“And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.”
Isaac trembled violently and said: who was it, then, that hunted game and brought it to me? I ate it just before you came and I blessed him — and indeed he will be blessed! The trembling of Isaac is the physical expression of the shock of understanding — the recognition that the deception has occurred, that the covenant blessing has been irrevocably given, and that it cannot be recalled. The declaration that indeed he will be blessed is Isaac's prophetic confirmation: the blessing stands. Hebrews 6:17 speaks of the unchangeable nature of God's purpose. The application: a covenant blessing made in good faith is irrevocable even when it was obtained through deception. Isaac's trembling is not confusion about whether the blessing counts — it is the recognition that it does.
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