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from all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore" (Psa. 121:).
Jude 24, 25 gives us the Christian equivalent, saying:--
"Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless
before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. To the only wise God our Saviour,
be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen."
Promise: "I will bring thee again."
Restoration is the blessed goal of the O.T. prophets. Isa. 52: 8 and Jer. 50: 19 are but
samples. Gen. 48: 21, Jacob's dying remembrance of restoration, is echoed by Joseph
(Gen. 50: 25). Restoration was the uppermost question of the apostles after forty days'
instruction by the risen Lord (Acts 1: 6), and the burning theme of Pentecost
(Acts 3: 19-26).
The words in the English version that begin with re are but various facets of this one
blessed truth. Resurrection brings again from the dead, redemption brings back again
from bondage; reconciliation brings the exile back to God.
"For I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of"
(Gen. 28: 15).
"I have done that which I have spoken." Here all focuses upon the Lord and His
faithful Word. We, to-day, have no other basis for our salvation and our hope. Let us
rejoice in the God of Bethel" (Gen. 31: 13).
In our next paper we must pursue our journey with Jacob from this gate of heaven and
house of God to Peniel where another experience is described for our blessing.