“And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.”
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you. The personal promise to Jacob — I am with you, I will watch over you, I will not leave you — is the covenant presence applied to the individual life. Hebrews 13:5 quotes this promise: never will I leave you; never will I forsake you. The promise of return — I will bring you back — is the promise that the twenty years in Harran are not the permanent destination. The application: wherever you go, the covenant presence goes. The promise of return is the promise that the detour is not the destination.
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