Did Esau get robbed of his birthright and blessing?
No, Esau was not rooked out of the birthright or the blessing. His underlying problem was a lack of faith—he could not believe what God had said. His downfall was spiritual unbelief, not being cheated, and that is the broader lesson being emphasized.
Les explains that people feel sorry for Esau because it seems he was rooked out of the birthright and the blessing, but he says, “No he didn't get rooked.” The real issue was Esau's problem: no faith. He could not believe a thing God said. Les uses Esau as an example of a larger truth: God's greatest controversy against mankind is unbelief. Though God hates immorality, drunkenness, and thievery, He hates unbelief most of all. It irks God that man refuses to believe what He has said, and that is faith. The greatest downfall of Old Testament characters was no faith, and the world for the most part operates in that vacuum of no faith.