SQUANDERING OUR BIRTHRIGHT

by

Rev. Bertrand L. Comparet

   The 25th Chapter of Genesis tells us that Jacob and Esau were twin brothers, sons of Isaac, and in line to inherit the wonderful blessings God had promised to Abraham, Isaac, and their descendants; also that Esau was the first-born, and therefore entitled to the Birthright of a double measure of blessings. Yet God told the prophet Malachi, "Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob, and I hated Esau." (Malachi 1:2-3) The Birthright was lost by Esau, and inherited by Jacob, o97 ancestor, whose name God Himself changed from Jacob to ISRAEL (meaning "ruling with God") and to whom God confirmed all of His promises and prophecies.

  In all the world's history, no-one was ever offered such marvelous blessings as were in this Birthright. To lose it was a most terrible loss; yet Esau and his descendants lost it. We now have it: yet we are today in great danger of losing it the same way Esau lost it. Genesis 25:34 tells us that ESAU DESPISED HIS BIRTHRIGHT --- and therefore lost It. Today, our politicians and our churches are in an evil contest to see which can teach our people to despise our Birthright the most. If we do not swiftly repent of this, we, too, can lose our Birthright.

  What are we talking about? What is this Birthright? It is all the blessings promised by God. But every coin has two sides; and every bles­sing has the corresponding duty on our part to do the thing which God has said: they are both promises and commands.    Let's briefly list these major promises God made to Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our ancestors: "I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand of the seashore (Genesis 22:1 ) I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make t name great (Genesis 12:2) I will make nations of thee . . . a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in thee Genesis 35:11); thou shalt spread

abroad, to the west and to the east, and to the north and to the south (Genesis 28:14); for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left, and thy seed shall inherit the nations, and make the desolate Places to be inhabited (Isaiah 54:2-3); thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies (Genesis 22:17); thou art My battleaxe and weapons of war: for with thee will break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I will destroy kingdoms (Jeremiah 51:20); behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by Me; whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake . . . No weapon that Is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of Me, saith the Lord (Isaiah 54:15,17); ye are My witnesses, saith the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen (Isaiah 43:10); you only have I known, of all the families of the earth (Amos 3:2); therefore, God give thee of the dew of heaven and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: let people serve thee and nations bow down to thee; be lord over thy brethren, and let thy brother's sons bow down to thee; cursed be everyone that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee (Genesis 27:28-29)."

  A pretty Impressive list, isn't it? Why would Esau be willing to lose It? Because it carried duties he wasn't willing to bear: to keep the race line pure; to be strong; to spread abroad in colonies and rule the backward peoples; to develop the rich natural resources of the earth; to destroy In battle all satanic nations who oppose God's plan; and to be God's witness to the truth of our religion. Esau was of too weak character to assume these duties: he lost the Birthright when he polluted the race by marrying Canaanite and Ishmaelite wives (Genesis 26 34-35 & 28:8-9; his sale of the Birthright for a bowl of stew was only a formal ceremony expressing what was already a fact.

  WHERE DO WE COME IN? God has fulfilled His part of the bargain, by giving us all the promised blessings; but we are now backing out of our part, refusing to do the things God said we should do in this same Birthright. Our politicians and our churches teach us to violate God's commands, for the evil profit they can make from our enemies both within and without our nation. The command was that WE should be strong and rich with the fatness of the earth---not that we should make God's enemies rich and strong with it. God gives these blessings to those who worship HIM, not to those who worship devils. We are to be God's wit­nesses that prosperity and power are His gifts, and obtainable only from Him. Yet now we are told that we must share all this equally with the "have not" nations, reduce ourselves to their level, while making them rich and strong; that we must dissipate God's gifts to finance the Congo natives In their cannibalism and worship of witch-doctor voodoo devils; that we must give up our right to determine our own, Independent course, and become a helpless pawn In the hands of the United Nations, where the cannibals alone out vote us 24 to 1.