The Struggle for the Birthright

by
Dr. Stephen E. Jones, M.A., Th.D

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1. Chapter 1: The Birthright
   1. The Dominion Mandate
   2. The Fruitfulness Mandate
   
   
2. Chapter 2: The Story of Esau
   1. Why Did Esau Despise the Birthright?
   2. Shem was Melchizedek
   3. Esau is Edom, Idumea, Mt. Seir, Teman, and Amalek
   4. The Birthright Sale: Price-Gouging
   5. The Dominion Mandate Stolen by Fraud
   6. Isaac’s Blessing on Esau
   7. Esau, the First Zionist
   8. Malachi’s Prophecy of Esau
   9. The Maccabee Conquest of Edom: 126 B.C.
   10. Herod, the Jewish-Edomite Pattern-King
   
   
3. Chapter 3: Judah’s Dominion Mandate
   1. Jacob’s Blessing upon Judah
   2. Samson’s Riddle of the Dead Lion
   3. The Breach in the Kingdom
   4. The Two Fig Trees of Judah
   5. Divine Judgment for Disobedience
   
   
4. Chapter 4: The Laws of Tribulation
   1. The Iron Yoke
   2. The Wooden Yoke
   3. Israel Asks for a King
   4. Where God Establishes His Name
   
   
5. Chapter 5: The Captivities of Judah
   1. Judah Rejects the Wooden Yoke
   2. Judah Sentenced to an Iron Yoke
   3. Jeremiah’s Advice to the Good Figs
   4. The Return from Exile
   5. The Continuing Wooden Yoke Captivity
   6. The Revolt Against Rome (and God): 66-73 A.D.
   7. The Iron Yoke Re-imposed upon the Evil Figs of Judah
   8. The Timing of Judgment on Jerusalem
   9. The Capture of Masada: 73 A.D.
   
   
6. Chapter 6: The Rejection of Jesus
   1. Absalom: Temporary Usurper of David’s Throne
   2. Crucified on the “Skull” of the Mount of Olives
   3. Judah’s Rebellion Against King Jesus
   4. Judas: The Son of Perdition
   5. Betrayed in the House of Friends
   
   
7. Chapter 7: The Conflict
   1. Replacement Theology
   2. The Good Fig Tree was “the Church”
   3. The Law of Pruning Trees
   4. The Laws of Sacrifice
   5. Who is a “Jew”?
   6. The Early Church
   
   
8.  Chapter 8: The New Jerusalem
   1. Isaiah Prophesies of the New Jerusalem “Bride”
   2. The Walls of the New Jerusalem
   3. The Gates of the New Jerusalem
   4. Zion and Jerusalem Prophecies
   5. Prophecies of the “Rebuilt” Temple
   6. Two Jerusalems with Different Destinies
   7. Hagar is Replaced by Sarah
   
   
9. Chapter 9: The Jewish Spirit of Revolt
   1. Why Did Judah Reject Jesus as King?
   2. What if Jesus Had Been Accepted as Messiah?
   3. The Jewish Revolt Against Rome (and God)
   
   
10. Chapter 10: Zionism’s Beginnings
    1. How to Reverse the Captivity
    2. Jerusalem: The Bloody City
    3. The Beginnings of Modern Zionism
    4. The Balfour Declaration
    5. Conflicting Promises Breed Betrayal
    6. National Boundaries Established
    7. Non-Zionist Rabbis Speak Out
    8. Arab Reaction to Zionism
    
    
11. Chapter 11: The Rise of Jewish Terrorism
    1. Vladimir Jabotinsky: Father of Jewish Terrorism
    2. Jewish Pawns in their Leaders’ Hands
    3. Zionists Assassinate Lord Moyne
    4. The Jewish Agency Unites with the Terrorists
    5. Destroying the King David Hotel
    6. The Deir Yassin Village Massacre
    7. The Violent Take the Kingdom by Force
    
    
12.  Chapter 12: The Israeli State
    1. The Assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte
    2. Zionist Persecution of Iraqi Jews
    3. Zealot Attitudes Against Peaceful Zionists
    
    
13.  Chapter 13: The Land War
    1. Judaism and the Traditions (Precepts) of Men
    2. Classic Judaism’s Teaching About Zionism
    3. Basic Doctrine of the Gush Emunim
    4. Ariel Sharon
    5. Legalized Theft of Land is Covetousness
       
14.  Chapter 14: Israeli Policy Toward the Palestinians
    1. Rabbi Levinger
    2. West Bank Settlements
    3. The Jewish Defense League
    4. Ariel: Jerusalem Occupied by God’s Enemies
    
    
15.  Chapter 15: Gog’s Invasion
    1. Who is Gog?
    2. Togarmah in Bible Prophecy
    3. The Conquest
    4. The Fall of Zionism and Jerusalem
    
    
16.  Chapter 16: The Antichrist
    1. Christian Judaism in the Last Hour
    2. The Literal Meaning of Antichrist
    3. The Spirit of Antichrist in the Church
    4. Jews Saved Apart from Christ?
    
    
17.  Chapter 17: The Conclusion
    1. Man’s Use and Abuse of Authority
    2. Nimrod and Esau: Rivals in Rebellion
    3. Edom, Judah, Jacob, and Joseph
    4. Israel and the Overcomers
    5. God’s Promise to Esau Fulfilled in 1948
    
    
18.  Bibliography

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