Edom’s Zionist Dream (from ch. 2. Malachi the Mesenger)

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Malachi God's Messenger)
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Chapter Sections:
Mount Seir: Edom Occupied Territory (scroll down)
Divine Judgment Against Mount Seir (Edom) (scroll down)
The Incorporation of Edom into Jewry
Two Baskets of Figs
The Cursed Fig Tree
The Nation of Edom

Gen. 36:1 and 8 says,

Mount Seir: Edom Occupied Territory
Esau passed his carnal viewpoint to his descendants. They desired to inherit the Promised Land, always believing it was rightfully theirs. So when Israel and Judah were sent into captivity to Assyria and Babylon, they rejoiced and seized the opportunity to lay claim to the land. They had already usurped the inheritance of Mount Seir, a story that is told in the ancient book of Jasher. Jasher 30:26, 27 tells us,

This, says Jasher, was how Edom came to inherit Mount Seir. Even so, they never lost their desire to expand their territory into the land of Canaan. When Israel and Judah were deported, the Edomites rejoiced and came into the land to occupy it in their absence.

Divine Judgment Against Mount Seir (Edom)
And so many years later, Ezekiel prophesied to Edom, who was living in Mount Seir at the time, saying in Ezekiel 35:1-4,

The reason for this divine judgment is given in verses 10 and 11,

Again, God says in Ezekiel 36:5,

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The Incorporation of Edom into Jewry
History tells us that Edom was conquered by Judea in 125 or 126 B.C. All of the Edomites were given a choice of becoming Jews or going into exile. They decided to become Jews, and so the land of Edom (south of Palestine) was incorporated into the nation of Judea.

This is recorded by all historians who write about that portion of history. The first-century Jewish historian, Josephus, wrote in 95 A.D.,

The Jewish Encyclopedia (1903 ed.) affirms this, saying,

The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia (1970) says also,

Two Baskets of Figs

7 But the king [i.e., God] was enraged and sent his armies [Rome], and destroyed those murderers, and set their city [Jerusalem] on fire.

The Cursed Fig Tree
In Matt. 21:19 Jesus cursed a fig tree as He was walking one morning to Jerusalem.

32 Now learn the parable from the fig tree; when its branch has already become tender, and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; 33 even so you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door.

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The Nation of Edom