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Shining like the Sun: A Biblical Theology of Meeting God Face to Face is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is the first sustained, whole-Bible treatment on the theme of meeting God face to face. Starting with Genesis and ending with Revelation, the author systematically covers the major events in salvation history, all of which reveal the beauty of encountering God’s grace in abundance.

To summarize, Jacob represents the nation of Israel and his importance cannot be underestimated.6 The narrative of Jacob’s wrestling match with God at the river Jabbok is sandwiched between two sections of text about his meeting with his older brother, Esau. Like Cain and Abel before him, Jacob quarreled with his brother. This pattern of brothers in conflict is also found in the narrative of Abram and Lot (Gen. 13:7) and Joseph and his brothers (Gen. 37:4). The origins of the strife between Jacob
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