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...
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 | May 27, 2026 | Esau, faithline, mantle
In the last session, I made the point that Esau’s mantle might equally have been called Isaac’s mantle or Thomas’ mantle. But I call it Esau’s mantle because that’s how Jesus treated it. Obviously He wasn’t prepared to blunt the shock of God showing favour to the...
