The Secret of Esau
Obadiah 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
Job 15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,
Eliphaz is Esau's eldest son, and what he shares here is the hidden things of Esau. He is also called "Red" or Edom. He is Isaac's firstborn son, Jacob was the one holding his heel. Jacob becomes Israel and the Israelites are known as "the people of the book". This is the people with the stories of faith as their heritage. This was the inheritance that rightfully belonged to Esau but he sold it for a pot of beans.
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
I lived on the East coast of the US and so a "Nor Easter" referred to a wind coming off the North Atlantic and was cold and wet and stormy. Israel is the opposite. Wind coming from the west comes off the Mediteranean and would bring rain, coming from the East it is coming from the desert and would be dry, blasting, and clouds without rain. "Wise men uttering vain knowledge" that to me is what the talking heads on TV do. You don't get to be a talking head if you are not a "wise man". They have published books, Phd's, teach at prestigious universities, etc. However, you don't give away useful knowledge for free. TV is the illusion of educating you, but in reality the goal is to manipulate you, not educate. Why do wise men utter vain knowledge, it is to manipulate you. For example, the Jim Kramer show is about investing. If the powers that be want to sell a stock at a high price they will get a "wise man" to give a whole bunch of reasons why you should buy this stock, it is all knowledge, but it is vain, because the most important reason why you should not buy it but rather sell it, that they don't tell you. So when Esau asks "should a wise man utter vain knowledge" you assume the answer is no, but Esau (TV, radio, Hollywood, all the story tellers) has figured out why he should. You would think that the answer to "should he fill his belly with the east wind" would also be no. But the east wind, instead of bringing rain, will suck up the water off the earth. The rich realize that being rich is simply taking money from the earth and putting it into their pocket. That is why they use the East wind. This is what the mainstream media is, an East wind. They seem to be bringing you knowledge but it is vain, they seem to be bringing you rain but in fact they are looking to dry you out of any water you have.
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?
This is what they do, they reason with unprofitable talk. Why would you do that? Because you want those listening to be incapable of critical thinking. What happens to someone who listens to speeches that can do no good? In America we used to have simple reading books that taught our children how to read that were Bible stories. Everyone loved them and Americans grew up learning to read and loving to read. But then they replaced them with insipid and vapid readers called "Dick and Jane". These did not teach kids to love reading, on the contrary they taught them to hate reading. If you want to pick the pockets of Americans you need them uneducated and to do that you need to teach them from a young age to hate reading. Once again, you listen to Esau and you would think the answer is no, we shouldn't reason with unprofitable talk. But he is crafty, he teaches those in the world to do that so that he can pick their pocket.
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God.
This is Hollywood, this is the grammies, this is day time TV. Go back to the early days of the cinema and you can see they had a fear of God and His people. They were afraid to offend. But little by little they cast off fear. Soon what used to be rated X is common TV. Meanwhile they restrain prayer. If Tucker Carlson prays on TV he is fired. If some actor or actress professes faith in Jesus they are fired. Behind the scenes if you want to advance in Hollywood you must worship Moloch and Baal and sell your birthright for a pot of beans.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
This is what Hollywood does. The movies utter their iniquity. They are filled with murder, violence, vengeance, hate, lies, deceit, fornication, adultery, cheating, and every evil thing. However, they are very crafty. When I watch an old movie I am struck by how "slow" it is. The newer movies move at a very fast clip, they understand that people have a very limited focus, the writers are very good at their craft. No one should underestimate them, they can hold your attention for 90 minutes and never let go despite the entire thing being a big nuthing burger, vanity, a waste of time, useless.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
So then if that is the case, why did you watch it? If you condemn what they are doing you condemn yourself because hey, you paid money and went to see that movie. You spent hours watching that news show. Ask yourself, when you appear before the throne of judgement are you going to regret not having spent more time watching TV? On the contrary I have heard many testimonies about how getting rid of the TV was the beginning of someones salvation. It marked a turning point in their life.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
For Jesus the answer is yes. This is also how the TV talks, the minute you want to challenge what Fauci says or what some talking head says, then "who are you"? Do you really think you are smarter than the experts? The answer of course is no, I'm not, but Jesus is. Therefore I need to turn to Jesus.
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself?
The Bible is the secret of God. The Bible is a testament, it is a legal document detailing our inheritance. The fact that we are children of God and look to inherit wealth that cannot be fathomed, that is the secret. In Christ we are far superior to those talking heads, that is the secret. You might think that is impossible, I am an idiot. That is how God keeps this secret, he takes people that you could never imagine being anything and He puts this treasure in earthen vessels.
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
I know who Esau is, he is the guy who sold his birthright and gave up his inheritance. He is miserable and misery loves company. He wants to prove that everyone is as big a loser as he is.
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.
This is true. With those who have sold their birthright are elders and grayheads every bit as much as with those who walk the narrow road by faith.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee?
This is one thing that Hollywood and the elites like to do. They will mock the Bible, and Jesus, but at the same time they want to boast that they know everything that we do. Why do you think all these apocalyptic movies about the end times and the rapture are in Hollywood. They talk more about the book of Revelation than pastors and preachers do.
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
They attack Christians because we reject their movies, their stories, their TV, everything. Why? Because we know it is poison. At best it is a waste of time, at worse it is putting damaging things into your brain that will haunt you and open you up to demonic attack.
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Listen to this self justification. We talk about the filth and unrighteousness in movies and TV and they justify this saying they are showing the real case. It is true to life. If you set your mind on the flesh it will kill you, and that is what they are doing. It is like a snake bite that anesthetizes you while the poison enters your system.
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight.
We have heard this as well. Hey the church, and pastors, and Christians are all sinners. If you want to make a movie about a cult, or a crooked pastor, or anything that will portray the church as being unclean Hollywood will be all in on that. That is why they made "Jesus Christ, Superstar!"