"Living Face to Face" by Dave Sim || Genesis 33:1-11 || May 8, 2022

Jacob is fearful about meeting Esau again, the first time after having stolen Esau’s blessing. Surely Esau is out for blood. Instead, Esau runs to embrace him. This is an amazing picture of reconciliation, ending with Jacob’s statement: “seeing your face is like seeing the face of God.” This echoes the episode in the earlier chapter where Jacob wrestles with God and names the spot Peniel: “I saw God face to face, and yet my life was spared” Living Face to Face means living as reconcilers. Through grace and forgiveness we see God and we become the means by which others can see God. As reconcilers we are the embodiment of God.