@Yahshua said: "I'm not anti-Israel. I'm "anti" that murderous counterfeit terrorist state. "
Ten toes down.
On the contrary, your hoaxes (fake Jews, lost tribes etc) are being identified and called out. Which is why I am here.
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And yes, I know. I do in fact know perfectly how these ineffably fit together and what is going on here. And you do not. Obviously.
I'm surprised you're not floating around somewhere with this much self-aggrandizing, CV.
Gen 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou
art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she
is a man's wife.
Gen 26:11
And Abimelech charged all
his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.
Gen 38:26
And Judah acknowledged
them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
Rth 4:12
And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.
Rom 9:12
It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Rom 9:17
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
What do you want me to piece together here?
And tell us again how YOU think that Jacob stole the birthright from Esau in an evil and underhanded scam.
As @Yahshua believes.
Oh, I guess this is your gripe.
Firstly, there's no issue with Jacob receiving the promised birthright & blessing. I was pointing out that many times when the Almighty spoke against the people He called them "Jacob" (because they were acting like their father before he was changed) and whenever he spoke towards the people he called them "Israel" (because they were acting like people who strived with God). The only exception to this that I've found is when The Almighty is distinguishing between houses He'll say "Israel" and "Judah", but when He's reprimanding Israel as a whole He typically calls them "Jacob" because they're being "less than godly".
Jacob was promised the birthright & blessing because Esau rejected it.
It was surely his. He did not need to commit an act of sin (i.e., he lied and stole) to receive it. Being a prophet of The Almighty, Isaac blesses both sons with a blessing that sounds similar but is significantly different. Paraphrasing for time (
Gen 27)...
- Jacob would receive the cream of the crop that the world has to offer with nations blessing him.
- Esau also would receive the cream of the crop that the world has to offer, but only (a)
through the sword and (b) only after Esau freed himself from Jacob's yolk.
The descendants of Esau have hated and plotted against the descendants of Israel ever since, to the point where
each time Israel fell into trouble Edomites were there to claim Israel's possessions and identity as theirs. Ask yourself how the house of Herod (Edomites) and the Pharisees (Edomites) gained power in Judea while calling themselves Jews?
The law of God prescribes an eye for an eye to satisfy one's sin against another (unless the victim forgives the sin), meaning the person must have done to them what they did to the one they sinned against to balance the scales.
Jacob never needed to lie and steal the birthright but because he did, whenever he would go through trouble, Esau's yolk would be loosed and Esau would get his chance to receive the blessings that are Jacob's...but it would be through
bloodshed.
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The Messiah prophesied against the Jews saying that because they rejected him they would experience all the punishments laid out in the scriptures: they would be
killed and
scattered and
forget who they are while
worshipping false gods. This is the "blindness" of Romans 11: They would no longer remember the name Israel until they repent and turn to the Messiah.
And during this "time of trouble" for Jacob, the blessing spoken to Esau would activate: Edomites would lie to pretend to be Israel, and receive Israel's property and the cream of the crop the world has to offer through
the sword. And to maintain it, they would constantly have to
shed blood.
This satisfies the law of "eye for an eye" because through a lie Edomites do to Israelites what Jacob did to Esau.
Revelation 2:9
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Disclaimer: Not talking about all but a great many. In fact, there were obedient servants of The Almighty who were Edomites. The prophet Obadiah was an Edomite if I'm not mistaken. Those who cared for their brother Jacob during his trouble were and will be blessed for it.