Thursday, November 5, 2009

Wrestling Before the Lord Continued

Continued from: http://amateurscriptorians.blogspot.com/2009/10/summary-of-my-sperry-presentation.html

Here is a summary of the similarities between Jacob and Enos's wrestling:

Jacob

Enos

Struggled and wrestled

Wrestled and struggled

Peniel

Before God

All night, into the day

All day, into the night

Estranged brothers/nations (Jacob and Esau)

Estranged brothers/nations (Nephi/Laban)

Esau wanted to kill Jacob

Laman and Lemuel wanted to kill Nephi

Jacob fled into the wilderness to escape

Nephites fled into the wilderness to escape

Esau is a cunning hunter, with skill in the bow (Gen. 27:1-5)

Lamanites are hunters, with skill in the bow (Enos 1:20), Enos went to “hunt”

Records preserved and “sealed” up in an earthen vessel for a long time recording Esau’s loss of the birthright (Jasher 56:55-57).

Preserved and “sealed” records coming forth to convert the Lamanites.

Reconciliation with God and man

Reconciliation with God and man

Blessed

“Thou shalt be blessed”

“Life is preserved”

“the Lord God would preserve a record”

Entered the promised land

Soul did “rest”

Seeing Esau like seeing the “face of God.”

Then shall he “see His [God’s] face”

“and thou wast pleased with me”

“see his face with pleasure”


Let me know if you can think of any that I missed.