Think you know Jacob?
Give us 90 seconds. We’ll show you an end-times prophecy hiding in plain sight.
Knowing the story is not the same thing as understanding why God put the story in the Bible.
Eight familiar chapters reveal a fascinating prophetic journey involving Israel, Saudi Arabia, the Mother of Harlots, the Antichrist, Daniel's seventieth week, the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and Israel's restoration.
Show Me the Prophecy ↓God declared the end from the beginning.
“Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done...” — Isaiah 46:10
You do not have to wait until Daniel or Revelation to begin seeing the end times. God embedded the prophetic pattern much earlier. Once you know what the people in Jacob’s story represent, Genesis 28–35 begins to look very different.
They are more than two brothers.
Before they were born, God said, “Two nations are in thy womb.” Jacob becomes Israel. Esau becomes Edom.
In this study, their ancient struggle reaches forward to Israel and Saudi Arabia today.
She is more than Jacob’s beautiful wife.
Beautiful outwardly, yet later revealed as idolatrous, deceptive, and sitting upon stolen images, Rachel develops doctrinally into a picture of “MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS.”
The trail ultimately leads to the corrupt end-times religious system centered in Jerusalem.
He is more than Jacob’s difficult uncle.
Laban pictures the Antichrist. Jacob’s relationship with him develops through labor, wages, changing terms, trade, prosperity, resentment, separation and pursuit.
What looks like an ancient family dispute begins to resemble the economic and political world of the end times.
They are more than two angry brothers.
Simeon pictures the kingdom of heaven: the physical kingdom that returns to deliver Israel. Levi pictures the kingdom of God: the spiritual relationship that joins God with His people.
Together, their return pictures Israel’s physical deliverance and spiritual restoration under Jesus Christ.
And then comes the peace agreement.
Most prophecy students have heard about the covenant associated with Daniel’s seventieth week. What many have never seen is the same prophetic pattern appearing much earlier in Genesis.
Jacob separates from Laban. Laban pursues him. The confrontation does not end in war.
Genesis even gives the important markers “the third day” and “seven days’ journey.” Daniel gives you the seventieth week. Genesis 31 lets you watch the pieces move into place.
Jacob’s ladder. Rachel and Leah. Laban. Esau. The spotted sheep. The wrestling match. Bethel.
You may know the stories.
But do you know why God put them in the Bible?
Now walk the journey.
Eight chapters. One continuous prophetic story. Follow Jacob from Bethel into exile, through Laban, Esau, tribulation and confrontation with God, until he finally returns to Bethel.
The Ladder, the Stone & the Promise
Jacob enters the night, lies among stones and sees the Ladder to heaven. Israel rejects the Son, yet God promises to preserve Jacob and bring him home.
Read Genesis 28 →Rachel, Leah & Laban
Jacob meets Rachel, Leah and Laban. Rachel develops into the Mother of Harlots, Leah pictures the truth of God, and Laban pictures the Antichrist.
Read Genesis 29 →Conflict, Commerce & the Marked Flock
Rachel and Leah struggle for fruitfulness while Jacob and Laban struggle over wages and wealth. The marked flock points toward Israel’s future remnant.
Read Genesis 30 →Trade, Pursuit & Daniel’s Seventieth Week
Economic agreements unravel into resentment, separation and pursuit. Then Jacob and Laban make a formal covenant of peace and nonaggression.
Read Genesis 31 →Israel, Edom & the Wrestling Match
Esau approaches with four hundred men. Jacob sends enormous gifts ahead, is emptied at Jabbok, wrestles with God and finally receives the name Israel.
Read Genesis 32 →Jacob Meets Esau
Jacob bows before Esau and presses wealth upon him to secure peace. The encounter pictures the continuing struggle between Israel and Edom.
Read Genesis 33 →“We Will Become One People”
Shechem’s proposal combines religion, commerce, possessions and political union. Defilement is followed by judgment on the third day.
Read Genesis 34 →Back to Bethel
Strange gods are put away. Garments are changed. Jacob returns to the house of God and is blessed, picturing Israel’s cleansing and restoration.
Read Genesis 35 →FROM BETHEL TO BETHEL
Jacob entered the journey in darkness.
Israel comes out in the morning.
The historical story ends in Genesis 35. The prophetic story reaches forward to the Tribulation, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, and the restoration of Israel.
Begin the Journey →