Genesis 27:40

Question from listener on August 17, 2019 on open line moody radio: I have always wondered what Genesis 27:40 meant? After Jacob gets the blessing by the seed and then Esau says to his dad: "Do you have only one blessing my father?" and then his dad describes all the things that he will serve his brother and then he says it shall come about when you become restless and you shall break his yoke from your neck. What does that mean and happened? Also wondering do you know who his descendants are today?

Answer from Dr Michael Rydelnik: Well, we know who his descendants became, they became the Edomites and they live across the Jordan river. Though they were brother nation, because Jacob and Esau being brothers, that was one of God's complaints by the prophets about Edom is that they join the Babylonians when they attack Judah and that was a negative. On their part, they should have stood with their brothers. Instead they join the Babylonians. I think Genesis 27:40 is referring to the fact that they would break up. You will serve your brother but when you rebel, you will break his yoke from your neck. And what's that talking about is sort of the idea that you are going to not want to stay submissive, you are going to have two different worlds, you are going to have a different nation, you are going to go in a different place and I think that's all it's talking about and that's exactly what happened. Does that help?

Listener: Yah, when we do we know what happens that they got freed?

Dr Michael Rydelnik: Right away, he goes off and has his own tribal kind of community. You could see that when Jacob's coming back, he was afraid of Esau. But ultimately, I am not exactly sure when but some time after that Esau goes and lives across the Jordan river and establishes the nation of Edomites.

Genesis 27 40By your sword you shall live,And you shall serve your brother;And it shall come to pass, when you become restless,That you shall break his yoke from your neck.” -nkjv

Alexander the Great in the bible

Openline on moody radio on Aug 3, 2019

Question from listener: Where was Alexander the Great mentioned in the bible before he showed up? and what was his impact?

Answer from Dr Michael Rydelnik: He was mentioned in the book of Daniel. It's in Daniel 7 and 8 that he is mentioned. I am looking at the exact place where it says it's him. I think here it is, Daniel 8:5, "As I was observing a male goat appear coming from the west across the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground, the goat has a conspicuous horn between his eyes" and so there's this goat that attacks the lob-sided ram, so it's obviously a vision, a vision of the ram and the goat, but then when the interpretation is given, it seems really clear from the interpretation that later in the chapter, it's explained that the 2 horn ram you saw represents the king of Media and Persia. Then it says the shaggy goat represents king of Greece and the large horn between his eyes represents the first king, that's Alexander the Great. And so, the text tells us what these symbols represent and it represents the King of Greece and the first king Alexander the Great. so it's in Daniel chapter 8 verse 5 and then in Daniel 8 verse 22. From all that we can tell from scripture, he treated Jewish people well. Stories of his destruction of the Phoenicians, entire Sidon but in the Rabbinic writings, he was always spoken well of. He did not destroy Jerusalem, he did not do anything like that, so as best we can tell, he was tolerant and gracious towards Jewish people, although he did spread Hellenism and Hellenism later on took a real toll on Judaism.

Daniel 8

5 And as I was considering, suddenly a male goat came from the west, across the surface of the whole earth, without touching the ground; and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. -nkjv

Daniel 8

21 And the male goat is the kingdom of Greece. The large horn that is between its eyes is the first king. 22 As for the broken horn and the four that stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall arise out of that nation, but not with its power. -nkjv

Numbers 32:23

The verse that says sin will eventually be found out Numbers 32 23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out. -kjv Numbers 32 23 But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. -nkjv Numbers 32 23 “But if you fail to do this, you will be sinning against the Lord; and you may be sure that your sin will find you out. -niv Numbers 32 23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. -nasb