Notes
Gen. 25:19-34 (CJB)
- Issac prayed on behalf of Rebecca to have a child.
- Prophecy of the two boys (25:22-23)
- Rivkah (Rebecca) was not instructed to share the prophecy.
- Growing up: Jacob attended Yeshivah, while Esau did not rule over his appetites.
- Esau did not value the birthright (25:32-34)
- Abraham and Issac both faced a famine – ch. 26.
Gen. 27:1-28:7 (CJB)
- Jacob: morality and justice.
- Esau: license and barbarity
- (The battle for the conquest of men’s minds)
- Jacob – Israel
- Esau/Edom (RED) – Rome (RED) – Christianity apart from Jewish roots.
- Even during the Reformation, the reformers did not connect the church back to Jerusalem.
- According to rabbis, Edom is a code word for Rome in Scripture.
- Even as Esau went to Ishmael (Islam) for a wife, many Protestants are going back to Roman Catholicism, which has officially allowed Islam a place in the Vatican.
- Isaac never saw Esau’s wickedness until Jacob received the blessing.
Mal. 1:1-2:7 (CJB)
- God loved (covenanted) with Jacob.
- God hated (rejected) Esau because he continued in sin.
- Esau/Edom/Rome will never prosper because God is permanently angry with him (1:4).
- Israel began to treat worship (offerings, praying, learning) as a burden. The “newness” of the Temple “wore off” from their hearts. We must never lose the fire of our relationship with God.
- Cursed is the deceiver – don’t offer God something that isn’t worthy.
- Don’t give, pray, or study without thought in the action.
Recommended Resources
The Fall of Edom: Rabbi Dr. Itzhak Shapira
The Puritans on ruling over temptation and the nature of sin:
The Mortification of Sin: John Owen
Temptation: Resisted and Repulsed: John Owen
Spiritual-Mindedness: John Owen
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