Why did God love Jacob and hate Esau? | GotQuestions.org

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October 13, 2020

Did God really hate Esau? If not, why does the Bible say, “Jacob I loved and Esau I hated”? If He did, why did God love Jacob and hate Esau? If God is love, why did God hate Esau according to Malachi 1:3, and Romans 9:13? In this video, Pastor Nelson with Bible Munch answers the question, "Why did God love Jacob and hate Esau?” *** Source Article: https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacob-Esau-love-hate.html *** Check out, Bible Munch! @BibleMunch https://www.youtube.com/BibleMunch *** Recent @BibleMunch Videos: Philippians 4:6 - Learn How to be Anxious for Nothing. https://youtu.be/jFDJatpmnds Psalm 1:1-6 - The Actual Prosperity Gospel https://youtu.be/5NSUio3INOI Proverbs 20:7 - Dear Dads, - BE THE GIFT https://youtu.be/lAkQRT3JM40 *** Recommended Resource: The Quest Study Bible https://bit.ly/30Lbn58 *** Related Questions: What was the story of Jacob and Esau? https://www.gotquestions.org/Jacob-and-Esau.html Who was Esau in the Bible? https://www.gotquestions.org/Esau-in-the-Bible.html When did the separation of humanity into Jews and Gentiles occur? https://www.gotquestions.org/Jews-and-Gentiles.html Intro/Outro Music: https://www.purple-planet.com Note: Some links are affiliate links which cost you nothing, but help us share the word of God.

00:00: Today's question is, why did God love Jacob and hate Esau? In this video
00:05: I'll answer that question from a biblical perspective. Then afterwards, as always, I'll share some helpful resources, so stick around until the end.
00:21: Malachi 1, verses 2 and 3 declares, "'I have loved you,' says the Lord.
00:26: But you ask, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother?' The Lord says,
00:32: Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland, and left his inheritance to the desert jackals."
00:42: Malachi 1, verse 3 is quoted in Romans 9, verses 10–13. Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father
00:52: Isaac. Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad in order that God's purpose in election might stand—not by works, but by Him who calls—she was told, the older will serve the younger, just as it is written, "'Jacob
01:08: I loved, but Esau I hated.'" Why did God love Jacob and hate
01:14: Esau? If God is love, 1 John 4, verse 8, how could He hate anyone?
01:19: When studying the Bible, it is critically important to always study the context of a particular
01:25: Bible verse or passage. In these instances, the prophet Malachi and the apostle
01:31: Paul are using the name Esau to refer to the Edomites, who were the descendants of Esau.
01:37: Isaac and Rebekah had two sons, Esau and Jacob. God chose Jacob, whom
01:42: He later renamed Israel, to be the father of His chosen people, the Israelites. God rejected
01:48: Esau, who was also called Edom, and did not choose him to be the father of His chosen people.
01:54: Esau and his descendants, the Edomites, were in many ways blessed by God. See Genesis 33, verse 9, and Genesis 36.
02:04: So considering the context, God loving Jacob and hating Esau has nothing to do with the human emotions of love and hate.
02:12: It has everything to do with God choosing one man and his descendants and rejecting another man and his descendants.
02:19: God chose Abraham out of all the men in the world. The Bible very well could say, "'Abraham
02:25: I loved, and every other man I hated.'" God chose Abraham's son Isaac instead of Abraham's son
02:31: Ishmael. The Bible very well could say, "'Isaac I loved, and Ishmael I hated.'" Romans 9 makes it abundantly clear that loving
02:40: Jacob and hating Esau was entirely related to which of them God chose.
02:46: Hundreds of years after Jacob and Esau had died, the Israelites and Edomites became bitter enemies.
02:52: The Edomites often aided Israel's enemies in attacks on Israel. Esau's descendants brought
02:58: God's curse upon themselves. Genesis 27, verse 29 tells
03:03: Israel, "'May nations serve you, and peoples bow down to you. Be Lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
03:12: May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.'"
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