1. To see your face is like seeing the face of God (1-11)

After meeting God who changed his inner being, Jacob's fear for Esau was gone. His value system, his eyes to see things were totally transformed. He now stood ahead of the families with no fear to meet Esau. When Esau was surprised by Jacob's boldness, Jacob confessed, "For to see your face is like seeing the face of

God." Surely the fear of God drives out all fear of men.

2. El-Elohe-Israel (12-22)

Jacob solved his life-long problem of fear and guilt with Esau through meeting God. He felt free and victorious as his name "Israel" meant, the prince of God. Jacob went to Sukkoth and built a place for him and for his livestock. He did not forget to make an altar to thank and worship God. He called it El-Elohe-Israel, "Mighty is God of Israel". Jacob finally came to have an independent faith, like Abraham and Isaac as an ancestor of faith. Each of us should also meet and experience God personally until God becomes My-El-Elohe too.