God calls to each of us, as He did to Adam in the Garden: Where are you? He searches for those who answer, Here I am! But man in general runs, saying, I hid because I was ashamed; I was naked.
All of us seek to be covered before God; we seek a cover of righteousness for the nakedness of our souls. In His compassion, God covers us with the skin of His own Son, so that, like Isaac, He "confuses" us with the first-born Son and gives to us the blessing of the first-born. We are no longer ashamed in His Presence, for it is Christ Who covers us with His own purity and obedience. The blind Father then "rewards" us with all that belongs to His only Son.
What a plan---that God would allow Himself to be "tricked!"
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I love it when you share the God who laughs. I see this sense of God's humor in much Jewish comedy, but seldom in the writings of Christians.
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