And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the "hollow of his thigh"; and the "hollow" of Jacob's "thigh" was "out of joint", as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. - B'reishyt (Genesis) 32:25-26
When our father Yaaqob (Jacob) encountered the Malak ("angel") just before his encounter with Esau, the messenger may not have touched him in the hip. He may have actually grabbed his privy member. So now that the air has been cleared, let us flesh it out (no pun intended) further - and get to why the imagery is so important to the narrative.
The hallmark of Yisrael's culture is our obedience to the divine order. Man deposits seed into his wife's womb. The son comes forth, is reared in his Father's image and likeness (by his mother), and after mastering being a good son and good Master of his assignment (profession), is then deemed worthy of creating his own family, in his image, and hence in his Father's image, all over again. The child learns of the divine order first within his own household. The Father is lord of all. The mother is the lord's executioner. The children are her assistants. One cannot skip over this step and become lord, or the lord's executioner without first mastering the role of assistantship.
Daughters of Lords and their Executioners become great executioners for their eventual Lords, because they've witnessed, lived, experienced, and walked in those shoes - as a servant and apprentice. Again - one cannot skip steps, for this is a prerequisite for greater things. Much too often children grow up in Households in which their fathers are nonexistent (including when present in a marginalized capacity). In these scenarios, the mothers remain as the executioners, but actually become the executioners for some other lord - theretofore positioning them as killers (executioners?) of the man that should actually be their lord. The usage is implemented for a different purpose - for a different master. In such a system that rails against the divine order, fathers are constantly under attack in their own Households (whether they're present or not). He becomes to her his wife's wife and she becomes her lord's lord.
If we allow for such circumstances to continue we only witness this harsh reality - constantly perpetrating the self-defeating cycle. If you lived in a pseudo- household, one in which your father was nonexistent (even when present), you will, without the very real miracle of divine intervention, perpetuate that same cycle. People act as they were trained. And if they're trained by those were traumatized and dispossessed they too learn the ways of trauma or dispossession. For example - If your mother never submitted to your father, there is a 100% chance that you were trained by her to rebel against him as well. Again, the divine plan for man and woman plays out - but it is implemented for a wrong purpose - for a different master. Without the grace of The Most High, and some serious introspection, humility, and a redeemer sent to you that you have been kept from rebelling against, that will turn you back to your father's perfection (and your mother's), you will too seek after women that will not work to build your house. If you hate your father, the one you choose as your woman, also being in your image and likeness (as divinely directed) will hate him too. And since you are him, despite how you may "feel", you are in turn hating yourself. As such, she, being the womb, the ability to recreate a better you in herself, replicates that indeed in her mind, and hates you even more than you hate yourself.
This scary imagery is why it is not so farfetched as to why possibly our fathers privy member was indeed grabbed; in order to remind him to move and choose wisely, because all he needs is already within him. And if he defiles what's in him, then what comes out of him too will be defiled. The accuser waits at the door. But the only way he can enter in is if we allow him in, and let's be clear, his aim is to corrupt you. More succinctly, to corrupt what's within you (your seed). If he can get to your seed he can cut you off from the promise...and cause you to "accuse" The Father - therefore redirecting the original plan making you like him - in his image and likeness (rather than in the image of Elohiym).
A hallmark of the people that bear the name YisraÉL is that they operate from divine order, within The family unit. Any slip up can have long lasting generational consequences. Remember, in being fruitful and multiplying, the aim is to let there be light. If there is no light being generated you are not being fruitful and you are not multiplying. You are perpetrating a fraud in the name of The Most High, and HE does not deal with a slack hand. You will be deemed worthless and cast off as would a tree that cannot bear fruit. Remember, everything you need is already within you. But if you despise yourself, your father, your Creator, you have effectively maimed yourself. And you've allowed the accuser to prevail over you. Hence, the only way the enemies of the Most High can prevail over you is if you allow him to gain control over what's between your legs - symbolic of who you reproduce with - who you choose and how you endeavor to be fruitful and Multiply with. This is why family must be setup and established as orchestrated from above as since the beginning of creation. This is an imperative for those that identify by the name YisraÉL in spirit and in truth.
Bn Shmû ÉL is the the founder of HaDBR Media, Chief Editor at Bn Shmû ÉL Publishing House, and author of The Land Of Milk and Honey: The Heart Of The World. Order your copy now at www.bn-shmu-el.com .
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