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1 | Why did God hate Esau? Romans 9:13 | Mal 1:3 | maxpower | 193688 | ||
The simple answer is found in the book of Hebrews; “See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; … that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears.” (Heb 12:15-17) Looking at it more deeply we see, this passage refers to Genesis 25:30-34; Esau selling his birthright, and 27:30-40, where we find the consequences of that faithless transgression. For, after Jacob had obtained the blessing Esau came to Isaac and said, “Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me.” But Isaac’s reply regarding the blessing Jacob obtained by deception was, “Yes, and he shall be blessed.” So, “When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, ‘Bless me…’ But Isaac replied to Esau, ‘Behold, I have made him your master… Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?’ Esau said to his father, ‘Do you have only one blessing, my father?’ …So Esau lifted his voice and wept. Then Isaac his father answered and said to him, ‘Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from above.’” We see here that the repentance Esau sought for, ‘with tears,’ was not his own but that of his father, that he might obtain the blessing. So a millennium and a half later when God looked back on the outworking of both this blessing and curse, He spoke these words through Malachi, in response to Israel’s transgressions; “But you say, ‘How have You loved us?’ ‘Was not Esau Jacob's brother?’ declares the LORD. ‘Yet I have loved Jacob; but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.’ … Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever.’” (Mal 1:2-4 Paul has used this example as evidence of God’s sovereign choice, that of believers whom He loves, and the unbeliever whom in the hindsight of His judgment, He has hated… Scary but none the less true, especially in light of Rom 11:17-24 MP |
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2 | Why did God hate Esau? Romans 9:13 | Mal 1:3 | azurelaw | 193721 | ||
Dear Maxpower, You say: So a millennium and a half later WHEN GOD LOOKED BACK (caps are my emphasis) on the outworking of both this blessing and curse... Could you please elaborate more on what do you mean by "when God looked back"? Your statement gives me the impression that God has to wait till He finds the need to look back on certain outcomes before He delivers His guidances. Perhaps I have misunderstood you. Thank you for your clarification. Shalom Azure |
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3 | Why did God hate Esau? Romans 9:13 | Mal 1:3 | maxpower | 193820 | ||
The statement is rhetorical; when speaking in the past tense, one is 'looking back', even if the speaker himself, is not subject to time. Therefore, “But you say, ‘How have You…,’ … ‘Yet I have loved…’,” is, in a manner of speaking, looking back. |
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