{"id":1194,"date":"2024-09-16T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-1-two-faces-two-paths\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:36:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:36:56","slug":"stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-1-two-faces-two-paths","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/stephen-whitehouse-from-jacob-to-israel-class-1-two-faces-two-paths\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Whitehouse – From Jacob to Israel – Class 1 – Two Faces Two Paths"},"content":{"rendered":"

Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 313.<\/p>\n

Slides for this class can be found HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nOh, good morning, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n

2
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\nOh, that was good.
\nThat was good. <\/p>\n

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\nJacob, a man transformed the
\nnamesake for God’s people and <\/p>\n

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\nGod’s land.
\nSo right at the outset of a week<\/p>\n

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\nof studies together, we see in
\nthat name a name that is changed<\/p>\n

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\nto Israel, that there is
\nsomething about this man’s life <\/p>\n

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\nthat we as brothers and sisters,
\nfollowers of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nChrist, need to follow.
\nThere are lessons to glean if we<\/p>\n

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\nare to become part of new Israel
\nnow. <\/p>\n

10
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\nNow the the study started in the
\nvery natural way. <\/p>\n

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\nWe were doing the readings as a
\nfamily a few years back and when<\/p>\n

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\nwe were looking at the life of
\nJacob, we stopped in our <\/p>\n

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\nreadings and we just couldn’t
\nunderstand why he was a <\/p>\n

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\npatriarch.
\nThis is a man who deceived his <\/p>\n

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\nfather.
\nThis is a man who took the <\/p>\n

16
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\nbirthright and stole the
\nblessing of his older brother <\/p>\n

17
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\nEsau.
\nThis is a man who showed <\/p>\n

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\npreference to Rachel over Leah.
\nThis is a a man who favoured <\/p>\n

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\nJoseph over his sons.
\nThere are so many things, aren’t<\/p>\n

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\nthey, when we think about the
\nlife of Jacob, that it’s not, <\/p>\n

21
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\nit’s not, it’s not an obvious
\nthing, is it? <\/p>\n

22
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\nIt’s not a an obvious thing to
\nthink that this is a man who is <\/p>\n

23
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\nindeed blessed by God.
\nSo I set out to prove that Esau <\/p>\n

24
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\nwas much better than perhaps we
\nfirst realized and to understand<\/p>\n

25
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\nwhy God loved Jacob.
\nAnd can I just say at the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of our studies this
\nweek, at the outset, I can say <\/p>\n

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\nthat Jacob turns out to be one
\nof the great men of faith and <\/p>\n

28
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\nEsau a lot worse than I first
\nthought. <\/p>\n

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\nSo with those thoughts in mind,
\nI’d like you just to open up <\/p>\n

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\nyour scriptures and we’re going
\nto start in Genesis chapter 25 <\/p>\n

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\nbecause to understand Jacob, I
\nbelieve, and this is what we’re <\/p>\n

32
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\ngoing to look at this morning, I
\nbelieve to understand Jacob, we <\/p>\n

33
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\nhave to understand Esau.
\nAnd we’ve got to go back to <\/p>\n

34
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\nJacob’s formative years as a
\nchild growing up with his Big <\/p>\n

35
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\nBrother.
\nAnd we’re going to see the deep <\/p>\n

36
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\npsychological impact that Esau
\nhas upon him. <\/p>\n

37
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\nAnd I believe from the, the
\nstudy that we’re going to look <\/p>\n

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\nat this morning, that I, I
\nbelieve Esau profoundly shaped <\/p>\n

39
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\nJacob.
\nSo when we think about Jacob and<\/p>\n

40
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\nall the things that he did, I
\nwould like us to remember this <\/p>\n

41
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\nclass and the context of how all
\nthings started for Jacob. <\/p>\n

42
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\nSo when we come to Genesis
\nchapter 25, we we see there as <\/p>\n

43
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\nwe we pick up the narrative here
\nin verse 21 that Isaac and <\/p>\n

44
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\nRebecca, they’ve been together
\nfor 20 years and Rebecca had <\/p>\n

45
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\nbeen barren for all this time.
\nLook at these words. <\/p>\n

46
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\nAnd Isaac entreated Yahweh for
\nhis wife, because she was <\/p>\n

47
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\nbarren, and Yahweh was entreated
\nof him. <\/p>\n

48
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\nAnd Rebecca his wife conceived,
\nand the children struggled <\/p>\n

49
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\ntogether within her.
\nAnd she said, If it be so, why <\/p>\n

50
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\nam I thus?
\nAnd she went to inquire of <\/p>\n

51
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\nYahweh.
\nAnd Yahweh said unto her, Two <\/p>\n

52
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\nnations are in thy womb, and two
\nmanner of people shall be <\/p>\n

53
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\nseparated from thy bowels, and
\nthe one people shall be stronger<\/p>\n

54
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\nthan the other people, and the
\nelder shall serve the younger. <\/p>\n

55
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\nSo there’s a number of things
\nI’d like you to notice in those <\/p>\n

56
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\nfew verses there, it says the
\nchildren struggled together with<\/p>\n

57
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\nan I want you to notice that in
\nthe womb there they were. <\/p>\n

58
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\nThey were struggling to such an
\nextent that Rebecca inquired of <\/p>\n

59
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\nthe Lord.
\nIt says, why am I thus? <\/p>\n

60
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\nIn other words, why is this
\nhappening to me? <\/p>\n

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\nI want you just to note that
\nbrothers and sisters, at the <\/p>\n

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\nbeginning of this week, the
\nwrestling between Jacob and Esau<\/p>\n

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\nin the womb, they were wrestling
\nto such an extent that it was <\/p>\n

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\npainful for the mother, it was
\npainful for Rebecca. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd she now entreats of Yahweh
\nand says, why is this so? <\/p>\n

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\nIn other words, if I’d known, if
\nI’d known that the blessing of <\/p>\n

67
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\nthese children would bring so
\nmuch discomfort, I’m wondering <\/p>\n

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\nwhether I would have asked.
\nThis is the extent to which <\/p>\n

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\nRebecca was enduring the pain of
\nthese two boys wrestling within <\/p>\n

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\nher.
\nAnd so right at the beginning, <\/p>\n

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\nwe’ve got this, this hint, this
\nhint from Scripture of Jacob <\/p>\n

72
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\nwrestling with Esau before
\nthey’re even born. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd remember, Jacob is going to
\ncommence a journey, a journey <\/p>\n

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\nthat’s going to bring about a
\nnew name, the name of Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so in other words, it’s
\ntelling us that through much <\/p>\n

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\ntribulation we enter into the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n

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\nActs chapter 14.
\nCan you see that Bible <\/p>\n

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\nprinciples are always consistent
\nin Scripture. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd and this is what we’re
\nseeing this journey now for, for<\/p>\n

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\nJacob begins in the womb, the
\nwrestling with his older <\/p>\n

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\nbrother.
\nThe other thing I’d like you to <\/p>\n

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\nnotice, verse 23, it says that
\nthe elder shall serve the <\/p>\n

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\nyounger.
\nSo it wouldn’t be a natural <\/p>\n

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\norder, wouldn’t be a natural
\norder here. <\/p>\n

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\nThis order would be brought
\nabout a struggle. <\/p>\n

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\nA struggle would bring about
\nthis order of the elder serving <\/p>\n

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\nthe younger.
\nAnd then we’ve got a few other <\/p>\n

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\nadditional details.
\nNotice here the two nations are <\/p>\n

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\nin thy womb and two manner of
\npeople. <\/p>\n

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\nSo not only are they two nations
\nthat they’re two manner of <\/p>\n

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\npeople, they are all together
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

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\nThey are, they are opposed to
\none another and they’re <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent to such an extent that
\nhe says there shall be separated<\/p>\n

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\nfrom thy bowels.
\nThey’re going to be so different<\/p>\n

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\nthat the very moment that these
\nchildren are born, they’re going<\/p>\n

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\nto set off on two different
\njourneys. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the idea that they’re
\nseparated as soon as they’re <\/p>\n

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\nborn.
\nThese two opposing forces in <\/p>\n

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\nEsau and in Jacob.
\nThat’s interesting, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nWhen we reflect upon that two
\nmanner of people, as soon as <\/p>\n

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\nthey’re they’re born, they’ll be
\ndifferent that the the elder <\/p>\n

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\nshall serve the young.
\nAnd we’re going to see this <\/p>\n

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\nthroughout our studies this week
\nthat I really believe that this <\/p>\n

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\nbecame a driving force in the
\nmind of Rebecca. <\/p>\n

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\nYou imagine that you’re Rebecca
\nand, and, and you are the heir <\/p>\n

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\nof the covenant and God speaks
\nto you and says that the, the <\/p>\n

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\nelder shall serve the younger.
\nThis then becomes a driving <\/p>\n

108
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\nmotivation, a driving force in
\nher life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I believe it’s these verses
\nhere that begin to help us to, <\/p>\n

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\nto understand and to explain the
\nactions of Rebecca in the life <\/p>\n

111
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\nof Jacob.
\nWell, twins, don’t they? <\/p>\n

112
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\nThey, they share very deep
\nconnections. <\/p>\n

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\nThey have genetic similarities
\nand they have common <\/p>\n

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\nexperiences.
\nThat’s helpful to think about <\/p>\n

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\nbecause it begins to frame
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

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\nThey were twins.
\nAnd so, in other words, then <\/p>\n

117
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\nthere was something of Esau in
\nJacob. <\/p>\n

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\nWant you just to think about
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was something of Esau in
\nJacob, and Jacob’s life was a <\/p>\n

120
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\ntransformation.
\nIt was going to be a journey <\/p>\n

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\nthat would bring about a new
\nname, and that new name was <\/p>\n

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\nabout enduring and tribulation
\nand removing that Esau from <\/p>\n

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\nwithin him.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

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\nThere was something there in
\nbirth of Esau within Jacob and <\/p>\n

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\nhis life was about removing the
\nEsau from within and his name <\/p>\n

126
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\nwas Israel.
\nAnd that’s exactly the lesson <\/p>\n

127
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\nfor you and for me, isn’t it?
\nBrothers and sisters, if we are <\/p>\n

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\nto to become new Israel, then
\nhuman nature and natural <\/p>\n

129
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\npropensities, the Esau within us
\nhas to be destroyed. <\/p>\n

130
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\nIt is the the journey of
\novercoming. <\/p>\n

131
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\nIt is the hour of
\ntransformation. <\/p>\n

132
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\nNow this difference here was
\nseen at birth. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s going to become even more
\nacute as they grow older. <\/p>\n

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\nBut I want us to pick out some
\nof the details here in their <\/p>\n

135
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\nbirth.
\nIt illustrates the differences <\/p>\n

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\nhere.
\nLet’s just note verse 24 of <\/p>\n

137
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\nchapter 25.
\nIt says there, and the first <\/p>\n

138
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\nthis is Esau came out red all
\nover like a hairy garment, and <\/p>\n

139
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\nthey called his name Esau.
\nAnd after that came his brother <\/p>\n

140
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\nout and his hand took hold on
\nEsau’s heel, and his name was <\/p>\n

141
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\ncalled Jacob.
\nAnd Esau Isaac was three school <\/p>\n

142
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\nyears old when she bare them.
\nJust want you to know, since <\/p>\n

143
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\nthese details here, it tells us
\nthat Esau first came out and was<\/p>\n

144
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\nread.
\nI’d like us all to notice that <\/p>\n

145
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\nthat’s a that’s a very important
\nhint of the type of life this <\/p>\n

146
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\nman would lead.
\nThe Hebrew for the word read <\/p>\n

147
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\nthere is Admani, which you could
\neven hear in the Hebrew is the <\/p>\n

148
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\nroots of the name Adam.
\nIt means red or Ruddy. <\/p>\n

149
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\nAnd so the idea here that when
\nEsau was born, his complexion <\/p>\n

150
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\nwas red.
\nHe was a picture of health and <\/p>\n

151
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\nvitality.
\nSo I just want you to imagine <\/p>\n

152
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\nthat Isaac here and Rebecca,
\nthey’re naming their children <\/p>\n

153
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\nand they see this son and he’s a
\npicture of vitality. <\/p>\n

154
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\nAnd it says that in verse 25.
\nHe has this distinctive feature <\/p>\n

155
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\nhere.
\nHe’s all over like a hairy or a <\/p>\n

156
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\nrough.
\nYou may have, in a more modern <\/p>\n

157
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\ntranslation, a rough garment.
\nAnd the name Esau means hairy <\/p>\n

158
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\none, hairy 1.
\nAnd so with this skin around <\/p>\n

159
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\nhim, it’s as if he was wearing
\nat birth an animal skin. <\/p>\n

160
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\nCan you see that?
\nIt’s as if at birth he was <\/p>\n

161
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\nwearing an animal skin.
\nThis was a a a a young a young <\/p>\n

162
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\nman or a baby here that was
\nbeing born that looked like a a <\/p>\n

163
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\nhunter, a hunter in the making
\nright from birth. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd the root of the name Esau
\nthe hairy wand is the idea of <\/p>\n

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\nbeing fully made and that that
\nmakes sense. <\/p>\n

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\nThere he was.
\nHe’s all hairies hairy over. <\/p>\n

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\nHe looks like this baby hunter.
\nHe’s going to grow up as a a <\/p>\n

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\ngreat hunter.
\nBut here the idea of the name <\/p>\n

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\nEsau is fully made.
\nHe’s all grown up at birth. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was all grown up.
\nJust just picture that. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s all grown up and and it
\nliterally means there to do to <\/p>\n

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\nfashion and to make.
\nAnd these are all important <\/p>\n

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\ndetails because he’s telling us
\nhere that the name Esau, <\/p>\n

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\nalthough he was the hairy one,
\nthe idea expresses that this man<\/p>\n

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\nis strong and will be strong in
\nhis own strength. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s all grown up at birth.
\nHe’s fully made. <\/p>\n

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\nHe even looks like a bearded man
\nat birth. <\/p>\n

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\nAll right, that’s the whole
\nidea. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so you can imagine then the
\nthe muttering amongst the <\/p>\n

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\nmothers as they looked at Esau
\nand they go, oh, he looks so <\/p>\n

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\nhealthy and red.
\nYou can see his whole life is is<\/p>\n

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\ncharted ahead.
\nHe’s going to be strong. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s destined for greatness.
\nCan can you can you hear those <\/p>\n

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\nwords that that are resounding
\naround the the the birth really <\/p>\n

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\nof Esau?
\nSo at birth he resembled a a a <\/p>\n

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\nmini hunter, a person who was
\ngoing to enjoy wild game and a a<\/p>\n

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\ngreat sense of adventure that
\nthis was Esau at birth. <\/p>\n

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\nBut but Jacob was altogether
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says there in verse 26 that
\nJacob took hold of Esau’s heel. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this is very important.
\nI know you know these details, <\/p>\n

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\nbut sometimes we forget them.
\nThe name Jacob here is to grab <\/p>\n

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\nthe heel, heel catcher and
\nthat’s what his name is and <\/p>\n

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\nnothing else.
\nGrab the heel and heel catcher. <\/p>\n

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\nSo just like Esau was this hairy
\nman and he was destined for <\/p>\n

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\ngreatness.
\nHe was all grown up. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was he was fully made.
\nThat’s the whole idea here in <\/p>\n

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\nthe name Jacob, the heel
\ncatcher. <\/p>\n

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\nIn this name, in this name is
\nJacob’s destiny. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd Jacob’s destiny was to let
\ngo of the heel. <\/p>\n

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\nCan you see that?
\nTo become Esau, he had the to <\/p>\n

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\nbecome Israel, he has the Esau
\nwithin him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has to remove the Esau, and
\nto remove the Esau he has to let<\/p>\n

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\ngo of Esau’s heel.
\nSo in his name we see his <\/p>\n

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\ndestiny.
\nNow the names were given in the <\/p>\n

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\nway that they appeared.
\nEsau was was fully haired and so<\/p>\n

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\nhe was the Hairy 1.
\nAnd similarly, Jacob was holding<\/p>\n

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\nonto Esau’s heel and he was the
\nheel catcher. <\/p>\n

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\nNow come over to a chapter to
\nchapter 27. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I just want to illustrate
\nthis because I think it’s <\/p>\n

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\nimportant.
\nSometimes we say that Jacob was <\/p>\n

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\nthe supplanter and I want to
\nerase that from your minds <\/p>\n

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\nbecause the Scriptures do not
\nsay that he was a supplanter. <\/p>\n

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\nThe scriptures tell us that he
\nwas the heel catcher because <\/p>\n

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\nthose names were given on their
\nphysical appearance. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd notice verse 36 concerning
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nHow, how, how Esau Now we’re
\ngoing to come to this a little <\/p>\n

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\nlater, God willing this week.
\nHow how Esau had lost out on the<\/p>\n

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\nblessing and he says to his
\nfather is not he rightly named <\/p>\n

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\nJacob or he has supplanted me
\nand this is where we get the <\/p>\n

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\nidea of the supplanter.
\nBut notice who says that Esau <\/p>\n

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\nand we’re going to see that this
\nis a man of no integrity at all.<\/p>\n

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\nWe we can’t trust any words that
\nEsau says Esau called his <\/p>\n

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\nyounger brother supplanter, but
\nwe are not to to trust those <\/p>\n

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\nwords at all.
\nThe scriptures God says that he <\/p>\n

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\nwas a heel catcher and that’s a
\nreally, really important <\/p>\n

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\ndistinction.
\nLet’s not say that Jacob was a <\/p>\n

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\nsupplanter because he wasn’t.
\nHe was the heel catcher and he <\/p>\n

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\nhad to let go.
\nNow it’s interesting, isn’t it, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen we think a little bit about
\nthese names. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, so here then was Esau and he
\nwas fully made. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd there’s something then if
\nJacob was to go on a different <\/p>\n

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\npath, an opposite path, then it
\nwould mean then, wouldn’t it, by<\/p>\n

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\ndeduction that that Jacob wasn’t
\nfully made, he had to become God<\/p>\n

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\nmade.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd to become God name made
\nmeans him becoming Israel. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a really powerful lesson
\nfor you and for me brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nWe have to grow, we have to <\/p>\n

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\ndevelop, we have to become like
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ in order <\/p>\n

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\nto become Israel.
\nIf we are fully made now, then <\/p>\n

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\nwe are not growing spiritually
\nthrough our Heavenly Father. <\/p>\n

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\nReally important lessons, things
\nto note, a lesson for us all. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, the difference was
\ncertainly seen in their adult <\/p>\n

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\nlives.
\nCome back to chapter 25 then and<\/p>\n

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\nlook at verse 27.
\nSo certainly they were <\/p>\n

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\nphysically very different when
\nthey were born. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd those names that were
\nassigned to these children had <\/p>\n

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\nincredible meaning as they begin
\ntheir lives. <\/p>\n

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\nBut but notice as they’re
\ngrowing up now, look how <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent they are.
\nIt says in verse 27 that Esau <\/p>\n

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\nboys grew and Esau was a cunning
\nhunter, a man of the field, and <\/p>\n

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\nJacob was a play man and he
\ndwelt in tents. <\/p>\n

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\nWant you to again notice a few
\nof these details here because <\/p>\n

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\nthey really reveal quite a vivid
\npicture of Esau. <\/p>\n

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\nIt tells us that he was a
\ncunning hunter. <\/p>\n

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\nNow you know that word cunning,
\nIt means knowledgeable, not only<\/p>\n

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\nknowledgeable, intimate
\nknowledge. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s the same knowledge that
\nAdam had of his wife Eve. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd she can see we, we all
\nunderstand the import of that <\/p>\n

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\nword.
\nNo, And it’s the same word. <\/p>\n

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\nHe knew how to hunt inside and
\nout. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was an exceptional hunter
\nwith a sword and the bow. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was a man who went out into
\nthe forest and he trapped and he<\/p>\n

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\nkilled every single day with
\nease. <\/p>\n

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\nI want you to to imagine this
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\nThere he is on his horse out
\nthere in the forests. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was a formidable man.
\nHe was a destroyer. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when Jacob becomes a haunted
\nman now we begin to imagine the <\/p>\n

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\nfear that Jacob had concerning
\nhis older brother Easel. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it says also that he was a a
\ncunning hunter, A cunning <\/p>\n

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\nhunter.
\nAnd when we look at that word <\/p>\n

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\nhunter, we only find that word
\nhunter used one other time in <\/p>\n

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\nscripture.
\nAnd it tells us that there was a<\/p>\n

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\nmighty hunter before Yahweh.
\nRemember him. <\/p>\n

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\nIt was Nimrod there in Genesis
\n10 and verse 9. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m sure we all know that that
\nbefore Yahweh is the idea of <\/p>\n

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\nagainst Yahweh.
\nHe was an adversary of Yahweh. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was the the first adversary
\nof Yahweh in the earth where he <\/p>\n

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\nwhere he he challenged Yahweh
\nand his status as supreme ruler <\/p>\n

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\nwith a following.
\nThis was the man who was <\/p>\n

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\ndefiant.
\nThis was the man who established<\/p>\n

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\nthe Babylonians who were the
\nenemies of God. <\/p>\n

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\nNow isn’t it interesting that
\nthat word hunter is first picked<\/p>\n

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\nup of Nimrod and his name means
\nwe will rebel. <\/p>\n

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\nThe same word is used of Esau.
\nI’m trying to paint a picture <\/p>\n

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\nfor you.
\nPainting a picture of Esau helps<\/p>\n

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\nus all understand why Jacob
\nbehaved in the way that he did. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd think about Esau.
\nNot only was he a mighty hunter,<\/p>\n

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\nhe too founded the Edomites and
\nthe Edomites were the enemy, the<\/p>\n

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\nswore enemy of Israel.
\nCan you see the similarities <\/p>\n

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\nbetween those two?
\nYet in contrast, in stark <\/p>\n

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\ncontrast, we read there yet
\nJacob was a play man dwelling in<\/p>\n

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\ntents.
\nIn verse 27, so suddenly we see <\/p>\n

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\nthat in stark contrast of the
\nthe predator out there in the <\/p>\n

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\nforest tracking the animals.
\nJacob was a shepherd who knew of<\/p>\n

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\nthe flock.
\nThink of all the shepherds we <\/p>\n

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\nknow in Scripture, brothers and
\nsisters, and that’s what Jacob <\/p>\n

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\nwas doing.
\nAnd notice there he was a play <\/p>\n

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\nman.
\nSee that he was a play man in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 27.
\nAnd it’s worth just putting in <\/p>\n

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\nyour margin.
\nThat word plain Job one verse, <\/p>\n

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\none which says concerning Job
\nthat he was a perfect and <\/p>\n

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\nupright and one that feared God
\nand eschewed evil. <\/p>\n

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\nWe remember those words and the
\nword perfect there in Job. <\/p>\n

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\nOne verse, one that describes
\nthe the character and the <\/p>\n

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\nuprightness of Job, is the name.
\nThat is used to describe Jacob. <\/p>\n

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\nWhilst Esau was this cunning
\nhunter, really important to <\/p>\n

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\nnote.
\nThis really establishes their <\/p>\n

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\npositions in their journeys in
\nthe sight of God. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was Jacob and here we see
\nwhat Esau was doing. <\/p>\n

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\nNow as we reflect upon this and
\nwe we think about becoming new <\/p>\n

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\nIsrael, this is our journey,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nThis is a name that we’re
\nassociated with the name bearer <\/p>\n

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\nof God’s land and God’s people.
\nWe, we begin to see as we, we <\/p>\n

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\nlook at these details that the
\nlife of Esau and the life of <\/p>\n

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\nJacob is all about priorities,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s all about priorities.
\nWe’re, we’re beginning to see <\/p>\n

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\nthat Jacob was a man who was
\nobsessed, obsessed with the <\/p>\n

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\ncovenant and the promises.
\nThis is what he focused his <\/p>\n

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\nentire life on.
\nYet Esau, his twin brother, was <\/p>\n

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\na predator and he was focused
\nmerely on the here and now. <\/p>\n

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\nYou see that just as we reflect
\nupon those two men, we see 2 <\/p>\n

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\npaths, 2 choices revealed in
\nthese two faces and these two <\/p>\n

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\ncharacters.
\nAnd so then we’re beginning to <\/p>\n

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\nsee that Jacob and Esau and
\ntheir lives are challenging you <\/p>\n

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\nand me.
\nAnd it’s asking us rhetorically <\/p>\n

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\nwhat, what character do you best
\nidentify with? <\/p>\n

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\nDo I, are you an Esau or are you
\na Jacob? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd brothers and sisters, young
\npeople, we cannot be both. <\/p>\n

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\nI want you to notice here.
\nSo just imagine in your minds <\/p>\n

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\nthere’s Esau, and he’s out there
\non his horse, the great cunning <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:02,720 –> 00:22:09,800
\nhunter, while Jacob was quiet in
\na tent. <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:10,840 –> 00:22:13,640
\nSo with that thought, let’s just
\ngo and have a look at Hebrews <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:13,640 –> 00:22:17,240
\nChapter 11.
\nBecause when we make that type <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:17,240 –> 00:22:22,800
\nof picture in our minds, we
\nmight conclude that Jacob was <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:22,800 –> 00:22:26,880
\nbeing overshadowed.
\nBut we’re going to see that all <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:26,880 –> 00:22:30,480
\nappearances are very deceiving
\nbecause something was happening,<\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:30,840 –> 00:22:35,120
\nsomething incredible was
\nhappening in the life of Jacob. <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:36,440 –> 00:22:41,400
\nSo look at these words here in
\nHebrews Chapter 11 and verse 9. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:43,520 –> 00:22:46,080
\nYou can see here that we’re
\nreading about the life of <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:46,120 –> 00:22:52,440
\nAbraham.
\nIt’s there by faith. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:53,200 –> 00:22:58,320
\nAbraham sojourned in the land of
\npromise, as in a strange country<\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:58,880 –> 00:23:01,640
\ndwelling in tabernacles.
\nYou’ll notice in your margin the<\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:01,640 –> 00:23:08,840
\nword tense with Isaac and Jacob,
\nthe heirs with him of the same <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:09,800 –> 00:23:18,680
\npromise.
\nCan you see there was Esau fully<\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:18,680 –> 00:23:22,960
\nmade?
\nAnd Jacob was with his father <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:23,640 –> 00:23:29,880
\nand his grandfather in a tent
\nwith their scriptures open and <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:29,880 –> 00:23:32,040
\nhe’s learning.
\nCan you see that there’s Esau <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:32,600 –> 00:23:40,800
\nfully made and there’s Jacob
\nwith granddad and dad growing. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:40,840 –> 00:23:45,000
\nAnd when we go through the time
\nperiod, we we know that Jacob is<\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:45,000 –> 00:23:48,800
\n15 years of age when Abraham
\ndeparts the scene when he falls <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:48,800 –> 00:23:50,880
\nasleep.
\nYou, you think of your own <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:50,880 –> 00:23:53,680
\nchildren and your own
\ngrandchildren, your children in <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:53,680 –> 00:23:56,800
\nyour your meetings and how much
\nyou can, you can put in their <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:56,800 –> 00:23:58,800
\nminds and hearts by the time
\nthey’re 15. <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:58,800 –> 00:24:02,680
\nYou imagine the excitement and
\nthe the spiritual appetite of <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:02,680 –> 00:24:06,400
\nJacob when he goes.
\nGranddad, tell me again about <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:06,400 –> 00:24:10,360
\nthe story of earth.
\nGranddad, tell me again about <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:10,360 –> 00:24:13,040
\nMount Moriah with dad.
\nWhat were you thinking? <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:13,560 –> 00:24:17,240
\nCan you imagine that?
\nAnd there was Esau out there in <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:17,240 –> 00:24:21,120
\nthe forest as the predator, and
\nthere was Jacob there with Dad <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:21,120 –> 00:24:23,800
\nand granddad with his scriptures
\nopen. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:25,000 –> 00:24:27,680
\nBut there’s something else I
\nwant you just to notice here. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:27,680 –> 00:24:30,080
\nIt’s a lovely phrase.
\nI want you to try and at least <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:31,240 –> 00:24:34,200
\ntry and remember it this morning
\nthat these three men, that they <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:34,200 –> 00:24:39,080
\nwere heirs of the same promise.
\nWhat a lovely, lovely phrase <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:39,080 –> 00:24:42,240
\nthat is, that they were heirs of
\nthe same promise. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:42,400 –> 00:24:46,240
\nThat’s what we are.
\nThat’s what we are. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:46,280 –> 00:24:49,400
\nWe belong in this tent.
\nWe’re the heirs. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:49,880 –> 00:24:52,200
\nHebrews, one tells us, the heirs
\nof salvation. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:52,600 –> 00:24:57,880
\nWe’re in this tent with Abraham,
\nIsaac sitting there along Jacob.<\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:59,160 –> 00:25:00,800
\nBut I want you to think now
\nabout Jacob. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:00,800 –> 00:25:02,520
\nThere’s Jacob with his Bible
\nopen. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:02,520 –> 00:25:05,320
\nHe’s listening to to his father
\nand grandfather and he looks at <\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:05,320 –> 00:25:08,840
\nthese two great men, these great
\nmen of history, the great <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:08,840 –> 00:25:12,080
\npatriarchs, and he looks at his
\ngranddad and he sees Abraham. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:12,600 –> 00:25:14,080
\nAnd what does he think about
\nAbraham? <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:14,240 –> 00:25:16,840
\nWell, I’m sure when he looks at
\nAbraham, he thinks about his own<\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:16,840 –> 00:25:19,760
\nlife.
\nThe the, the great enemy in in <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:19,760 –> 00:25:21,880
\nJacob’s life, which we’re going
\nto see in a moment was, was <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:23,640
\nEsau.
\nAnd think about the challenge <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:23,640 –> 00:25:26,640
\nthat Abraham had.
\nThink about the big decision <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:26,640 –> 00:25:30,240
\nthat Abraham had to make with
\nLot, his nephew, where the <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:30,240 –> 00:25:34,680
\nchoice was the land of Canaan
\nand the, the flush and fertile <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:34,680 –> 00:25:38,800
\nplanes of Jordan close to Sodom
\nand Gomorrah. <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:38,800 –> 00:25:42,560
\nCan you remember that and the
\ntension between those two men <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:43,000 –> 00:25:45,040
\nand the strife it brought within
\nthe family? <\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:45,360 –> 00:25:48,480
\nSo, so when Jacob looks at
\nAbraham, he sees his grandfather<\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:48,560 –> 00:25:53,120
\nand he knows that Abraham made
\nbig decisions in his life of <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:53,120 –> 00:26:00,120
\nseparation.
\nAnd then he looks at his father <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:00,120 –> 00:26:04,600
\nIsaac, and he knows all the
\nstories about Isaac and the <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:04,600 –> 00:26:06,840
\nchallenge he had with his half
\nbrother Ishmael. <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:07,000 –> 00:26:09,160
\nCan we just look at that because
\nwe might not know that one. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:09,160 –> 00:26:12,480
\nSo well, come with me to to
\nGenesis chapter 25. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:26:14,440 –> 00:26:18,640
\nAnd as we go here, I want you to
\ntry and imagine the the the <\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:18,640 –> 00:26:22,320
\nthoughts and the feelings of
\nJacob and the comfort he must <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:22,320 –> 00:26:26,520
\nhave had being with his father
\nIsaac, knowing the decisions <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:26,600 –> 00:26:31,640
\nthat Isaac had made.
\nWell here then we see a contrast<\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:32,080 –> 00:26:36,800
\nwith Isaac and Ishmael.
\nNotice here Genesis chapter 25 <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:36,800 –> 00:26:40,600
\nverse 16.
\nThese are the sons of Ishmael, <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:40,720 –> 00:26:43,160
\nand these are their names by
\ntheir towns and by their <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:43,160 –> 00:26:47,160
\ncastles. 12 Princess according
\nto their nations. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:47,360 –> 00:26:49,880
\nSo here then you can notice that
\nword castle is the idea of <\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:49,880 –> 00:26:54,920
\nfortress.
\nSo here notice then Isaac saw <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:54,920 –> 00:26:56,880
\nIshmael.
\nThere’s Isaac and he’s in a tent<\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:56,880 –> 00:27:00,880
\nwith his dad Abraham, while
\nIshmael because of the blessing <\/p>\n

406
\n00:27:00,880 –> 00:27:07,240
\nof Hagar, he has this great
\nfortress and he has towns and he<\/p>\n

407
\n00:27:07,240 –> 00:27:10,720
\nhas the nations.
\nCan Can you imagine that, that <\/p>\n

408
\n00:27:10,720 –> 00:27:13,160
\nyou’re living in a tent, you’re
\nthe one who’s received the <\/p>\n

409
\n00:27:13,160 –> 00:27:17,600
\nblessing and you’re half
\nbrothers out there, so <\/p>\n

410
\n00:27:17,600 –> 00:27:26,840
\nprosperous as a ruler of his own
\nKingdom, but Isaac stays within <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:26,840 –> 00:27:28,520
\nthe tent.
\nSee that? <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:29,520 –> 00:27:33,880
\nNow with that, then, it’s even
\nmore pronounced in the life of <\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:33,880 –> 00:27:35,640
\nJacob.
\nLet’s have a look at Genesis <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:35,640 –> 00:27:49,960
\nchapter 36, Genesis chapter 36.
\nThen let’s just let’s just pick <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:49,960 –> 00:27:53,840
\nup verse 31.
\nAnd these are the kings that <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:53,840 –> 00:27:58,840
\nreigned in the land of Edom
\nbefore there reigned any king <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:58,840 –> 00:28:03,760
\nover the children of Israel.
\nVerse 40. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:03,760 –> 00:28:05,360
\nJust begin the the the verse
\nhere. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:05,360 –> 00:28:08,960
\nThese are the names of the Dukes
\nthat came of Esau and you can <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:08,960 –> 00:28:13,240
\nsee a long list there.
\nAnd then verse 43, where we’ve <\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:13,280 –> 00:28:16,440
\ngot Duke Magiel, Duke Eram,
\nthese be the Dukes of Edom <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:16,440 –> 00:28:18,400
\naccording to their habitations
\nin the land of their <\/p>\n

423
\n00:28:18,400 –> 00:28:22,080
\npossessions.
\nHe is Esau, the father of the <\/p>\n

424
\n00:28:22,080 –> 00:28:22,960
\nEdomites.
\nNow. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:28:23,120 –> 00:28:27,920
\nNow, just think about that.
\nThere was Esau, and there in <\/p>\n

426
\n00:28:27,920 –> 00:28:30,640
\ncontrast is Jacob with his
\nfather and his grandfather, <\/p>\n

427
\n00:28:31,480 –> 00:28:33,200
\ncertainly his father at this
\nstage. <\/p>\n

428
\n00:28:33,560 –> 00:28:38,600
\nAnd there was Esau.
\nAnd Esau now had royal status. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:38,600 –> 00:28:42,280
\nHe had his own Kingdom, he had
\nsovereignty, he had political <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:42,280 –> 00:28:46,480
\npower, he had military power, he
\nhad his own police service, he <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:46,480 –> 00:28:48,680
\nwould have had his own group of
\nCEOs. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:50,560 –> 00:28:52,480
\nWe’ve got to get into the shoes
\nof Jacob. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:53,120 –> 00:28:58,160
\nAnd there’s Jacob holding on to
\nthe promises whilst he sees his <\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:58,160 –> 00:29:00,960
\nBig Brother living the high
\nlife. <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:04,760 –> 00:29:06,080
\nLife is all about choices, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:06,080 –> 00:29:09,360
\nBrothers and sisters, do do you
\nfeel that your your career is a <\/p>\n

437
\n00:29:09,360 –> 00:29:11,560
\nlittle bit on ice?
\nDo you feel that you’ve made <\/p>\n

438
\n00:29:11,560 –> 00:29:15,840
\ndecisions in your own life that
\nthat have held you back and you <\/p>\n

439
\n00:29:15,840 –> 00:29:18,560
\nsee others getting on in life
\nand doing so well? <\/p>\n

440
\n00:29:19,520 –> 00:29:22,600
\nDid you not go for that job
\npromotion when you were offered <\/p>\n

441
\n00:29:22,600 –> 00:29:25,080
\na job elsewhere?
\nYou, you, you chose not to do it<\/p>\n

442
\n00:29:25,640 –> 00:29:29,680
\nbecause you knew for the benefit
\nfor the truth and your family, <\/p>\n

443
\n00:29:29,680 –> 00:29:32,520
\nit was the wrong thing to do.
\nThey are the right decisions to <\/p>\n

444
\n00:29:32,520 –> 00:29:33,760
\nmake.
\nBrothers and sisters, young <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:33,760 –> 00:29:36,720
\npeople.
\nWe see this in the life of Jacob<\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:37,200 –> 00:29:39,720
\nand Esau was a very, very
\npowerful man. <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:39,960 –> 00:29:42,880
\nAnd and look at this, that
\nthere’s no chapter break, of <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:42,880 –> 00:29:45,000
\ncourse, between chapter 36 and
\n37. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:45,000 –> 00:29:47,680
\nSo you’ve got the long list
\nthere of the status of Esau. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:47,760 –> 00:29:52,080
\nAnd then in contrast, as if we
\nneeded to be reminded and Jacob <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:52,080 –> 00:29:56,440
\nverse 1 of chapter 37 dwelt in
\nthe land whereon his father was <\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:56,440 –> 00:29:58,200
\na stranger in the land of
\nCanaan. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:29:58,280 –> 00:30:04,680
\nAnd you can put in your margin
\nby verse 1, Hebrews 11, verse 9,<\/p>\n

454
\n00:30:05,560 –> 00:30:09,480
\nImagine family gatherings.
\nImagine family gatherings. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:30:10,080 –> 00:30:13,880
\nAnd there’s Esau.
\nAnd he, he powers up in his <\/p>\n

456
\n00:30:14,240 –> 00:30:18,080
\nsports car, right?
\nAnd he’s flanked by his many <\/p>\n

457
\n00:30:18,080 –> 00:30:21,960
\nwives, and he’s draped in the
\nmost expensive jewelry. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:30:22,480 –> 00:30:27,000
\nThis is real.
\nAnd Jacob gets out of his tent <\/p>\n

459
\n00:30:27,000 –> 00:30:30,040
\nand greets his Big Brother.
\nThat is the reality of the <\/p>\n

460
\n00:30:30,040 –> 00:30:34,880
\nsituation, brothers and sisters.
\nBut they lived in faith because <\/p>\n

461
\n00:30:34,880 –> 00:30:37,080
\nthey were waiting for something
\ngreater. <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:39,320 –> 00:30:42,280
\nSo by looking at really the
\ncharacter and the disposition of<\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:42,280 –> 00:30:44,800
\nthese two boys, it’s very
\nobvious, isn’t it, why Rebecca <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:45,040 –> 00:30:49,040
\nloved Jacob?
\nBut why is it that I said Isaac <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:49,040 –> 00:30:51,680
\nloved Esau?
\nLet’s try and decipher this one <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:51,680 –> 00:30:54,480
\nbecause this is quite a puzzle.
\nCome with me to Genesis chapter <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:54,480 –> 00:31:02,960
\n25, Genesis chapter 25, and
\nverse 28. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:31:04,800 –> 00:31:09,320
\nThis is more than a clue.
\nIsaac loved Esau because he did <\/p>\n

469
\n00:31:09,320 –> 00:31:11,720
\neat of his venison.
\nThat’s the important word there.<\/p>\n

470
\n00:31:11,720 –> 00:31:14,520
\nIt’s the word venison.
\nBut Rebecca loved Jacob. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:31:14,520 –> 00:31:16,920
\nNow just notice the the
\ndifferent translations we’ve got<\/p>\n

472
\n00:31:16,920 –> 00:31:20,560
\non the screen here.
\nEight of his gain, the ESVA <\/p>\n

473
\n00:31:20,560 –> 00:31:23,840
\ntaste for gain, the NASB and
\nYoung’s renders it for his <\/p>\n

474
\n00:31:23,840 –> 00:31:26,600
\nhunting is in his mouth.
\nAnd the reason why those <\/p>\n

475
\n00:31:26,600 –> 00:31:29,760
\ntranslations are translated in
\nthat way is because venison <\/p>\n

476
\n00:31:30,160 –> 00:31:32,680
\nperhaps is a an inaccurate
\ntranslation. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:32,680 –> 00:31:34,800
\nThe idea of venison is is to
\nhunt. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:34,800 –> 00:31:42,200
\nIt comes from the root to hunt.
\nIt comes from the root to hunt. <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:42,200 –> 00:31:43,280
\nNow that’s interesting, isn’t
\nit? <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:43,280 –> 00:31:46,160
\nBecause that word venison comes
\nfrom the root to hunt. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:46,160 –> 00:31:51,480
\nAnd we’ve already read here in
\nverse 27 that Esau was a cunning<\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:51,640 –> 00:31:52,680
\nhunter.
\nCan you see that? <\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:53,360 –> 00:31:57,760
\nSo we’ve got an association.
\nHe was a a cunning hunter and he<\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:57,760 –> 00:32:01,320
\nbrought back the venison and the
\nvenison has the root to hunt. <\/p>\n

485
\n00:32:01,800 –> 00:32:05,600
\nAnd so then what we’re seeing
\nhere is that the meat is <\/p>\n

486
\n00:32:05,600 –> 00:32:15,320
\nassociated with the hunter.
\nSo when Isaac tasted of the <\/p>\n

487
\n00:32:15,320 –> 00:32:21,400
\nfood, when he ate of the meat,
\nit was this association of Esau <\/p>\n

488
\n00:32:21,440 –> 00:32:26,160
\nthat he loved.
\nYou see that it was the <\/p>\n

489
\n00:32:26,160 –> 00:32:34,560
\nassociation of the hunt, Esau
\nbeing a predator, Esau being a <\/p>\n

490
\n00:32:34,560 –> 00:32:38,840
\ngreat man of the forest, and
\nthis is what he loved. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:32:40,160 –> 00:32:43,480
\nIn other words, brothers and
\nsisters, it brings very directly<\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:43,480 –> 00:32:48,720
\nto all of us a very important
\nlesson, the dangers of living <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:48,760 –> 00:32:52,800
\nvicariously.
\nAnd when I say vicariously, I’m <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:52,800 –> 00:32:59,200
\nsure you know what that means.
\nWe mustn’t, whatever the <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:59,200 –> 00:33:05,240
\ntemptation is, we mustn’t live
\nthrough our children. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:33:07,000 –> 00:33:08,920
\nWhat, what do we do with our
\nchildren? <\/p>\n

497
\n00:33:08,920 –> 00:33:12,160
\nI know so many of your children,
\ngrandchildren, and they’re very <\/p>\n

498
\n00:33:12,160 –> 00:33:15,760
\ntalented.
\nAnd many times I’ve told you <\/p>\n

499
\n00:33:15,760 –> 00:33:17,560
\nabout your children and and
\ngrandchildren. <\/p>\n

500
\n00:33:17,560 –> 00:33:19,960
\nYou know how much I love your
\nchildren and grandchildren. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:33:19,960 –> 00:33:22,320
\nI’ve known many of them for
\nmany, many years. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:33:24,360 –> 00:33:28,400
\nWhat happens if your child has
\ntalents, abilities, aptitudes <\/p>\n

503
\n00:33:28,400 –> 00:33:33,040
\nthat you don’t have?
\nWhat seeds do you plant in that <\/p>\n

504
\n00:33:33,040 –> 00:33:35,600
\nchild’s mind?
\nWhat dreams do you nurture <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:35,600 –> 00:33:37,520
\nwithin their hearts?
\nYou see that. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:39,880 –> 00:33:45,200
\nAnd we’re beginning to see that.
\nIsaac, he loved macho Esau. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:46,600 –> 00:33:50,160
\nHe loved the power of this man,
\nvery natural. <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:51,160 –> 00:33:54,960
\nAnd that was the danger we must
\nalways remember when we’re <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:54,960 –> 00:33:57,240
\nraising our children.
\nAnd I’m in the midst of this, <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:57,240 –> 00:33:58,920
\nbrothers and sisters.
\nSo don’t think I’ve got the <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:58,920 –> 00:34:00,480
\nanswers.
\nI’m just looking at Scripture. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:34:01,040 –> 00:34:06,520
\nI’ve got three teenagers, but
\nthe scriptures are telling us <\/p>\n

513
\n00:34:06,920 –> 00:34:11,120
\nseek ye first the Kingdom of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

514
\n00:34:11,440 –> 00:34:15,360
\nAnd that’s always the most
\nimportant principle. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:34:16,760 –> 00:34:19,040
\nSo that’s the danger of living
\nvicariously. <\/p>\n

516
\n00:34:19,040 –> 00:34:22,960
\nBut the real story, I believe,
\nbegins with the birthright. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:34:23,239 –> 00:34:26,199
\nAnd this birthright is going to
\nreshape their lives and it’s <\/p>\n

518
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:29,679
\ngoing to cast a long shadow on
\neverything that follows <\/p>\n

519
\n00:34:29,679 –> 00:34:32,400
\nthereafter.
\nSo let’s just read then verse 30<\/p>\n

520
\n00:34:32,400 –> 00:34:35,480
\nof chapter 25.
\nAnd, and, and so then Esau had <\/p>\n

521
\n00:34:35,480 –> 00:34:38,360
\nbeen out there asked the
\npredator and perhaps <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:38,360 –> 00:34:43,400
\nopportunistically, Jacob had got
\nthis, this pottage. <\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:43,760 –> 00:34:46,800
\nAnd we read there and Esau said
\nto Jacob, feed me, I pray thee <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:47,120 –> 00:34:49,880
\nwith that same red pottage, for
\nI am fate. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:50,080 –> 00:34:52,719
\nTherefore was his name called
\nEdom. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:52,719 –> 00:34:54,679
\nNow there’s a number of things I
\nwant you to notice. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:54,679 –> 00:34:58,280
\nThe first thing as Bible
\nstudents that we that we notice <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:58,280 –> 00:35:01,320
\nright away is that verse 30
\ntells us that the pottage was <\/p>\n

529
\n00:35:01,320 –> 00:35:05,240
\nread.
\nAnd it also tells us in verse 25<\/p>\n

530
\n00:35:05,240 –> 00:35:07,720
\nthat Esau was read.
\nSo we’ve got a connection worth <\/p>\n

531
\n00:35:07,840 –> 00:35:11,640
\njust putting that there, making
\nthe connection between verse 25 <\/p>\n

532
\n00:35:11,640 –> 00:35:17,200
\nand verse 30, and that word red
\nis the word Edom, Adam. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:35:17,920 –> 00:35:19,200
\nSo that’s an interesting
\nconnection. <\/p>\n

534
\n00:35:19,200 –> 00:35:22,640
\nIt’s taking us right back to the
\nbeginning, right back there into<\/p>\n

535
\n00:35:22,640 –> 00:35:24,120
\nthe garden.
\nIn other words. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:24,120 –> 00:35:27,400
\nThen what we’re being told here
\nis that when Esau saw this food,<\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:27,760 –> 00:35:30,920
\nthe red stuff, that’s our idea
\nof the Hebrew, the red stuff, it<\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:30,920 –> 00:35:38,040
\nis his kind of food.
\nIt’s his kind of food, this <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:38,080 –> 00:35:41,360
\nreddish Stew.
\nIt was something that was <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:41,440 –> 00:35:44,000
\nearthly.
\nIt was something that was going <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:44,000 –> 00:35:48,320
\nto give an immediate reward.
\nIt was something that was going <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:48,320 –> 00:35:54,960
\nto satisfy a man who was
\nimpulsive and carnal, Adam, and <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:54,960 –> 00:35:56,880
\nthe food was associated with
\nhim. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:57,080 –> 00:36:01,320
\nNow, there is no, no reason to
\nbelieve that this man was on the<\/p>\n

545
\n00:36:01,320 –> 00:36:04,040
\nverge of death because he eats
\njust some soup and then he’s off<\/p>\n

546
\n00:36:04,040 –> 00:36:07,600
\non his way.
\nThis was just impulsive. <\/p>\n

547
\n00:36:08,160 –> 00:36:11,520
\nThis is someone who just wants
\nsomething and demands something <\/p>\n

548
\n00:36:11,720 –> 00:36:14,360
\nand he’s going to lose
\neverything for the sake of <\/p>\n

549
\n00:36:14,360 –> 00:36:18,280
\nhaving that thing.
\nHe’s Karnal. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:36:18,960 –> 00:36:24,240
\nHe is Adam now.
\nNow notice, it’s interesting, <\/p>\n

551
\n00:36:24,240 –> 00:36:26,520
\nisn’t it?
\nAt the end of verse 30, because <\/p>\n

552
\n00:36:26,560 –> 00:36:32,120
\nhe took of this red pottage and
\nbecause we read at the end of <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:32,120 –> 00:36:35,000
\nverse 34, he was prepared to
\ngive away his birthright. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:35,000 –> 00:36:45,360
\nBecause he hated his birthright,
\nhe was renamed in God’s sight as<\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:45,360 –> 00:36:50,160
\nEdom, which means red.
\nNow that’s fascinating, isn’t <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:50,160 –> 00:36:51,960
\nit?
\nWe should, we should always just<\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:51,960 –> 00:36:56,360
\npause when we we see these
\nlittle repeats in Scripture and <\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:56,360 –> 00:36:59,520
\njust reflect for a moment.
\nSo there is a man who is red. <\/p>\n

559
\n00:37:00,720 –> 00:37:04,760
\nHe exchanges his birthright for
\nthe red stuff, and because he <\/p>\n

560
\n00:37:04,760 –> 00:37:08,080
\nlost his birthright for the red
\nstuff, he’s called Edom Red. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:37:11,080 –> 00:37:14,800
\nSo the color of his skin was
\nlike a hanging prophecy. <\/p>\n

562
\n00:37:14,800 –> 00:37:17,360
\nCan you see that?
\nIt was like a hanging prophecy. <\/p>\n

563
\n00:37:17,360 –> 00:37:23,440
\nIt was almost as if that he was
\ndeclaring in his physical <\/p>\n

564
\n00:37:23,440 –> 00:37:28,480
\nappearance that he was going to
\ngive everything away for some <\/p>\n

565
\n00:37:28,480 –> 00:37:30,840
\nred stuff.
\nAnd so he would be called the <\/p>\n

566
\n00:37:30,840 –> 00:37:33,240
\nRed 1.
\nAnd when he was called the Red <\/p>\n

567
\n00:37:33,240 –> 00:37:37,400
\nborn, he looked red.
\nHe becomes like Cain. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:37:38,640 –> 00:37:42,720
\nHe carries this mark of his
\nredness, of what he did. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:42,720 –> 00:37:45,080
\nCan you see that?
\nReally powerful right at the <\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:45,080 –> 00:37:46,440
\nbeginning.
\nGod knew. <\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:47,120 –> 00:37:50,440
\nGod knew, although it was up to
\nEsau to make the decisions that <\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:50,440 –> 00:37:54,240
\nhe did, God knew.
\nAnd what a comfort that is <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:54,280 –> 00:37:57,480
\nbrothers and sisters in our own
\nlives, when when we find life <\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:57,480 –> 00:38:02,160
\nhard, that God knows everything
\nthat is going on in our life. <\/p>\n

575
\n00:38:06,760 –> 00:38:09,160
\nHave you ever really thought
\nabout that at the end of verse <\/p>\n

576
\n00:38:09,160 –> 00:38:15,120
\n34 that he despised the
\nbirthright. <\/p>\n

577
\n00:38:15,720 –> 00:38:17,440
\nThese, you can see the table on
\nthe screen. <\/p>\n

578
\n00:38:17,440 –> 00:38:20,840
\nThese were two very different
\nmen, weren’t they? <\/p>\n

579
\n00:38:20,840 –> 00:38:25,680
\nThey were, they were polar
\nopposites, although we know that<\/p>\n

580
\n00:38:25,680 –> 00:38:28,000
\nhe despised the birthright that
\nthey are polar opposites. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:38:28,000 –> 00:38:30,560
\nAnd I don’t know how many of us
\ncame to Bible school this week <\/p>\n

582
\n00:38:30,560 –> 00:38:33,640
\nand just thought that Esal was a
\nbit of a, a lovable rogue. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:38:33,640 –> 00:38:37,720
\nHe was a, a force of nature.
\nHe was this relentless man, <\/p>\n

584
\n00:38:37,880 –> 00:38:40,840
\nimpulsive, yes, someone who
\ndidn’t listen to Sunday school, <\/p>\n

585
\n00:38:41,840 –> 00:38:44,360
\nbut your heart went out to him.
\nI, I don’t know, brothers and <\/p>\n

586
\n00:38:44,360 –> 00:38:46,920
\nsisters, And it’s interesting if
\nthat’s our natural inclination, <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:46,920 –> 00:38:51,880
\nisn’t that the way the world
\npushes us to focus on the <\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:51,880 –> 00:38:55,120
\nexternal, on the achievements,
\non the performance of <\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:55,120 –> 00:38:57,040
\nindividuals and not to look on
\nthe heart? <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:57,280 –> 00:39:01,960
\nAnd this is a, a real lesson for
\nyou and for me because however <\/p>\n

591
\n00:39:01,960 –> 00:39:06,120
\nthe world looked upon Esau, God
\nwas very clear the kind of man <\/p>\n

592
\n00:39:06,120 –> 00:39:11,560
\nthis was.
\nLet’s just reveal in the, the <\/p>\n

593
\n00:39:11,560 –> 00:39:14,560
\nfinal few minutes now how
\ndifferent these men really were.<\/p>\n

594
\n00:39:14,800 –> 00:39:17,800
\nAnd so I want us to think a
\nlittle bit about what it means <\/p>\n

595
\n00:39:17,840 –> 00:39:21,640
\nto despise the birthright.
\nThere were three aspects of the <\/p>\n

596
\n00:39:21,640 –> 00:39:25,160
\nbirthright here.
\nThe first one was that the <\/p>\n

597
\n00:39:25,160 –> 00:39:28,040
\nbirthright meant that the one
\nwho received the birthright was <\/p>\n

598
\n00:39:28,040 –> 00:39:31,440
\ndedicated to God.
\nSo in other words, then in the <\/p>\n

599
\n00:39:31,440 –> 00:39:35,160
\nfamily, they became the priest.
\nThey became the priest. <\/p>\n

600
\n00:39:35,160 –> 00:39:39,360
\nThey were the one who was to to
\nbring propitiation to the <\/p>\n

601
\n00:39:39,360 –> 00:39:42,600
\nfamily, right?
\nThey were the ones who would <\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:42,600 –> 00:39:46,600
\nhandle the sacrifices, an
\nincredibly important <\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:46,600 –> 00:39:49,760
\nresponsibility.
\nThe the, the second aspect was <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:49,760 –> 00:39:51,560
\nthat they were given authority
\nover the family. <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:51,560 –> 00:39:56,120
\nSo they’re imagine the family as
\na little ecclesial unit and the <\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:56,120 –> 00:40:00,360
\nbirthright established the
\nrecording brother within that <\/p>\n

607
\n00:40:00,360 –> 00:40:04,080
\nlittle family unit and, and and
\nthat brother then would care and<\/p>\n

608
\n00:40:04,080 –> 00:40:07,240
\nmake sure.
\nThat the flock, like a shepherd <\/p>\n

609
\n00:40:07,480 –> 00:40:10,560
\nwas well looked after.
\nAnd then there’s a third aspect,<\/p>\n

610
\n00:40:10,560 –> 00:40:12,520
\nwhich I’m sure we all know
\nabout, which, which was all <\/p>\n

611
\n00:40:12,520 –> 00:40:15,480
\nabout the double portion that
\nwhen the, the father died, the <\/p>\n

612
\n00:40:15,480 –> 00:40:18,840
\none who was the recipient of the
\nbirthright would also receive <\/p>\n

613
\n00:40:19,080 –> 00:40:20,960
\nthe double portion.
\nNow, when you look at those <\/p>\n

614
\n00:40:20,960 –> 00:40:23,720
\nthree things on the screen, if
\nyou were to summarize those <\/p>\n

615
\n00:40:23,720 –> 00:40:25,280
\nthree things, what would you
\nsay? <\/p>\n

616
\n00:40:25,280 –> 00:40:27,640
\nWhat, what, what are those three
\nthings associated with? <\/p>\n

617
\n00:40:28,560 –> 00:40:30,560
\nWell, well, I, I, I believe that
\nthese three things are <\/p>\n

618
\n00:40:30,560 –> 00:40:37,920
\nassociated with responsibilities
\nto God and family and blessings <\/p>\n

619
\n00:40:38,480 –> 00:40:43,280
\nto be received in the future.
\nBecause you had to wait till <\/p>\n

620
\n00:40:43,280 –> 00:40:47,160
\nfather died.
\nNow, when you think about Esau, <\/p>\n

621
\n00:40:48,000 –> 00:40:50,200
\nEsau didn’t care for anything of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:40:50,720 –> 00:40:54,240
\nEsau didn’t care for anything of
\nhis family, and Esau wasn’t <\/p>\n

623
\n00:40:54,240 –> 00:40:56,360
\nprepared to wait for his father
\nto die. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:40:56,560 –> 00:40:58,720
\nHe was a man who lived in the
\npresent. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:40:59,320 –> 00:41:02,840
\nHe said that in the here and
\nnow, it’s the attitude of the <\/p>\n

626
\n00:41:02,840 –> 00:41:07,760
\nworld.
\nIt’s the attitude of the world, <\/p>\n

627
\n00:41:07,760 –> 00:41:14,160
\nisn’t it?
\nLet us eat and drink and be <\/p>\n

628
\n00:41:14,160 –> 00:41:18,640
\nmerry, for tomorrow we die.
\nYou see that. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:41:18,640 –> 00:41:21,680
\nSo we’re beginning to see now
\nthat Esau is more than just a, a<\/p>\n

630
\n00:41:21,680 –> 00:41:24,840
\nlovable rogue.
\nHe’s now beginning to symbolise <\/p>\n

631
\n00:41:24,840 –> 00:41:29,120
\nquite, quite powerfully the
\nmindset of the world. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:41:30,080 –> 00:41:34,080
\nBut perhaps we’ve seen some
\nshortcomings of Esau. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:41:34,160 –> 00:41:36,440
\nBut there’s more to reveal.
\nCome with me to Hebrews chapter <\/p>\n

634
\n00:41:36,440 –> 00:41:39,640
\n12.
\nNow Hebrews chapter 12. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:41:39,680 –> 00:41:46,240
\nAnd we’re doing all this to help
\nus to understand Jacob and the <\/p>\n

636
\n00:41:46,240 –> 00:41:53,280
\ndecisions that Jacob made.
\nI believe Jacob was shaped by <\/p>\n

637
\n00:41:53,400 –> 00:41:56,200
\nEsau.
\nSo Hebrews chapter 12, just one <\/p>\n

638
\n00:41:56,200 –> 00:41:57,920
\nverse here.
\nWe could quickly read over it, <\/p>\n

639
\n00:41:58,160 –> 00:42:00,400
\nbut it’s absolutely packed with
\ninformation. <\/p>\n

640
\n00:42:00,480 –> 00:42:04,800
\nHebrews 12, verse 16, It tells
\nus lest there be any fornicator <\/p>\n

641
\n00:42:05,000 –> 00:42:09,720
\nor profane person as Esau, who
\nfor one morsel of meat saw his <\/p>\n

642
\n00:42:10,440 –> 00:42:12,240
\nbirthright.
\nSo we’ve seen that birthright <\/p>\n

643
\n00:42:12,240 –> 00:42:16,320
\ntoday, this morning, haven’t we?
\nBut I just want to look at those<\/p>\n

644
\n00:42:16,320 –> 00:42:19,000
\ntwo words.
\nThey’re very important words for<\/p>\n

645
\n00:42:19,000 –> 00:42:22,720
\nus all to note.
\nHe’s a fornicator and he was a <\/p>\n

646
\n00:42:22,720 –> 00:42:25,000
\nprofane person.
\nNow, the the word profane means <\/p>\n

647
\n00:42:25,000 –> 00:42:27,760
\nthat he was devoid of religion.
\nThere was no religious feeling <\/p>\n

648
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:31,440
\nthat that the kind of picture
\nwas, if you you had Esau under a<\/p>\n

649
\n00:42:31,440 –> 00:42:35,240
\nmicroscope, you’d see nothing
\nreligious in him. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:42:36,520 –> 00:42:40,560
\nThere’s not one redeeming
\nquality in Esau. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:42:41,240 –> 00:42:42,760
\nSo he’s not a lovable rogue at
\nall. <\/p>\n

652
\n00:42:43,960 –> 00:42:48,640
\nHe’s someone who is an adversary
\nto God entirely. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:42:51,400 –> 00:42:52,840
\nThe other word is just as
\nstrong. <\/p>\n

654
\n00:42:52,840 –> 00:42:56,680
\nThat word fornicator is the
\nGreek word pornos, which means a<\/p>\n

655
\n00:42:56,680 –> 00:43:01,920
\nmale prostitute, someone who
\nindulges in unlawful sexual <\/p>\n

656
\n00:43:01,920 –> 00:43:06,320
\nintercourse.
\nNow I’m doing this to help us <\/p>\n

657
\n00:43:06,320 –> 00:43:10,760
\nunderstand Jacob.
\nThis was his Big Brother, his <\/p>\n

658
\n00:43:10,760 –> 00:43:14,960
\ntwin.
\nI want to go now, I just want to<\/p>\n

659
\n00:43:14,960 –> 00:43:17,280
\nconsider this word pornos
\nbecause I think it’s really <\/p>\n

660
\n00:43:17,280 –> 00:43:21,640
\nimportant to, to decipher
\nwhether this is true, whether <\/p>\n

661
\n00:43:21,920 –> 00:43:24,680
\nEsau was a fornicator.
\nSo we’re going to go on a very <\/p>\n

662
\n00:43:24,680 –> 00:43:27,680
\nshort journey now.
\nCome back to Genesis chapter 26.<\/p>\n

663
\n00:43:27,960 –> 00:43:31,000
\nI’m going to paint a picture for
\nyou now, and it’s not a nice <\/p>\n

664
\n00:43:31,000 –> 00:43:40,440
\npicture at all.
\nGenesis chapter 26, verse 34. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:43:41,400 –> 00:43:46,320
\nIt tells us here.
\nGenesis chapter 26 and verse 34 <\/p>\n

666
\n00:43:46,680 –> 00:43:49,560
\nit tells us and Esau was 40
\nyears old when he took his wife <\/p>\n

667
\n00:43:49,560 –> 00:43:52,360
\nJudith, the daughter of Biri the
\nHittite. <\/p>\n

668
\n00:43:52,360 –> 00:43:56,360
\nSo I want you to notice that
\nit’s a, a Hittite and Bashima <\/p>\n

669
\n00:43:56,360 –> 00:43:58,880
\nthe daughter of Elam the
\nHittite. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:43:59,360 –> 00:44:02,400
\nNow so, so we see here that Esau
\nmarries into the Hittite family,<\/p>\n

671
\n00:44:02,400 –> 00:44:07,200
\nyet God told explicitly Abraham
\nto bury within the family. <\/p>\n

672
\n00:44:08,200 –> 00:44:11,960
\nThis is the family, and he goes
\nout of the family and he marries<\/p>\n

673
\n00:44:12,240 –> 00:44:15,520
\nthe Hittites.
\nNow, I also want you to notice <\/p>\n

674
\n00:44:15,520 –> 00:44:19,200
\nthese names because I don’t know
\nwhether you’ve ever appreciated <\/p>\n

675
\n00:44:19,200 –> 00:44:22,800
\nthat the names of these Hittite
\nwomen in verse 34 are Hebrew <\/p>\n

676
\n00:44:22,800 –> 00:44:25,520
\nnames.
\nThey appear as Jewesses. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:44:26,080 –> 00:44:29,400
\nSo the name Judith, the Hebrew
\nname is Jewess praised. <\/p>\n

678
\n00:44:31,000 –> 00:44:33,640
\nBut how do you have a Hebrew
\nname with a Hittite woman? <\/p>\n

679
\n00:44:33,880 –> 00:44:37,600
\nAnd I believe Esau gave this
\nwoman her name. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:44:38,560 –> 00:44:41,280
\nAnd then you’ve got Bashima,
\nwhich again is a Hebrew name, <\/p>\n

681
\n00:44:41,280 –> 00:44:46,320
\nwhich means sweet or smelling.
\nAnd I believe Esau gave her this<\/p>\n

682
\n00:44:46,320 –> 00:44:53,480
\nname too, to disguise her.
\nI believe here that Esau was <\/p>\n

683
\n00:44:53,480 –> 00:44:56,760
\ncovering his tracks.
\nNow it might seem a little more <\/p>\n

684
\n00:44:56,760 –> 00:44:59,200
\npositive.
\nIf you go to chapter 28 and look<\/p>\n

685
\n00:44:59,200 –> 00:45:02,640
\ndown at verses 6 to 9, you see
\nnow that he marries again and he<\/p>\n

686
\n00:45:02,640 –> 00:45:04,600
\nmarries into the family of
\nIshmael Now. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:45:04,760 –> 00:45:05,920
\nNow think about what I just
\nsaid. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:45:06,000 –> 00:45:08,160
\nMarry within the family.
\nSo he marries into Ishmael. <\/p>\n

689
\n00:45:08,240 –> 00:45:09,920
\nBut that’s the wrong family,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n

690
\n00:45:11,200 –> 00:45:12,560
\nBut that’s not the seed of
\npromise. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:45:12,560 –> 00:45:15,280
\nThe heirs of promise were there
\nin the tent, Abraham, Isaac and <\/p>\n

692
\n00:45:15,280 –> 00:45:17,280
\nJacob.
\nIshmael was not. <\/p>\n

693
\n00:45:17,280 –> 00:45:24,440
\nSo again, he demonstrates,
\ndoesn’t he, in this foolish <\/p>\n

694
\n00:45:24,440 –> 00:45:27,680
\naction.
\nHe’s misunderstanding of <\/p>\n

695
\n00:45:27,680 –> 00:45:30,160
\nScripture.
\nAnd now suddenly when you come <\/p>\n

696
\n00:45:30,160 –> 00:45:36,400
\nto chapter 36 and verse 2, that
\nhis wives now are unveiled, <\/p>\n

697
\n00:45:36,400 –> 00:45:39,200
\ntheir their true names are
\nunmasked. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:45:39,280 –> 00:45:43,000
\nLook at this and and we’re going
\nhere to connect what we thought <\/p>\n

699
\n00:45:43,000 –> 00:45:47,600
\nabout that word pornos remember
\nin in Hebrews. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:45:48,080 –> 00:45:52,480
\nSo chapter 36 now and verse 2
\nEsau took his wives are the <\/p>\n

701
\n00:45:52,480 –> 00:45:55,480
\ndaughters of Cain and Ada, the
\ndaughter of Elam the Hittite and<\/p>\n

702
\n00:45:55,480 –> 00:45:59,440
\nthe holy Bama, the daughter of
\nAna, the daughter of Zibina the <\/p>\n

703
\n00:45:59,440 –> 00:46:01,800
\nHivite.
\nNow the name I want you to <\/p>\n

704
\n00:46:01,800 –> 00:46:08,040
\nnotice there as on the screen is
\na holy Bama and a holy bomber is<\/p>\n

705
\n00:46:08,040 –> 00:46:13,400
\nmade-up of two root words a ho
\nwhich means tent and bomber high<\/p>\n

706
\n00:46:13,400 –> 00:46:17,440
\nplace.
\nSo her name means tent of the <\/p>\n

707
\n00:46:17,440 –> 00:46:24,520
\nhigh place and bomber refers to
\nhigh places of worship and is <\/p>\n

708
\n00:46:24,520 –> 00:46:27,000
\nassociated with Pagan worship
\nand idolatry. <\/p>\n

709
\n00:46:27,000 –> 00:46:30,720
\nNow this is the time of canine
\nworship, and the canine worship <\/p>\n

710
\n00:46:30,720 –> 00:46:33,160
\nwas all associated with Baal and
\nAshira. <\/p>\n

711
\n00:46:33,840 –> 00:46:36,360
\nAnd if you know anything about
\nthat, that terrible, that evil <\/p>\n

712
\n00:46:36,360 –> 00:46:43,160
\nworship, that there were temple
\nprostitutes, that there were <\/p>\n

713
\n00:46:43,160 –> 00:46:49,360
\ntemple prostitutes in the high
\nplaces, is this name telling us <\/p>\n

714
\n00:46:50,000 –> 00:46:53,960
\nthat one of the wives of Esau
\nwas one of the temple <\/p>\n

715
\n00:46:53,960 –> 00:46:58,200
\nprostitutes of the false worship
\nof Bail and Ashira? <\/p>\n

716
\n00:46:58,680 –> 00:47:01,800
\nSo then the scriptures are
\nabsolutely accurate in Hebrews <\/p>\n

717
\n00:47:01,800 –> 00:47:04,880
\nChapter 11 that he was a
\nfornicator. <\/p>\n

718
\n00:47:05,160 –> 00:47:08,360
\nCan you see this?
\nCan you see this brothers and <\/p>\n

719
\n00:47:08,360 –> 00:47:12,200
\nsisters?
\nAnd I believe if we don’t see <\/p>\n

720
\n00:47:12,200 –> 00:47:15,040
\nit, Rebecca did come back to
\nchapter 27. <\/p>\n

721
\n00:47:15,880 –> 00:47:20,280
\nAnd I know I can say this
\nbecause of sister Lindsay. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:47:20,320 –> 00:47:23,480
\nMothers have an uncanny ability
\nto discern what’s going on in <\/p>\n

723
\n00:47:23,480 –> 00:47:25,760
\nthe family.
\nThey they have that ability to <\/p>\n

724
\n00:47:25,760 –> 00:47:27,640
\nput their fingers right on the
\nproblem. <\/p>\n

725
\n00:47:28,200 –> 00:47:30,560
\nI see a lot of mothers just
\nnodding their heads and no <\/p>\n

726
\n00:47:30,560 –> 00:47:33,960
\nfather’s kind of shaking theirs,
\nbut they do they do and and look<\/p>\n

727
\n00:47:33,960 –> 00:47:36,840
\nhere Genesis chapter 27 and
\nverse 46. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:47:36,840 –> 00:47:43,800
\nLook at Rebecca’s assessment
\nhere Rebecca said to Isaac, I am<\/p>\n

729
\n00:47:43,800 –> 00:47:47,040
\nweary of my life.
\nVerse 46 because of the <\/p>\n

730
\n00:47:47,040 –> 00:47:50,000
\ndaughters of Heth.
\nIf Jacob take a wife of the <\/p>\n

731
\n00:47:50,000 –> 00:47:53,120
\ndaughters of Heth such as these
\nwhich are of the daughters of <\/p>\n

732
\n00:47:53,120 –> 00:47:57,880
\nthe land, which what God shall
\nmy life do to me. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:47:57,880 –> 00:48:04,800
\nSo, so here as we’ve got on the
\noverhead, she says when she <\/p>\n

734
\n00:48:04,800 –> 00:48:08,880
\nlooks at the wives of Esau, she
\nsays these are the daughters of <\/p>\n

735
\n00:48:08,880 –> 00:48:14,240
\nHeth, the daughters of the land.
\nNow the land is the land of <\/p>\n

736
\n00:48:14,240 –> 00:48:16,800
\nCanaan.
\nSo what she was saying is when <\/p>\n

737
\n00:48:16,800 –> 00:48:20,440
\nshe looked at these women, even
\nthough they were camouflaged <\/p>\n

738
\n00:48:20,680 –> 00:48:25,560
\nwith these names that Esau had
\ngiven them, she looks at them <\/p>\n

739
\n00:48:25,560 –> 00:48:28,240
\nand she says these are daughters
\nof Heth. <\/p>\n

740
\n00:48:28,920 –> 00:48:39,520
\nThese are daughters of Canaan,
\nand Canaan had a son, Heth, and <\/p>\n

741
\n00:48:41,040 –> 00:48:52,600
\nhis name meant terror, terror.
\nAnd when Esau brought these <\/p>\n

742
\n00:48:52,600 –> 00:48:58,680
\nwomen into the tent, Rebecca
\ncould see that this was a terror<\/p>\n

743
\n00:48:59,240 –> 00:49:04,000
\nto the seed and to the promises.
\nThey were the worst of the <\/p>\n

744
\n00:49:04,000 –> 00:49:07,960
\nworst.
\nThey were of the Hittites. <\/p>\n

745
\n00:49:08,320 –> 00:49:11,440
\nOur final reference, come with
\nme to Deuteronomy chapter 20. <\/p>\n

746
\n00:49:12,320 –> 00:49:16,920
\nI just want to show you this.
\nDeuteronomy chapter 20. <\/p>\n

747
\n00:49:16,920 –> 00:49:18,400
\nWe’re going, we’re going to
\nfinish here. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:49:20,000 –> 00:49:22,720
\nBut I want you to see this,
\nbecause the Hittites were so <\/p>\n

749
\n00:49:22,760 –> 00:49:28,560
\nevil that in Deuteronomy chapter
\n20, when when Joshua leads the <\/p>\n

750
\n00:49:28,560 –> 00:49:32,040
\nchildren of Israel into the
\nland, we’re told these words, <\/p>\n

751
\n00:49:32,040 –> 00:49:34,880
\nand when Yahweh thy God hath
\ndelivered it into thine hands, <\/p>\n

752
\n00:49:34,880 –> 00:49:36,920
\nthou shalt slight every male
\nthereof with the edge of the <\/p>\n

753
\n00:49:36,920 –> 00:49:38,560
\nsword.
\nBut the women and the little <\/p>\n

754
\n00:49:38,560 –> 00:49:41,040
\nones, and the cattle, and all
\nthat is in the city, even all <\/p>\n

755
\n00:49:41,040 –> 00:49:43,680
\nthe spoil thereof, shall thou
\ntake unto thyself. <\/p>\n

756
\n00:49:43,800 –> 00:49:47,480
\nOK, so they, they were to go in
\nand destroy all the men but the <\/p>\n

757
\n00:49:47,480 –> 00:49:50,280
\nwomen and the children and that
\nthe cattle, they, they weren’t <\/p>\n

758
\n00:49:50,280 –> 00:49:54,560
\nto do that with the exception
\nverse 17, but thou shalt utterly<\/p>\n

759
\n00:49:54,560 –> 00:49:59,920
\ndestroy them, namely.
\nAnd the first name that were to <\/p>\n

760
\n00:49:59,920 –> 00:50:05,360
\nbe destroyed, man, woman and
\nchild and cattle was the <\/p>\n

761
\n00:50:05,360 –> 00:50:11,240
\nHittites was the Hittites
\nbecause of their abominations. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:50:11,240 –> 00:50:16,400
\nAnd the abomination of the
\nHittites was idol worship, it <\/p>\n

763
\n00:50:16,400 –> 00:50:23,120
\nwas child sacrifice and it was
\ntemple prostitution. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:50:25,480 –> 00:50:29,920
\nAnd the whole lot had to be
\ndestroyed, the Hittites. <\/p>\n

765
\n00:50:31,480 –> 00:50:37,520
\nAnd Rebecca, she looks at these
\nwomen that have been brought <\/p>\n

766
\n00:50:37,520 –> 00:50:44,160
\ninto her home and she says these
\nare the worst of the Hittites. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:50:44,960 –> 00:50:53,800
\nThese are the sons of Heth and
\nthe sons of Canaan or the <\/p>\n

768
\n00:50:53,800 –> 00:50:57,960
\ndaughters of Canaan.
\nAnd so brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

769
\n00:50:58,400 –> 00:51:03,280
\nthat’s where we’ll finish here.
\nWe have two faces. <\/p>\n

770
\n00:51:03,280 –> 00:51:06,280
\nWe have two choices here with
\nJacob and Esau. <\/p>\n

771
\n00:51:08,120 –> 00:51:12,680
\nAnd imagine Jacob and he sees
\nhis Big Brother having this kind<\/p>\n

772
\n00:51:12,680 –> 00:51:18,640
\nof life.
\nAnd for Jacob, it was <\/p>\n

773
\n00:51:18,640 –> 00:51:22,560
\nunthinkable that this Big
\nBrother was in line for the <\/p>\n

774
\n00:51:22,560 –> 00:51:25,640
\nblessings and the promises and
\nbeing in the line of the <\/p>\n

775
\n00:51:25,640 –> 00:51:30,280
\nMessiah.
\nAnd he also had the love of his <\/p>\n

776
\n00:51:30,280 –> 00:51:35,080
\nfather.
\nAnd it is because of this talk <\/p>\n

777
\n00:51:35,120 –> 00:51:38,360
\ntoday and all the things I’ve
\nshared, it’s for this talk. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:51:38,480 –> 00:51:41,600
\nThis then becomes the motivation
\nof Jacob. <\/p>\n

779
\n00:51:41,600 –> 00:51:46,960
\nI believe in everything he now
\ndoes because it was an <\/p>\n

780
\n00:51:46,960 –> 00:51:50,160
\nimpossibility in his mind that
\nthis was the one who would be <\/p>\n

781
\n00:51:50,160 –> 00:51:52,000
\nthe recipient of all these
\nthings. <\/p>\n

782
\n00:51:52,200 –> 00:51:54,840
\nNow, now, brothers and sisters,
\nas we we conclude now that <\/p>\n

783
\n00:51:54,840 –> 00:51:57,360
\nthat’s a very, very interesting
\nthing, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

784
\n00:51:57,360 –> 00:52:02,520
\nBecause what we’re seeing here
\nis that Jacob goes on a journey.<\/p>\n

785
\n00:52:03,640 –> 00:52:06,600
\nAll the things that Jacob does
\nis because of Esau. <\/p>\n

786
\n00:52:06,680 –> 00:52:21,840
\nI believe Esau sets him off.
\nEsau becomes Jacob’s refining <\/p>\n

787
\n00:52:21,840 –> 00:52:29,640
\nfire.
\nEsau becomes Jacob’s catalyst <\/p>\n

788
\n00:52:30,560 –> 00:52:33,360
\nfor transformation.
\nCan can you see that? <\/p>\n

789
\n00:52:33,440 –> 00:52:36,120
\nAnd, and by doing this and going
\nthrough this journey, he becomes<\/p>\n

790
\n00:52:36,120 –> 00:52:41,720
\nthe new Israel.
\nSo all of us, brothers and <\/p>\n

791
\n00:52:41,720 –> 00:52:45,120
\nsisters, when we’re following in
\nthe footsteps of Jacob, we will <\/p>\n

792
\n00:52:45,120 –> 00:52:47,720
\nhave our own Esaws.
\nThey’re there for a reason. <\/p>\n

793
\n00:52:49,760 –> 00:52:54,640
\nThey are there for our
\nrefinement and for the catalyst <\/p>\n

794
\n00:52:54,640 –> 00:52:58,800
\nfor our transformation.
\nWe will have Esaws in our lives.<\/p>\n

795
\n00:52:59,080 –> 00:53:01,880
\nThey’re there.
\nGod’s planted them, as He did <\/p>\n

796
\n00:53:01,880 –> 00:53:08,320
\nwith Jacob for a reason.
\nWithout an esau, there is no <\/p>\n

797
\n00:53:08,320 –> 00:53:12,680
\ngrowth.
\nWithout Esau, there is no <\/p>\n

798
\n00:53:12,680 –> 00:53:17,840
\nspiritual transformation.
\nSo the question I leave you this<\/p>\n

799
\n00:53:17,840 –> 00:53:23,000
\nmorning, what or who is your
\nEsau?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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