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Why did God hate Esau?
In Romans 9:11-13 we find the following:
"(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
We find parallels of this in the OT:
23 "And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger."
2 "I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,"
3 "And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."
Esau also appears to be sincere in his attempt at repentance in Hebrews 12:
16 "Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."
Back to Romans 9 though. Paul tells us that God hated Esau and loved Jacob, despite anything they had done, because "that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him that calleth."
We also see that God told Moses "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."
This verse is in reference to Exodus 33 when Moses tells God "Show me thy glory". What is Gods response to him?
"And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy."
So, we see that God hated Esau and loved Jacob, unconditionally, in order that Gods purpose in election might stand. Exodus 33 also shows us that Gods glory is directly tied to election.
In Romans 9:11-13 we find the following:
"(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth
12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."
We find parallels of this in the OT:
23 "And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger."
2 "I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,"
3 "And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness."
Esau also appears to be sincere in his attempt at repentance in Hebrews 12:
16 "Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears."
Back to Romans 9 though. Paul tells us that God hated Esau and loved Jacob, despite anything they had done, because "that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works but of Him that calleth."
We also see that God told Moses "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy."
This verse is in reference to Exodus 33 when Moses tells God "Show me thy glory". What is Gods response to him?
"And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy."
So, we see that God hated Esau and loved Jacob, unconditionally, in order that Gods purpose in election might stand. Exodus 33 also shows us that Gods glory is directly tied to election.