In Summary
These four women and their offspring explain the stages that Christians go through to become mature. They demonstrate the work of the Holy Spirit. Try to determine the point of your spiritual development through this allegory. It is recorded in the Bible to give you encouragement. After all, it is God who began the good work in you and He will not quit until He has completed it. That's really good news –it's His work, not mine and not yours. And it is all performed through His act of unconditional love called grace.
That's the whole story of Jacob -well almost. Yet to come is the part about the mandrakes; the herds of animals Jacob got from Laban; and where Laban fits in. And, of course, there's the explanation of how Abraham and Isaac are foreshadowings of our heavenly Father and His Son. But this one is about the work of the Holy Spirit in us.
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