I am Israel

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We are governed by God and goveren by God's authority.

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Genesis 32:24–28 KJV 1900
24 And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
We often do word searches and look into different words searching for hidden meanings...
And rightly so. It’s is important to study the Word to know what it says...
Our culture can often cause us to assume certain things from our
knowledge base.
A western view of scripture has miss lead many well intended christians.
So I asked myself this week

What does ISRAEL mean?

We often allow this scripture to define itself but there is more to this than one would realize...
…for as a prince hast thou power with God and men.
What does that really mean?
362 times this word Prince is used in the Bible.
Captain
Chief
Ruler
Governor
Keeper
One with authority!
If there is a prince than it stands to reason, there is a king…
Where does this power and authority come from?
Explained in the name; Israel
But when you look at the word in the original:
But when you look at the word in the original:

Yis-ra-el

Yis-ra = To be ruled by

El = Jehova

Yis-ra-El = To be ruled by God!

Jacob was a prince with God because he was ruled by God…
Being ruled by God is makes those ruled, a prince
We are his children…
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