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 | Aug 14, 2026 | Esau, faithline, mantle
The problem with our perception of Esau is the problem of our perception with the older brother. You know the one: the resentful, bitter, angry older brother in the story of the prodigal son. At least the one characterised as bitter and resentful in order to make the...
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 26, 2026 | Achsah, Aksah, Esau, faithline, mantle, recapitulation
It’s difficult to know what the rules for recapitulation are. Clearly, if Jesus restories a story where an ancient tragedy still affects the nation, then He was dealing with sin that had never been repented of. Iniquity was allowed to repeat itself, century after...
by Anne Hamilton | Jul 20, 2026 | David, Esau, faithline, mantle
As we heard last session, Saul achieved two great national reconciliations—that of the people of Israel with the citizens of Jabesh Gilead and that of the townsfolk of Gibeah with a priest of the hill country of Ephraim. But he failed in achieving any reconciliation...
