Malachi 1:2 “I have loved you,” says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob's brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob 3 but Esau I have hated. I have laid waste his hill country and left his heritage to jackals of the desert.”Just sayin'.
So do Calvinist Christians believe they should love everyone?
“Just sayin’.”
Do you HATE you mother and father???
Just saying.
i’m not a Calvinist. but i thought your list was delightful.
...and your Bible quote was interesting. i never thought about it that way before.
seems like God might not be too fond of Mohammad, and others who lead his little ones astray...
i interpret 1 Corinthians 12 broadly, and i’m happy to have Christian brothers like you.
(especially with almost 2 billion Muslims in the world, that object to our giving off CO2 on principle...)
thanks for posting this.
“Many are called but few are chosen.”
Notice the word HERITAGE means past and what it caused:
Malachi 1:2 was written long after Jacob and Esau lived on earth. This is hundreds of years later. I think it means after the fact of natural life. They are naturally died. After death God is talking about their judgement. Esau sounds like he is in hell. So are people in hell still loved? No! I believe if you only are alive and can enjoy life before you die no matter your character GOD still loves you to repent.
Remember the verse He allows the rain or sunshine on the good or the bad which shows his love. I believe this Malachi verse is an after the fact verse. Notice when the apostle JOHN writes God is love he is living in the natural world not the supernatural yet. Like two zones for the eternal soul. The Apostle John is addressing people on earth only "zone". The people who died and went to hell reject his love thus hate is hell? It's like a place because they reject God's love of repentence. Just looking at it from this angle.