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Malachi 3:
2 I have loved you, says the Lord.
Yet you say, In what way have You loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?
Says the Lord.
Yet Jacob I have loved;
3 But Esau I have hated,
And laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.
The reason this is hard for some to comprehend is because their knowledge is limited
to the narrative of Genesis. Just as the nation of Israel is often addressed as Jacob,
the nation of Edom is often referred to by their patriarch Esau.
The reason God states that He hates Esau is because they celebrated the fall of Jerusalem
to the Chaldeans, and the destruction of the Lord's sanctuary.
Psalm 137:7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom on the day of Jerusalem;
who said, Raze it, Raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
This scripture should not be interpreted to mean that God hated the
person of Esau. Selling his birthright was a truly bad decision, but
that did not earn him any hatred from The Father.
And yet, he is described as a profane person for his actions.
Hebrews 12:
16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau,
who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit
the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance,
though he sought it diligently with tears.
This should be understood as the accountability found in
the Lord's Righteous Judgment.
Let us avoid this kind of tearful, heartbreak by diligently
pursuing our inheritance in Christ.
2 I have loved you, says the Lord.
Yet you say, In what way have You loved us?
Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?
Says the Lord.
Yet Jacob I have loved;
3 But Esau I have hated,
And laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.
The reason this is hard for some to comprehend is because their knowledge is limited
to the narrative of Genesis. Just as the nation of Israel is often addressed as Jacob,
the nation of Edom is often referred to by their patriarch Esau.
The reason God states that He hates Esau is because they celebrated the fall of Jerusalem
to the Chaldeans, and the destruction of the Lord's sanctuary.
Psalm 137:7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom on the day of Jerusalem;
who said, Raze it, Raze it, even to the foundation thereof.
This scripture should not be interpreted to mean that God hated the
person of Esau. Selling his birthright was a truly bad decision, but
that did not earn him any hatred from The Father.
And yet, he is described as a profane person for his actions.
Hebrews 12:
16 lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau,
who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.
17 For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit
the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance,
though he sought it diligently with tears.
This should be understood as the accountability found in
the Lord's Righteous Judgment.
Let us avoid this kind of tearful, heartbreak by diligently
pursuing our inheritance in Christ.
