And he blessed Joseph, and said:
“God, before Whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
The God Who has fed me all my life long to this day,
The Angel Who has redeemed me from all evil,
Bless the lads;
Let my name be named upon them,
And the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.”
Genesis 48:15–16
When Jacob describes his God at the end of his life, he refers specifically to the "Angel" (messenger/Ambassador) Who has redeemed him from all evil. The messenger/ambassador. This is the One Whom he identifies as:
the One before Whom Abraham and Isaac walked,
the One Who fed him all his life long to that day,
the One Who had redeemed him from all evil,
and the One Who would bless Ephraim and Manasseh and their offspring
Very briefly, it is evident that Jacob had at least knowledge of the Father and of the Son. And there is no reason to believe that he wasn't trinitarian. But, more than that, it is further evident that he knew the Son, in the several Christophanies of his life, to be the One in Whom the triune God had most revealed Himself to him.
Gentle reader, let us be at least as Trinitarian, with at least the Christology, of Jacob, knowing:
Jesus as the One before Whom we walk
Jesus as the One Who feeds us every day
Jesus as the One Who redeems us from all evil
Jesus as the One Who blesses us and our children
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