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A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by tyup(m): 11:31am On Jun 09, 2019 |
Atimes we get to wonder or Ponder on this scripture in Romans 9:13 which says "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated." and get to ask disturbing questions like Why did God love Jacob and hate Esau? If God is love (1 John 4:8 ), how could He hate anyone? When studying the Bible, it is critically important to always study the context of a particular Bible verse or passage. In these instances, the prophet Malachi and the apostle Paul are using the name “Esau” to refer to the Edomites, who were the descendants of Esau. Isaac and Rebekah had two sons, Esau and Jacob. God chose Jacob (whom He later renamed “Israel”) to be the father of His chosen people, the Israelites. God rejected Esau (who was also called “Edom”) and did not choose him to be the father of His chosen people. Esau and his descendants, the Edomites, were in many ways blessed by God ( Genesis 33:9 ; Genesis chapter 36). So, considering the context, God loving Jacob and hating Esau has nothing to do with the human emotions of love and hate. It has everything to do with God choosing one man and his descendants and rejecting another man and his descendants. God chose Abraham out of all the men in the world. The Bible very well could say, “Abraham I loved, and every other man I hated.” God chose Abraham’s son Isaac instead of Abraham’s son Ishmael. The Bible very well could say, “Isaac I loved, and Ishmael I hated.” Romans chapter 9 makes it abundantly clear that loving Jacob and hating Esau was entirely related to which of them God chose. I hope we can all learn from what the verse is all about and God not naturally hating people mynd44 lalasticlala Dominique 1 Like |
Re: A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by DabuIIIT: 7:27pm On Apr 12, 2020 |
tyup: The only time in your existence that you have made sense. But based on virtually all your posts on this forum,God hates people like you, sorry |
Re: A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by petra1(m): 7:43pm On Apr 12, 2020 |
tyup: I partially agree with you but not fully. I agree that to love one person has to do with God choosing but where I don’t agree with you is where I highlighted above ,you used the term reject ”the other”. I don’t see it so Ftom scripture . A more appropriate term should rather be to “ prefer above” the other , to choose above the other but not necessarily rejection of the other. Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. So from the above scripture same terminology was used but from context it is not about rejecting the order but to chose God above them in other of priority |
Re: A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by tyup(m): 8:37pm On Apr 12, 2020 |
DabuIIIT: Apology accepted |
Re: A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by tyup(m): 8:38pm On Apr 12, 2020 |
petra1: Noted.....Thanks for the correction |
Re: A Critical Look At God's Word "Jacob Have I Love, Esau Have I Hated" by nlPoster: 8:52pm On Apr 12, 2020 |
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