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Chapter 7. Jacob and Esau

12th June 2015 by Arthur Eedle

Here is a typical example of the teaching our Lord gave in the parable of the wheat and the tares. Let’s have a look at the situation regarding the birth of the twins, Jacob and Esau.

Genesis 25:21-26 “Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife because she was barren; and the Lord was entreated of him and Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within the womb; and she said, ‘If it be so, why am I like this?’ And she went to enquire of the Lord. And the Lord said to her, ‘Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your body; the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.’ And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold there were twins in her womb, and the first came out red, all over like a hairy garment, and they called his name Esau. And after that his brother came out, and his hand grasped Esau’s heel. And his name was called Jacob.”

Jacob and Esau were NOT identical twins. Their physical appearance differed remarkably. But the Lord also said that they would be “two manner of people.”  And so they were; very different of manner and custom. Esau’s history showed him to be cunning, deceitful, vengeful, and careless of his primogeniture. Jacob on the other hand was said to be an upright man, but easily led by his mother into a trick that rebounded on him for years.

Paul had something to say about the twins which is very important to our theme. “The children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him who calls, it was said to her, ‘The elder shall serve the younger.’ As it is written [in Malachi 1:2-3] ‘Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.’ What then shall we say? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.” (Romans 9:11-14)

The love that God had for Jacob, and the hatred towards Esau, related to days prior to their human birth. As Paul pointed out, some may conclude that God is unrighteous. By ordinary human standards this looks very much like favouritism. “God forbid!” cried Paul. This is an example of “election,” a subject that is rarely understood, and handled in an abominable way by Calvinists, who virtually uphold that God was selecting individuals for His grace by a roll of the dice.

But no. Here is an example of a grain of “wheat” being “sown” into Rebekah’s womb by the Lord, and a “tare” being sown alongside it. God’s purpose lay in the life of Jacob. Esau was put there to try to eliminate God’s purpose, by first of all arranging that he would be the firstborn, and therefore could lay claim to the parental blessing, and failing this, that Jacob would destroy his own credibility by trickery. But it didn’t work. God used Esau to further His own purposes, rather than allow him to undermine and destroy Jacob.

The only way to understand the life history of these twins is to acknowledge pre-existence.

Filed Under: All our Yesterdays Tagged With: Human Pre-Existance

About Arthur Eedle

Arthur was born in 1931, and became a Christian in 1948. At London University he gained a 2nd honours degree in Physics. He went on to get a Teaching Diploma, and throughout his career life taught physics in England, Kenya, and Hong Kong. Coupled with his love of science, he was a keen student of Greek and Hebrew, and gave many lectures on Biblical subjects. Read more

All our Yesterdays

Chapter 1. The Man born Blind

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 2. The Festival of Creation

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 3. The Feast of Trumpets

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 4. Born wicked

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 5. Born to Election

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 6. Wheat and Tares

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 7. Jacob and Esau

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 8. The Return Home

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 9. Of gods and men

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 10. Coming into the World

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 11. The Blood of Abel

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 12. The Treasury of Souls

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 13. Made Together

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 14. Memory

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 15. Wisdom’s rejoicing

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 16. Redemption

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 17. Judas Iscariot

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 18. A Root of Bitterness

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 19. Predestination & Foreknowledge

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 20. Ancient Jewish Beliefs

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 21. Ancient Christian Beliefs (1)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 22. Ancient Christian Beliefs (2)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 23. Ancient Christian Beliefs (3)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 24. Apocryphal writings

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 25. Plato’s writings (1)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 26. Plato’s writings (2)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 27. Plato’s writings (3)

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 28. George Ritchie’s experience

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 29. Betty Eadie’s experience

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

Chapter 30. Conclusion to this Series

12th June 2015 By Arthur Eedle

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Index of Topics

Arthur & Rosalind Eedle's Personal Testimonies Discipleship Expository Items Good and Evil Human Pre-Existance Jane Leade. Philadelphian Numerology in the Bible Quotations from other Authors Resurrection and the Change Ron Wyatt. Archaeology Science Topics The Kingdom of God the Millennium and the Return of Christ The Sabbath Day Universal Reconcilliation

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