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 | 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...
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...
by Anne Hamilton | Nov 29, 2024 | Covenant, David, faithline, mantle
David’s decision at Ziklag—to use the ephod as mediated by the priest Abiathar to choose between keeping his multiple covenants with the House of Saul or else rescuing the families of his men—was the result of a double-bind dilemma. He got himself into an ethical...
