In The Character Of Esau...Islam in Prophecy pt 3

Obviously Islam isn’t mentioned by name in Bible prophecy, for it emerged in the 7th century, long after the Biblical canon was completed. But the Bible prophets are by no means silent about the followers of the monotheistic religion which has presented itself as the chief rival and alternative to the Judeo Christian world.

From the beginning of the Word of God, in Genesis we see the origins of the Isaac /Ishmael, and Jacob/Esau conflict, which is currently being played out on the world stage. Islam’s character and fate is foretold in the biblical record, in the stories of Ishmael and Esau, and in the prophecies which foretell the future of those Arab, Turkish, African and Persian lands which have embraced Islam.

Esau is a figure in Biblical history who is of great importance in understanding what the Hebrew prophets have to say about the fate of the Arab Muslim world, that is Esau, the twin of Jacob and son-in-law of Ishmael. Esau’s remaining physical and spiritual descendants have a large role in the Last days scenario.

We have already stated how Islam identifies with the grievance of Ishmael and has nourished the “everlasting hatred” of Isaac and Jacob as a result of it. Even so does Islam identify with the disenfranchisement of Esau , envying the Jews whom they see as interlopers upon their inheritance.

It is comforting to know that all of these things were predicted, even before Jacob and his twin Esau (the firstborn of Isaac and Rebekah) were born.

Rebekah his wife conceived. And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.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.(Genesis 25:21-23)

The story of Isaac’s struggling twins, Jacob and Esau foreshadows the very events which the world is trembling and shaking over unto this day. The twins’ fight is worldwide now, nations and peoples are having to take sides in the conflict. Neutrality is proving to be impossible. The Judeo Christian world, and the Islamic and post Christian world cannot truly coexist.

*Esau and Jacob would be two nations – Isaac’s barren wife conceived twins, in answer to prayer. But the pregnancy was difficult, for there was much movement in the womb. The twins were literally wrestling within her. When she inquired of the Lord ,this is the Word that came 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.”

*Esau was the firstborn – The Bible tells us that even when coming out of the womb, these two brothers wrestled for pre-eminence. Esau was born first. Traditionally the firstborn is given the birthright, the family leadership, double share of the inheritance, and the spiritual headship of the family. * One people would be stronger than the other – He doesn’t specify which, but ever would it be that one would be stronger than the other. History bears this out, for at times Israel prevailed over the surrounding Edomite/Ishmaelite people, and at other times were subdued by them. * The Elder shall serve the younger – This would be a hard pill to swallow, for it goes against man’s order. But God chose Jacob over Esau to be the repository of Abraham’s blessing. The “seed of the woman” would come through Jacob, not Esau. According to the prophecy given Rebecca, Esau and his seed would have to serve Jacob, whom God elected. The fate of Esau would be linked to whether or not he accepts Jacob’s God, and ‘the seed of the woman’ who would come through the line of Jacob. Obviously, carnal Esau bristled at that as do all of those in spiritual affinity with Esau to this day.

On the other hand, millions of the seed of Ishmael and Esau have come under the covering of the God of Jacob, believing in the Messiah who came through Jacob and Judah. There are and have been untold millions of Arab Christians through the centuries, many concentrating in the Middle East. By clinging to Jacob’s God, Esau would be saved.

* Esau shall hate Jacob, envying him for his birthright – First Esau “sold” his birthright to his brother Jacob, for a bowl of porridge. He then complained to everyone who would hear, that Jacob tricked him out of it! The spiritual and physical descendents of Esau, hate Jacob (Israel) to this day swearing that they have been cheated by him out of their ‘birthright’, the land. In reality, it was neither the machinations of Jacob or Esau, but the election of God himself, which conferred upon Jacob the birthright, and the promise and blessing of Abraham.

Isaac blessed Jacob in the place of Esau, whom he intended to bless. He blessed him in spite of Esau’s faithlessness, (he married two Hittite women, over his parents objection), and profanity, (He counted the birthright for nothing). Isaac was determined to confer upon Esau the blessing of the firstborn. He had a great natural affection for his virile, accomplished son.

When the time came for the passing on of the Patriarchal blessing, and Isaac had sent his favorite son Esau out for venison to cook and eat for the occasion, Rebecca and Jacob sprang into action, putting Jacob in the place of Esau in an elaborate deception, disguising Jacob as Esau .

And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.(Genesis 27:26-29)

The blessing of Abraham which had passed on down unto Isaac, was now passed to Jacob, the second born twin. True, Isaac prophesied to Jacob wrongly thinking he was conferring the blessing upon Esau, but God was working in the situation his own Sovereign plan of election. Jacob was chosen by God. Esau, only by Isaac. God’s good hand had over ruled Isaac’s carnal preference.

When Esau came in from hunting, to prepare the venison his aged father loved, Isaac discovered the ruse that had been laid upon him,

And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me. And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.(Genesis 27:30-33)

Notice Isaac’s faith in the fact that he realized that the Blessing conferred upon Jacob was valid, God ordained, and couldn’t be reversed! “…He shall be blessed”. This is why the book of Hebrews in the New testament sums up this story in this fashion,

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.(Hebrews 11:20)

What we are seeing in the awakening of the Arab/Muslim world is the continuation of what started in that troubled pregnancy of Rebecca, Esau still wrestles with his brother Jacob. He still accuses him of trickery, theft, treachery and usurpation.The conflict ceases only after the whole earth is embroiled in the struggle, and God himself intervenes.

But Jacob did grant Esau a ‘blessing’ in response to his tearful entreaties,

And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.(Genesis 27:38-41)

Behold your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth – Sounds good in the King James version, but what this literally says is you will dwell away from the fatness of the earth, and away from the dew of the heavens.., Here from the New American Standard bible ,

Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from above.

Esau, or Edom would dwell in a harsh, arid, brown environment. Geographical Edom is in the area around the Dead Sea and into southern Jordan, a dry, parched wilderness. Spiritual Edom, the Arab/Moslem world is also parched. North Africa and the Middle East appears even from space, to be brown as opposed to the lush green of the rest of Africa. The Arabian Peninsula is an arid place.

You shall live by your sword- Edomites were a fierce, warlike tribe, ever at war with their neighbors and with each other. Modern Islamic terrorists make the boast often that “We will prevail over the west, because we love death, and they love life!”. Esau would ever live by the sword , therefore Esau would ever die also by the sword. According to the world’s one billion Muslims; Mohammed, the best man who ever lived, lived by the sword as a pirate, raider, and terrorist. A true son of Edom.

And you shall serve your brother- But for all of the exaltation of the sword, Esau must serve Jacob. We know that King David put the Edomites into subjection, by military conquest, and cultural superiority. But in another, better way, many of the descendants of Esau have served Jacob. There are millions of Arab Christians, sons of Ishmael, and of Esau, Moab, and Amman, who have come to believe in the Gospel of the Jewish Messiah, and to worship the God of Jacob. Remember that in the earliest years of church history, all of the Middle East and North Africa was entirely Christian.

But when you shall become restless, you shall break his yoke off of your neck – This also is from the New American Standard Bible, “But it shall come about when you become restless, that you will break his yoke from your neck.”

The prediction is that in later times Esau would become restless and break the yoke that joined Jacob and Esau off of his neck. History has borne that out in part, by the expansion of Islam in what was once a Christian Middle East. They have replaced for themselves an easy yoke with a heavy and intolerable one, Islam.

This is what we are seeing in the Arab world, a restless Esau, throwing off the yoke of any subservience to the Judeo Christian world , and asserting once again the wild, violent independent spirit of Esau.

Esau is a spiritual type of the Arab Muslim world which has carried on the ancient grievance over the birthright. They hate Israel with a passion, and would wipe her out if given the chance. This hatred will lead the whole world into “the time of Jacob’s (greatest) trouble and Israel’s true night of wrestling first and then clinging to her God until the dawn.

Obviously Islam isn’t mentioned by name in Bible prophecy, for it emerged in the 7th century, long after the Biblical canon was completed.

Oy vey, where do I start?

Cause and Effect!

Revelation 13
16 He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, 17 so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.
18 This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man’s number. His number is 666.

For the mark in the forehead see:

Quran
The Victory (Fatah)
[48.29] Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah, and those with him are firm of heart against the unbelievers, compassionate among themselves; you will see them bowing down, prostrating themselves, seeking grace from Allah and pleasure; their marks are in their faces because of the effect of prostration; that is their description in the Taurat and their description in the Injeel; like as seed-produce that puts forth its sprout, then strengthens it, so it becomes stout and stands firmly on its stem, delighting the sowers that He may enrage the unbelievers on account of them; Allah has promised those among them who believe and do good, forgiveness and a great reward.

You get marked in the forehead from bowing to Mecca.

666

666 years after the crucifixion resurrection (30 CE) Abd al Malik standardized Islamic currency.

Clip:
In the year 75 (695 CE) the Khalifah Abdalmalik ordered Al-Hajjaj to mint the first dirhams, thus he established officially the standard of Umar Ibn al-Khattab. In the next year he ordered the dirhams to be minted in all the regions of the Dar al-Islam. He ordered that the coins be stamped with the sentence: "Allah is Unique, Allah is Eternal". He ordered the removal of human figures and animals from the coins and that they be replaced with letters.

In the next year = 696.

http://www.islamicmint.com/islamicdinar/history.html

"Allah is Unique, Allah is Eternal" blasphemous names

Revelation 17:3
Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a desert. There I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.

7 Dinars equal 10 Dirhams
Google that!

For more fun see: Exodus 13
16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”

Same numbers (13:16) but different marks. See: Exodus 13:9 These marks are for observing Pesach/Matzah.

“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.”

Signs in the heavens...

Here's a reality check for us all! This coming Aug. 15th the planets Saturn and Mars will conjunct in the constellation Virgo, that's Betulah in Hebrew. And cycle though you'll see Mars (Edom, Esau) emerge from the womb of Betulah before Saturn. It's no coincidence!

http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

Just for (more) fun...

Daniel 11
37 He shall give no heed to the gods of his fathers, [Chemosh, Molech] or to the one beloved by women; [Ashtoreth] he shall not give heed to any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
38 He shall honor the god of fortresses instead of these; [Allah] a god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.
39 He shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god; [Allah] those who acknowledge him he shall magnify with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price.

2 Kings 23
13 The king also desecrated the high places that were east of Jerusalem on the south of the Hill of Corruption--the ones Solomon king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the vile goddess of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the vile god of Moab, and for Molech the detestable god of the people of Ammon.

Numbers 24
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

As always there's Lot's more! See: Psalm 83 for the 10 nations. Three horns/kings have been uprooted, Saddam Hussein, Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi. Daniel 7:8

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/9156

...It was not until the Second Temple period that Esav’s descendants, the Roman Empire, appeared on the scene as a central world player. Rome exerted political influence over Israel, invaded our country, destroyed our Temple, put down countless Hebrew revolts (albeit with great difficulty), exiled us from our native soil and even sought to abolish the Israeli character of our country (altering her name from Judea to Palestine). Since that time, Rome has succeeded in dominating much of the world with its culture, values and pagan notions of morality. To fully comprehend the eternal conflict that exists between our two nations, it is necessary to examine the essence of Edom - how it developed throughout time and how it contrasts with Israel’s pure Torah culture.

The essence of Esav is to appear righteous on the outside while being internally repulsive (much like a pig that has all external signs of kashrut, yet lacks the internal requirements). The Roman Empire, Christianity and modern Western culture all stem from the impure source of Esav. From the time the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, this dogma was imposed throughout the world, eventually becoming the foundation for what is now Western civilization...

Esau shall hate Jacob, envying him for his birthright – First Esau “sold” his birthright to his brother Jacob, for a bowl of porridge. He then complained to everyone who would hear, that Jacob tricked him out of it! In reality, it was neither the machinations of Jacob or Esau, but the election of God himself, which conferred upon Jacob the birthright, and the promise and blessing of Abraham.

Esau vs. Jacob... anybody notice what's squatting in the White Hut? A birthright usurper, who is not one of us.

The spiritual and physical descendants of Esau (Amalek, Obama, destroyers, grifters, illegals, degenerates, most Congresscritters, IRS, 5/9 of the USSC) utterly despise America, her hallowed places and traditions, her people and everything "We the People" stand for: freedom, justice, mercy, love of God... IOW, they hate the spiritual and physical descendants of Jacob.

Who wrote that at 1WTC? It wasn't "We the People."

Malachi 1

1.The burden of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi:
2. I have loved you, says the Lord; Yet you say, How have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord; yet I loved Jacob:
3. And I hated Esau, and laid waste his mountains and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness:
4. For Edom said; We are impoverished, but we will return and rebuild the desolate places; Thus says the Lord of hosts; They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and The people against whom the Lord has indignation for ever:

Esau is a spiritual type of the Arab Muslim world which has carried on the ancient grievance over the birthright. They hate Israel with a passion, and would wipe her out if given the chance. This hatred will lead the whole world into “the time of Jacob’s (greatest) trouble and Israel’s true night of wrestling first and then clinging to her God until the dawn.

Israel is not one nation, but two. The one lost to history is hiding in plain sight as the chief of nations. The Amalekites have been busy sneaking up from behind, changing the character of that nation. How else could Obamalek become ruler over the "land of the free"?

http://www.ou.org/torah/savannah/5758/vayishlach58.htm

...Everything that happens to Yaakov in his struggle with Esav will happen to the Jewish people in their relationship with Esav’s descendants. Who are Esav’s descendants? Rabbi Elie Munk, zt’l, briefly discusses the subject in his commentary, The Call of The Torah:

“In Talmudic sources and in Midrashic literature, the names Esav - Edom are often identified with Rome...Later, when Rome adopted Christianity, the same appelation was conferred upon the whole of the Christian world. Flavius Josephus [famous Jewish general and historian] records that Tz’fo, a grandson of Esav, was the founder of Rome, which
eventually became the center of Christianity. Since then, it has become traditional to consider the Christians as representative of Esav’s off- spring and the Jews as descendants of Yaakov. The antagonism between Jacob and Esav is thus symbolic of that between Rome and Jerusalem....”

It would seem, then, that the parsha could be giving us an insight into the Jewish relationship with Christianity. Yaakov’s prayer, “Rescue me from my brother, from Esav,” is a siman, a sign, for us. We must be wary of the “friendliness” of Esav no less than of his hostility...

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