“And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”
So Jacob called the place Peniel, saying: it is because I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared. Peniel means face of God. John 1:18 states that no one has seen God — the face-to-face encounter Jacob describes is the covenant encounter, close enough to know, dangerous enough to require the divine restraint of the dislocating touch. The application: name the place where you encountered God. Jacob names every site of divine encounter, and the naming preserves the testimony.
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