that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations who are called by my name," says Yahweh who does this.
Both passages (here, and in Isaiah) are fulfilled in this manner: Christ is the true Israel, of which ancient Jacob was only a feeble type; and all who are Christ's and worship him, are therefore worshipping Israel! Indirect reference to this is found in  Revelation 3:9, where, in the present dispensation, the false Jews who opposed Christianity, received the word from Jesus that they would "come and worship before the feet" of the church at Philadelphia, fulfilled when Jews were converted and bowed before Christ with whom, for ages during the present order, Gentiles have been identified.  "Thus, `the taking possession' referred to here will be of a very different character from the subjugation of Edom and other nations to David."[32]  "The relationship between Israel and the nations will not be that of a conqueror to the conquered because it will be the Lord 'who will do this.'"[33]  Still another excellent commentary concerning the proper interpretation of these verses is that of J. A. Motyer: