by Anne Hamilton | Aug 31, 2026 | Adam, Covenant, Esau, faithline, mantle
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive about mantles is: can you inherit more than one? And my response is: why would you want to? The unfinished assignment that any particular mantle carries is so titanically weighty that it’s more than enough for one...
by Anne Hamilton | Aug 24, 2026 | Covenant, Esau, faithline, mantle, recapitulation, Thomas
The so-called ‘bad boys’ of Scripture—Esau the ‘hated’, Saul the ‘villain’ and Thomas the ‘doubter’—form a faithline that carries a legacy regarding reconciliation. They are the underrated ones when it comes to working through issues separating brothers and tribes, as...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 31, 2026 | Covenant, David, Esau, faithline, mantle, recapitulation, Thomas
It’s no coincidence that Thomas appears in the lead-up to the story of Lazarus. Assuming that, as I’ve suggested, Esau’s mantle passed to King Saul on its way down through the ages to Jesus and Thomas, then the iniquity Saul visited on the nation has to be addressed....
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 16, 2026 | Covenant, David, Esau, faithline, mantle
Saul, the first king of Israel, had a complex relationship with the Amalekites and Edomites. His own name is that of an Edomite king, his family have names that recall the gods of Edom and his chief-of-staff, his master herdsman, was Doeg from Edom. This suggests an...
by Anne Hamilton | Jun 4, 2026 | Covenant, Esau, faithline
As we saw in the last session, Esau’s mantle was a legacy from Isaac and it was for reconciliation between brothers. Isaac is presented in Scripture as relatively passive—at least compared to his father Abraham and his son Jacob. Things—apparently—happen to Isaac; he...
by Anne Hamilton | Feb 11, 2026 | Covenant, Esau, faithline, mantle
God doesn’t think like we do. Thank heavens for that. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts. Isaiah 55:9 KJV And even though we know that God doesn’t think like we do, it’s still going to...
