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Of course He loved Esau.

LOL. Thanks for one more fine example of Rome's myopia.

"Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him...
But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not." -- Jeremiah 49:8,10

"And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it." -- Obadiah 1: 18

"And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness." -- Malachi 1:3

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

Do you guys even read the Bible?

And in your case, Mark, have you ever actually read beyond Genesis?

Even in the face of evidence from both the Old and New Testaments, you still persist in this most peculiar error.

But since we know all things work together for the good of those who love Him, even these ridiculous errors are used by God to further declare His glory by the refutation of those errors and a correct preaching of His word.

Too funny.

This is why you need the Magisterium; the words are there (well, some of them anyway, given the abridged Bibles that you guys have) but the understanding is not.

Esau giving away his birthright is used as a lesson to all future generations; yet just like David, he is rewarded by God finally. Rewarded, Dr. E. Genesis 36 details the length and breadth of God’s rewards to him.

***But since we know all things work together for the good of those who love Him, even these ridiculous errors are used by God to further declare His glory by the refutation of those errors and a correct preaching of His word.***

That is the purpose of the Church. If there were no heathen, heretic or apostate, we’d have no one to preach the Word to. We thank you for your opposition.