R0 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Hebrews 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.’ 17 For ye know 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.’
Rebekah, thank you for believing God. Thank you for desiring God’s will be done. Your faithfulness is demonstrated through securing the Birthright for Jacob…since faith without works is dead.
God said to Rebekah the ancestor of Jesus, ”… 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. ” God’s foreknew Jacob’s faithfulness and Esau’s unfaithfulness, thus, Jacob was chosen of God to be ancestor of Christ pertaining to the flesh – to receive the birthright. Like father-in-law
Abraham, Rebekah believed God and became the earthly instrument by which Jacob received the inheritance as the elect of God. Her work of faith is worthy of praise and not ridicule.
Rebekah honored the wishes of God pronounced to her before the birth of Jacob and Esau when He said, ‘the elder shall serve the younger.’ And after the Birthright (Blessing) was given to Jacob, she saved both Jacob and Esau when she perceived in her heart that Esau, like Cain, desired to murder his brother. I greatly admire this faithful woman of God. Like Noah, Moses, Abraham and others, Rebekah believed God and obeyed… not knowing she was accomplishing God’s will in aligning the genealogy of Christ. God has put it in my heart to defend and to honor Rebekah.
According to His foreknowledge of her faithfulness and obedience, God chose Rebekah as the wife of Isaac and as the mother of Jacob (Israel). Ge 24:51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the LORD hath spoken. Rebekah’s faithfulness to God’s purpose for Jacob has brought the wrath of contemporary Christendom down on her head. Both she and Jacob are falsely accused and called ’deceivers’….’thieves of the birthright.’ God forbid.
Abraham consulted God for a wife for Isaac. Abraham then followed God’s directions in sending the faithful and believing eldest servant to fetch niece Rebekah…God’s chosen for Isaac. (Gen 24:20 And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house:) The servant faithfully executed the will of God…and, along with the messenger from God…found Rebekah at the well. Our first glimpse of her in scripture reveals her heart of servitude and humility.Gen 24:46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. After meeting AND serving Abraham’s representative at the well, Rebekah faithfully answered the invitation to become the wife of Isaac.. She said, “I will.’ (Gen 24:58 And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.) She was part of the ‘blessing’ inherent to the Birthright/sonship.
Birthright and blessing are not the same. Esau despised the birthright of spiritual inheritance yet coveted the material blessing of wealth and power. And after Esau traded the Birthright for a bowl of beans…(a bargain he never intended to honor), he begged Isaac for the wealth blessing related to the right of the firstborn. Jacob loved God and…with his whole heart. Jacob, like Abel, desired the inheritance of sonship.
God’s plan about Isaac and Rebekah began to be fulfilled immediately after Abraham’s eldest and most faithful servant returned from the house of Abraham’s brother with Rebekah who was chosen of God to be Isaac’s wife and the mother of Jacob (Israel). (Gen 24:64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. 67 And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.)
Isaac was around forty years old when Rebekah became his wife. He was sixty years old when God blessed Isaac and Rebekah with offspring. But as the time draws nearer the birth, she does not understand the heightened and vigorous ’struggle’ inside her womb. She talks to God. He reveals to her His purpose about the twins who will be born to her. For the first time in centuries, the first-born will not receive the inheritance – the Blessing. God has looked ahead and knew both the hearts of Jacob and of Esau. It’s Cain (earthly sacrifice) and Abel (blood sacrifice) all over again. It is Spiritual inheritance versus fleshly inheritance. It is God’s will versus man’s will. It is Canaan (Jacob) versus Edom (Esau). It is the purpose and judgement of a just God.
(Gen. 25:22 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 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. 24And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. 26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau’s heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.’)
As God chose Joseph to rule over his brothers in Egypt and to save Israel during famine, God purposed Jacob to rule over Esau and to be the father of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Rebekah was faithful to the will of God about Jacob and Esau. But why did God choose Rebekah rather than Isaac to carry out His purpose about Jacob as the seed line to Christ? Only God knows. Scripture indicates that Isaac was biased for Esau over Jacob. Genesis 25:28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.‘ God foreknew Rebekah’s heart, her faithfulness, and her obedience. She could be trusted to carry out God’s desire for Israel. The story of Isaac and Rebekah and of Jacob and Esau points is the story of the birth of Christ – the birth of Grace.
Again, Rebekah, thank you for believing God. Thank you for desiring God’s will be done. Thank you for your faithfulness and your work of obedience in securing the Birthright of Jacob…Israel.
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