Bless you
P.S. Aside, one wonders whether the blessing upon Jacob which was had through deceit has anything to do with a lingual curse/blessing correlation as demonstrated here, but that’s just a passing thought.
No, that’s a different dynamic. Jacob was scheming for the birthright and for his father’s inheritance blessing. In Job, the issue is whether Job would love God if he weren’t so successful in this life. Two distinctly different issues.
Woah! Hold the phone, remember the story of Esau and Jacob was rich in typology. It is not so much that of deceit or scheming but that of what is to come.
Rebecca is the symbol of the Blessed Mother, Jacob, is the symbol of the elect and of Christ, while Esau is of the condemned.
The Blessed Mother loves those who love her. She loves them because she is really their mother. She loves them because God loves them “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.” Also she loves them because they have consecrated themselves entirely to her. They are her portion, her inheritance, “Have Israel for thine inheritance.”
What does she do, what any good mother does. Just what Rebecca did of old with the two little goats Jacob brought to her: she kills them, makes them die to the life of the old Adam. She flays and strips them of their natural skin, their natural inclinations, their self love, their own will and all attachments to creatures. She dresses them to the taste of God, and for His greatest glory; and as it is Mary alone who knows perfectly what the divine taste is, and what the greatest glory of the Most High is, it is Mary alone who, without making any mistake, can adapt and dress our body and soul for that taste infinitely exalted.
As Rebecca covered the neck and hands of Jacob with the skins of the little goats, Mary covers her children with the merits and values of her own works.
She leads each one in his new clothes, his face shining, close to the Father. The Father hears the voice, and knows it, the voice of a sinner. However, He feels the hands covered with the skins put there by Mary. He inhales the aroma of the garments and He accepts with joy the dish prepared by Mary. Then, being aware of the merits of His Son and of His favorite daughter in the sinner, He gives him a double blessing.
Like Rebecca, Mary protects her children by her ingenuity and constant care. Esau would certainly have killed Jacob, had it not been for Rebecca’s resourcefulness and love. Esau roars in anger accusing his brother, and this is when Esau became a symbol of those who seek to serve both God and the world, who want the joys of heaven, and the pleasures of earth as well.
Lets look at the Esau’s of the world:
-strong, sturdy, loved to hunt, had confidence only in his own strength and skill.
-never stayed home, was always out in the world.
-fond of his own mouth, or of food, so much so he sold his birthright for a mess of pottage.
-envious of his brother.
-cared little for his mother, probably they (the Esau’s of the world) don’t hate her, formally, but they do not love her.
-sell their birthright (the joys of heaven) for the pleasures of the earth.
-they hate the Jacob’s, persecute them, mimic and insult them.
Now the Jacob’s
-not so sturdy, but peaceful, even-tempered, they love their mother and like to stay at home with her. If they leave the house it is to do her bidding, never through selfishness.
-they love and honor their mother, and are subject to her.
-they trust their mother, truly rely on her.
Finally and most importantly they follow their mother to the Father.
(Most all of this is not my words, but that of the Church Fathers and Saints)
No worries, though, I can’t take credit for it, most of it I am simply repeating…
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