Jacob’s Blessings and Prophecies
Genesis 49:1-28
Key Verse: 49:10
Date: Apr. 8, 2018
Question
Did God leave all mankind to die in sin and misery?
Answer
From all eternity and merely because it pleased Him God chose some to have everlasting life. These he freed from sin and misery by a covenant of grace and brought them to salvation by a redeemer.
Reference Passages
1
Acts 13:48
48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
Ephesians 1:4-5
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
2
Genesis 3:15
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Genesis 17:7
Exodus 19:5-6
5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; 6 and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Matthew 20:28
1 Corinthians 11:25
Hebrews 9:15
Romans 3:20-22
Galatians 3:21-22