NUMBER TWO (2-5)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) The number two signifies union, division and verification by witnesses. God requires a minimum of two witnesses in any trial or dispute. Jesus sent the disciples out to witness and preach the gospel in pairs. The final witnesses of God during the tribulation will be the Two Witnesses, who will give their warnings for an exact number of days. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 2 can be found in the Bible.
1. How were Jacob and Esau DIFFERENT?
a) Jacob and Esau are presented together. Here the relationship is still closer. Not only were they the children of the same father Isaac), but of the same mother (Rebekah). But the spiritual difference is still greater. The enmity was manifested when the babes "struggled together," being yet unborn (Genesis 25:22). And it is written in the Scriptures of truth, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Malachi 1:2,3; Romans 9:13). Esau was "a fornicator and a profane person," despising his birthright (Hebrews 12:16,17); while Jacob so loved and prized it that he sinned grievously in grasping it. As the difference is seen in the posterity of Abraham and Lot, Isaac and Ishmael, so here it is still more marked. Israel is God's glory, the "everlasting nation" (Isaiah 43:12,13, 44:7); while the Edomites were accursed. And of the Amalekites God declared that He would "have war with Amalek from generation to generation" (Exodus 17:16).
The End ...
0. Introductiona) The number two signifies union, division and verification by witnesses. God requires a minimum of two witnesses in any trial or dispute. Jesus sent the disciples out to witness and preach the gospel in pairs. The final witnesses of God during the tribulation will be the Two Witnesses, who will give their warnings for an exact number of days. It is interesting to note what other mention(s) for 2 can be found in the Bible.
1. How were Jacob and Esau DIFFERENT?
a) Jacob and Esau are presented together. Here the relationship is still closer. Not only were they the children of the same father Isaac), but of the same mother (Rebekah). But the spiritual difference is still greater. The enmity was manifested when the babes "struggled together," being yet unborn (Genesis 25:22). And it is written in the Scriptures of truth, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated" (Malachi 1:2,3; Romans 9:13). Esau was "a fornicator and a profane person," despising his birthright (Hebrews 12:16,17); while Jacob so loved and prized it that he sinned grievously in grasping it. As the difference is seen in the posterity of Abraham and Lot, Isaac and Ishmael, so here it is still more marked. Israel is God's glory, the "everlasting nation" (Isaiah 43:12,13, 44:7); while the Edomites were accursed. And of the Amalekites God declared that He would "have war with Amalek from generation to generation" (Exodus 17:16).
The End ...
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