How come Britain and the USA be among the 12 tribes of Israel but also the endtime

Babylon the Great at the same time?!

Arnulfo Laniba. 2 weeks ago:
From the book of Nephi (Book of Mormon), we read that the Lehites from which the Nephites
branched out, were from the tribe of Manasseh, a son of Joseph, , one of the 12 sons of Jacob-Israel.
To me, it appears that the USA thru these descendants of Lehi, a Manassehite, is Manasseh, Of
course, there must be more Manassehites that followed in the next centuries after Columbus made the
land known to the Europeans, but that would be hundreds of years later after the Lehites reached
America in 600 BC.
The USA fulfilled the prophecy of Jacob, namely: that he would become a single great nation
while his younger brother, Ephraim, would become a great conglomerate of nations. The UK seemed to
have fit that prophecy,
Now, how on earth can the USA and also UK/Britain become the end-time Babylon?
Probable answer: Esau took over UK and the USA, like he did with Babylon: Esau took over
ancient Babylon after he killed Nimrod, the founder of ancient Babylon.
Second reason: The mother of Manasseh and Ephraim was an Egyptian, and God forewarned
them not to return to Egypt, e.g., in practices.
But we see that these two tribes also reverted to the practices of Egypt, so, even though they
did not physically return to Egypt, they did spiritually.
In short, they abandoned God and His systems and ways.
Thus, they played the endtime role as endtime Babylon the Great. They spiritually returned to
Egypt, against God’s warning.
This is my own explanation of the seemingly conflicting positions that in one hand claims the
USA and Britain as among the lost tribes and descendants of Israel and on the other hand, how could
they be Babylon at the same time?
No, they became Babylon only later in the endtime.

Matthew Gordon, 6 hours ago:

Arnulfo Laniba, That is because they are far more likely part of the ‘seven shepherd’ (mic)
nations and the arrows ‘that will strike ‘ (Zach) Babylon in the end times and not actually part of
Babylon. Keep asking and seeking friend

Arnulfo Laniba, 3 hours ago:

@Matthew Gordon Can you give me the specific verse in Micah and Zachariah bro? Thanks.
 THE BASIC DIFFERENCE IN HEART BETWEEN JACOB AND ESAU
Jeremiah【30:7】 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's
trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
If you search the name Jacob among the prophets’ writings in the Old Testament, from Psalms
to Malachi, you would find the name Jacob mentioned 120 times and in these verses is the unified
theme that God loves Jacob more than Esau, and will have mercy on Jacob and will restore him, save
him, gather back his scattered remnants.
On the other hand, God mentioned that He hates Esau (Malachi 1:2-3).
What could be the reason for this? When we see Jacob not an angel; he too committed much
sins; in fact, at the start Esau was better than Jacob in that Esau did nothing wrong to Jacob while Jacob
deceived Esau twice to get – read: steal - the birthright and first-born blessings, thus making Jacob
deserves Esau’s revenge or God’s ‘punishment’ or both. Yet, in those 120 verses from Psalms to Malachi,
God repeatedly said that He will forgive and recover Jacob.
Why is God so soft-hearted towards Jacob?
I have an inkling on this. The answer may lie in the type of heart Jacob possesses. For both Esau
and Jacob are sinners. But I noticed that Jacob has a more well-meaning heart, quick to repent when
shown the error, while Esau carries grudge and prefer to carry it forever and pursue revenge.
We find this humble heart shown in King David, one of Jacob’s descendants.
Esau and Jacob may be well-meaning and both committed errors, are not perfect, but Jacob
excels in one area as shown by David, one of his descendants: like David, Jacob and his descendants in
general, has the heart like that of David, a heart that is “after God’s own heart”.
Acts【13:22】 After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: 'I
have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.'
What does the phrase “after My own heart” mean? It can mean:
 Having a heart like that of God, e.g., humble, sincere, well-meaning;
 Chasing… pursuing.. God’s love above everything else; not wanting to lose it and when he
loses it, he pursues to win it again
We can see this difference in heart or attitude by comparing Esau (or his descendants) and Jacob
(or his descendants) respond to sin when shown to them.
Let’s see David first, of Jacob’s line.
Background: David was tempted when he saw from his palace’s terrace a naked woman taking a
bath. He sent a servant for her and found that her name is Bathsheba and that she is the wife of Urriah,
one of David’s ablest and most loyal army generals.
To cut the story short, David fell into her beauty and committed adultery with her.
The sin continued for awhile until it was difficult to hide because it bore a fruit, Bathsheba gets
pregnant.
How can David further hide the his sin of adultery?
 He sent for Urriah to go home, and after eating and drinking at the king’s palace, told him to go
home and sleep with his wife.
We don’t know if Urriah was already aware of David’s and Bathsheba’s affair, because he
refused to go home and sleep with his wife, but he used another reason:
2Sa 11:10 [niv] When David was told, "Uriah did not go home," he asked him, "Haven't you just
come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?"
2Sa 11:11 [niv] Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my
master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and
drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!"
Urriah’s answer if it was a true answer, then showed how loyal he was to David. And that is how
David repaid the loyalty of his men!
So, you see?
Absolute power corrupts absolutely. David forget God is there and can see everything. He
though he can do anything now that he is in-charge of the power.
He has already 3 or 4 wives, and can still get as many as he wants so long as the woman is not
owned by another and is a single and uncommitted to another man. But look, David took the only
woman that a poor man owns!
So, we think Jacob and his line is righteous? And Esau is the worse?
Not so. Jacob also has the propensity to sin and sin and sin if only no one can catch or expose
him!
Now, he starts fearing because his plan to let Urriah have sex with his wife did not succeed. He
wanted Urriah to come home prematurely while his comrades are still in war, so Urriah can sleep with
his wife and so, the child of which Bathsheba is now pregnant would not be identified as David’s.
2Sa 11:1 [niv]In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the
king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But
David remained in Jerusalem.
2Sa 11:2 [niv]One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the
palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful,
2Sa 11:3 [niv]and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this
Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?"
2Sa 11:4 [niv]Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her.
(She had purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she went back home.
2Sa 11:5 [niv]The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant."
2Sa 11:6 [niv]So David sent this word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent him to
David.
2Sa 11:7 [niv]When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were
and how the war was going.
2Sa 11:8 [niv]Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah
left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him.
 2Sa 11:9 [niv]But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did
not go down to his house.
2Sa 11:10 [niv]When David was told, "Uriah did not go home," he asked him, "Haven't you just
come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?"
2Sa 11:11 [niv]Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my
master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and
drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!"
2Sa 11:12 [niv]Then David said to him, "Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you
back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next.
2Sa 11:13 [niv]At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But
in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home.

David as disappointed. His scheme did not work. The loyalty of his servant Urriah was so great
that he is able to forego his personal pleasure for the sake of his country and king. Such a loyal man does
not deserve a betrayal. But David betrayed him already once and then will betray him once more.
David schemed furthermore to hid his sin of adultery.
Not for his credit nor can be counted as righteousness, David thought of another wrong to cover
his wrong: to kill Urriah!

2Sa 11:14 [niv]In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.
2Sa 11:15 [niv]In it he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then
withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die."
2Sa 11:16 [niv]So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew
the strongest defenders were.
2Sa 11:17 [niv]When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in
David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died.
2Sa 11:18 [niv]Joab sent David a full account of the battle.
2Sa 11:19 [niv]He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this
account of the battle,
2Sa 11:20 [niv]the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to
the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall?
2Sa 11:21 [niv]Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth ? Didn't a woman throw an upper
millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he
asks you this, then say to him, 'Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.' "
2Sa 11:22 [niv]The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had
sent him to say.
2Sa 11:23 [niv]The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and came out against us
in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate.
 2Sa 11:24 [niv]Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the
king's men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead."
2Sa 11:25 [niv]David told the messenger, "Say this to Joab: 'Don't let this upset you; the sword
devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.' Say this to encourage
Joab."
2Sa 11:26 [niv]When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
2Sa 11:27 [niv]After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and
she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David had done displeased the LORD .

For awhile, David thought problem is solved! Until God who saw everything, acted and sent his
prophet Nathan to correct him.

2Sa 12:1 [niv]The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two
men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor.
2Sa 12:2 [niv]The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle,
2Sa 12:3 [niv]but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He
raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept
in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
2Sa 12:4 [niv]"Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one
of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the
ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him."
2Sa 12:5 [niv]David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the
LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
2Sa 12:6 [niv]He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had
no pity."
2Sa 12:7 [niv]Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD , the God of
Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
2Sa 12:8 [niv]I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave
you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more.
2Sa 12:9 [niv]Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You
struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the
sword of the Ammonites.
2Sa 12:10 [niv]Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you
despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.'
2Sa 12:11 [niv]"This is what the LORD says: 'Out of your own household I am going to bring
calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to
you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.
2Sa 12:12 [niv]You did it in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.' "
 2Sa 12:13 [niv]Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD ." Nathan replied,
"The LORD has taken away your sin. You are not going to die.
2Sa 12:14 [niv]But because by doing this you have made the enemies of the LORD show utter
contempt, the son born to you will die."
2Sa 12:15 [niv]After Nathan had gone home, the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife had
borne to David, and he became ill.
2Sa 12:16 [niv]David pleaded with God for the child. He fasted and went into his house and
spent the nights lying on the ground.
2Sa 12:17 [niv]The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but
he refused, and he would not eat any food with them.
2Sa 12:18 [niv]On the seventh day the child died. David's servants were afraid to tell him that
the child was dead, for they thought, "While the child was still living, we spoke to David but he would
not listen to us. How can we tell him the child is dead? He may do something desperate."
2Sa 12:19 [niv]David noticed that his servants were whispering among themselves and he
realized the child was dead. "Is the child dead?" he asked. "Yes," they replied, "he is dead."
2Sa 12:20 [niv]Then David got up from the ground. After he had washed, put on lotions and
changed his clothes, he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped…”
This is what God meant when in the beginning when He instructed Samuel to select and anoint
David instead of his more princely older brothers and told Samuel the reason, “David is after My own
heart.”
David’s greater concern, as you can read and sing his many Psalms, is God’s love.
And when at the moment he realize he was going to lose it, thanks to Nathan’s eye opening
words, David was quick to humble himself and repent.
Sadly, this is not how quick Esau and his children repent… in general, although many of Esau’s
sons and daughters also converted to Christ, but in general, Esau’s heart is not after of God’s own
heart… he bear grudge longer than perhaps anyone and worse, follows it to get revenge.
He is not quick to recognize his sin and has no propensity to repent… he is not after God’s own
heart (love).
Two examples by Esau’s own descendants can make the point clear: King Nebuchadnezzar and
Simon Magus. Take note how they both coldly rejected the idea or suggestion to humble themselves
and repent. Let us quote the stories word for word.
KING NEBUCHADRNEZZAR first. Then, Simon Magus. And take note how similarly cold was their
response and unrepentant:
Daniel 2 & 3 – King Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream a huge image of man, described as
follows:
Dan 2:32 [niv]The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest and arms of silver, its
belly and thighs of bronze,
Dan 2:33 [niv]its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of baked clay.
Nebuchadnezzar is the head of gold. That is how great he was.
 In reality, he actually reached the height no one before him and after him could attain. So his
head grew big. Pride became his weakness… his sin.
This earned him God’s correction. But God’s method of correction is proper: verbal correction
first, the warning of what will happen, then, the evil or fall.
This is where you can see how Esau and his descendants differ from that of Jacob: Esau and his
sons have higher pride and so have the difficulty to repent… he would become humble to repent only
when he experienced the painful effect of his sin.
Nebuchadnezzar is Esau’s descendant. After killing Nimrod, Esau took over Babylon which was
founded by Nimrod. After that, Esau’s sons ruled over Babylon (Iraq).
Here is an example on how hard-to-humble is Esau in the person of his heir, Nebuchadnezzar:
The warning through a dream.
Dan 4:1 [niv]King Nebuchadnezzar, To the peoples, nations and men of every language, who live
in all the world: May you prosper greatly!
Dan 4:2 [niv]It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most
High God has performed for me.
Dan 4:3 [niv]How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal
kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.
Dan 4:4 [niv]I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous.
Dan 4:5 [niv]I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in my bed, the images and
visions that passed through my mind terrified me.
Dan 4:6 [niv]So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to
interpret the dream for me.
Dan 4:7 [niv]When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners came, I told them the
dream, but they could not interpret it for me.
Dan 4:8 [niv]Finally, Daniel came into my presence and I told him the dream. (He is called
Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and the spirit of the holy gods is in him.)
Dan 4:9 [niv]I said, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that the spirit of the holy gods
is in you, and no mystery is too difficult for you. Here is my dream; interpret it for me.
Dan 4:10 [niv]These are the visions I saw while lying in my bed: I looked, and there before me
stood a tree in the middle of the land. Its height was enormous.
Dan 4:11 [niv]The tree grew large and strong and its top touched the sky; it was visible to the
ends of the earth.
Dan 4:12 [niv]Its leaves were beautiful, its fruit abundant, and on it was food for all. Under it
the beasts of the field found shelter, and the birds of the air lived in its branches; from it every creature
was fed.
Dan 4:13 [niv]"In the visions I saw while lying in my bed, I looked, and there before me was a
messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven.
Dan 4:14 [niv]He called in a loud voice: 'Cut down the tree and trim off its branches; strip off its
leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches.
 Dan 4:15 [niv]But let the stump and its roots, bound with iron and bronze, remain in the
ground, in the grass of the field. " 'Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him live with
the animals among the plants of the earth.
Dan 4:16 [niv]Let his mind be changed from that of a man and let him be given the mind of an
animal, till seven times pass by for him.
Dan 4:17 [niv]" 'The decision is announced by messengers, the holy ones declare the verdict, so
that the living may know that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to
anyone he wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men.'
Dan 4:18 [niv]"This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, had. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me
what it means, for none of the wise men in my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you can, because
the spirit of the holy gods is in you." ( Daniel Interprets the Dream )
Dan 4:19 [niv]Then Daniel (also called Belteshazzar) was greatly perplexed for a time, and his
thoughts terrified him. So the king said, "Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its meaning alarm you."
Belteshazzar answered, "My lord, if only the dream applied to your enemies and its meaning to your
adversaries!
Dan 4:20 [niv]The tree you saw, which grew large and strong, with its top touching the sky,
visible to the whole earth,
Dan 4:21 [niv]with beautiful leaves and abundant fruit, providing food for all, giving shelter to
the beasts of the field, and having nesting places in its branches for the birds of the air-
Dan 4:22 [niv]you, O king, are that tree! You have become great and strong; your greatness has
grown until it reaches the sky, and your dominion extends to distant parts of the earth.
Dan 4:23 [niv]"You, O king, saw a messenger, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying,
'Cut down the tree and destroy it, but leave the stump, bound with iron and bronze, in the grass of the
field, while its roots remain in the ground. Let him be drenched with the dew of heaven; let him live like
the wild animals, until seven times pass by for him.'
Dan 4:24 [niv]"This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree the Most High has issued
against my lord the king:
Dan 4:25 [niv]You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will
eat grass like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you
acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he
wishes.
Dan 4:26 [niv]The command to leave the stump of the tree with its roots means that your
kingdom will be restored to you when you acknowledge that Heaven rules.
Dan 4:27 [niv]Therefore, O king, be pleased to accept my advice: Renounce your sins by doing
what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then your prosperity
will continue."
[kjv] Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by
righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy
tranquillity.
The anti-dote of pride is humility which is also compassion towards the poor: Renounce your
sins by doing what is right, and your wickedness by being kind to the oppressed. It may be that then
your prosperity will continue."
 What is right? Being kind is one. Kindness or compassion towards the poor is righteousness –
God’s righteousness.
And what is the reward of being kind or compassionate? “that then your prosperity [and
greatness] will continue” and the threatened fall will not push through.

And so, now?

What is Nebuchadnezzar’s response?
( The Dream Is Fulfilled )
Dan 4:28 [niv]All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
Dan 4:29 [niv]Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of
Babylon,
Dan 4:30 [niv]he said, "Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my
mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"
Dan 4:31 [niv]The words were still on his lips when a voice came from heaven, "This is what is
decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.
Dan 4:32 [niv]You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will
eat grass like cattle. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is
sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes."
Dan 4:33 [niv]Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was
driven away from people and ate grass like cattle. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until
his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Dan 4:34 [niv]At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and
my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever. His
dominion is an eternal dominion; his kingdom endures from generation to generation.
Dan 4:35 [niv]All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with
the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: "What
have you done?"
Dan 4:37 [niv]Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because
everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.

Esau and most of us, do not or cannot repent unless and until the full pain of the consequences
of our acts and deeds (sins) is experienced. So sad but so true. Most of us is like that.. not only among
Esau, but also an increasing number in Jacob are like Esau!
Rom 3:9 [niv]What shall we conclude then? Are we any better ? Not at all! We have already
made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.
Rom 3:10 [niv]As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;
[kjv]As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Rom 3:11 [niv]there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
 [kjv]There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
Rom 3:12 [niv]All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who
does good, not even one."
[kjv]They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that
doeth good, no, not one.

As a matter of fact, in Jesus’ time, the wickedness of Jacob (his 12 tribes-descendants) was so
bad that Jesus said that the light or revelation or favor will disappear from them, even from the last
righteous one among them, Judah’s descendants, the Jews. From them, he light would go to the
Gentiles from whom, since Christ’s ascension, many returned to God through Christ, including many of
Esau’s children.
God is fair and His ways inscrutable!!

Now I had promised to quote Simon Magus as a second example of how hard to repent is Esau.
Let’s quote his story in full.
Act 8:5 [niv]Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ there.
Act 8:6 [niv]When the crowds heard Philip and saw the miraculous signs he did, they all paid close
attention to what he said.
Act 8:7 [niv]With shrieks, evil spirits came out of many, and many paralytics and cripples were healed.
Act 8:8 [niv]So there was great joy in that city. (Simon the Sorcerer )
Act 8:9 [niv]Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all
the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,
Act 8:10 [niv]and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, "This man
is the divine power known as the Great Power."
Act 8:11 [niv]They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic.
Act 8:12 [niv]But when they believed Philip as he preached the good news of the kingdom of God and
the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Act 8:13 [niv]Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished
by the great signs and miracles he saw.
Act 8:14 [niv]When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they
sent Peter and John to them.
Act 8:15 [niv]When they arrived, they prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit,
Act 8:16 [niv]because the Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them; they had simply been
baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
Act 8:17 [niv]Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Act 8:18 [niv]When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles' hands, he
offered them money
Act 8:19 [niv]and said, "Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive
the Holy Spirit."
Act 8:20 [niv]Peter answered: "May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy
the gift of God with money!
Act 8:21 [niv]You have no part or share in this ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
Act 8:22 [niv]Repent of this wickedness and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such
a thought in your heart.
Act 8:23 [niv]For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin."
Act 8:24 [niv]Then Simon answered, "Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen
to me."
Notice the same cold response, uninterested to repent, more interested to make personal gain.
"Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me."
So you have it.
Jacob’s softer heart which is perfectly exemplified by David, whose heart God described as “after His
own heart (love)” and Esau’s heart which prefers to hold grudge longer and pursue revenge… just like
what he once murmured:
Gen 27:41 [niv]Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. He
said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob."
But time is coming when Esau and all will realize that revenge is recognized as one of the many crooked
ways that does not belong to God’s righteousness and that it is one of the evil ways the Pharisees
(Jesuits) are promoting and that if you practice it, you will not be able to enter God’s kingdom (Matthew
5:20).