# 252 The Blessing

The Book of Genesis

Day 252

Ge 27:27 And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: "Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the LORD has blessed.

 28 Therefore may God give you Of the dew of heaven, Of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of grain and wine.

 29 Let peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you. Be master over your brethren, And let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!"

Isaac’s sight is failing, and he smells the clothing of Esau being worn by Jacob. Thinking it is Esau, he blesses him. Wait a minute! Time out! You mean you are going to bless your son solely on the fact that he smells like the great outdoors!  Because he likes the outdoors as much as you do, he gets favor over the other son?

Fathers…..don’t go there! Bless your children in accordance with their gifts, whatever they may be, because they came from God, not because they have the same interests as you do!  Find those qualities in your children that make them special and affirm them whenever you can!

Isaac, uses the smell of the outdoors draped all over his son as a springboard for his blessing. (Note the word “therefore.” ) Since his son smells like a field, Jacob begins the blessing by asking God to bless the field wherever his son may toil in the future.

Then he also asks the Lord to bless him in such a way that other nations will bow to him, and that he would be the master over his brethren. This blessing is of course not only meant for his son, but for his son’s posterity as well.

He wraps up the blessing with a curse on those who would curse his son, and and a blessing to all who would bless him.

That’s quite a package, wouldn’t you say? Lots of bennies there if they all come to pass! What or who gives Isaac the power to pronounce such a blessing?  Only God has such power, and in that power, He gave that blessing to Abraham, who handed it down to his child of promise, Isaac, (rather than Ishmael) Now Isaac has the same power to hand it down to his son, and his son (chosen by God) will have the power to do the same , and so it will be, and so it was,  all the way down to the ultimate child of promise…..Jesus Christ!

And as Isaac says to his son, “Cursed be everyone who curses you, And blessed be those who bless you!" So it is with the Son of God! Those who would go to their graves cursing Jesus, (The word means to utterly abhor) will be utterly abhorred by God! (Sent to eternal hell) This is the sin of the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and it boils down to the sin of disbelief. If you’re worried about having committed it, the very fact that it worries you means you haven’t committed it!

On the other hand those who would go to their graves blessing Jesus, (the word means “bending the knee) in other word those who worship and serve Him as Lord will be forever blessed in heaven.

The blessing of Isaac stands today! Do you want in on it? Then bow your knee to the Lord Jesus Christ. Live your life as if He truly were your Lord!