应许一、生养众多
神对雅各说，“我是全足的神，你要生养众多。”（另译。）这是神应许的第一项。神在伯特利应许雅各要生养众多。我们所有在教会生活中的人，包括最小的，最年轻的，都必须相信这应许，并宣告这应许的成就说，“主，我不作一个孤单的信徒，我要站在你的应许上生养众多。”你如果这样作，一段时间以后，必有三十倍，六十倍，一百倍的增加。主的恢复是一件繁增生命的事。我们凭神圣的生命而活，这生命乃是繁增的生命。我们有信心，我们必定繁增。要为这事祷告，并且站在祂的应许上，抓住祂的话。也许有人说，这不过是给雅各的应许，没有一个旧约应许是为着我们今天的。就表面说，这是对的，但给以色列的一切应许都是豫表。既然我们今天是在实际里，在豫表中的应许也该是为着我们的。
应许二、成为有君王的国
神也应许雅各说，“多国的民从你而生，又有君王从你而出。”首先有多国的民，指明繁增；然后有君王，指明国度。在雅各之后，有他后裔的国民；然后，在大卫和所罗门之下，有他后裔的国度；到新约时代，在他后裔耶稣基督之下有国度；到下一个时代，有千年国；以后在新天新地里，有永远的国。君王这一件事，需要旧约以后各卷书与新约来应验。启示录十一章十五节是给雅各应许的一部分：“世上的国，成了我主和祂基督的国，祂要作王，直到永永远远。”甚至今天作神在地上国度的教会，也包含在这应许中。请记得，雅各一生中的每件事都是豫表，要由我们来应验。不要满意于有一、两个人藉着你得救；你该说，“主阿，我要看见国度。我需要生养众多，好产生国度。”这是一件大事，我们都必须说，“主阿，我要有信心生养众多，不是为着我的王国，乃是为着你的国度。”
应许三、与他的后裔承受地
在创世记三十五章十二节，还题到神给雅各另一面的应许：“我所赐给亚伯拉罕和以撒的地，我要赐给你，与你的后裔。”这里雅各得了应许，要与他的后裔承受地。这应许像一座大山。不要以为这里所题的地，只是那一块狭窄的巴勒斯坦地。那块狭窄的地，是基督这美地的豫表。我们所拥有的基督这美地，最终要成为但以理二章从天上砸下来的石头，这块石头要变成一座大山，充满天下。这座大山就是基督。
信息重点：神给雅各三个重要的应许：生养众多、成为有君王的国、与后裔承受美地。 神的祝福不是只为个人的福乐，乃是为着生命的繁增和神的国度。
应用祷告：主耶稣，感谢你丰富的应许。求你使你的生命在我里面繁增，也藉着我供应别人。让我不只顾自己的属灵享受，更为着你的国度，并更多得着并享受基督。
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God’s Promise to Jacob — Gen. 35:11-12
Promise One: To Be Fruitful and Multiply
God said to Jacob, “I am the all-sufficient God; you shall be fruitful and multiply”. This is the first of God’s promises. At Bethel, God promised Jacob that he would be fruitful and multiply. All of us in the church life — including the youngest and the newest — must believe this promise and declare its fulfillment, saying, “Lord, I will not be a lone believer; I will stand on Your promise and be fruitful and multiply”. If you do this, after a period of time there will surely be a thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold increase. The Lord’s recovery is a matter of the multiplication of life. We live by the divine life, and this life is a life that multiplies. We have faith that we will surely multiply. We must pray concerning this, standing on His promise and holding fast to His word. Some may say that this promise was given only to Jacob, and that no Old Testament promise applies to us today. On the surface, this is true, but all the promises given to Israel are types. Since we today are in the reality, the promises within the types should also be for us.
Promise Two: To Become a Nation with Kings
God also promised Jacob, “A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, and kings shall come forth from you.” First there is a company of nations, indicating multiplication; then there are kings, indicating the kingdom. After Jacob, there were the citizens of his descendants’ nation; then, under David and Solomon, there was the kingdom of his descendants; in the New Testament age, there is the kingdom under his descendant Jesus Christ; in the next age, there will be the millennial kingdom; and afterward, in the new heaven and new earth, there will be the eternal kingdom. This matter of kingship required the books after the Old Testament, as well as the New Testament, for its fulfillment. Revelation 11:15 is part of the fulfillment of the promise given to Jacob: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.” Even the church today, which serves as God’s kingdom on the earth, is included in this promise. Remember, every matter in Jacob’s life is a type, to be fulfilled by us. Do not be satisfied that one or two people have been saved through you; you should say, “Lord, I want to see the kingdom. I need to be fruitful and multiply, in order to produce the kingdom”. This is a great matter, and we must all say, “Lord, I want to have faith to be fruitful and multiply — not for my own kingdom, but for Your kingdom”.
Promise Three: To Inherit the Land with His Descendants
In Genesis 35:12, God’s promise to Jacob is mentioned from another aspect: “The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give to you, and I will give this land to your seed after you.” Here Jacob received the promise that he, together with his descendants, would inherit the land. This promise is like a great mountain. Do not think that the land spoken of here is merely that narrow strip of land in Palestine. That narrow strip of land is a type of Christ as the good land. The good land of Christ that we possess will eventually become the stone that struck down from heaven in Daniel chapter 2, and this stone will become a great mountain that fills the whole earth. This great mountain is Christ.
Message Main Points: God gave Jacob three important promises: to be fruitful and multiply, to become a nation with kings, and to inherit the good land with his descendants. God’s blessing is not only for personal enjoyment, but for the multiplication of life and for God’s kingdom.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, thank You for Your rich promises. I ask that Your life would multiply within me, and that through me You would also supply others. May I not only care for my own spiritual enjoyment, but live more for Your kingdom, gaining and enjoying more of Christ.