God would give abundance of prosperity to him. When hands were laid on him he did not receive the literal things into his body. I know that sounds funny. cattle was not inside him. money wasn't all of the sudden found inside him. The Old Testament saints laid hands on the innocent victim and they were transferring the sins onto the scapegoat. He was taken out of the city and then that was a symbol that the sins were carried away.
Therefore we see that sins didn't literally go into Jesus but were carried away as he was a substitute who took the punishment for the sins.
Jacob would receive his blessings one day at a time throughout his life. They came to him--- not out of him. see--- symbolism is sometimes misinterpreted as literal. When we drink the cup and eat the bread it is a symbol, not literal as the Catholic priests proclaim. They say the blood when swallowed becomes real blood. Someone said to me ,how can my sins go back and be on him when I sinned in this century.
God wants us to be fat with blessings and have the dew of heaven. He didn't mean have to sleep outside and be covered with dew in the morning. Rain and dew are symbols of prosperity and abundant grace.
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