1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:04,480 Dear Jesus, oh, let's thank him right now for the love that he 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:08,440 has shown to each one of us. God, I thank you for your love, 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:14,040 for loving me. Oh, I don't deserve it. 4 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:18,400 I don't deserve it, Lord, but you did. 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,400 But you did, and you do Hallelujah. 6 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:25,440 He is a loving God, Amen. We're thankful tonight. 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:29,320 Amen for him. I know you're expecting Brother 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,920 Mason and myself, right? That was the plan. 9 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:38,160 But Brother Mason is still on his concussion protocol. 10 00:00:38,520 --> 00:00:42,640 And after seeing the doctor and such on Monday and them 11 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,720 reviewing the markers there in his life and stuff, they even 12 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,760 told him to go home from work. And so he's just not supposed to 13 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:54,120 be laying low right now. And so that is rescheduled for 14 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,200 the month of November. All right, later in the month of 15 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,400 November. So guess what? 16 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,000 You'll never believe where we're headed tonight. 17 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,400 We're going to go to the Book of Genesis as you're turning there. 18 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:12,880 Tonight's so good to see Hunter and Mackenzie and Soren and Zoe 19 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:15,400 and Coulson. Coulson's going to be dedicated 20 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,760 this coming Sunday, all right? We'll be dedicated to the Lord. 21 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:23,960 And so we're going to do that on Sunday also starting Sunday's 22 00:01:23,960 --> 00:01:27,640 revival, Sunday through Wednesday, revival 10:00 and 23 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:31,960 6:00 on Sunday, then seven night, Tuesday or Monday, 24 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:35,920 Tuesday and Wednesday. Saturday is the annual chili 25 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:40,040 supper and hayride. Okay, Cornhole tournament begins 26 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:41,280 at 2:00 if you signed up for that. 27 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:44,840 Cornhole tournament starts at 2. Bounce house for younger 28 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,800 children and the slide will be here already functioning AT2. 29 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:50,800 All right, four O clock will be supper like with this. 30 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,360 We'll have a schedule out for you folks, but between like 4 31 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:57,400 and 7, there'll be volleyball going on and our first hayride 32 00:01:57,400 --> 00:02:01,120 will begin at 5:45. All right, to get them all in, 33 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:02,800 we're going to run 2 trailers this year. 34 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,000 Yeah. What do you think about that? 35 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,320 Amen. Hallelujah, exciting things. 36 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,039 Amen. Genesis Chapter 25. 37 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:17,000 Also, if you all don't know this, today is Bishop and Sister 38 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,080 Mcgee's 60th wedding anniversary. 39 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,520 Statistics tell me, and I've looked them up, only 1% of 40 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,200 Americans make it to their 60th wedding anniversary. 41 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:42,920 And I, I hate to say it, I dare to say as we go on, we're 42 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,320 probably going to see less 60th wedding anniversaries. 43 00:02:46,320 --> 00:02:48,600 And it's not going to because of longevity of life, because 44 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:52,560 that's getting better. All right, Amen. 45 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,400 So there's a rare treasure right here for us today. 46 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,920 We're thankful for their leadership over the years, Amen. 47 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:00,960 They're working dedication to the Kingdom of God. 48 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,040 And I'll tell you this, their pre marriage isn't perfect, 49 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:11,400 never has been. They just thought that when they 50 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,120 got married that meant they had to go to work. 51 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:14,600 And so they've been working ever since. 52 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:17,880 And it does. Amen. 53 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:21,080 Genesis 25 and verse #22 starting. 54 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,080 I'll read a few verses and allow you to be seated. 55 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:28,600 Genesis 25, verse 22. Remember, Isaac has prayed to 56 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,280 the Lord for a child, Rebecca's conceived member. 57 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,960 There's a 20 year period of time from the moment of marriage to 58 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,280 the time of the birth of their children. 59 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,320 So the Lord has answered verse 22. 60 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,600 She conceived in verse 21, the Bible says, and the children 61 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:48,200 struggled together within her. She said, if it be so, why am I 62 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,240 thus? And she went to inquire the 63 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,840 Lord. And the Lord said to her, Two 64 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,920 nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be 65 00:03:56,920 --> 00:04:00,520 separated from thy bowels. The one people shall be stronger 66 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,040 than the other people, and the elder shall serve the younger. 67 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:07,960 And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, 68 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,320 behold, there were twins in her womb. 69 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:19,040 And the first came out red all over like a hairy garment. 70 00:04:19,040 --> 00:04:22,720 They called his name Esau. And after that came his brother 71 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:26,240 out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel, and his name was 72 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,760 called Jacob. And Isaac was 3 score years old 73 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:33,960 when she bare them. And the boys grew. 74 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,240 And Esau was a cunning hunter, the man of the field. 75 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,800 And Jacob was a playing man, dwelling in tents. 76 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:45,440 And Isaac loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, but 77 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,280 Rebecca loved Jacob. A little while tonight. 78 00:04:48,280 --> 00:04:50,240 We'll get through chapter 25 here tonight. 79 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:52,280 When we're done tonight, we'll have been halfway through 80 00:04:52,280 --> 00:04:54,280 Genesis. You may want to talk about 81 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,000 nature's nations and the birthright. 82 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,440 Nothing fancy about the title, but it's just a place to hang 83 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:04,600 your hat. Nations, nature's nations, and 84 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,840 the birthright, Amen. We'll pray and I'll allow you to 85 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,880 be seated. Father, I thank you Jesus today, 86 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:11,040 God, for another opportunity to be here. 87 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,240 God, as we Lord, center our lives around your word, I pray, 88 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:17,160 O God, that you have to help us in the next few moments, open 89 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:21,360 our minds and understanding God. Your word, Lord, are the words 90 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,480 of life and they speak of you. God, we're going to take them as 91 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,480 such tonight. In the name of Jesus Christ that 92 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,560 I pray, Hallelujah, Amen. You may be seated in Jesus name, 93 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,360 nature's nations and the birthright. 20 years of 94 00:05:35,360 --> 00:05:37,840 marriage, 20 years of marriage. I'm not talking about Bishop 95 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:40,160 them now, I'm talking about Rebecca and Isaac. 96 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,920 All right, 20 years of 20 years of marriage and Rebecca 97 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,680 eventually conceives and the Lord has answered their prayer 98 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:50,960 that they have prayed unto him. But there's something going on 99 00:05:51,280 --> 00:05:55,040 within her womb during pregnancy that kind of tips her off 100 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,680 brother Fred, as though this is not something that typically 101 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,240 happens within the womb of a pregnant woman. 102 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,280 For all those that she had known that had been pregnant before, 103 00:06:03,280 --> 00:06:07,520 she has never known anyone to be contending with what she is 104 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:11,040 contending with right now. And as she will soon find out, 105 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,880 and they will soon find out, she is carrying twins. 106 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:19,120 And the Bible says the Lord speaks to Rebecca in her request 107 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,080 and her inquiry about what's going on. 108 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,360 She understands that there is a struggle that's going on inside 109 00:06:25,640 --> 00:06:29,200 of her womb, A literal pressing of one against the other, A 110 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:31,360 matter of fact, the word can even mean crush. 111 00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:33,480 There's a crushing, I mean, there's some, there's some 112 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:37,240 wicked wrestling going on, you know, match inside of of 113 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,000 Rebecca's womb. And she's a little confused 114 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,880 because she's thinking that she and her husband wanted this 115 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:47,080 pregnancy so badly and they waited for 20 years in order to 116 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:50,880 be able to conceive. And now if she's pregnant, if 117 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:54,200 this is not the Lord's intervention, then if this is of 118 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,360 the Lord, then why is this so painful? 119 00:06:56,360 --> 00:06:59,480 What about all this turmoil that's going on inside of my 120 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,920 womb? Well, what was happening inside 121 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,720 of of Rebecca's womb was, was more than just indications of 122 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:11,240 sibling rivalry that that that would take place outside of the 123 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:13,560 room. But what was taking place inside 124 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:17,400 the womb was actually foreshadowing some conflict, 125 00:07:17,840 --> 00:07:22,680 conflict of desires, namely #1 between the two sons that would 126 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:27,360 come from the womb, but also basically almost 2 natures that 127 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:31,520 was going to be showcased through these two sons of Jacob 128 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,680 and Esau. They would not both desire the 129 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,120 same things. They would not both have a heart 130 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,200 that's after certain things identically, but there would be 131 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,080 some differences between them. And so whenever God, though 132 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,840 speaks to Rebecca about what is going on, he more plainly talks 133 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:53,440 to her though about nations and about manner of people. 134 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:57,240 All right, that that's going to develop from the sons that she's 135 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,640 going to give birth to happening inside of this womb. 136 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,320 We'll find come find out in Scripture and we'll see Esau 137 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:06,960 referred to this a little later whenever he's talking about the 138 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:10,160 the pottage or the red pottage talking about he's not just 139 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,800 called Esau, but he's also called Edom in Scripture. 140 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,800 And it's where we get the nation of the Edomites in the word of 141 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,920 God. And so Esau would be the father 142 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,320 of the Edomites, but Jacob would become the father of the 143 00:08:22,320 --> 00:08:25,800 Israelites, as we would know. And Jacob and Esau have their 144 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:31,320 their differences for #1 let's just look at it very, very just 145 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:34,440 practically. Esau comes forth like some red 146 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:40,280 all over Harry child. And the Bible doesn't describe 147 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,640 Jacob as that. And just kind of a side note 148 00:08:42,760 --> 00:08:46,760 with this, some even then tend to believe as a result of that, 149 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,600 that that perhaps they weren't even identical twins, but 150 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,800 fraternal, fraternal twins as a result of that. 151 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:55,080 I don't know. We, we, I, I don't know if I can 152 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,360 give a, a definite sound bite on whether they were, whether they 153 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:02,240 weren't, but nonetheless, Esau as far as in some of their 154 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,200 practices, Esau, the Bible says is a hunter. 155 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:08,400 He's a man of the field according to verse 27. 156 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:12,280 And then Jacob is a man that dwells in tents. 157 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:17,360 The Bible says he's a plain man, which to go a little deeper on 158 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:21,520 that, in the Hebrew, it's actually he is a ishtam, which 159 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,440 means a wholesome man. He's a wholesome man. 160 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,240 He saw, as we see in Scripture and even in the story that we'll 161 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,960 read tonight, is impulsive. It's illustrated right here in 162 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,480 the verses of Scripture that we'll read. 163 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,800 He's impulsive. We see that he even has a a 164 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,200 tendency more towards the earthly mindedness or the carnal 165 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:43,880 mindedness concerning the things of life. 166 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:47,280 As a matter of fact, Speaking of him as being a hunter, there's 167 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,760 only one other individual in Scripture that is plainly called 168 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:52,920 a hunter. Only one other individual that's 169 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,440 plainly called 100%, just like direct contact, a hunter. 170 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,400 And that was Nimrod from Genesis chapter #10 he was called a 171 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:03,840 mighty hunter. And if you'll remember, I know 172 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,360 you can't think back that many weeks, but Nimrod was the one 173 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:11,640 who had the 1st Kingdom up on the earth, and his Kingdom was 174 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Babel, where that tower was built to reach into heaven. 175 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:18,160 All right? He's the one that that is 176 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:20,400 Speaking of. And this is what the Scripture 177 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:22,240 said in that moment. I'm just going back to Genesis 178 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:24,360 10, just for a moment, just we're just going to touch it. 179 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:29,200 Genesis, Tennate and Kush begat Nimrod, and he began to be a 180 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,280 mighty one in the earth, and he was a mighty hunter before the 181 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,000 Lord. Wherefore he said, even as 182 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,240 Nimrod, the mighty hunter before the Lord, and the beginning of 183 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,800 his Kingdom was Babel and a wreck and a cod and Kalnae and 184 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:45,480 the land of Shinar. So note also that Nimrod is the 185 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:51,000 son of Kush, who was the son of Ham, who was the son whenever 186 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,560 his father was naked in his own tent. 187 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,040 Unlike the other two that went in backwards and put a garment 188 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,200 on their father, he's the son that went in both facely and 189 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,240 make some type of gesture and begins to spread the news about 190 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,160 the nakedness of his father in the tent. 191 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,720 And so we have Nimrod coming from that line. 192 00:11:08,720 --> 00:11:12,760 So this, this hunter connection in scripture between Nimrod and 193 00:11:12,760 --> 00:11:15,720 Esau, it's more than just, you know, their profession. 194 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:20,400 It carries A moral and a spiritual symbolism as well as 195 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:22,520 well. Because those that are hunters 196 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:26,200 like Nimrod and like Esau was they depended on their, their, 197 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:29,040 their physical, their physical power, right? 198 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,960 And, and the material world that they would get, you know, food 199 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:36,240 and stuff for themselves. And so that's the type of nature 200 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:37,600 are you saying. And then, Brother McGee, every 201 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:39,760 hunter is just carnal. And no, I'm not saying that at 202 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,360 all. I'm just saying for the basis of 203 00:11:41,360 --> 00:11:45,720 Scripture here of Nimrod and Esau, that they chose those 204 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,800 things rather than spiritual pursuits. 205 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:51,480 All right. And so additionally, though, 206 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,320 even with that said, they'll say in the very last verse of this 207 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:57,320 chapter, Speaking of Esau concerning the birthright, the 208 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:03,000 Bible tells us plainly that he despised his birthright and the 209 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,800 birthright of the family that encompassed more than like when 210 00:12:06,800 --> 00:12:10,520 dad died. Having the, the family authority 211 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:13,320 has more more to do than just that. 212 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:17,080 It has more to do than just, you know, getting portions of land 213 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:20,680 as being the, the the the first born or having that birthright 214 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,080 has more more to do than just that. 215 00:12:23,320 --> 00:12:27,720 It also has everything to do with encompassing, having 216 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,760 leadership concerning the covenant promises that has 217 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,320 already been given to Abraham and to Isaac. 218 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:39,720 And so I think it's significant then whenever Esau sells, as the 219 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,360 Bible describes it sells his birthright, that he doesn't just 220 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:48,760 do that, but he even despises, despises his birthright. 221 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:54,440 So, so he's embodying then Bishop a, a worldly man here, 222 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:59,400 that by doing so, he's not just rejecting material goods, 223 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:03,120 leadership of household, he's rejecting leadership in the 224 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:08,360 covenant, right, which raises that to a whole nother land as 225 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:09,720 well. But then on the other hand, you 226 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:13,240 have Jacob, right, Jacob. Jacob seems to be very 227 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,200 attentive. He's very observant. 228 00:13:15,960 --> 00:13:18,640 And I know someone's going to have a hard time swallowing 229 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,600 this, but he he's spiritual and covenant minded. 230 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:27,240 I know the way in which he went about that was not already 231 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,040 wasn't always good, right? The deception, the cunningness, 232 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:38,440 but he wanted the birthright. He he wanted, he wanted to keep 233 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,800 intact the covenant promises. He wanted to do that. 234 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,720 That was a desire of his. So he might not always handled 235 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:49,480 it right, but he had a hunger at hunger for those that that thing 236 00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:52,080 of promises that's been handed down from father to father to 237 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,840 father to keep those things intact. 238 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,200 And so the Lord speaks to Rebecca in verse 23. 239 00:13:58,480 --> 00:14:01,240 Everybody say Amen. The reason why we're going to 240 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:03,120 get just a little heavy here for a moment, OK? 241 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,920 I know it's the middle of the week and everything. 242 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,760 We're going to get just a little heavy here for a moment, OK? 243 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:13,240 The Lord speaks to Rebecca verse 23 and what he's sharing with 244 00:14:13,240 --> 00:14:16,520 her. It being the Lord, it's not just 245 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:21,320 prophetic, but He is sharing with her foreknowledge that He 246 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:25,160 has. He knows something about the 247 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:27,840 future. Scripture tells. 248 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:29,120 He knows the end from the beginning. 249 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,440 He knows something about the future whenever he tells her 250 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:39,800 that these two nations or these two manner of people will come 251 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:43,440 forward and one nation is going to be stronger than the other 252 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:48,400 nation and that the elder nation which would be related to Esau 253 00:14:49,280 --> 00:14:55,120 would serve the younger one. As pertaining to Jacob, he had 254 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:58,560 foreknowledge of this. This is what is going to happen 255 00:14:58,560 --> 00:15:03,640 and this is what's going to take that take place for that matter. 256 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,440 And you're going to follow me here tonight. 257 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:08,880 The reason why I'm bringing this up is because in our world, 258 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:14,200 there's idea in the concept for some that there's a doctrine of 259 00:15:14,200 --> 00:15:17,400 election. That means God from the very 260 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:20,320 beginning has already chose who's going to be saved and 261 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,120 who's going to be lost, and their choice is no play in the 262 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,720 matter. I want to talk about this for a 263 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,200 little bit because number one, that's not biblical #1 and 264 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:30,120 secondly, we do not subscribe to that. 265 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:35,640 Let me make just a few opening statements. 266 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:39,200 Just because God has the foreknowledge of something 267 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:42,320 doesn't mean that He predetermines it. 268 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,000 All right. I, I oftimes use the the little 269 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:54,000 illustration as I'm coming up on a a stop light and it is yellow. 270 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,600 I have a foreknowledge that it's going to turn red. 271 00:15:56,920 --> 00:16:02,760 But me knowing that doesn't make it turn red, right? 272 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,240 Is everybody doing OK? So whenever God is speaking to 273 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:10,800 her about something that he knows beforehand, this isn't God 274 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:18,320 predestining either Jacob or Esau to salvation or not to have 275 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,800 salvation. What he's talking about here 276 00:16:20,800 --> 00:16:25,440 even isn't concerning salvation, all right, but God foresees the 277 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:31,000 path of both Jacob and Esau and what they will choose and the 278 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,800 choices they will make and what they will take. 279 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,320 And so as he's sharing this information, this prophecy, this 280 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:41,400 foreknowledge as it as it is, it primarily again applies. 281 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:44,480 He's talking to her about nations and men are people. 282 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,280 He's talking to them about the descendants, the groupings of 283 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,560 people that will come from these two sons. 284 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:55,200 For that matter, we never find really in Scripture totally 285 00:16:55,400 --> 00:17:00,360 where as a individual, Esau actually as an individual serves 286 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:05,079 Jacob as an individual. But we do see where the Edomites 287 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:10,079 as a grouping of people did serve and give obeyance into the 288 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:13,319 Israelites as a people, a man in Scripture. 289 00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:16,839 And so again, what we are, we are not supporting 290 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:20,400 predestination as far as individuals. 291 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:23,839 I'm trying to really not get in the grass today, but let me tell 292 00:17:23,839 --> 00:17:26,240 you, you can read the book of Ephesians and you can read also 293 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:28,319 the book of Romans. When you read the book of 294 00:17:28,319 --> 00:17:30,880 Ephesians and the Apostle Paul speaking to the church at 295 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:35,520 Ephesus, he speaks about whom Christ did foreknow. 296 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,600 He did predestinate for a purpose. 297 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:45,440 Foreknowledge had to do with a grouping of individuals and 298 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:47,680 predestination had to do with a plan. 299 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,880 What are you saying in Ephesians? 300 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:53,920 It always speaks about the US in Him, the US in Him, the Him 301 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,680 being referred to as Christ. the US in Him is the church. 302 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,680 He said the book of Ephesians even tells us that he had the 303 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:06,560 idea and the concept of the church from the very beginning. 304 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:11,800 Not only that, He had a plan for the church from the very 305 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:16,360 beginning. God predestinates His church, 306 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:22,520 but as individuals, we have choice whether to be a part of 307 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,200 or not a part of the church. If you're a part of the church, 308 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:29,960 he has a predestined plan for the church, and that's glory. 309 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,600 If you're not a part of the church, there's another plan. 310 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,040 So he don't predestinate individuals, but he does have a 311 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,680 plan that he is predestinated, namely for the church. 312 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:50,480 And he had a plan that he had for the descendants of Jacob and 313 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,320 the descendants of Esau. Let's just get into this just 314 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,160 just a little bit, a little bit further. 315 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:59,320 Amen. And so through God's 316 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:04,800 sovereignty, He chose the Israelite nation, those that 317 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:11,360 would come from Jacob for a historical purpose and plan that 318 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:16,400 they would be the facilitators of the lineage of the Lord Jesus 319 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,160 Christ. Yep. 320 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,320 You can trace the genealogy of Jesus Christ and you're going to 321 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:24,840 trace it back through those that are in the lineage of Jacob. 322 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:29,120 He did that for them. That's what the plan was. 323 00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:33,560 The plan wasn't their salvation. He wasn't determining their 324 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,960 salvation or or Esol's damnation. 325 00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,640 No no no no. All of the person salvation is a 326 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:45,520 based upon their faith, Amen. It's based upon their faith. 327 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:49,680 And so God had a choice of a nation, Amen. 328 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,840 Of Jacob, he says, you know what, they're going to be a a 329 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:56,360 spiritual heir of the covenant of promise and they're going to 330 00:19:56,360 --> 00:19:58,640 safeguard the lineage of the Lord Jesus Christ. 331 00:19:58,840 --> 00:20:01,640 I choose the descendants of Jacob for that. 332 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,040 They're going to help facilitate the Abraham covenant and they're 333 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,720 going to provide a line for the Messiah. 334 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,320 But just because God chose his descendants does not mean then 335 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,200 he. Ensured that Jacob was going to 336 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:18,560 have salvation. That was a choice Jacob had to 337 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:21,720 make. And it would be a choice that 338 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,800 Esau would have to make. It wasn't. 339 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:26,040 He was just automatically damned from the beginning. 340 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,560 It was a choice that Esau was going to have to make. 341 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:36,120 God, in doing this was not tampering with Esau or Jacob's 342 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,920 free will. He just saw. 343 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:44,440 He saw their choices. He didn't determine them, but he 344 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:48,360 saw them. He had knowledge of them, Amen. 345 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:51,000 And so he wasn't infringing on their free will as a human 346 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,600 being. They would still choose as they 347 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:59,600 did, and God allowed for that. But God saw in the distance a 348 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:05,080 Jacob who was valuing as a wholesome man the covenant 349 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:09,440 things, the birthright things. And he seen a man then that was 350 00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:14,440 despising with contempt the same things, Amen. 351 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:19,720 Because, listen, was not Jacob a little deceitful and we might 352 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:25,480 even call sinful early on? Again, it wasn't about his 353 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,000 salvation. It was about the plan he had for 354 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,680 the descendants, about preserving the covenant. 355 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,840 Amen. The Bible says. 356 00:21:33,160 --> 00:21:35,240 And again, I don't want to get too deep, but I don't want to 357 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:39,920 not be deep and talk about it enough because listen, we have 358 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:42,080 people today that are living life just however they want to 359 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:43,920 live it because they're like, it's already been charted out 360 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,000 for me. I don't have a choice in the 361 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:45,560 matter. Anyway. 362 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,080 You do have a choice. And I guess that's the reason 363 00:21:50,080 --> 00:21:52,720 why I'm, I'm kind of ringing the bell tonight for all those that 364 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:55,080 just have their head in the sand and they've been lied to and 365 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:56,680 tell them that this thing's already planned out. 366 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:58,280 Live your life. It's already planned. 367 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:05,080 No, you have a choice. Romans 9 and verse 10. 368 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,240 And not only this, that this is referring to the promise that 369 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:11,560 was given to Sarah that she would have a son, but when 370 00:22:11,560 --> 00:22:14,920 Rebecca also this is Roman 9's 10 when Rebecca also had 371 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,520 conceived by 1 even by father Isaac. 372 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:22,280 Verse 11 for the children being not yet born, neither have done 373 00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:25,600 anything good or evil right at the moment be in the womb. 374 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,280 They had not done anything good or bad. 375 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:33,200 They're in the womb but the Lord for Saul, he said that the 376 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:36,400 purpose of God according to election might stand not of 377 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:40,760 works, but of him that calleth so this is God's sovereignty 378 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:44,560 from the standpoint of being in the womb. 379 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:48,000 They weren't chosen by their works because they're kids in a 380 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,720 womb, but according to God's sovereignty. 381 00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,320 He makes a choice and it was said unto her. 382 00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,640 The elder verse 12 shall serve the younger as it is written, 383 00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:58,960 Jacob have Here's another thing this people have a hard time 384 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,160 processing this Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated 385 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,560 because when we hear the word hated, we're thinking about 386 00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:08,880 emotions, we're thinking about disgust, we're thinking about 387 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:13,240 all those type of things, but it's not the way that we think. 388 00:23:13,920 --> 00:23:17,600 It's not God having hatred toward Esau or detesting Esau. 389 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,720 It's an expression him loving 1 and hating another is an 390 00:23:22,720 --> 00:23:26,360 expression of God choosing in heaven preference. 391 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:31,200 God chose Jacob, more particularly the nation of 392 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:36,520 Israel, his descendants, and he didn't choose Esau or the nation 393 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,000 of the Edomites. Just to go to show you the 394 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,320 similarity in that language. If you go to the Gospel of Luke 395 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:46,760 and chapter #14 and verse 26, that similar hate expression is 396 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:49,080 there. This is Jesus speaking and he 397 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:54,880 says, if any man come to me and hate not his father and mother 398 00:23:55,040 --> 00:23:58,840 and wife and children and brethren and sisters, yay in his 399 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,800 own life also he cannot be my disciples. 400 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,920 So let's look at it. So she's telling his disciples, 401 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,440 if you don't hate your mom and dad, forget it. 402 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:14,640 And some of us are like, right? But that's the way our minds 403 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:17,000 works. Jesus is not requiring his 404 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,360 disciples to hate or loathe their families. 405 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:25,400 He's asking them to make a choice of him first. 406 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,880 All of the loves and all of the relationships they have in their 407 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,480 life must spell in comparison to that relationship. 408 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:37,040 That's what he's conveying. This is primary, this is 409 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,720 prominent, this is important. Amen. 410 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:44,760 So again, what Romans speak of as God's election, it's not God 411 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:48,400 electing that individual to be saved or unsaved. 412 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,640 It's God has an elected plan for the Israelites, Amen. 413 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:58,200 To facilitate the covenant of Abraham and to be able to bring 414 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,440 and preserve a line for the Messiah, Amen. 415 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:08,280 God did not choose based upon Jacob and Esau's current works. 416 00:25:09,360 --> 00:25:13,400 They've not been born, but God does foreknow everything. 417 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,920 But again, his foreknowledge doesn't determine it. 418 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:21,480 I'd say like this, His foreknowledge kind of allows the 419 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:25,320 interpretation of it. Jacob and Esau are still at 420 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:30,440 freedom to accept or reject God's will in their lives. 421 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,480 He just foresaw what they would do. 422 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,520 He needed though his covenant. He wanted his covenant would be 423 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:42,120 facilitated in the hands of somebody that was hungry for it, 424 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,360 not that would be cavalier with it. 425 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,720 Folks, we really see the same thing with Ishmael and Isaac. 426 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:59,320 One was per SE and those were chosen over the other. 427 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,960 And no, both of them, Ishmael and Isaac were biological 428 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,520 descendants of Abraham, but that didn't mean that they would be 429 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:16,960 heirs of the promise of God. New Testament bears it out. 430 00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,480 Sister Sheila, again, the Gospel of Luke chapter 3 and verse #8 431 00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,520 I'm about done with the heavy OK, and we'll get OK. 432 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,240 But John chapter 3, verse 8, this is John the Baptist 433 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,440 speaking. He says bring forth therefore 434 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:32,440 fruits worthy of repentance and begin not to say within 435 00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:37,480 yourselves we have Abraham to our father for I saying to you 436 00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:40,760 that God is able to be stones to raise up children to Abraham. 437 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:44,800 You know what he's saying He's saying biological connection to 438 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:51,920 Abraham doesn't mean that you're one of his No, no, no, no. 439 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:54,920 He says you got to bring forth some fruits worthy of 440 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:56,880 repentance. You beyond your physical 441 00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:59,760 descendancy. You you need some faith is need 442 00:26:59,760 --> 00:27:03,680 some fruits worthy of repentance indices that there's obedience 443 00:27:04,120 --> 00:27:07,280 that's taken place in your life. All right, everybody good. 444 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,200 We OK? I know that's like, you know, 445 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:12,080 going to physics when you're a freshman. 446 00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:17,600 OK, let's just go. So Esau was the first to come 447 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,160 out according to the Scripture or was born, maybe come out a 448 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,320 little rude. He was the first to be birthed. 449 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,160 It was red all over like a hairy garment. 450 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:28,800 Jacob followed him, The Bible says, holding on to Esau's heel. 451 00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,760 And Esau, whenever you look at this, then their names Esau, all 452 00:27:33,160 --> 00:27:38,080 right, which means red Jacob, Hill, all right. 453 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:41,320 It's almost as though one is named for his appearance and the 454 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,040 other one is named for his activity. 455 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,480 But something that we don't talk a lot about is the root of 456 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:54,080 Jacob's name. That name that means hill or a 457 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:58,000 Kev in Hebrew. Again, it does refer to that 458 00:27:58,040 --> 00:28:04,880 future supplanting and deceiving that he will do, but it also 459 00:28:04,880 --> 00:28:08,120 pertains to this idea. Same word pertains to the idea 460 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:13,240 of a rear ward or a rear guard in Hebrew thought, which a rear 461 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,280 guard or a rear ward is something or someone that 462 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:22,160 follows to guard. We usually don't talk about that 463 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,000 aspect. We just talk about the 464 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:27,640 supplanting aspect, the deceiver aspect, but there's another 465 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:32,160 aspect to Jacob as well, that aspect that desired the 466 00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:39,800 birthright to guard what the other one despised, to safeguard 467 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,520 what the other despised. We're always introduced as a 468 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:45,880 plane to deception. We don't think about the aspect, 469 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:49,680 but he was also going after something that was very prize 470 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,680 worthy in his eyes and also in the eyes of God. 471 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,040 Verse 28 shows a little parental favoritism. 472 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,520 I know we say we all love our kids the same. 473 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:06,120 Something went awry here. Genesis 25, verse 28 and Isaac 474 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:11,240 loved Esau because he did eat of his venison, but Rebecca loved 475 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:19,960 Jacob, Isaac loved Esau, Rebecca loves Jacob, and Isaac loves 476 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,840 Esau. The Bible says because of his 477 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,800 venison taste that oh, that tastes good. 478 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,080 But let's look at it in this way. 479 00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:34,600 He loves Esau because of what he can get, what he can taste, that 480 00:29:34,600 --> 00:29:38,760 self gratification he gets for meeting venison, which is 481 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:43,440 interesting because it's that same self gratification that 482 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,800 gets that son that he loves. Esau in trouble right here of 483 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:55,520 wanting the pottage in the moment rather than the 484 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:57,960 birthright. Amen. 485 00:29:58,320 --> 00:30:01,240 And then we read in Scripture, of course, we know, you know, 486 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:05,400 Jacob exploits Esau's passions and desires for that self 487 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:09,400 gratification in this story. But then then that that that 488 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:14,080 Rebecca would love Jacob. There's nothing really said 489 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,400 about the why. All that I know, and this is 490 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,320 total supposition on my part, all right? 491 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:23,080 All that we know is that from her inquiry of the Lord about 492 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,320 what was going on, she was informed about the two nations 493 00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:30,120 and the two people. I'm not saying that influenced 494 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,840 her love for Jacob. I'm saying could have it 495 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:36,720 influenced her love for Jacob? We don't know for sure. 496 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:42,840 Going on with verse #29 is everybody doing OK? 497 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,160 All right, this don't sound like an interview. 498 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,920 I know, I'm sorry, we're interviewing Scripture. 499 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:52,840 Scripture. What do you think about Jacob 500 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:58,000 and verse #29? And Jacob sawed pottage, and 501 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,520 Esau came from the field, and he was faint. 502 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:06,080 And Esau said to Jacob, feed me, I pray thee, with that same red 503 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,880 pottage, for I am faint. Therefore was his name called 504 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,720 Edom, or he mentioned that earlier. 505 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:16,040 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 506 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:21,440 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die, what profit 507 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,600 shall this birthright do to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this 508 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,160 day, and he's swearing to him. And he sold his birthright unto 509 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:33,360 Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and 510 00:31:33,360 --> 00:31:37,760 pottage of lentils, And he did eat and drink, and rose up, and 511 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:40,920 went his way. Thus Esau despised his 512 00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,520 birthright. Before we get in this last 513 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:51,000 section, I think it's important to do a little explanation. 514 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,640 And we talked about this on surface before, that not 515 00:31:55,640 --> 00:32:00,440 everything in the book of Genesis is recorded 516 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:07,440 chronologically in order, OK? And we've seen this before 517 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,800 already in the Book of Genesis, for instance, for our purposes 518 00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:15,160 right here and what we've been studying in this chapter, it is 519 00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:19,720 recorded. And verses 7 through 11, the 520 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:27,000 Abraham dies, all right. And then later it tells us that 521 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:32,760 Esau and Jacob are born to Isaac and Rebecca, all right. 522 00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:39,760 But verse 26 tells us that Isaac was 3 score years when she bared 523 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,920 them. Isaac was 60 years old whenever 524 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,000 she had them. If you go back to Genesis 21 525 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:54,280 verse 5, you read that Abraham was 100 years old whenever Isaac 526 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:58,800 was born. That means if Isaac is 60 when 527 00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:03,720 his sons are born that his dad is 160 years old. 528 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:14,360 He didn't die till he was 175. That means Jacob and Esau we're 529 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,520 at least 15 years old whenever Abraham died. 530 00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:22,360 See, the story of Scripture is if we just read it just like 531 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,560 it's laid out, it's like Abraham dies and then sometime later 532 00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,840 Isaac and Jacob is born. But when you look at the 533 00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:32,520 numbers, Isaac and Jacob are born with Abraham having 15 534 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:37,680 years of his life left. And let me tell you why I 535 00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:42,360 believe this is important, because in verse 29, the Bible 536 00:33:42,360 --> 00:33:46,320 is talking about Jacob is sodding or sodding pottage. 537 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:52,720 His walk with me for a little bit, He's sodding pottage #1 538 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,600 again, in a patriarchal society where it's driven by the men, 539 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:02,400 they they dispersed their rows of responsibility. 540 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:08,920 Cooking was not typically one of them among the men in that type 541 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,480 of society. So it's a little outside of the 542 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,360 ordinary. According to ancient Hebrew 543 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:20,760 culture, for a man to be sodden, pottage a man, if they went out 544 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:25,199 on a hunt away from home, they would cook them because nobody 545 00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:26,719 else around that they had to do it. 546 00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:30,560 But whenever you're talking about being at home, that was 547 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:34,760 not typically his role or his responsibility. 548 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:41,639 Many, most of even Jewish sages are nearly unanimous telling us 549 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:49,440 that Jacob cooking here indicates that someone's died in 550 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:54,199 the family. Possibly, I'm just saying, 551 00:34:54,199 --> 00:34:59,520 Possibly Abraham. The boys are 15 years old when 552 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:03,040 he dies. Possibly Abraham. 553 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:09,640 There is and, and, and I I just say this gingerly. 554 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:13,040 There is a a more modern practice among the Jews. 555 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:16,360 When I say more modern, I'm talking like 2nd century. 556 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:24,240 That's still thousands of years ago that when a person died, 557 00:35:24,240 --> 00:35:28,760 they did what was called sitting Shiva, did mourn for seven days. 558 00:35:29,720 --> 00:35:31,920 It's not as though all the way back in the time of Jacob and 559 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,240 Esau, there was this practice because it was, it was codified, 560 00:35:35,240 --> 00:35:37,560 it was placed in their law in the 2nd century. 561 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,360 But there were a lot of things in the times of Jacob and Esau 562 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:44,240 that compares with sitting Shiva even today. 563 00:35:44,240 --> 00:35:47,760 For instance, all the way back in Jacob and Esau's day, they 564 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:50,320 still tore their clothes many times. 565 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,360 Whenever someone died for mourning, they would mourn for a 566 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:57,280 particular period of time. They would literally vocalize 567 00:35:57,280 --> 00:35:59,560 and and then visibly show their grief. 568 00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:02,760 It was an involvement of the whole community whenever one 569 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:06,720 died and their focus was primarily up on the deceased. 570 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:11,680 Listen to me now. During this time of mourning, it 571 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:17,640 was not appropriate for immediate family members to 572 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,560 cook. And to under score what 573 00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:25,560 immediate family members means, it means one's mother, father, 574 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:29,720 sister, brother, son, daughter, or spouse. 575 00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:33,760 They were not supposed to cook. But you know who cooked Cooked 576 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,800 since those couldn't? Grandkids. 577 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:48,520 Oh God, Jacob's sodding pottage. I don't know this for sure 578 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,840 concerning Bible scripture. I know this according to Jewish 579 00:36:53,320 --> 00:37:00,080 custom esod in pottage. So we say, well the Jews might 580 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:01,920 be reading into the story looking back, or are they 581 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:03,960 reading from the story and coming forward? 582 00:37:04,240 --> 00:37:08,840 We may never know, but nonetheless, at the very least, 583 00:37:09,360 --> 00:37:15,120 at the very least, Abraham died. 2 grandsons involved in the 584 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:19,040 activity here and it starts to bring, I think to light. 585 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:23,600 Then why the birthright at this particular moment comes well 586 00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:28,280 into view? Because Abraham has died, right? 587 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:33,000 And so there's something that Isaac for sure has that now one 588 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,520 of the sons are going to have whenever Isaac dies. 589 00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:41,400 And what does Esau do? The Bible says he's, he's going 590 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,600 out hunting. You know, I'm saying these 591 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:46,680 terms. Esau's just doing what pleases 592 00:37:46,720 --> 00:37:50,600 Esau. He's just doing his thing. 593 00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:52,800 He's not staying around the morning. 594 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:58,280 He's just going out to hunt. And it almost brings a toe. 595 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:00,240 Trevor. And this helps me understand my 596 00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:03,200 16 year old. I told Trevor that this week we 597 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,040 was going to talk about dark humor in Scripture. 598 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:10,080 This helps me understand my 16 year old because whenever Esau 599 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,880 comes into the situation, there's pottage there. 600 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,600 What does he tell to Jacob? He says I'm at the point of 601 00:38:15,600 --> 00:38:19,880 death. He says I'm at the, I mean, 602 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:22,760 someone's evidently just died. And he said, well, I'm at the 603 00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:26,200 point of death myself. You know, exaggeration yet? 604 00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:27,680 And then maybe a touch of dark humor. 605 00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:33,640 All the way back in Genesis. Grandpa thinks he's dead. 606 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,880 I'm about to die, you know, and he says if I'm dying, basically 607 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:42,960 what good is the birthright? But again, that is Esau self 608 00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:47,120 gratifying reasoning because the only thing he's focusing on the 609 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:50,520 birthright is what good is all the possessions I would get if I 610 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,840 die. What good is the leadership of a 611 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,240 household if I die? What good is covenant promises 612 00:38:56,240 --> 00:38:59,440 if I die? It's all about me self 613 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,400 gratifying. But if you die and you do have 614 00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:07,280 the birthright, it's not just what that will do for you. 615 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:10,080 What will it do for your offspring? 616 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:15,360 But see, a self absorbed man can only think in his generation 617 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:19,520 what's going on with him. He can't think any further than 618 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:23,480 himself or beyond himself. Having the birthright make 619 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:26,840 covenant promises would pass on to your children and their 620 00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:28,760 children. It does matter. 621 00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,880 Someone say Amen. I know that you wouldn't have 622 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,160 nothing to do if your material inheritance or leadership and 623 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,200 family and all that, but it does matter. 624 00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:48,240 And so whenever Esau exchanges his birthright for pottage, he 625 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:52,000 in essence also sowed every blessing then that accompanied 626 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,520 that birthright. I'll state this tonight whenever 627 00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,920 we see that Jacob goes in, and we'll see this in chapters in 628 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,000 the beginning. Further on that whenever Jacob 629 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,880 goes in with, with, with the hair of the animals upon his 630 00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:08,560 neck and stuff, and he feigns to be Esau to get the blessing, he 631 00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,280 was really getting something that already belonged to him at 632 00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,280 this point. Because when the birthright was 633 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,520 sold, the blessing is attached to the birthright. 634 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,760 The blessing is attached to the responsibility. 635 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,440 You don't get blessing without having to be responsible. 636 00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,640 The blessing is attached to responsibility. 637 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,440 And so there's another layer here though then he's just not 638 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:32,320 selling it. He's despising it, which means 639 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,160 that he treated it as though it was worthless. 640 00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:39,080 He held it in contempt. It was more than just don't want 641 00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,760 to have anything to do with it. He he just thought it was 642 00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:46,200 worthless. And so you see this in the verbs 643 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,400 of the very last of the very last verse when it describes the 644 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,840 actions of Esau. Look at the verbs he Speaking 645 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,560 of. Esau did eat and drink and rose 646 00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:57,600 up and went his way. He despised his birthright. 647 00:40:57,600 --> 00:40:59,440 It's like no big deal. I'm just going to turn down on 648 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,640 this cleaning off my face and get out of here. 649 00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:06,040 No consciousness, no bearing upon him what he's doing right 650 00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:07,960 there in the moment. And ladies and gentlemen, that's 651 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:11,840 the reason why God with his foreknowledge says, I want 652 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:15,240 somebody that's hungry for it. I want somebody that desires it. 653 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,080 I want somebody that's going to be mindful of it. 654 00:41:17,240 --> 00:41:19,120 So I'm going to make sure my line comes through here in the 655 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,840 covenant promises are safeguarded in that because I 656 00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,520 don't want to. I don't want it to be with so 657 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,640 much so self absorbed, they'll forget about it. 658 00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,360 I want them to be mindful that there's a bigger picture than 659 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,520 me. There's a bigger picture than I. 660 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:36,320 That's them closing. Stay with me. 661 00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:45,640 Let's wrap it up. Right, Reveal, who's even 662 00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:50,840 looking back up on Esau calls him a profane man or an ungodly 663 00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:52,280 man. Why? 664 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:58,040 Because due to this little flippant choice here with the 665 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:03,480 birthright and the promises in the Covenant and pottage, I 666 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:08,720 didn't come on. Seriously, Abby, I kind of bring 667 00:42:08,720 --> 00:42:12,880 something up over here, you know, would you like to have 668 00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:15,120 this or, you know, it's this or your family? 669 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:20,000 Uncle Paul, that red pottage. That's awesome. 670 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:22,520 Here you go. Seriously. 671 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,560 I mean, we'll look all that and we're kind of just, I mean, 672 00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:31,880 seriously, yes, gratification for a moment compared to 673 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,600 something that would impact family for lifetimes. 674 00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:39,640 Alan P Ross says this, and I'm closing. 675 00:42:40,680 --> 00:42:45,000 He says profane people are willing to relinquish things of 676 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:49,520 lasting spiritual value because they live to satisfy their basic 677 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:54,560 appetites. Just a moment at the moment. 678 00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:57,760 But there's something bigger than the moment, right? 679 00:42:58,080 --> 00:43:04,040 The whole eons of time are made-up of moments, so every 680 00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:10,560 moment counts. Nature's nations and the 681 00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:12,160 birthright. Amen. 682 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,800 Someone say Amen, Amen. I know he's a little heavy there 683 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:18,520 tonight. Might need to go back to listen 684 00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:21,000 that again. We could do a whole just one 685 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,160 lesson on this concept of predestination and election and 686 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:31,360 so on and so forth. Next Wednesday, we'll be here in 687 00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,440 revival. OK? 688 00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,480 So we'll be in revival. And then after that, I think we 689 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:39,080 have about 3 more weeks, I think about three more weeks of 690 00:43:39,080 --> 00:43:41,120 Genesis. And then there'll be a week in 691 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:42,400 the white. My wife and I will be on an 692 00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,040 anniversary trip and then we'll do the interview and then 693 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,560 there'll be National Youth Convention. 694 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,880 And then it'll be December. I hate to sum it up like that. 695 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:53,080 In December, we'll be going to connect groups, men connect 696 00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,280 groups, women connect groups, youth connect groups. 697 00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:59,400 And we'll do that for the winter season of January or December, 698 00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,120 January and February. OK, All right. 699 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:04,840 And then we'll get back to Genesis. 700 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:08,800 We will finish Genesis eventually if we don't, as 701 00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:12,040 again, I've splattered with some other things because I know some 702 00:44:12,040 --> 00:44:14,120 people are like, oh, Genesis. Here's the thing though. 703 00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:16,360 I have people asking me about things from Genesis all the 704 00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,240 time. And then you do a series on 705 00:44:18,240 --> 00:44:23,280 Genesis and then it's like, next time you ask me something about 706 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:26,280 Genesis, I will say we got a podcast with, you know, 52 707 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:29,720 lessons. Great catalog. 708 00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:35,320 Amen. Honestly though, side note, 709 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:38,920 before I close, we do have, we have our live stream that on 710 00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:40,760 Facebook. They only stay there for so long 711 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:44,120 and then Facebook does away with them, YouTube keeps them. 712 00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:48,000 But the thing that we have the longest catalog of is podcast go 713 00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:51,400 all the way back to 2011 if my memory is correct. 714 00:44:51,520 --> 00:44:55,960 We have thousands folk, thousands of podcasts, and among 715 00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:58,760 them are I don't know how many series I've done, but I have 716 00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,880 done bunches on books of the Bible, characters, the Bible, 717 00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,880 topics of the Bible. So it is a resource. 718 00:45:04,880 --> 00:45:07,120 Use it as a resource. You can search on their things 719 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:11,120 and you can find 30 some odd weeks for the Book of 720 00:45:11,120 --> 00:45:13,160 Revelation, 20 some odd weeks for the book of Daniel. 721 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:16,600 You understand what I'm saying? Use it as a resource, Amen. 722 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:18,880 Let's pray tonight. Father, we love you God, we 723 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,000 thank you, Lord Jesus, God, for your spirit. 724 00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:25,280 I pray, O God, today, help us, O Lord, help us to have a 725 00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,880 propensity, Lord Jesus, a desire, a leaning, Lord God, 726 00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:31,960 toward those things, God, that are righteous and holy and godly 727 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,600 and Lord noteworthy. Lord Jesus, in your sight. 728 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,560 I pray, Oh Lord, we do have choices in our life, God, and 729 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:40,640 every day we live, we're making choices, Lord, whether they be 730 00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:42,600 for good or whether they not be for good. 731 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:46,920 Help us, O Lord, to live in an appropriation and in step God, 732 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:50,280 with your purpose and your will, I pray, O God, today be with 733 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,880 your people, the rest of the sweet God, empower them, 734 00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,560 strengthen them, keep their bodies safe, Lord, physically, 735 00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:58,360 God, spiritually and emotionally and will not fail to thank you 736 00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,160 for it. In the name of Jesus Christ that 737 00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:04,400 I pray and the church say Amen, Amen. 738 00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:08,360 Also, there is still sign up for food, bringing food for 739 00:46:08,360 --> 00:46:10,560 Saturday. There's still sign up for 740 00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:14,280 helping clean up and tear down on the bulletin board. 741 00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:16,560 There's places there where you can sign your name next to 742 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,080 certain jobs. All right, that is there. 743 00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,200 This is Wednesday. So this probably your last time 744 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:24,560 having access to those things. All right, so God bless you. 745 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:25,000 Night, Jesus.