HWMR: Knowing and Experiencing the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob to Become the Israel of God.Week 13: Day 1: Exo.3:15-16...Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial from generation to generation. Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me... The book of Genesis reveals the complete Triune God of the three sections of the life of a corporate person. Genesis does not consider Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as three separate persons but as one complete corporate person with three sections. Our God is the God of three particular persons—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. (The History of God in His Union with Man, p. 133) Today’s Reading: The first beginning [that God’s people had] was with Abraham because God’s selection and calling began with Abraham. The other beginning was with the nation of Israel....In between these two beginnings, God gained three persons, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob....From that point on, the nation of Israel became the people of God, and God had a people of His own....Without Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, there would not be the nation of Israel, and without Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, there would not be a people of God. The dealings which these three received before God and the experiences they went through culminated in a people of God. Hence, the total experiences of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are the experiences that all of God’s people should have. The attainments of these three should be the attainments of all the people of God....All the people of God should have the element of Abraham, the element of Isaac, and the element of Jacob in them. Without these elements, we cannot become God’s people. (CWWN, vol. 35, pp. 5-7) As you read the book of Genesis, you will notice that the records of Adam, Abel, Enoch, and Noah are quite distinct one from another. The records of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, however, overlap. Genesis, speaking of them, considers them as one corporate man....The significance of this overlapping is that, according to the experience of life, these three persons are one man, a corporate man. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 516) In the section of Abraham, we see God the Father who calls man, justifies man, and equips man to live by faith and live in fellowship with Him (Gen. 12:1; 15:6; ch. 17; ch. 18; 19:29; 21:1-13; 22:1-18). Genesis 12:1 shows us the Father’s calling and 15:6 reveals His justification. Chapter 17 shows us how God equipped Abraham to live a life by faith. Then chapter 18 reveals how God made Abraham to live a life in fellowship with Him. It is a chapter of fellowship between God and His human friend, Abraham. The section of Isaac represents God the Son, the second of the Triune God, who blesses man with the inheritance of all His riches, with a life of the enjoyment of His abundance, and with a life in peace (Gen. 25:5; 26:3-4, 12-33). We see God the Father loving man and choosing man in the section of Jacob....Jacob is the last of the three, yet he is used by God to signify the Father in His loving and choosing man. Malachi 1:2 says that God loved Jacob, and Romans 9:10-13 says that God selected Jacob, choosing him even before he was born. In the section of the life of Jacob with Joseph, we see God the Spirit who works in all things for the good of His lovers [cf. Rom. 8:28]....In the life of Jacob with Joseph, we see that the Spirit transforms man and makes man mature in the divine life that man may be able to bless all the people, to rule over all the earth, and to satisfy all the people with God the Son as the life supply (Gen. 27:41; 28:1—35:10; chs. 37; 39—49; Rom. 8:28-29). (The History of God in His Union with Man, pp. 134, 133, 134-135) Further Reading: The History of God in His Union with Man, ch. 10; CWWN, vol. 35, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” ch. 1
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