- The document discusses the genealogy of Esau and Jacob, with a prophecy that two nations would struggle against each other. Esau's descendant Amalek fought against Israel and was destined for destruction by God. - King Saul disobeyed God's command to utterly destroy the Amalekites, sparing their king Agag. This act of disobedience cost Saul his kingdom. - Centuries later, Haman, who was descended from Agag, sought to destroy all Jews in retaliation for Mordecai's refusal to bow down to him. Jesus Christ ultimately fulfilled what Saul did not by destroying spiritual forces like Amalek.

1. Saul’s Disobedience
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Jacob and Esau
Genesis 25 v19-26a
19
This is the genealogy of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham begot Isaac. 20
Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah as
wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian. 21
Now Isaac pleaded with the LORD
for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his plea, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22
But the children
struggled together within her; and she said, “If all is well, why am I like this?” So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23
And the
LORD said to her:
“Two nations are in your womb,
Two peoples shall be separated from your body;
One people shall be stronger than the other,
And the older shall serve the younger.”
24
So when her days were fulfilled for her to give birth, indeed there were twins in her womb. 25
And the first came out red. He
was like a hairy garment all over; so they called his name Esau. 26
Afterward his brother came out, and his hand took hold of
Esau’s heel; so his name was called Jacob
 Two nations
 The two would struggle against one another
 This is a type of Christ vs antichrist
 We know that Jacob was renamed Israel (Gen 32v28), and would receive the promise of God, the chosen line.
Lets see what happened to the line of Esau……
Genesis 36v12
9
And this is the genealogy of Esau the father of the Edomites in Mount Seir. 10
These were the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz
the son of Adah the wife of Esau, and Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. 11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman,
Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12
Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.
 Esau – Eliphaz - Amalek
What was significant about Amalek? Well, on the way out of Egypt crossing through to the promised land……..
Exodus 17 v8-16
8
Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9
And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose us some men and go out, fight
with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” 10
So Joshua did as Moses said to
him, and fought with Amalek. And Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11
And so it was, when Moses held up
his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12
But Moses’ hands became heavy; so they
took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. And Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on
the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13
So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with
the edge of the sword.
14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will
utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.” 15
And Moses built an altar and called its name, The-LORD-
IS-MY-BANNER; 16
for he said, “Because the LORD has sworn: the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to
generation.”
 Historical gleanings – we can see that clearly there are two nations facing off against one another, in fulfillment of the
prophecy
 This war will continue from generation to generation
 Spiritual gleanings – Israel represents the Church; Amalek represents the Antichrist (all spiritual forces working
against the progress of the church.
 Joshua in Hebrew is Jeshua. Jesus in Hebrew is Jeshua. They share the same Hebrew name.
 Reading verse 13 again, from a spiritual perspective, we see that Jesus (and hence the Church) defeats Satan with the
edge of the sword (which is the Word of God). We are to use the Word of God which is the Sword of the Spirit
Ephesians 6v17 17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; Hebrews

2. 4v12 12
For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the
division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
What was God’s plan for Amalek?
Moses clarifies their destiny…..
Deuteronomy 25 v17-19
17
“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, 18
“how he met you on the way and
attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. 19
“Therefore
it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is
giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not
forget.
God entrusted Saul, the first King of Israel, to get the job done………
1 Samuel 15 v1-3
1
Samuel also said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now therefore, heed the voice
of the words of the LORD. 2
“Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed
him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3
‘Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not
spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’
 God was clear. The instruction was clear. ALL was to be utterly destroyed.
What did Saul do?
1 Samuel 15 v7-9
7
And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8
He also took Agag king of the
Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9
But Saul and the people spared Agag and
the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were unwilling to utterly destroy them. But
everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
 Note the name Agag, who was the king of the Amalekites. This name pops up later in bible history which we will
cover below.
What follows is one of the most interesting dialogues in the Bible……
1 Samuel 15 v10-33
10
Now the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, 11
“I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back
from following Me, and has not performed My commandments.” And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all
night. 12
So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul went to Carmel, and indeed,
he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.” 13
Then Samuel went to
Saul, and Saul said to him, “Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.”
 A lie
14
But Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?” 15
And Saul
said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to
the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”
 The people, not me…..they kept, but I destroyed….
16
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Be quiet! And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night.”
 Samuel saw through the deception.
And he said to him, “Speak on.” 17
So Samuel said, “When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of
Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel? 18
“Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly
destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19
“Why then did you not obey the voice
of the LORD?
 Partial obedience is complete disobedience.
Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?” 20
And Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed
the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have
utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21
“But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should
have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
 Now we see Saul justifying the decision to take the spoils – they were for ‘sacrifice to the Lord’. God sees right
through this deception, and so does the prophet Samuel.

3. 22
Then Samuel said: “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. 23
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And
stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
 God cannot be mocked. Sacrifice is futile without obedience.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king.” 24
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I
have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed
their voice. 25
“Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.”
 All of Saul’s attempts to worm his way out of acknowledging responsibility for the disobediences have failed, so now
the tactic changes to simply sweeping the sin under the carpet. In other words, “OK, you’ve got me, now let’s just
forget this whole matter and move on.” God sees true repentance from false repentance.
26
But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected
you from being king over Israel.”
 Saul’s repentance was not a true repentance. He rejected the word of the Lord.
27
And as Samuel turned around to go away, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. 28
So Samuel said to him, “The LORD
has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29
“And also the
Strength of Israel will not lie nor relent. For He is not a man, that He should relent.” 30
Then he said, “I have sinned; yet honor
me now, please, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD your
God.” 31
So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. 32
Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag king of the
Amalekites here to me.” So Agag came to him cautiously. And Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33
But
Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel
hacked Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
Sauls disobedience not only cost him the kingdom, it also cost him his life. Not only did it cost his life, it almost wiped out the
entire nation of Israel, as we will see in the next couple of scriptures, which occurred around 600 years later…….
Whilst in captivity…..
Esther 3v1-6
1
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat
above all the princes who were with him. 2
And all the king’s servants who were within the king’s gate bowed and paid
homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage. 3
Then the
king’s servants who were within the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?” 4
Now it
happened, when they spoke to him daily and he would not listen to them, that they told it to Haman, to see whether
Mordecai’s words would stand; for Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew. 5
When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow
or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath. 6
But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him of
the people of Mordecai. Instead, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of
Ahasuerus—the people of Mordecai.
 Haman was an Agagite (from Agag – king of the Amalekites)
 The consequences of Saul disobedience was that Haman (an Amalekite) sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the
kingdom. God is not limited by time. And what you sow you will reap. There are definite consequences for
disobedience.
Esther 3v13
13
And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both
young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar,
and to plunder their possessions.
Haman (a type of antichrist) almost succeeded in his plan if it were not for the intercession of Esther (a type of Christ) who
redeems Israel. Haman built a gallows (to hang Mordecai), but his plan was upended when Esther caught the ear of the king,
and Haman was himself hanged on his own gallows. The spiritual significance of this is that Satan’s plan to hang Jesus Christ
backfired on Satan.
Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, fulfilled what Saul could not do, and destroyed the Amalekites forever.
Colossians 2v15
15
Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.