Journey of the Sons
of God to the Promised Land
Today’s Focus: The
Spirit of Amalek: History of Amalek
Scripture: Genesis
36:12; Numbers 24:20
Greetings Sons of
God:
One of the biblical
concepts that we should know that a person is a sum product of his forefathers,
so to understand the son, you must go back and examine the father.
Genesis
36:12: And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau’s son; and she bare to Eliphaz
Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau’s wife.
So we know that Amalek is a person who is the
son of Eliphaz who is the son of Esau.
Now let’s examine Esau. Esau
means “red” but we know that Esau was the twin brother of Jacob. What made Esau important in this story is
that Esau gave away birthright for some food.
This is a spiritual picture of one who disregards the importance of his
spiritual inheritance for earthly provisions and fleshly gratification. He regarded his birthright as insignificant
and of little value. Esau was a man of
the world and this is crucial to know because it will become important in
talking about the spirit of the Amalek and Edom. Now let’s examine the parents of Amalek:
Eliphaz means “god of gold”. This means he was a lover of material and
earthly things. Amalek’s mother, Timna,
her name means “restraint or holding back the will”. The spiritual meaning of this is to bind your
ability or free choice regarding spiritual things. So this is what we have as a spiritual
picture to bring us to Amalek:
Esau – Man of the World
Eliphaz – Lover or material and earthly
things
Timna – One who binds your ability to freely
choose spiritual things
Hence Amalek means “Nippers or People that
Wring” . The definition or wring is to
twist forcibly, as to extract liquid out.
God thoroughly disliked the Amalekites.
This is what He would say about Amalek:
Numbers 24:20: And when he looked upon
Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations;
but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
The reason God calls Amalek the first of the
nations is because they were the first nation Israel would be attacked by in
the Wilderness after exiting Egypt. Now
the reason God really dislike them was not only the fact that they attacked
Israel but how and how plays a crucial role in understanding the spirit of
Amalek and how it plays a role in the Journey of the Sons of God to the
Promised Land.
Peace, Love and
Grace,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
