lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears.
Hebrews 12:16-17 NKJV
See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. *He could bring about no change in mind, though he sought the blessing with tears.
*(Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.)
Hebrews 12:16-17 NIV
Noone who is sexually immoral will inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
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Like Esau, who sold his inheritance for a single meal, the writer of Hebrews warned the church against selling their inheritance of the Kingdom for sexual immorality or Godlessness. He equates sexual immorality with being profane, which means to be ordinary, or unholy. Unlike the world, which is ordinary and unholy, God's people are to be holy, which means, set apart or different the world. Without holiness, no one will see the Lord (Hebrews 12:14). The world engages in the lusts of the flesh such as sexual immorality, but God's people are to walk by the Spirit and not satisfy the lusts of the flesh. If we do, we may become defiled by a root of bitterness like Esau, (which the writer of Hebrews warned will cause trouble and defile many (12:15)) and come to a place where God no longer grants repentance (a change of mind), and lose our inheritance of the kingdom of God, such as Esau lost his inheritance of the first born birth rights. Though Esau later wanted to inherit his blessing, his father Isaac rejected his request. Esau was unable to change his father's mind (repentance), even though he sought the blessing with tears. The writer basically warned, "See to it that you are not like Esau in this way, or else you will face the same consequences he did." Paul affirms this when he included the sexually immoral among those who will not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10).
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As the first born, Esau would have received the birth rights and the blessing, and the Messiah would have come through his lineage rather than Jacob's. But God chose the Messiah to come through Jacob rather than Esau - two nations, one people stronger than the other, the older (Edom) serving the younger (Israel) (Genesis 25:23; Romans 9:12-13).
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