Genesis 31:43–55
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
Our culture celebrates the blurring of lines, the erasure of distinctions, and the abolition of borders. Whether it is the border between nations, the distinction between man and woman, or the line between righteousness and sin, the modern spirit wants to tear down every fence and call it liberation. But in the economy of God, boundaries are a blessing. God created by separating light from darkness, and land from sea. And when sin enters the world, God establishes covenants, which are, at their heart, divinely defined boundaries that tell us who God is, who we are, and how we are to live in relation to Him and to one another. It is the final showdown between Jacob the supplanter and Laban the swindler. And it concludes not with a heartfelt reconciliation, but with a tense, legal agreement. It is a treaty between two men who do not trust each other in the slightest.