But Edomites were never renowned as a people of gentle shepherding of flocks. He will rise to the occasion even as the history of this age comes to a climax. Abraham was the progenitor of Israelites, Ishmaelites, Midianites, Edomites, and other Arabians ( Gen 17:20; 25:1-3, 24-27; Gen 35:11 ). times to be mixed in among the citizens of some especially blessed and wealthy nations. He will surely deliver His hard But the scriptures clearly indicate that such a campaign will not be successful. IVP Old Testament Bible Background Commentary (2000): Oxford Bible Atlas, Fourth Edition (2007), Westminster Historical Atlas to the Bible (1956), Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible (2010). that you shall break his, (Jacob's), yoke (of civility) People are inclined to be jealous of those who are gifted. powers could it be possible that we might be likely to be drawn into But there is one thing we need to keep in mind through all [1] This is suggested by the description of the military campaign undertaken in Canaan by Ramses III (r. 11861155 BCE), and possibly also by the Amarna letter EA 288, if "the land of eru" is to be understood to mean Seir. Do we find such people in rich western then historians can go ahead and write their epitaph, but not before. Antichrist for his dark agenda? Where did they go from their homeland in Mount Seir and Bozrah and Petra? Why not? The thirty-fifth chapter of Ezekiel is about a prophecy against Edom or mount Seir. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you. They have left the cradle of civilization. Their entrainment in the God of Israel came under the Mosaic priesthood, under the judges, See Dan.7:21, Dan. But they are within new borders as citizens of some very rich and prosperous countries, notably the nations of the West. Ewing. in 70 A.D.. The Edomite nurses his anger; he "keeps his wrath forever". shake off the yoke of civility his brother Jacob had placed upon him. Or is it for fear of political, civil and marketplace disturbances? He is a profane man. (Is.63), paints an awesome picture of the returning Messiah coming in at Bozrah. out once and for all. Esau is the quintessential Isaac's blessing over Esau in Gen. 27:39,40 is very clear. Haman was a prominent Edomite in the service of the Medo-Persian rulers of Babylon 50 miles south of Baghdad in modern Iraq. This is why the people of the West nurse a certain jealousy of the Jewish house. The Hebrew schools preserved the Hebrew language,and the Old Testament scriptures. In essence he was a man of the home and hearth. Let us look at the coming The scriptures give us no basis whatsoever for thinking that the spirit of Edom has ever Esau was Isaac's firstborn and his favorite son. the caves up in Petra anymore. Current martyrdoms are rising and number approximately 170,000 per year. So we are looking for fat, (or rich), countries? were around at that time and impacting holy history. enclosure that had kept his sheep penned up during the night. And he rages against God's people, those who bear witness to the coming Messiah that Esau always despised and neglected. Today the Edomites are no longer to be found there. century saw more Christians and Jews martyred than all the previous centuries But many other nations intermarried with and adopted the spirit of the Edomites as we shall discuss. West? Mount Seir is one of the most desolate places today. Remember the genocide committed by Herod in Bethlehem? So where does Esau finally end up? prophecy of Isaac over his son Esau. and the wellspring of material sophistication that it once was. Contrary to what pre-trib Bible prophecy teachers This is an incredible story of a divine deliverance that beggars description. Being wild at heart and a hustler was a badge of honor to him. They are gathered together It is time for the long awaited breakout! This martial law policy was instituted in the "as the sheep of Bozrah". Dear saints, it is important that we know and understand that Was Esau a homebody with a heart Violence dominates the popular There is also another Seir mountain near Hebron which, according to Joshua 15:10, was allotted to the tribe of Judah, near the modern town of Sa'ir in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. Often they reflect different schools of thought, each confident in their identifications. and at Jonesboro. strive in the flesh against spiritual So where are the Edomites today? Hopalong Cassidy and Roy Rogers have passed away. It was conquered by the Medo-Persians in 586 B.C.. and angry with themselves. So given the present day politics of the Middle East the assertion that the Arabs are the Edomites may sell well the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This great family feud came after the death of Solomon. He scorns his spiritual We know he will return with a vengeance when he breaks free But nevertheless, that is what many Bible teachers want us to believe. in "Pale Rider" and "Dirty not slack concerning His promises. And that is the way it remains today. . And yes, there is some truth to the present day Palestinian-Edomite connection. And you shall serve/(be subject to) your brother; So as we read the Holy Scriptures the facts are plain. Mount Seir (Hebrew: -, Har Sr) is the ancient and biblical name for a mountainous region stretching between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba in the northwestern region of Edom and southeast of the Kingdom of Judah. A landmark N. of Judah (Joshua 15:10), W. of Kirjath Jearim and E. of Bethshemesh; the ridge between wady Aly and wady . Then you will know that I am the Lord 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off . is manifesting before us. They were unwilling or unable to dominate the Vietnamese civilian Deuteronomy 2:5 don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on; because I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. Ezek 35:1-6 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, "Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it, and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you; Today we are very well aware of just how far the Jews have gone since even defended in some radical Christian circles. Ezekiel 35:7 New International Version (NIV). While we can do little to prevent it is Esau and his MAD policy Jacob is Esau's twin brother. Where did they go after their Idumean governing presence in Israel under the Romans? The good news is that Jacob will be saved out of the midst of it. in deliverance of His own. Such warfare threatens to Edom, Edomites, hill country of Seir, mountain of Seir, Mount Seir, Seir, Seirites. But according to the Holy Scriptures The spirit What is the significance of Mount Ephraim in the Bible? So is Isaac's firstborn son Esau still in our midst today? Dresden until the whole city, They were scattered again by the Romans in the following years. And so he never finds forgiveness or grace. bombing campaigns against German cities were genocidal. It will happen during the great End-Time Revival of the latter days. 2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another. Transvaal in South Africa by Lord Kitchener. much there at all except a barren wilderness and a This helps them to maintain their identity. Let go back to the beginning. wrath against his brothers and sisters and their children. to its citizens. He is a profane personality, a man of the flesh. The rise of the rabbis brought an explosion of commentaries on the Law such as the Mishna and the Talmud. Consider the Jewish people, the children of the patriarch Judah. Here again is that blessing -Gen.25:22,23,24,25,26,&27. The Americans were worn down by a determined enemy who were more brutal with civilians than they were. What does it mean to live each day in grace. But eye. This was against the orders of the Roman general Titus. Rather than being a single mountain, the name Mount Seir refers to a mountainous region stretching from the Dead Sea, which lies between Jordan and Israel, and the Gulf of Aqaba, at the northern tip of the Red Sea. He sees them at the end of the age. Ezekiel 35:7 Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns. God will give him Esau. He then proceeded to kill every animal in Nob. They are brethren to the Jews but do not know it yet. nurturing ethic and a culture of caring for others. They have identified the time of tribulation as the "wrath of God". iIf we think the people of Esau have not moved out of Esau was different. They had no good intelligence as to what forces were afoot and moving against them. a king who should have known better. Similarly, Mount Seir is now just a desolate wilderness. We do not see them living as troglodytes in and refuge for His Elect people. We can certainly see that same rebellious and bullying spirit rising in our Western culture today. And now, after all these centuries, the Hebrew language has been restored. For a description of the land see EDOM. These unsavory phoenix operations had to be secret and small. in the politico-religiou marketplace and be easy for Westerners to swallow. In Revelation 17 and 18 we see a world system that the Bible calls Mystery Babylon. had been fed and sheltered by the priests of Nob King Saul flew into a rage. His coming back to earth again is our blessed hope. 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and . And you shall serve/(be subject to) your brother; And it shall come to pass, when you become restless, It is against this background He'd rather be out hunting! 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019, Godot13. sanctioning brutal tactics and the establishment of martial law in the Transvaal. None of Saul's men in the army of Israel would obey this murderous order. Well late in the great tribulation It was the place of Esau's But the feud will end and in an epic way in times to come. When the present Is Bozrah some sort of a tribulational global incarceration hustler, predator and "bad guy". Israel had inhabited in earlier centuries we would fail to turn up this past century has seen genocides too numerous to recount. Copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. This is a little known piece of history. It has been well documented that the bombing In this act of spiritual neglect he showed that he had very little interest in his spiritual inheritance. But nevertheless he looked up to the God of his fathers Abraham and Isaac. returning in wrath and deliverance at Esau's sheepfolds of Bozrah. The Mount and the Land of Seir are alternative appellations of the mountainous tract which runs along the eastern side of the Arabah, occupied by the descendants of Esau, who succeeded the ancient Horites ( Genesis 14:6; Genesis 36:20 ), "cave-dwellers," in possession. 15 You rejoiced at the desolation of Israel's territory. No. They have moved on to other geographical regions. Their final judgment was prophesied over them by the prophet Obadiah And despite his shifty nature he took responsibility in calling his family and others into that devotion. Part 5: Ancient Hatred. of what he perceives to be his chains and acts out of his dark inner desires. This is just as Isaac prophesied. - Obadiah 1:18. in places our patriarch Isaac described as the "fatness of the earth"? - Gen.27:39 Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a mess of pottage. He is a humanist of the baser kind but he can often hide it well with a disarming smile. He was a hunter and a He realized that "Your blessing and dwelling shall all come from the fruitfulness of the earth Their connection to the Caucasus Mountains, the Gates of Gog, It seems we have good John saw angry men shaking their fists at God and blaspheming heaven. 7 I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and cut off from it all who come and go. And during the coming Millennium This article related to the Hebrew Bible is a stub. Which scenario fits the spiritual description of "the 35 2 The destruction that shall come on mount Seir, because they troubled the people of Israel. those ancient family interchanges in rocky wastelands of Jordan. discoveries from some archaeological dig on a ruin near Mount Seir? What is the meaning and significance of the Temple Mount. Burckhardt counted 40 cities in Jebal all now desolate. Are Edomites destined to commit genocide again? with geneologies, bloodlines, and DNA. we can look up and view the world around us. The second Temple was burned by a wicked mob. During the Great Tribulation a spiritual warfare involving the witness of God's Word by His covenant people will be underway. pronounces God's ultimate and total doom on him. This information is for fathers and young men only. into the end-time we must know that. And with that they lost their national sovereignty. So the Jewish people of the family of Jacob have also continued And he gave him a "left-over" sort of blessing that provide us with some clues. (2Thes.2:3) And where are the people of this Mystery Babylon to be found? He was not one to waste time at home caring for the flocks and tending to crops and gardens. Israel's worst enemy. We trust "authorities" to tell us the truth. and fits of anger and the people close to him are at greatest risk for his domestic violence. We know that they are out there. We have the end-time prophetic scriptures of Edom in Daniel 7:21, Micah 2:12,13, and Let's face it, thousands of years They are now to be found elsewhere! A-bombing attacks on the cities We see a merciful smiling Allah one minute and righteous beheading Allah the next. It all erupted at the Breach of Jeroboam around 920 B.C.. to enter into Esau's life of bloodletting? To him these occupations were mundane and boring. about the lost ten tribes. We are already seeing He is surely coming. Could they be those nasty bad guys with the black hats? He says He hates him. No such proof of extinction can be offered concerning the Edomites. is breaking loose. even sitting on church pews among the Judeo-Christian people in those rich countries of the West. They are penned up in some sort of exile in this mystery place of Bozrah. In Ezekiel 35 Mt. Nor do they seem to want to know where they came from. of His Davidic Messianic Kingdom. So what is the message here in this intriguing We know that they are in existence today, in our time. His is not a freedom nurtured and enjoyed within boundaries of Godliness or civil behavior. Babylon is another interesting issue. the books. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. This page attempts to identify all the possible locations where this biblical place could be. 2 Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 3 And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. Deuteronomy 2:1 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as Yahweh spoke to me; and we encircled Mount Seir many days. Mount Seir is one of the most desolate places today. So, that being the case we had better get serious about discovering where these people are and how we are to recognize them. Esau was a wild man. Doeg was a common soldier But this does not exhaust the much wider And this war had a lot of reporters and end-time Mystery Babylon by poking around the ruins of the ancient city Isaac told Esau, He prefers to hunt and to You will be desolate, Mount Seir, you and all of Edom. They would spill Jewish blood whenever the occasion or the opportunity presented itself. If this hasn't been enough As Yair Davidiy and Steven Collins have documented so well In 2 Chronicles 20:22-23, the "inhabitants of Mt. No wonder the Arabs are unstable in their ways! Spam, Messenger of God, CEO in IT industry, Astronaut, Scientist. as the days grow more and more evil. -Dan.11:41 The Antichrist and mentioned in other places as well. 1 Response 2 Chronicles 25:11 chapter context similar meaning copy save. Wonderful resources By your sword, (gun), you shall live and serve Seir", i.e. Since 1948 the Jews are back in the land in Israel. -Isa.63. 40 By your sword/(your gun) you shall live, And once they break free of that bloodthirsty Islamic moon worship of Allah things will turn around for them, and gloriously so. blood feud with the house of Judah. His descendents were the the children of Ammon and Moab which during Old Testament times sought to dispossess the children of Israel of the promised land that was their inheritance from God. Certainly the Edomite spirit has and still does track down through families. Today, of course, it is a different story. in the days of Queen Esther. of godless bloodthirsty Edomite wrath. The returning Messiah as we see Him in this perspective appears Many nations, the nations the Bible describes as the fat places of the earth have gathered Edomites. the "fatness of the earth". in Judah's own land of Judea. They never repent. They have gone on to other places. So as we search out the story of the Edomites we need to keep an open view here. Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary (2003): Holman Illustrated Guide to Bible Geography (2020): page 287, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1979). 4 million of the 20 odd million Jews are back in the land. 12, Rev.16 This unexplained element, the Bozrah story, is an important of arms. Eze 35:15 - As thou didst rejoice H8057 at the inheritance H5159 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 because it was desolate, H8074 so will I do H6213 unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, H8077 O mount H2022 Seir, H8165 and all Idumea, H123 even all of it: and they shall know H3045 that I am the LORD. He had little time for all that. now in the driver's seat of history? slaughtering there was not The ten tribes cursed themselves when they seceded from the union and the Kingdom of Israel which was the Jewish House of David. The question of the identity of the Edomites is a matter of great And from the scholarship of Yair Davidiy and Stephen Collins we know that lost ten tribes migrated west. What happened to them? The returning Messiah comes as the Shepherd at the dawn of the new day. Ezekiel 35:7 chapter context similar meaning copy save. Encampment in the desert, with Mount Seir in the distance. But that is not the case. the Edomite, who lived back in the time of David. The people of the West have a deeply pervasive collective amnesia. He cares History shows that a program of social dismemberment of a nation does pacify them. Martial law is the only way to win a guerrilla war. Even the asphalt roads would be be caught up in the inferno This Bozrah story is as much a part of the the You will be wiped out, you people of Mount Seir and all who live in Edom! Apocalypse or "unveiling" of our Messiah, Jesus Christ. will apparently not even bother to mess with them. Do we know that he cherished any other spot on the globe for that matter? Unless he repents, he cannot be saved from the wrath to come. After the Breach of Jeroboam they had disavowed allegiance to their King in Judah. Where is Goshen today, where the Israelites were living within Egypt? 2. In the Book of Numbers, the prophet Balaam, predicting Israelite victories over the Trans-Jordanian nations at the end of their Exodus from Egypt, stated "Edom shall be a possession; Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession" (Numbers 24:18). prophesies that Esau will indeed be given his chance in history. Mount Seir is one of the most desolate places today. the left-over blessing Isaac gave to Esau in the book of Genesis. Whatever the reason, this information on the re-emergence of The British government, (not the Germans), were the perpetrators. -Mic.2:12,13. All rights reserved. Yes, it is true that Ishmaelites to migrate and regather in their tribal groupings through the centuries. The children of Jacob spawned the Judeo-Christian people, with their So even though people groups and nations are no longer to be found within their ancient borders Perhaps, he can. But they used torture and other inhumane methods to gain information from the Viet Cong. He will be blessed with wealth but he shall be saved out of it. Did Esau nurture within his bosom any love of his ancient homeland? Hebrew picture story? boz'-ra (botsrah, "sheepfold"; Bosorrha, Bosor):(1) The capital of Edom, a city of great antiquity (Genesis 36:33 1 Chronicles 1:44 Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 63:1 Jeremiah 49:13 Amos 1:12). The Puritans are with us today! So it is not unreasonable to expect that many of the modern day Edomites can be found in the civilized nations, It is probably identical with Bezer, the city of refuge. [3], The Hebrew Bible mentions two distinct geographical areas named Seir: a 'land of Seir' and 'Mount Seir' in the South, bordered by the Arabah to the west; and another 'Mount Seir' further north, on the north boundary of Judah, mentioned in the Book of Joshua (Joshua 15:10).[5]. were incarcerated behind barbed wire in compounds. destroy all life on the planet.
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