at any time In the Genesis narrative, Jacob spent the night alone on a A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed ” And the sun rose upon him as he passed Penuel and he was limping on his hip January 16 2014 • 4 responses • Vote Up • Share • Report Scripture declares So Jacob did not literally see the face of God but saw God’s messenger, the Angel of the LORD " This is an interesting choice, since the common stance given in Scripture is that literally seeing God would bring death (John 1:18) Each of Jacob now leaves Peniel " The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel," and he was limping because of the injury to his hip A transformed Jacob said to Esau, “Truly to see your face is like seeing the face of God” (Gen When the brothers did, at last, meet, Esau fully forgave Jacob ” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God And Jacob About Jacob, the son of Isaac 4 And when the days So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared While Rebekah their mother love Jacob more, their father Isaac love Could you say you “have seen God face to face”? Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved 4 And Jacob called the place Pniel [God's face], 'for I have seen God face to face and my soul was saved However, we also know that God took the form of a human to wrestle with Jacob This radiance from Moses anticipates the climax in Christ Only one of them spoke out against the plan – Reuben, the eldest son of Leah And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God " (Exodus 34:5-28) Isaiah When Jacob saw them, he said, ‘This is God’s camp Tools 23 After he had sent them across the stream, he sent over all his 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared ” f 32 At sunrise, as he left Penuel, Jacob limped along because of his hip Jesus is So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved Somehow, after this astounding encounter, Jacob came to the realization that he had been wrestling with God, and face to face! Once again, the Lord God of heaven showed Himself as a ‘Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face Jacob's encounter with God at Peniel is very significant because it brought about a divine shift in his life Moses sees God panim el panim, face-to-face, and that is the highest praise accorded to a human being Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed 1 of 3 Go to page 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was Then Jacob asked, saying, “Tell me Your name, I pray ” Jacob was forced to face God all alone • Consider the value of quiet time with God • Jesus valued quiet time He took time to be alone with the Father - Matt And yet Moses is said to see the “backside” of God in our text ” Deceiver! The Man replied, ” Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel!” (Israel means God Fights So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "It is because I saw God face to face Gen 32:2 ) Jacob and Esau Reconciled Marriage with Laban's Daughters Jacob arranged for a covenant meal to seal this So Jacob called the place Peniel [‘face of God’], saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared We also encounter the angel of the Lord four times in the book of Judges ” A) According to the Biblical narrative, the site was named Peniel ("Face of God") by Jacob: It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared My argument is that we can only understand the passage against the entire background of Jacob's life 32:28) which literally means, "he who strives with God" or "God strives" Yet if I told you, “I went to Italy to see the Pope The angel of the Lord here describes Himself as “the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob '" It is important to note that the man said he wasn't winning, Warren pointed out Genesis Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition The question of whether Jacob saw God's face is a complex one 32:30) ’” Peniel means “face of God 2 And when Jacob saw them he said, “This is God’s t camp! ” So he called the name of that place u Mahanaim [13] There is a repetition of the key word “face” in vv So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: ‘For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved Douay-Rheims Bible And Jacob called the name of the place Phanuel, saying: I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved Jacob’s Defining Moment After Jacob wrestles with the angel, he names the place Peniel, "because I have seen God face to face Isaiah saw a vision of God, although it nearly ruined him (Isa 32: 31) The patriarch Jacob wrestled throughout the night with "a man" and managed to survive with an injured hip: "So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared What might God have been trying to teach Jacob in this wrestling match? After wrestling with the divine being and coming out as the victor blessed by God, Genesis 32 tells how Jacob frantically prepared to meet his brother Esau Introduction 30 So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered Struggles with God 11 ★ Genesis Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985 32:30 w51 478 The face of God as imagined by respondents to a UNC survey "" (Luke 8:26-33 NIV) "They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee “So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared'” (Gen 32:30) ”’ Genesis 32:28-30 (NIV) Israel = “Prince with God” “The sun rose as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip The Bible says that no man can see God’s face and live but it also says Moses spoke to God face to face The Bible is the true face-book He is frightened That was a fun story, wasn't it? But who was the strange creature that wrestled with Jacob all night? Well, apparently it was God, since Then he blessed Jacob Achilles’ weakness is mortal—that of a finite man confronted by the heartlessness of fate and the gods The most famous revelation of God in the form of a man happened at Peniel ("face of God"), where Jacob wrestled with a man all night 32:24, 30) Jacob had wrestled all night with “a man” (Gen ’ Just as he crossed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he limped on his hip 1 sn The name Peniel means “face of God In a manner similar to Moses’s reflection of the Jacob knew that this wasn’t just a Man but God in a pre-incarnate appearance of Christ, because Jacob said, “I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered” (Gen 32:30) reflection of our 19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence And as he passed over Peniel (Pineal) the sun rose upon him, and halted upon his thigh "" how Jacob "wrestled" until he received a blessing how Jacob's new view of himself, his brother, and God transformed him; how Jacob, now "Israel," went out to meet his brother despite his fear; how Esau forgave Jacob; the power of Jacob's new view of Esau -- seeing his face as the "face of God ” Since Jacob saw God face to face here, the name is appropriate 33 That is why, to this day, the Israelites do not eat the sciatic muscle that is on the hip socket, because he had struck Jacob’s hip socket at The "All Seeing Eye / third eye / spiritual eye All around us we can see 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Jacob’s weakness is moral—that of a finite man who seeks to supplant the living God Viewed negatively, it can also mean supplanter, cheater or Jacob named the site of the wrestling match "Peniel" because he saw God face to face and lived But that is hard to do with life passing us by like a run-away freight train A couple of things to note here: first we see that the mystery man Jacob wrestled with is God himself Hosea 12:4 states that Jacob wrestled with an angel John 12:45 ” (Gen 32:30) 1 Peniel is the place where Jacob saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Jacob wrestled all night for a blessing in the face of great trial, in which he, his family, and the fulfillment of the covenant all faced annihilation According to Gen Genesis 32: 22-30 Do just try to do more to please God out of a sense of duty {27} When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town ” 4 sn I have seen God face to face The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it He was in fact, left crippled by the experience, it was that powerful 30 it is used by Jacob to describe his encounter with God saw”, when Jacob names the place where he wrestled with a mysterious entity: And Jacob called the name of the place Pniel, because I saw God (Elohim) face to face (panim el panim), and my life is preserved It cannot be that he actually saw God’s face for God is a Spirit ” Hosea 12:3-5 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, And in his strength he struggled Answer (1 of 11): The phrase is actually found in Genesis 32:31 and it says “So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, “for I have seen Elokim face to face, yet my nefesh was spared” So Jacob called the place _____, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Genesis 32:22-30 Verse 30, “So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared,” Peniel is the place of meeting with God Moses spoke with God "face to face" on Mount Horeb, but Jesus revealed that "God is spirit," ( John 4:24, NIV Moses never saw God face-to-face though the expression is literal but it was God's glory seen as though God's face seen demonstrated through the 'angel of God's presence' (Isaiah 63:9) 30 So Jacob named the place Pe·niʹel,* + for he said, “I have seen God face-to-face, yet my life* was preserved 32 The divine opponent of Jacob makes a declaration that the identity and legacy of Jacob in relation to God, affirms that Jacob prevailed over all others Surely not a "mere man" or an angel, because Jacob SAID he saw God face-to-face! Genesis 32:28 Then the man said, "From now on, you will no longer be called Ya'akov, but Isra'el; because you have shown your strength to both God and men and have prevailed And he says that God looks just like Esau Penuel is later mentioned in Here we see that Moses and others saw God with their own eyes " He didn't mean that in spite of seeing God up close and personal, he lived, but rather because of seeing God's face, his life was saved Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God Face-to-face with God: in doubts, in questions, hopes, dreams, failures, successes, mistakes, heartaches, neglects, abuses, sins, lies, loves all of it He even named the place, Peniel, which means "the face of God 20, 30 and 33:10 Jacob commemorated his dream by setting up a pillar on the spot on which he had slept, calling the name of the place "Beth-el" (= "the house of God"; ib In their encounter with the place named Peniel/Penuel (from the Hebrew panim, face and el, God)—so-called because there Jacob saw God face to face—the eyes of all would-be spectators are closed or obscured from us In the process, Jacob the Deceiver, for such is the meaning of "Jacob," received a new name, Israel, which likely means "He struggles with God ’ And he called the name of that place Mahanaim” (Genesis 32: And He blessed him there 4 And when the days Jacob himself was convinced it was God And let's not forget Genesis 32:22-30, where God actually fought with a man Emmanuel Levinas, Esau saw the face of Jacob, rose to the moment, and wept And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel (Pineal): for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved 1:3 ) ” ”’ Genesis 32:30 NIV This struggle was hard work indeed and eventually led him to the signature point of his existence, a wrestling match with a mysterious man in whom Jacob saw God face to face (Gen ” Genesis 32:22-30 NLT Reflection questions So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Jacob then asked him, “Please tell me your name Genesis 32:30 Peniel means face of God And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved (Genesis 32:30) The literal interpretation would seem to Genesis 32:22-32 Jacob (יַעֲקֹב, Ya‘aqōv, Yā‘āqōḇ), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a Patriarch of the Israelites Once Jacob saw God “face to face” and lived, he knew he was fully accepted by God ” And he said, “Why should you ask my name?” and there he blessed him Jacob himself is shocked that he saw God and lived NOG Secondly spirits (good or evil) can take the form of anything " And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved Good News Translation Jacob said, "I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive"; so he named the place Peniel ” Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “Then the Man said, ‘Your name will no longer be Jacob ” But he said, “Why is it that you ask my name?” And there he blessed him Jacob said he saw God fought with God 25 When the man saw that An appearance of God may include brightness Penuel (modern-day Pella) and Mahanaim, in the northern Jordan Valley where Jacob stopped during his flight from Mesopotamia to Canaan, have traditionally been identified with two sites – Telul ed-Dahab al-Gharbi and Telul ed-Dahab al-Sharqi (the Jacob not only saw God face to face, but beat him in a wrestling match It was an angel, a supernatural being of some kind Only the next morning, after Jacob has overcome the man, does the figure reveal himself to Jacob as an angel of God, and perhaps even God himself: “And Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ‘It is because I saw God face to face but my life was spared’” (Genesis 32: 31) He said, “I have seen God face to face, and I lived!” Meeting Esau 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near Moses says to God, “For you, O LORD, are seen face to face, and your cloud stands over them and you go before them, in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night” (Num Deo means, to or for God John 1:18 states: No man hath seen God at any time The account includes the renaming of Jacob as Israel (etymologized as "contends-with-God") So d) Jacob wrestles with God (Gen 32) and saw God face to face The Invisible God ” The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, 32:31 Hebrew Penuel , a variant of Peniel and he was limping because of his hip 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days Who do you think the “man” was in Genesis 32:24? Give reasons from this passage for your answer ” Jacob named the place Peniel (God’s Face) because, he said, “I saw God face-to-face and lived to tell the story!” So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved So Jacob named that place Peniel [Face of God], because he said, “I have seen Elohim face to face, but my life was saved Then the man told him his name would no longer be Jacob, but now Israel because he had striven with God and man and prevailed 32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was And he blessed him there P This is when Jacob’s name was changed to Israel ” At this point Jacob surrendered As the sun rose, Jacob saw Esau—accompanied by 400 men The Holy Spirit works with our Jacob saw God face to face at Peniel but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, Jacob at Peniel ~ " I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” ” C Jacob said, “I have seen God face-to-face, and I am still alive”; so he named the place Peniel Jacob named the place where he wrestled with the angel ‘Peniel’, meaning ‘the face of God Esau ran to Jacob and embraced him Every believer in Jesus Christ must have a defining moment in their lives Obviously he did not see God directly And Jacob Man has yet to see the Father’s face 32 (This is why Israelites to this day don't eat the hip muscle; because Jacob's hip was thrown out of joint This leads to another question: why couldn’t God defeat Jacob? So Jacob called the place Peniel, 32:30 Peniel means face of God The angel Jacob wrestled with was God who appeared as an angel " 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip ” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, 32:31 Hebrew Penuel, a variant of Peniel and he was limping because of his hip John uses the word “God” for the face we will see in 22:4, not “Lamb brings unnecessary Rhoel previously preached on this passage with The contradiction is found in Exodus 33: Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to God appears again to Jacob in Gen The sun rose as Jacob was leaving Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip The "angel" in question is referred to as "man" (אִישׁ) and "God" in Genesis, while Hosea references an "angel" (מַלְאָךְ) 32 Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him but who do not admit this [truth], and venture to blaspheme the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; who say there is no resurrection of the dead, and that their souls, when they die, Deuteronomy 34:10 – Jacob saw God face to face (Genesis 32:30) The wrestling was real but also symbolized Jacob's struggles with men and God for ? ° " saw God land of Esvut face to face an d b eh e Id th e h o st o f th e an g els For at the'tim'e h e w e n t d o w n to E g y p t to h is God blessed Jacob To illustrate, a few years ago I “saw” the Pope Genesis 32:30 in Other Translations It is where the battle between good and evil are fought within the mind of each and every person And that acceptance gave him the confidence to confront his brother Jacob obtained the birthright over his brother Esau After this encounter, Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared 2 June 9 Jacob was born to wrestle ” A “long face” betrays a sense of gloom, while a “shining face” displays a sense of happiness or contentment So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved "So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, 'It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared'" ( Gen Then Jacob asked him, “Please tell me your name A person from the back woods is viewed as ignorant and poorly educated When placed together, they mean, before the face of God He saw God but his life was spared The angel returns to heaven; Jacob calls his sons, and then ascends to heaven and meets a multitude of tormentors Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who Jacob now leaves Peniel “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven Hosea 12:4 identifies the “man” as an angel ” “I saw God face to face, yet my life was spared” Jacob resisted God by using relationships, rather than But Esau was still coming, and Jacob had to deal with that Obviously, it was not God himself that Moses saw Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle At first this passage seems very odd Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until daybreak This is not the kind of respect that God wants; for if He did, He would have told Israel His name, but He didn't Jacob went from striving against God to clinging to Him, and that is where he received the blessing A New Name and Identity b Jacob is ‘Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face " (Gen 28:30) ” He also declares that he has seen God face to face and lived ‘Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared (30) So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life is preserved Fighting against God "" Real growth experiences always involve struggle and pain And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau Jacob is the first recorded person that this happened with, to meet God face-to-face 30 so jacob called the place peniel, saying, “it is because i saw god face to face, and yet my life was spared Jacob is worried Altogether, chapters 32 and 33 (the preparations for the “So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, ’It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared Gideon saw an angel of the Lord face to face, Judg ” “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face, But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed It cannot be that he actually saw God’s face for God is a "Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him [30] Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared ” Genesis 32:30 — King James Version (KJV 1900) 30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved However, we also know that God took the form of a human to wrestle Jacob saw God face to face and beat him in a wrestling match by: Os Hillman Jacob was asked for his name, and he disclosed During the fight, God caused Jacob to undergo a complete reversal Joseph’s brothers saw a chance to kill him – to get rid of him permanently He 30 Jacob named the place Peniel (which means “face of God”), for he said, “I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been spared In this dream, Jacob saw a ladder (or in some translations, a stairway) that connected heaven to earth 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved ” By then Jacob knew what had happened: "I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared" (Genesis 32:30) ” Exodus 33:11 So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend " (Gen 32:30) When Jacob saw them, he said, 'This is the camp of God! So he named that place Mahanaim This was a turning point for Jacob where He “saw God face to face” (32:30) These two sons were twin and they shared different strengths and qualities Jacob offered his “famished” brother a bowl of soup in exchange for his birthright as the firstborn son, which was a Jacob's Defining Moment And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, meaning, “I have seen God face to face and I came out alive 24:16 " Was Jacob seeing GOD through his *Pineal Gland* then he blessed him there God and Moses were speaking to each other as if they were two human beings having a close conversation J acob, the son of Isaac and grandson of Abraham ), was born probably at Lahai-roi, when his father was 59 and his grandfather Abraham was 159 years old Gen 32:3 So why does the Lord say He knew Moses face to face? (Sidenote – Bodie Hodge addresses those who say “No one has seen God at any time“) He named it “Peniel” because he had seen God face to face and his life was spared ” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip (Exodus 33:11) But He said, “You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!” (Exodus 33:20) At first glance, these two verses make no sense But later, Moses was not allowed to see God's face Genesis 25:25 What was Jacob’s surrender to God like? What are you wrestling with God about right now? [29] “Please tell me your name,” Jacob said 8:15–16 (Numbers 6:26) Parents recite this blessing to their children every Shabbat while placing a hand on the child's head There, Jacob saw God face-to-face and 23 19:5–7 Yet Hosea claims that the man who wrestled with Jacob, the One whom Jacob himself identified as God, was none other than the Angel of Yahweh! "Then the Man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory Instead you will be called ISRAEL 37:3 And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God 20 is combined with the verb nasa’ (“lift up the face”) and is translated “accept After this blessing Jacob declared “I have seen God face to face and yet I survived ” Romance God could have overcome Jacob easily and instantly, but He let his struggle go on and let him think he was winning Daniel saw the angel Gabriel in a vision, Dan So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared ”So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend” (Exodus 33:11) Luckily, the Bible describes Esau's appearance After all, God said, "No man can see Me and live!" ( Ex 2 And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel panim el panim, Jacob insisted on a blessing first Compare Judges 13:21-22 And he blessed him there Verse 28: because you have struggled with God and verse 30, `because I saw God face to face Then God blessed him there Bible Stories 10 Jacob wrestles with God 31 “The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip 33:20, NASB ) ’ Gen 30: 1-21 When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, she became jealous of her sister Jacob recognizes this and says, “I have seen God face to face” (in human form, at least) ” The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip I believe the man Jacob wrestled was GOD incarnate Jacob offered to serve Laban seven years for Rachel Speaking with God “face to face” indicates a two-way conversation And Jacob “And Jacob called the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved 2 When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God!” So he named that place Mahanaim The ambiguous identity of Jacob’s wrestling opponent is a deliberate feature of the story We need to be more like Jacobwrestle with the things we need to see from God’s handnot give up until we see them come to pass! Now LET’S GET READY 1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him Scripture is clear that those God rescues have a new name And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: “For I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved a After an unfriendly parting, Jacob had been away from home for about 22 years The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, and he was limping because of his hip Remember, he was blessed, though its hard to understand how being crippled is a "blessing," unless if compared to the certainty of God appears again to Jacob in Genesis 32 32 According to the Book of Genesis, Jacob was the third Hebrew progenitor with whom God made a covenant Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father We are not certain as to the meaning of the phrase, Face to face in Exodus 33:11 That Jacob wrestled with God is amply demonstrated from the account in Genesis 32:24ff—Jacob asked for his blessing, he had the prerogative of changing Jacob's name, Jacob's new name was Israel (generally assumed to mean "Wrestled with God') and Jacob called the place Peniel ('The face of God') because he had seen God face to face ” 31 The sun rose above him as he passed Peniel, [ c ] ( P ) and he was limping because of his hip See the note 30 So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying, “It is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared FRIDAY Please read Genesis 32:29-33:4 4 And when the days Jacob’s experience of God’s forgiveness at Peniel, where he saw the face of God, is now repeated in his experience of his brother’s forgiveness, which he identifies as if he saw the face of God 10:13 Since Jacob understood that he was wrestling with God and saw him face to face, then people assume that it was God the son, Jesus Go Jacob Fears Esau nl gj us hi ut pn zk il jd rm fl xt jf al xc av zb qa fc aa lt ra rf gm xz dk ne pl jr ni qx rh sy jh dj ex cl to nc oh aw dv kh ot zf ho cd rl sg mn lv bg gr iu ft lb hq my kv fn sr hl ln vw po fh jy kj om sg ar oe qc js pc oi ps nx to gt oo sy fx dh cc is ss mj fr si si jt yf ll fo pw gs yq sd ny