Deception Backfires

God spoke to Rebekah when the twins Esau in addition to Jacob were born: "One people volition locomote stronger than the other, in addition to the older volition serve the younger" (Genesis 25:23).

Jacob was the younger, but Rebekah didn't trust God's blessing. 

She convinced Jacob to deceive his father in addition to hence he could have Esau's approving (Genesis 27:27-29).

When the deception was revealed, Esau was enraged in addition to Jacob fled for his life.

Rebekah's failure to trust God resulted inwards a multiple sins in addition to losses. It's probable that she died without seeing Jacob again, in addition to Jacob faced about difficult lessons when his hereafter father-in-law deceived him merely every bit he'd deceived his father.(1)

Romans 15:4 says that everything written inwards the Old Testament was written to instruct us. 

So let's larn from Rebekah's bad example.

When we're tempted to accept things into our ain hands, let's destination in addition to mean value nearly Rebekah's foolish choices in addition to trust God instead. 
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(1) Jacob was tricked into marrying the incorrect sister.

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Reaping, Sowing & Tangled Webs

"Oh, what a tangled spider web nosotros weave when kickoff nosotros practise to deceive!"  Walter Scott 

Not all things inwards life come about amongst equality. Some rewards together with punishments must expect for heaven. 

But deception oft brings earthly results. 

The Bible gives us an first-class example: Jacob together with his woman bring upwards successfully tricked Isaac into giving Jacob his older brother's approbation (Genesis 27). 

Fast frontward together with nosotros detect that Jacob meets his match. After working 7 years to wed Rachel, her manful somebody bring upwards Laban tricks Jacob into marrying her older sis Leah. 

There are remarkable similarities: Jacob concealed his identity to brand his manful somebody bring upwards mean value he was his brother. Laban concealed Leah's identity to brand Jacob mean value she was her sister.

Jacob stole his older brother's approbation together with ended upwards equally "the older sister's blessing" (Genesis 29:16-27). 

God seemed to approve of Jacobs's consequences past times approbation Leah amongst many children together with placing her inwards the linage of Christ* (Genesis 35:23-24).

Galatians 6:7 volition eventually essay out true, either hither on public or inwards heaven: "God cannot travel mocked. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 human reaps what he sows." 
* Through her boy Judah
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