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Jacob, or Israel?


In Genesis 32:28, ‘God’ changes Jacob’s name to Israel. In Genesis 35:10, ‘God’ again says that Jacob is now Israel. When Jesus refers to the patriarchs in Matthew 8:11, he uses the name Jacob, not Israel. That means that the spirit who changed Jacob’s name was not God, but the deceiver. The promises to Israel were not fulfilled, and the kingdom of Israel was destroyed twice.

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