As you all know, after receiving the blessing, Jacob led the life of a servant and was treated with contempt for 21 years. He lived among Laban's clan and endured all their persecution for 21 years. But when he returned with all the blessings he had won from Laban's clan, Esau completely united with him. At that time the realm of the Israelite clan was formed. Without winning the blessing of Laban's clan, Jacob could not appear as Abel in front of Esau's clan. When a heavenly clan confronts a satanic clan, the exchange of ownership between God and Satan takes place favoring the side which has most endured and led a life of love for the sake of others.

Why should this be? In God's world, originally the first son is to receive the blessing. The second son is not supposed to receive the blessing. Therefore, unless the second son restores the birthright, he cannot stand in the position of a son of a heavenly nation. This means that he cannot represent a principled standard to receive the blessing. Where do we see Jacob's shrewdness? He showed surprising wisdom in buying the birthright with bread and lentils. He knew that his older brother would be hungry enough to offer it when he returned from hunting. He had a right to restore the birthright even though his father opposed him. It was inevitable in order to indemnify the Fall.

The clan of Abel had to enter the satanic nation centering upon Abel's family. Since the satanic world was holding the birthright, before entering Israel, Jacob's descendants entered Egypt-the representative nation of the satanic world. They fought in Egypt. The clans of Israel endured persecution from innumerable Egyptians for the sake of God for around 400 years; finally, they defeated Egypt and were liberated.

They had to go through the wilderness course in order to restore the right to acquire the nation of Israel, which should have become the heavenly nation, but they failed. Their utmost hope was to build this nation. They could have encouraged each other to risk even their lives in order to establish this nation, but they fell into disorder and turmoil.

If Moses had not been hot-blooded and instead been more wise, he would not have killed the Egyptian. If he had been calm, he would have become a pharaoh, inheriting the sovereignty of Egypt. After becoming the pharaoh, he would have possessed all the treasures of the land. On the foundation of restoring the Cain nation, the restoration of the Israel nation was supposed to happen automatically. But because of his hot temper, Moses killed the Egyptian and blocked this quick way of restoration.

In the original world, only the first son is supposed to receive the blessing. Because Satan rules the whole world, which is in the position of the first son due to the Fall, there is no way for Abel to win back the first son's position unless he wins a battle against the satanic world and brings back the gifts of the victorious champion. That is why the battles of the individual Cain and Abel, of the familial Cain and Abel, and of the tribal, national and global Cain and Abel have been developing in order to restore history through indemnity. Many religious people have been sacrificed in this restoration process, but until now, no one understood why this was happening. (1984.5.1. World Mission Center)