Genesis 25: 20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. 21 And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus, why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord said to her,

24 When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 26 Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob.

In the 1997 movie The Game, Michael Douglas plays Nicholas Van Orton. His brother gives him a strange gift – the game. As he enters the game, Nicholas realizes the game is trying to steal all his millions of dollars. In an effort to protect himself, he actually gives them all of his passwords. He fights them back, and accidentally shoots his brother. In utter despair he throws himself off of a building. As he falls through the air, he breaks through a glass ceiling and lands right on the bullseye of an airbag that had been prepared for him. He gets up, and sees all his friends yelling “Surprise, happy birthday.” Finally, as the movie wraps up, he sees an invitation; ‘the guest of honor will be dropping in between 9 and 9:15. ‘

He had made all his decisions freely, and in doing so he had done exactly what they expected and wanted him to do. Of course, no person, no group of people are really wise enough to get you to do exactly what they want you to do exactly when they expect you to do it. Could God do it?

The Story: God has promised to save this world through Isaac. Isaac married Rebecca and had no children. He prayed for her and she gave birth to twins. Esau, the older was a man’s man. He was an outdoorsman, impetuous, strong and violent. Jacob his brother was more of a momma’s boy: he stayed near to the camp, cooked and used his brains to get what he wanted. As the firstborn, Esau’s birthright was to gain all the family property. But one day he came in hungry, and rather than simply give his brother something to eat, Jacob made him swear to give him his birthright in exchange for a bowl of stew.

Near the end of his life, Isaac decides it is time to put all his affairs in order. On thing he wants to do is bestow his blessing upon Esau. This blessing would be the one his father had bestowed upon him, to be the next in line. Yet, his wife wanted that blessing for Jacob and exploited Isaac’s blindness. So his son Jacob steals the blessing.