אמר ליה: אתינא לעלמא דאתי?[Antoninus] said to [Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi]: “Will I enter the World-to-Come?”אמר ליה: אין.[Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi] said to him: “Yes.”אמר ליה: והכתיב: לא יהיה שריד לבית עשו![Antoninus] said to him: But isn’t it written: “And there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau” (Obadiah 1:18)?בעושה מעשה עשו.[Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi answered]: “[This refers to] those who behave like Esau. Prophet Obadiah was himself a descendant of Esau according to the flesh so it is not important what you are according to the flesh but to the law. According to all midrashim, Esau is a very significant character in world history. Inasmuch as humble Jacob is considered to be the progenitor of the Children of Israel, it is Esau who is regarded as the arrogant forefather of all secular Hebrews under the Maithraists (e.g. spell of Rome, the Roman Empire and Christendom).  The struggle between the Mithraists Rome and the Jews stemming from the land of Judah alternated, according to history, between cooperation and outright hate and warfare. The argument is proposed that Esau was born with red coloring in his hair and body, and the ancient rabbis have connected this with the red banner and standard favored by Rome's legions.