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1 | A Loving GOD Who Hates | Mal 1:3 | mbooker | 59942 | ||
Good Morning All! I have read this verse before and I did not understand how God, who is love, could hate. Last week, a sister came to me and asked if I had ever read the verse and I told her 'yes'. We looked up this verse in other versions and all used the word 'hate' except the NLT, which uses 'rejected'. We both want to understand how our loving God could hate. Does anyone have any insight into this verse? Thanks in advance to those who may response. Abba Father bless... |
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2 | A Loving GOD Who Hates | Mal 1:3 | prayon | 59943 | ||
Greetings mbooker, Actual emotional hatred for Esau and his offspring is not the point here. The context here speaks of love as "choosing for intimate fellowship" and hate as "not choosing for intimate fellowship" in the realm of redemption. Malachi, who wrote this declaaration more than 1500 years after their death, was looking back at these two men, and by extension the nations of Israel and Edom that came from their loins rather than to the individual brothers. God chose one for divine protection and blessing and the other He left for divine judgement. Edom's judgement is further discussed in Obadiah in which Obadiah points out that the Lord's hatred was against Esau's idolatrous descendants. Hope this gives you a better understanding. prayon | ||||||
3 | A Loving GOD Who Hates | Mal 1:3 | John Reformed | 59964 | ||
Dear Prayon, even if one accepts th dispensational view of Malachi 1, How does this explain God's hatred of Esau's decendents. The decendents of Jacob also practiced idolotry (not all but probably most). The Hebrew word "sane" means "hate" or "detest" according to the concordaces I've looked at. Here in the NASB index feature and Strong's as well. I also found another verse in which God expressed hatred towards man. Ps 11:5 "The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates". We can be assured that when God hates it is a holy and righteous hatred. It is not the sinful hatred that man exhibits. John Reformed |
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