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"ESAU REPRESENTS THE END OF THE FIRST AGE,
AND JACOB
THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT AGE."
(From 2 Esdras 6:7-10 NEB).
OF THE
DOMINANT "ESAU" AGE AND THE NEXT "JACOB" AGE.
Esau did not value sacred things;
including the promise of Almighty God to Abraham respecting the "seed"
through which all nations of the earth would bless themselves. (Gen 22:16-18).
Like Abraham's first grandson Esau, most of mankind living in this
"Esau" age do not value the "seed" of God:
The Christ Michael the Word of God. They live unrepentant and Godless lives of
their own choosing rather than a spiritual life in Christ, even though "no
single thing was created without him." (From John 1:1 4 NEB).
Abraham's second grandson Jacob represents the new spiritual age;
one of active spirit life within those left remaining who begin this new age of
righteousness after this Godless "Esau" age is reaped. (2 Esdras 4:26 32 NEB).
There will not be
an interval or transitional period between this "Esau" age and the
future "Jacob" age. (2 Esdras 6:9,10
NEB).
Those who value sacred things and those who do not, are two peoples that have
been "going their own ways from birth!" (Gen 25:23
NEB).
Those who had dominance in this "Esau" age will soon experience
role reversal
as those of "Jacob" will then have in subjection those who were
driving them to work. (Isaiah 14:1,2). Those who formerly were willing subjects
of the "Esau" age will then be in the service of those of
"Jacob". (Isaiah 60:10-12). Almighty God Jehovah is not partial. His
"planting" is not through genetic inheritance, but is through
righteousness. (Isaiah 60:21. Acts 10:34-36).
THE END OF THE
"ESAU" AGE.
This
physical age of "Esau" has been one that values worldly and
material things. (1 John 2:15 17
NEB).
The birth of the spiritual "Jacob" age, commencing at the end ("heel")
of the "Esau" age, will begin the servitude of those who try to
establish or maintain an "Esau" like disposition.
The "instrument of final destruction, justice in full flood" will
bring about the removal of the tyrannical "yoke" of the
"Assyrian". Only then will the wrath of God be spent. (Isaiah 10:22-27
NEB &
footnote).
THE "BIRTH" OF THE "JACOB" AGE.
"'The time
draws near when I shall come to judge those who live on the earth, the time when
I shall inquire into the wickedness of wrong-doers, the time when Zion's
humiliation will be over, the time when a seal will be set on
the age about to
pass away.'" (2 Esdras 6:18-20
NEB).
"So you shall know that I the Lord am your Deliverer, your
Ransomer the Mighty One of Jacob." (Isaiah 60:16 NEB).
JACOB: |
Taking hold of the
heel; supplanter. |
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EDOM: |
Byname of Esau. (Edom: red, ruddy). (Gen 36:1). |
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