The next picture in the hall is that of Jacob. Jacob was blessed to come from the blood line of those of those who had followed the one true God. He is here partly because of that blessing.You see, he didn't always live the type of life that God would approve of. He cheated his twin brother, Esau, of both his birthright & blessing(Gen. 25:28-34; 27:1-41).
But God saw something good in Jacob.So God works with Jacob to break his bad habits (Gen. 28:10-22/Gen.32:1-12). Jacob came to the point where he obeyed God when God told him to return to the land in which God had promised to his Fathers before him & his seed (Gen. 1-13). I believe that is why God made him the Father of God's chosen people.
He is also here, because he too, carried his forefathers faith of a land that God had promised to his people, even though he had not seen it with is own eyes (Heb. 11:9-10). And he spoke of it when he blessed his son, Joesph's two sons (Heb. 11:21-22/Gen. 48).
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