Pharaoh King of Egypt (Part 34)

This post continues from where I have left off at Pharaoh King of Egypt (Part 33), where I have shown from scripture the identity of the “nation of fierce countenance” as Esau, the children of pride whom God hated. There is enmity between the Devil and his seed, and Jesus Christ and the church, and this will be played out in the end of the world in two nations and two manner of people: Esau and Jacob. The bible tells us in these verses:

Romans 9:13 "As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated."

Malachi 1:2-3 "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."

In the end of the world, there will only be one nation that God loved, and the other nation that God hated. Jacob is the spiritual nation that God loved, and Esau is the spiritual nation that God hated. Why did God hate Esau? Solomon tells us in this passage of scripture:

Proverbs 6:16-19 "¶ These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren."

These are the seven things that God hates in a person, and Esau being a spiritual nation that God hated means that he will have all these seven things about him in his nature: [1] a proud look; [2] a lying tongue; [3] hands that shed innocent blood; [4] heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; [5] feet that be swift in running to mischief; [6] false witness that speaketh lies; and [7] he that soweth discord among brethren. Paul further tells us in this passage of scripture:

Romans 9:10-13 "And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; 11 (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."

Two nations and two manner of people were in Rebekah’s womb, so that the purpose of God according to election might stand. Jacob is the spiritual nation that God has elected, the body of Christ. That makes Esau the spiritual nation that God has not elected, which Paul reveals in Romans 6:6 as the “body of sin.” The body of Christ is the church. That makes the body of sin the body of that man of sin, the son of perdition who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped.

2 Thessalonians 2:6-8 "And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:"

Notice in this passage of scripture that Paul calls that man of sin, the son of perdition “that Wicked” (capitalized ‘W’), just like how “that Christ” was used to refer to the person of Jesus? Right now, he is not yet revealed, but verse 7 tells us that “the mystery of iniquity doth already work,” meaning that there are things already at work in the background in preparation for the appearance of that Wicked. Prophet Obadiah calls those things “the things of Esau,” or “hidden things:”

Obadiah 1:6 "How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!"

This verse lines up with what a hypocrite will do, because the nature of a hypocrite is that he will seek to hide his real intentions. He will never tell the truth about himself to the people around him, lest he be exposed for his evil deeds. Esau was a hypocrite. Paul uses “that Wicked” in 2 Thessalonians 2:8 to refer to that man of sin, the son of perdition.

Job 20:5 "That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?"

Job further connects “the wicked” to “the hypocrite in this verse. That means that man of sin, the son of perdition will be a hypocrite who sought to hide his evil intentions, yet God will expose him for who he really is. The first-mention of the word “hypocrite” is found in this verse:

Job 8:13 "So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

This verse tells us that all that forget God are hypocrites. That means they used to know God at some point, but somewhere along the way they have forgotten him. In fact, we also find a reference in:

Psalms 9:17 "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

These two verses point back to Job 20:5 which calls the wicked the hypocrite. The psalmist tells us that they shall be turned into hell. All the hypocritical nations that forget God shall be turned into hell. We know in Ezekiel 38, 39 that Gog shall bring a number of nations against God’s people. Those would be “all the nations that forget God.” Those would be the hypocritical nations that God shall turn into hell together with Gog: [1] Meshech; [2] Tubal; [3] Persia; [4] Ethiopia, [5] Libya; [6] Gomer, and all his bands; [7] house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands.

Malachi 1:4 "Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith 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 hath indignation for ever."

Speaking of Edom (Esau), Malachi used the words “the people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.” This is that spiritual nation Esau whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. Again, the LORD speaking to Jacob through Obadiah concerning his brother Esau:

Obadiah 1:7 "All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him."

Obadiah reveals to us in this verse just how hypocritical a person Esau was: how he was confederate with his brother Jacob, and how he was at peace with him in order to deceive him. Obadiah used the words “they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee” to describe Esau’s hypocrisy. This is just like how that little-horn “by peace” shall destroy many:

Daniel 8:25 "And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand."

The things of Esau are “hidden,” and needs to be searched out. Esau is a hypocrite. He will come in the name of peace. He will pretend to be confederate with Jacob, but this is deceptive. His aim is to slay his brother Jacob but he will not do it openly. His hate is not an open hate. Rather, he will operate in secrecy. On the surface, he will pretend to be friendly to his brother Jacob, but underneath the surface, that’s where his murderous intentions are concealed. The secret war waged against his brother Jacob will continue until the Spirit of the LORD be taken out of the way at the “falling away” (via the mark of the beast) and “that Wicked” be revealed. Consider another example:

Hebrews 12:16-17 "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."

This is another passage of scripture exposing the hypocrisy of Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. The writer of Hebrews calls Esau a fornicator and a profane person. He had no regard for God’s blessing when he sold his birthright to his brother Jacob for a morsel of meat. God made sure he did not inherit the blessing. Esau was rejected, yet he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 7:10 that “godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation.” That means Esau was not genuinely sorry for what he had done, because he found no place of repentance. He only pretended to be sorry. This is that hypocritical nature of “that Wicked” that God hated, the same is that man of sin, the son of perdition, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming. To continue in Part 35.