I’m still curious to see if Dr. E. will respond to my question here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2023605/posts?page=10280#10280
Or this one:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2023605/posts?q=1&;page=10294
Somehow, I doubt it.
I try not to waste time with rhetorical questions like yours.
You have to know by now that they can’t so they will ignore it and live by their interpretation, true or not, because that is what they want it to mean and they want no evidence against it.
When most of your brand of faith relies on God, literally, in our understanding of the word, “hating” Esau, you can’t dig too deep. Cuz, heaven knows, you wouldn’t want to know the truth.
They wouldn’t be extra special anymore if they couldn’t convince themselves that they were elected and most aren’t.