31 Obadiah OBADIAH Edom Pre-Exile.

31 Obadiah OBADIAH Edom Pre-Exile

Edom-Moab-Ammon-Bozrah
Gaza Strip EGYPT ISRAEL JORDAN SYRIA LEBANON West Bank Golan Hgts Edom-Moab-Ammon-Bozrah

Israel and God’s Prophets The ‘Minor’ Prophets
Captivity of Judah 32nd century 33rd century 34th century 35th century 904 BC 804 BC 704 BC 604 BC Homer Aesop High Priests: Azariah II Amariah Ahitub Ahitub II Zadok II Shallium Hilkiah Ahab Ahaziah Joram Jehu Jehoahaz Joash Jeroboam II Menaham Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea Ahaz Jotham Hezekiah Manasseh Athaliah Amaziah Uzziah Amon Solon Susanna Nebuchadanezzar Josiah Jehoiakim Zedekiah Salathiel Darius the Mede Cyrus the Persian Elijah Elisha Amos Hosea Nahum Isaiah Micah Joel Jeremiah Zephaniah Habakkuk Daniel Ezekiel Obadiah Haggai Jonah 10 Northern Tribes – Israel – taken captive Sennacherib’s army destroyed Zechariah  Malachi 

Rulers or Governors of Israel between JOSHUA and King Saul
1 OTHNIEL Jos 15:17, Jdg 1:13, 3:9-11; 1Ch 4:13 son of KENAZ - ruled Israel 40 years after the death of JOSHUA JUDAH 2 EHUD Jdg 3:15-36; 4:1 son of GERA - left handed BENJAMIN 3 SHAMGAR Jdg 3:31 son of ANATH 4 DEBORAH (prophetess) Jdg 4:4 wife of LAPIDOTH EPHRAIM and BARAK Jdg 4:6, 12, Heb 11:32 son of ABINIAM NAPHTALITE 5 GIDEON (Jerubbaal / Jerubbesheth) Jdg 6:11, 36, 9:32 3 years (JOSEPH) MANASSEH 6 ABIMELECH Jdg 9 7 TOLA Jdg 10:1-2 23 years - son of PUAH the son of DODO - lived and died at Shanir ISSACHAR 8 JAIR Jdg 10:3 22 years - had 30 sons GILEADITE 9 JEPHTHAH (Jephthae) Jdg 11:1, 11, 12:7, Heb 11:32 son of a harlot (JOSEPH) MANASSEH GILEADITE 10 IBZAN Jdg 12:8-10 7 years - of Bethlehem - 30 sons and 30 daughters - Jewish tradition identifies him as BOAZ 11 ELON Jdg 12:11 10 years ZEBULONITE 12 ABDON Jdg 12:13-15 8 years- son of HILLEL (PIRATHONITE) - called BEDAN in 1 Sa 12: sons and 30 nephews 13 SAMSON Jdg 13:2-25, 15:20, 16:30, Heb 11:32 20 years - son of MANOAH DANITE No King Jdg 17:6, 18:1, 19:1, 21:25 14 ELI 1 Sa 4:18 LEVI 15 SAMUEL 1 Sa 7:15 40 years (JOSEPH) EPHRAIM

Kings of Israel and Judah
Saul BC David Solomon Judah (and Benjamin) Israel (Ten Northern Tribes) King Reign Character Prophets 1. Rehoboam 17 years Bad Shemaiah 1. Jeroboam I 22 years Abijah 2. Abijah 3 years 2. Nadab 2 years 3. Asa 41 years Good 3. Baasha 24 years 4. Elah 5. Zimri 885 7 days 6. Omri * 12 years Elijah Micaiah 4. Jehoshaphat * 25 years 7. Ahab 5. Jehoram * 8 years 8. Ahaziah 6. Ahaziah 841 1 years 9. Joram Elisha 7. Athaliah 6 years 10. Jehu 28 years 8. Joash 40 years Joel 11. Jehoahaz Jonah Amos Hosea 9. Amaziah 29 years 12. Jehoash 16 years 10. Uzziah (Azariah) * 52 years Isaiah 13. Jeroboam II * 11. Jotham * Micah 14. Zechariah 6 mo 12. Ahaz 15. Shallum 752 1 mo 13. Hezekiah 16. Menahem 10 years 14. Manasseh * 55 years Nahum 17. Pekahiah 15. Amon Habakkuk 18. Pekah 20 years 16. Josiah 31 years Zephaniah 19. Hoshea 9 years 17. Jehoahaz 608 3 mo Jeremiah 722 BC Fall of Samaria to Assyria 18. Jehoiakim 11 years Cursed * Co-regency 19. Jehoiachin 597 3 mos Daniel 20. Zedekiah Ezekiel Destruction of Jerusalem, 9th Av, 586 BC, Babylonian Captivity

Old Testament book order
Likely timeline EZRA HOSEA MICAH ? NAHUM ? ISAIAH JEREMIAH DANIEL EZEKIEL 2 CHRONICLES – 479 YEAR 2 KINGS – 337 YEAR Chronologically Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers Deuteronomy Joshua Judges Ruth 1 Samuel 2 Samuel Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel Daniel 4 Hosea 2 Joel 3 Amos 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chronicles 2 Chronicles Ezra Nehemiah Esther Job Psalms Proverbs 9 Obadiah 1 Jonah 5 Micah 6 Nahum 8 Habakkuk 7 Zephaniah 10 Haggai 11 Zechariah 12 Malachi Old Testament book order 1 Jonah 2 Joel 3 Amos 4 Hosea 5 Micah 6 Nahum 7 Zephaniah 8 Habakkuk 9 Obadiah 10 Haggai 11 Zechariah 12 Malachi

The Panorama of History
Creation Fall of Man Flood Abraham The Exodus David Christ Israel Restored The Nation Israel The Diaspora Exile 6,000 Years? Genesis Rest of OT 400 yrs 2,000+ yrs ….. Rev Gospels Acts Epistles Old Testament New Testament

Judah Israel Babylonian Captivity Daniel 2 ah 31 Zeph hoahaz (3 mos)
The Southern Kingdom Israel The Northern Kingdom Jeroboam 22 Nadab 2 Baasha 24 Elah 2 Zimri (1 wk) Omri 12 Ahab 22 Ahaziah 2 Jehoram 12 Jehu 28 Jehoahaz 17 Jehoash 16 Jeroboam II 41 Zechariah ½ Shallum (1 mo) Menahem 10 Pekahiah 2 Pekah 20 Hoshea 9 Rehoboam 17 Abijam 3 Asa 41 Jehoshaphat 25 Jehoram 8 Ahaziah 1 Athaliah 6 Joash 40 Amaziah 29 Azariah (Uzziah) 52 Jotham 16 Ahaz 16 Hezekiah 29 Manasseh 55 Amon Josiah 31 Jehoahaz (3 mos) Jehoiakim 11 Jehoiakin (3 mos) Zedekiah 11 1st Kings 2nd Kings 1st Kings Ellijah Elisha Jonah Hosea Nahum 2nd Kings 2 ah Zeph hoahaz (3 mos) Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jehoiakin (3 mos) Habakkuk Zedekiah Obadiah Babylonian Captivity Daniel Ezekiel Joel Amos Isaiah Micah Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk Obadiah Isaiah: Called the year of Uzziah’s death; lived in reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah. Uzziah: good; long, successful reign Jotham: good; coregent with Uzziah Ahaz: very wicked Hezekiah: Good king Manasseh very wicked; (Sawn in half by Manasseh? Heb 11:37) Rabbinic tradition: Son of Amoz, brother of King Amaziah; thus cousin to King Uzziah, and grandson to King Joash; thus, of royal blood, a man of the palace. Assyrian Captivity Babylonian Captivity Daniel Ezekiel

The Southern Kingdom The Northern Kingdom Minor Prophets Nineveh
2nd Kings & 2 Chronicles 2nd Kings Minor Prophets Jehoram 8 Ahaziah 1 Athaliah 6 Joash 40 Amaziah 29 Uzziah 52 Jotham 16 Ahaz 16 Hezekiah 29 Manasseh 55 Amon 2 Josiah 31 Jehoahaz (3 mos) Jehoiakim 11 Jehoiakin (3 mos) Zedekiah 11 Jehoram 12 Jehu 28 Jehoahaz 17 Jehoash 16 Jeroboam II 41 Zechariah ½ Shallum (1 mo) Menahem 10 Pekahiah 2 Pekah 20 Hoshea 9 Elisha Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Joel Nineveh Jonah Hosea Amos Isaiah Micah Zephaniah Assyrian Captivity Jeremiah Nahum Habakkuk Obadiah Assyria falls to Babylon Babylonian Captivity Daniel Ezekiel Post-Exile Ezra Nehemiah Esther Zerubabel Haggai (400 “Silent Years”) & The New Testament Zechariah Malachi

Est. Year BC Prophet From / To Period Address Obadiah 848 / 841 Pre-Exile Edom Joel 835 / 835 Pre-Exile Judah Jonah 782 / 753 Pre-Exile Assyria Amos 760 / 753 Pre-Exile Israel Hosea 755 / 715 Pre-Exile Israel lsaiah 740 / 680 Pre-Exile Judah Micah 735 / 700 Pre-Exile Judah, Israel in Exile Judah Nahum 664 / 654 Pre-Exile Judah, Israel in Exile Assyria Zephaniah 632 / 628 Pre-Exile Judah, Israel in Exile Judah Jeremiah 627 / 580 Pre-Exile Judah, Israel in Exile Judah Habakkuk 609 / 605 Pre-Exile Judah, Israel in Exile Judah Daniel 605 / 535 Judah also In Exile Judah Ezekiel 593 / 571 Judah also In Exile Judah Haggai 520 / 520 Post-Exile Returned Jew Zechariah 520 / 480 Post-Exile Returned Jew Malachi 432 / 424 Post-Exile Returned Jew

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (1) The LORD God gave Obadiah a message about Edom, and this is what we heard: "I, the LORD, have sent a messenger with orders for the nations to attack Edom.“ (2) The LORD said to Edom: I will make you the weakest and most despised nation. (3) You live in a mountain fortress, because your pride makes you feel safe from attack, but you are mistaken. (4) I will still bring you down, even if you fly higher than an eagle or nest among the stars. I, the LORD, have spoken! The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! Let us rise against her for battle!“ (2) Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised. (3) The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your lofty dwelling, who say in your heart, "Who will bring me down to the ground?" (4) Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the LORD.

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (5) If thieves break in at night, they steal only what they want. And people who harvest grapes always leave some unpicked. But, Edom, you are doomed! (6) Everything you treasure most will be taken from you. (7) Your allies can't be trusted. They will force you out of your own country. Your best friends will trick and trap you, even before you know it. (8) Edom, when this happens, I, the LORD, will destroy all your marvelous wisdom. (5) If thieves came to you, if plunderers came by night-- how you have been destroyed!-- would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? (6) How Esau has been pillaged, his treasures sought out! (7) All your allies have driven you to your border; those at peace with you have deceived you; they have prevailed against you; those who eat your bread have set a trap beneath you-- you have no understanding. (8) Will I not on that day, declares the LORD, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (9) Warriors from the city of Teman will be terrified, and you descendants of Esau will be wiped out. (10) You were cruel to your relatives, the descendants of Jacob. Now you will be destroyed, disgraced forever. (11) You stood there and watched as foreigners entered Jerusalem and took what they wanted. In fact, you were no better than those foreigners. (12) Why did you celebrate when such a dreadful disaster struck your relatives? Why were you so pleased when everyone in Judah was suffering? (9) And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman, so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter. (10) Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever. (11) On the day that you stood aloof, on the day that strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them. (12) But do not gloat over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; do not rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; do not boast in the day of distress.

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (13) They are my people, and you were cruel to them. You went through their towns, sneering and stealing whatever was left. (14) In their time of torment, you ambushed refugees and handed them over to their attackers. (15) The day is coming when I, the LORD, will judge the nations. And, Edom, you will pay in full for what you have done. (16) I forced the people of Judah to drink the wine of my anger on my sacred mountain. Soon the neighboring nations must drink their fill-- then vanish without a trace. (13) Do not enter the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; do not gloat over his disaster in the day of his calamity; do not loot his wealth in the day of his calamity. (14) Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress. (15) For the day of the LORD is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head. (16) For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually; they shall drink and swallow, and shall be as though they had never been.

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (17) The LORD's people who escape will go to Mount Zion, and it will be holy. Then Jacob's descendants will capture the land of those who took their land. (18) Israel will be a fire, and Edom will be straw going up in flames. The LORD has spoken! (19) The people of Israel who live in the Southern Desert will take the land of Edom. Those who live in the hills will capture Philistia, Ephraim, and Samaria. And the tribe of Benjamin will conquer Gilead. (17) But in Mount Zion there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. (18) The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau stubble; they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the LORD has spoken. (19) Those of the Negeb shall possess Mount Esau, and those of the Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the land of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

CEV Obadiah 1: ESV (20) Those who return from captivity will control Phoenicia as far as Zarephath. Captives from Jerusalem who were taken to Sepharad will capture the towns of the Southern Desert. (21) Those the LORD has saved will live on Mount Zion and rule over Edom. Then the kingdom will belong to the LORD. (20) The exiles of this host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the Negeb. (21) Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to rule Mount Esau, and the kingdom shall be the LORD's.

Book of the Prophet Obadiah 1:1 [ISV]
Coming Judgment against Edom ¶ Obadiah’s [The Heb. name Obadiah means Servant of the Lord] vision: This is what the Lord God has to say about Edom. We have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger has been dispatched among the nations to say [The Heb. lacks to say] “Get up! Let us rise up against her to fight!”

Book of the Prophet Obadiah 1:2-4 [ISV]
God’s Announcement to Edom 2 ¶ “Look! I will make you insignificant among the nations; you will be utterly despised. 3 ¶ The arrogance in your heart has deceived you, who inhabit hidden places on rocky cliffs, whose dwelling is in the heights, who say continually to yourself, [Lit. continually in your heart] ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ 4 ¶ Though you soar high like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, I will bring you down even from there,” declares the Lord. [Cf ]

The Harvest from Edom’s Arrogance ¶ “If thieves came against you, if marauding gangs by night —Oh, how you will be destroyed!— Would they not steal only until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave some [The Heb. lacks some] grapes to be gleaned? 6 ¶ “Oh, how Esau is ransacked, how his hidden treasures are thoroughly [The Heb. lacks thoroughly] searched out! 7 ¶ All your allies will force you out of the land, [Lit. out to the border] your associates will deceive you and prevail against you. Your friends [Lit. Your bread; i.e. those who eat your bread] will lay out a trap for you, and you will [The Heb. lacks you will] never understand it!

The Harvest from Edom’s Arrogance 8 ¶ “In that day,” declares the Lord, “will I not destroy the wise from Edom, and those with understanding from Esau’s Mountain? 9 ¶ Teman, our mighty soldiers will be dismayed, so that every man from Esau’s Mountain will be slaughtered.” [Lit. will be cut off by slaughter]

Judgment for Edom’s Cruelty to Jacob 10 ¶ “Shame will overwhelm you because of the violence you inflicted on your brother Jacob, and you will be excluded [Lit. cut off] forever. ¶ “On the day you just stood by, [Or stood in opposition] when [Lit. in the day] strangers carried away Jacob’s [Lit. his] wealth and foreigners entered his gates, casting lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. 12 ¶ “You should not have gloated over your brother, [Lit. in the day of your brother] on the day of his calamity. You should not have rejoiced when [Lit. in the day] the descendants of Judah were perishing. You should not have boasted [Lit. have let your mouth boast] when [Lit. in the day] they were in distress.

Judgment for Edom’s Cruelty to Jacob 13 ¶ “You should not have entered the gate of my people on the day of their disaster. [The Heb. words their disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom] Also, you should not have gloated over Judah’s [13 Lit. his] misfortune on the day of his disaster, [The Heb. words his disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom] nor should you have plundered his wealth on the day of his disaster. [The Heb. words his disaster may be a word play on the Heb. word Edom] 14 ¶ And you should not have taken your stand at the crossroads to cut down his fleeing refugees, nor should you have handed over his survivors on the day of his distress.”

The Lord’s Judgment and Israel’s Final Victory 15 ¶ “Indeed, the Day of the Lord approaches all nations. As you have done it will be done to you— your deeds will return to haunt you! [Lit. return on your own head] 16 ¶ Just as you have drunk from the cup of my wrath [The Heb. lacks from the cup of my wrath] upon my holy mountain, so will all nations drink from the cup of my wrath [The Heb. lacks from the cup of my wrath] perpetually. They will drink, they will gulp it down, and they will be as if they had never existed! 17 ¶ “But there will be a delivered remnant on Mount Zion. There will be holiness, and the house of Jacob will take back their possessions.

The Lord’s Judgment and Israel’s Final Victory 18 ¶ “The house of Jacob will be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau will be kindling. Then Jacob and Joseph [Lit. They] will burn and consume Esau, [Lit. them] and no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” Indeed, the Lord has spoken it. 19 ¶ “Those in the Negev [I.e. the southern regions of the Sinai peninsula; cf. Josh 10:40] will possess Esau’s Mountain, and those in the Shephelah [I.e. the verdant central lowlands of Israel; cf. Josh 10:40] the Philistines. They will possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, while Benjamin will possess the territory of [The Heb. lacks will possess the territory of] Gilead.

The Lord’s Judgment and Israel’s Final Victory 20 ¶ The exiles, the Israeli host, will possess the territory of the [The Heb. lacks the territory of] Canaanites all the way to Zarephath. The exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad [I.e. perhaps Sardis, capital of Lydia, Saparda in eastern Assyria, Sparta in Greece, or a location in Spain (so Targ of Jonathan)] will possess the cities of the Negev. [I.e. the southern regions of the Sinai peninsula; cf. Josh 10:40] ¶ Deliverers will assemble on Mount Zion to judge Esau’s Mountain, and to the Lord will the kingdom belong!”

Obadiah From Southern Kingdom Destruction of Edom
Esau: “Red”; Mt Seir (South of Dead Sea to Gulf of Aqaba) Bozrah (Petra, Sela) Capital Fierce, cruel, proud, profane Enemy of Israel Num 20:14-22 Active alliance with Israel’s destroyers Sentence: Poetic justice Extinction Nabateans (Arab tribe) …

Obadiah: Poetic Justice
Edom had indulged in treachery Edom would perish through treachery Edom had seized a chance to rob Judah Edom would be robbed Edom had indulged in violence Edom would perish by slaughter Edom sought the utter destruction of Israel Edom would be utterly destroyed; extinct. (And it is.) Edom had sought to dispossess Jerusalem Edom would be possessed by the remnant 5 years after they had helped raze Jerusalem, they felt the yoke of Babylon. Thereupon, the Nabateans, and Arabian tribe occupied Petra, their capital.Later, in 312 BC, Anigonus, one of the generals of Alexander the Great crushed these people and despoiled Petra. Later, the remaining Edomites sustained crushing defeats from Judas Maccabaeus; Josephus tells us that still later Alexander Jannaeus completed their ruin. They became absorbed in desert tribes; Origen (3rd Century AD) spoke of them as a people whose name and language had perished. Obadiah’s prophecy had been fulfilled.

Obadiah: The “Natural Man”
Cain – Abel Antipathy to redemption Religion of culture Ishmael – Isaac Self-life vs. Spiritual Gal 4:29 Esau – Jacob Red horse, red dragon, scarlet beast Rev 6, 12, 17 Edom a form of Adom adomah: Flesh Pride, defiance, ambition, hatred, violence, cruelty, self- deception Rom 6:6-14; Gal 5:17-25. Type of all nations hostile to God

Obadiah Contents Obadiah 1-21 The Sinful Pride Of The Edomites
God's Trouble For Esau (verses 1-16) (a) They were proud (b) They weren't their brothers' keeper 2. God's Triumph For Jacob (verses 17-21) Flesh and spirit Tables turned (c) The Man from Petra

Obadiah 1:1-5 KJV 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. 2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. 3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. 5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grape gatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

Obadiah KJV 6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! 7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? 9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. 10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

Obadiah KJV 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

Obadiah KJV 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. 17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

Obadiah KJV 18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. 21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

Obadiah: When and Where
Written in the year 586 BC in the city of Jerusalem during the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonian armies. The book of Habbakuk, looks at how the nation of Judah was taken from their homeland and from Jerusalem as captives to Babylon for 70 years. In Obadiah the children of Judah are still in Jerusalem, they are still in their land, but the people and the city are being sacked.

Obadiah: Who There are twelve Obadiahs in the word of God.
We know very little about any of them Obadiah means 'the servant of the Lord‘ We don't even know if this was his real name, It may have been just a title that he had taken to himself As a prophet of God, the Obadiah of this book, and all the other eleven Obadiahs, were men of God, They were believers of God and They were servants of God.

Obadiah: Man of Mystery
We know very little about the background of Obadiah, We don’t know what tribe he’s from, We don’t know about his mother or father, We don’t even know his everyday profession, We don't know where he’s come from or how he lived. God is not as much concerned about the messenger of the Lord as He is about the message of the Lord. “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Joh_3:30 John the Baptist, That's the job description of the prophet of God. Anyone claiming to be a prophet of God who talks about ‘ me, my, and mine and everything that I have done and the achievements that I have had in my life' is not the true messenger of God. He is more concerned with the messenger than the message.

Obadiah: The Situation
The Babylonian army has surrounded Jerusalem, soldiers gathering around its walls, they are plundering the walls, they have entered the city, there is fire, there is smoke rising from the midst of it, they are slaying the people, there is rape, there is pillage, the city is burning in embers. Within and around the city there is a group of Edomite people, a neighboring people, and they are not being harmed. As the children of Judah are being destroyed, as the whole of the holy city is wrecked, these Edomite citizens are standing by watching as it all goes on.

Obadiah: Active observers
The word of God would lead us to believe that the Edomites are not simply passively standing by, They are shouting, taunting, encouraging the Babylonians as they're sacking the city, to burn the city, to destroy the city, to do their worst to the city, to leave not one rock or stone upon another, not to leave one Jewish life alive. Psalm 137:7-9 describes the cheering shouts of the Edomites 7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." 8 O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. 9 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.

Obadiah: What’s an Edomite?
The Edomites were the brothers - cousins of the Judeans. They are the descendants of Esau, Jacob's older brother. Gen 25:21-26 21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. 23 The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger.“ 24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them.

‘Warring’ nations / peoples are being born
Even as they were in Rebekah's womb they were battling. She thought that a world war had broken out within her womb! The babies, the twins, were kicking at one another, fighting for position She went to the Lord, got on her knees and asked, 'Lord what's going on?'. The Lord told her, 'There are two nations within thy womb, two peoples.' When she was in the pangs of birth, Esau came out first and he was red, he was ruddy so they gave him the name Esau. After him came his younger brother Jacob, but as he came out of the womb, he was holding onto the heel of his brother Esau as if attempting to pull him back and be born first – a heel grabber…

Jacob and Esau Jacob means 'twister', it means 'grasper‘ - he grasped at everything he could get. He tried to get everything by the strength of his arm, and by his wit, rather than the promise of Almighty God. Looking at Esau and Jacob you would see that Esau was the strongest. Esau appeared to be the man with more potential, the man with more promise, rather than scheming, wicked Jacob. Throughout all their lifetime they bickered, they struggled, they strove one against another. From the very womb when Jacob was grasping at the heel of Esau and what Esau possessed…

Jacob the deceiver, the truth twister.
One day Esau came out from hunting and he was “starving”! Jacob had finished preparing a bowl of lentils, a bowl of pottage. Esau glibly and carelessly sold Jacob his birthright for that food. Jacob thought, ‘if I can get the birthright of the firstborn son, then I have double everything.’ Not only did Jacob get the birthright, but a little later, he duped his own father Isaac out of the blessing of the firstborn son. Jacob dressed up in the camels hair, and went with the smell of the earth upon him. He asked his father Isaac - pretending he was Esau - for the blessing of the firstborn son, He cheated his older brother out of it. Jacob, the clever manipulator, always got the upper hand over Esau.

Jacob I loved…Esau I hated
Rom 9:13 Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." Mal 1:1-3 The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi "I have loved you," says the LORD. But you say, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet I have loved Jacob; 3 but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness." Does it mean that God really actually hated Esau? That's what it says! The amazing thing that is so difficult to understand is not the fact that God hated Esau, The mysterious thing is the fact that God loved Jacob.

God hates ??? God has a right to hate us all, hasn't He?
We're sinners in His eyes, We've rebelled against Him, He has a right to hate us. God does hate sin and the wrath of God abides on the sinner unless they repent of it, believe in the Lord Jesus as their living redeemer who took their sins upon Himself and placed His righteousness upon us in exchange. The mystery of the Gospel is that the God of Jacob is our refuge. It doesn't say the God of Esau, The God of the wise It doesn't say the God of the strong,, The God of the good, The God of the theologically apt, The God of the moral, It says the God of Jacob is our refuge. Jacob and Esau were rivals throughout their lives. And their progeny became two problem nations.

God hates: The sin of PRIDE
The oldest sin on the face of God's earth is The worst sin you can commit before God is Pride is the seed of all sin. Pride: turned an angel into a devil. Pride: depopulated the very realms of Heaven. Pride: emptied the beautiful, idyllic, peaceful Garden of Eden. Pride: brought the Savior to the cross and made Him suffer and die as a necessity for forgiveness. Pride: keeps the sinners heart closed to the salvation of God and keeps him on a wide road to an eternal hell. Pride is that sin that populates hell. PRIDE

Obadiah 1:2 Proud of yourself? Get ready to lose everything
Behold, I will make you small among the nations; A child starts throwing tantrums because they want something, they stamp their feet, and they wave their arms very early in life Sin is lurking in that small, beautiful, innocent looking child. The seed of pride – selfish pride – is at the root of it’s and our demanding, sinful actions. God through Obadiah says to the Edomites: ‘You're small. I, the Almighty God have made you small. Yet in all your smallness, in all your insignificance you are still full of pride'. Obadiah comes with God's message: God has trouble for Esau. God has vengeance and is declaring vengeance upon these people of Edom because they were proud.

Obadiah 1:2 You are despised…
... You are greatly despised. Prideful attitudes and the actions that result are detestable to God. He detests pride. The prideful are greatly despised in His sight, The pride of mortal men is an abomination to God. Eventually they will be defeated, destroyed by Almighty God! Think !! What do we have to have to be proud about? Gal 6:14 …may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…. The Christian prerogative is not pride, but humility. 2Ch 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Isaiah 34 5 For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens; behold, it descends for judgment upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. 6 The LORD has a sword; it is sated with blood; it is gorged with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom. 7 Wild oxen shall fall with them, and young steers with the mighty bulls. Their land shall drink its fill of blood, and their soil shall be gorged with fat. 8 For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. 9 And the streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her soil into sulfur; her land shall become burning pitch. 10 Night and day it shall not be quenched; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever. 11 But the hawk and the porcupine shall possess it, the owl and the raven shall dwell in it. He shall stretch the line of confusion over it, and the plumb line of emptiness.

Isaiah 34 12 Its nobles--there is no one there to call it a kingdom, and all its princes shall be nothing. 13 Thorns shall grow over its strongholds, nettles and thistles in its fortresses. It shall be the haunt of jackals, an abode for ostriches. 14 And wild animals shall meet with hyenas; the wild goat shall cry to his fellow; indeed, there the night bird settles and finds for herself a resting place. 15 There the owl nests and lays and hatches and gathers her young in her shadow; indeed, there the hawks are gathered, each one with her mate. 16 Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them. 17 He has cast the lot for them; his hand has portioned it out to them with the line; they shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it.

Jeremiah 49 7 Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Is wisdom no more in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom vanished? 8 Flee, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan! For I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time when I punish him. 9 If grape-gatherers came to you, would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only enough for themselves? 10 But I have stripped Esau bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he is not able to conceal himself. His children are destroyed, and his brothers, and his neighbors; and he is no more. 11 Leave your fatherless children; I will keep them alive; and let your widows trust in me." 12 For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink. 13 For I have sworn by myself, declares the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a horror, a taunt, a waste, and a curse, and all her cities shall be perpetual wastes." 14 I have heard a message from the LORD, and an envoy has been sent among the nations: "Gather yourselves together and come against her, and rise up for battle! 15 For behold, I will make you small among the nations, despised among mankind.

Jeremiah 49 16 The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, declares the LORD. 17 "Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters. 18 As when Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities were overthrown, says the LORD, no man shall dwell there, no man shall sojourn in her. 19 Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan against a perennial pasture, I will suddenly make him run away from her. And I will appoint over her whomever I choose. For who is like me? Who will summon me? What shepherd can stand before me? 20 Therefore hear the plan that the LORD has made against Edom and the purposes that he has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Even the little ones of the flock shall be dragged away. Surely their fold shall be appalled at their fate. 21 At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; the sound of their cry shall be heard at the Red Sea. 22 Behold, one shall mount up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against Bozrah, and the heart of the warriors of Edom shall be in that day like the heart of a woman in her birth pains."

Adam, Esau, to Edom  Red Gen 25:25 Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. Esau was the forefather of the Edomites The word Edom means 'red'. The word 'Edom' is derived from the Hebrew word 'Adam'. The Hebrew word 'Adam' means 'man'. When you read in the Old Testament scriptures that God made man, the Hebrew word often is 'Adam'. Look at Esau’s life and the portrayal of the Edomites here in the book of Obadiah and you can see that the old Adamic nature that was alive and well in them

Genesis 25:19-34 Just as Adam means man, formed from the earth,
Esau was earthy, profane, proud, filthy, cruel, a man of the earth, He was a farmer and a herdsman, a hunter. He was an outdoorsman. Jacob on the other hand was a man that stayed at home. When Esau came in from the field that day, the very thing that he should have held dear to his heart as his most valued possession – his birthright - he sold for a bowl of red bean soup. He traded his right to the double portion to Jacob for one measly, earthly, bowl of porridge You see in Esau’s life the old Adamic nature expressed clearly by what he held to be of value and what he held to be unimportant.

Numbers 20 The Edomites and Israel
Moses and Israel was wandering through the wilderness for forty years. As they were going to and fro that the Edomites wouldn't even let them wander through their land. The Edomites were holding onto that old Adamic nature and wouldn’t let go of it. They were full of the sin of pride They were completely unconcerned with the need of the Israelites in Moses day and the Judeans of Obadiah’s day. They didn't care what was going to happen to Judah. Now the Edomites passive callousness, apathy and lack of concern for their Israelite cousings had given way to open acts of alliance with Jerusalem's destroyers and enemies.

Obadiah 1:3 Arrogance We are strong militarily, no one can touch us…
"The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to earth?‘ The capital city of Edom was the city of Petra, In Greek, Petra means 'rock‘. Petra was carved out of the side of a great mountain. The Edomite nation and army prided themselves in the fact that none of their enemies could get at them because they were in the cleft of the rock. The impregnable nature of their city, militarily and politically, added to a spiritual pride of their souls. 'Who shall bring me down to the ground?‘, v2. That led to a defiance before God like those that built the Titanic, 'Not even God can sink our ship'!

Obadiah 1:3 Self deceived…
"The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, Their trust in their own strength and ability had blinded them to truth. They had deceived themselves. The prideful unconverted sinner is deceived in all his ways. He thinks his life is impregnable, He thinks that no one can take his life and lifestyle from him, He is motivated by pride from the very depths of his being, He is defiant, He hates those that love God and anything to do with God. His prideful cruelty is rampant all across our world, 2Co 4:4 in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. Their pride, like the pride of Satan their father that fell before them, has blinded them to their nature.

Obadiah 1:4 Ain’t I sumpfin’…
Mankind is always so proud of their own achievements, everything that they have done, But we can't just leave it with satifaction, Our pride leads to defiance and we have to challenge God to see who is the greatest, Mankind or God? The Created or the Creator? "Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. They said: 'We're going to soar like an eagle and not even God Almighty's going to keep us back. We're going to set our name across the stars, we're going to rise high, we will defy all things, all men, all gods' - their ambition had no bounds.

Obadiah 1:7 Friends and Enemies
"All the men allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.) God is against them not only because of their pride, but because they were not their brother's keeper. These Edomites were not simply standing idly by around as Jerusalem was being sacked, they had allied themselves with Judah's enemies. God warns them that their so called ‘friends’ and ‘allies’ would turn on them and attack to destroy the Edomites too. In their pride, they just could not see the true nature of their allies nor the coming result of their own actions.

Obadiah 1:10 You are your brothers keeper, act like it...
10 "Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever. They hated those that God loved as His children of promise. Jacob had the promises of God, and the Edomites - those who had the father of Esau - didn't like it. They didn't like that the Israelites were the children of promise. Like the world today, they're fighting God, they're laying their hand on those that are the children of God, the children of promise. They hate those that love and live for God.

Obadiah 1:10-11 Abuse and violence are not spectator sports…
10 "Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever. 11 "On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem -- You too were as one of them. The Edomites stood off, away from the action, and watched. They stood on the sidelines and did nothing of aid Israel. Through their passivity, doing nothing, God charges them with taking part in the crime.

Luke 10:25-37 The Good Samaritan
A priest and then a Levite both walked by and just looked at the man that was lying bathed in blood having been beaten and robbed. The Lord Jesus Christ accused them of being guilty of the crime of mercilessness through their passivity, their idleness, their standing by and doing nothing. Matthew 25:31-45 God was saying to the house of Esau, to the Edomites, 'Your brother Jacob here is being sacked by Babylon and you stand by and watch it all happen!. Even worse, you applaud it. You are just as guilty as those doing the sacking and causing the destruction and you will be punished for this abuse of Israel too.’

Obadiah 1:11-14 Because another fails, it doesn’t elevate you…
11 "On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them. 12 "Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress. 13 "Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not loot their wealth In the day of their disaster. "Do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress. There was awesome cruelty. Their sin of pride led to actions of cruelty toward Israel, their cousins.

Obadiah 1:12 What makes you glad ???
"Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress. Not only were they watching the destruction take place, they were rejoicing at the downfall of their brother. Pro 24: Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18 Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him. I’m not to rejoice when my enemy encounters trouble, how much less when my family, friends and neighbor is suffering! Their brother, cousin Israel, was being murdered in the streets and they were cheering at the sidelines, 'Raze it up! Raze it up! Let not one of them live!'. Ps 137:7-9

Obadiah 1:12 No spectators allowed.
The Christian has put on the new nature have to put the Adamic nature to death we just have we don't to let the new man in Christ Jesus reign within our souls. Expressing our new nature, we are to rejoice in the truth, not in iniquity. 1Co_13:6 Charity does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth, Php_2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 1Jn 3:17 But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? As the children of God, we must be our brothers keeper

Obadiah 1:13 Do not seek gain from another’s calamity…
13 "Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not loot their wealth In the day of their disaster. The Edomites were following behind the Babylonians They were looting, They robbed the wealth of the sacked city, They were enriching themselves While Israel was being beaten and robbed.

Obadiah 1:14 Aid the innocent escaping refugees Not the evil pursuers
"Do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress. They actually hindered the escape of the Judeans, Any Israelite that escaped they helped to round them up and handed them back to the Babylonians!

Obadiah 1:15-16 They got drunk on the spoils on God’s mountain
Obadiah 1:15-16 They got drunk on the spoils on God’s mountain. As you have done, it shall be done to you. 15 "For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. "Because just as you drank on My holy mountain, All the nations will drink continually. They will drink and swallow And become as if they had never existed. When it was all finished the Edomites got to the wine vats. They drank themselves full into drunken in celebration because of what had happened to their brothers. As they acted and treated Israel, so it will be returned to them.

Obadiah 1:17-21 17 "But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions. 18 "Then the house of Jacob will be a fire And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set them on fire and consume them, So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken. 19 Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain; Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Will possess the cities of the Negev. The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the LORD'S.

The flesh and the spirit.
Obadiah 1:17-21 God’s got Israel’s back – He will deliver them at Edom’s expense. Not only was there trouble coming from God for Esau but there was God's triumph for Jacob. Esau and Jacob were more than brothers and the Edomites and the Judeans were more than nations, they represent two opposing forces within the whole of the word of God. The flesh and the spirit.

Obadiah 1:17-21 God’s choice - Internal not external
Esau was strong and good-looking, he had everything going for him outwardly speaking, Externally, from the fleshly side, everything was on his plate. Internally, spiritually, he was empty Jacob was the twister, Jacob was the one who stayed at home. Externally, from the fleshly side, Jacob did everything wrong. Internally, spiritually, he sought more. Still God choose Jacob! Our God is the God of Jacob, our God is the God of grace 'I choose you not because of your merit. I choose you not because of your goodness, or anything to do with the externalities of your being, I choose you because I wanted to. I choose you because it is My choice'.

Obadiah 1 Not for what we are but what we can be in Him.
The grace of God is astounding, unfathomable We serve the God of Jacob. Our salvation is by grace through faith, nothing more, nothing less, all down of history our salvation has been this: By grace alone and by grace alone. Eph 2:4-10 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.

Obadiah 1 Cain and Abel Pairs – God choice is according to His plans
Throughout the word of God, especially in the Old Testament, there are pairs of sons. There's Cain and Abel Cain was carnal, fleshly. Abel was spiritual. Cain rose up against Abel and killed him. Cain wanted the religion of culture, he wanted the religion by his own hands, by his own works, by the flesh, he was controlled by the same spirit as the Edomites. Cain was a forefather, an ancestor of Esau who would live by the same doctrine, a redemptionless Gospel of pride, hatred, and self. Throughout all of history those that are twice born are persecuted by them that are once born.

That's religion, it’s of the flesh and God hates it
Obadiah 1 Ishmael and Isaac Pairs – God choice is according to His plans We see the same relationship in Ishmael and Isaac. Abraham was ninety-nine and he was walking around thinking: 'This is some promise. Ninety-nine years of age and my wife's not too far behind and we've been promised a child be God! At my age? He's called me. He's changed my name from 'father' to 'father of many'! And I'm 99 years of age!'. Sarah says, 'Come on do something about it, here's my handmaid Hagar, take her, sleep with her and rise up a seed to your name - do something about God's promise'. And he went in to Hagar, slept with her and Ishmael was born. But Ishmael was cursed and his seed is cursed for he was the child of the flesh and not the child of God’s promise. That's religion, it’s of the flesh and God hates it

Obadiah 1 Easu and Jacob Pairs – God choice is according to His plans
After Ishmael and Isaac there's Esau and Jacob. Speaking of Jacob, he is the child of promise. Esau spoke of all that was external, he looked right, on the outward appearance he was acceptable, but in the depths of his soul there was the old Adamic nature that says: 'I'll do it my way'. Edom means 'red'. Look at 'red' throughout the whole of the word of God, you'll find a red horse, a red dragon, a scarlet woman and a scarlet beast none of them are good. each doing things in the way that seemed right to them rather than trusting and submitting to God and His ways

Obadiah 1 The sin of pride…
I hope you're not trying to do it by the flesh, because that's the biggest mistake you could ever make. That's the mistake Cain made, the mistake Ishmael and even Abraham made at first, it's the mistake that Esau made, To think that by your own actions you can merit the grace of God, That you can merit salvation or forgiveness, That you can merit the smile or the shine of God You can't do it! It's only the blood of Christ, that's all

Obadiah 1 Relationship not Religion
Are you saved? Is Jesus your Lord? Your living Lord? The same way that you're saved by grace, you have to live by grace. It's not a matter of being saved by the blood of Christ and then trying to do your best on your own ignoring Him from then on… That's what the Judaizers tried to do, 'Oh, we're saved by the cross but you've got to keep on going, you've got to do more than that'. Having been born again, don’t sell your birthright in Christ for a bowl of the fleshly pleasures of this world.

Obadiah 1 Herod – the Edomite usurper King
Herod the Great, all the Herods in the New Testament were Edomites. The first Herod that we read of killed all the young Jewish boys in Jerusalem attempting eliminated Jesus the Christ and perserve his own rule and thrown. Herod, an Edomite, a man of the flesh, a man of Esau, a man of the Adamite race, he's there trying to kill the Son of the Spirit. Another Herod, also an Edomite takes the head off John the Baptist, the one who would clear the way for the Son of the Spirit. And still another Herod kills the Apostle James because he's preaching the message of the spirit and not the flesh. The Arabs at this moment of time have their hand around the throat of the Jew and it all goes back to Genesis 25.

Galatians 5 The sin of pride… the flesh vs the spirit
Gal 5:14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." Gal 5:16-17 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. If you're a true believer you have this 'atomic bomb' of a war going on within your soul. The glorious thing is that we have the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Romans 7:14-25

Obadiah 1 You have the Spirit! Does the Spirit have you?
Someone asked a man, ‘Why does D.L. Moody have such a monopoly of the Holy Spirit?', The man rightly turned around to him and said: 'Sir, you couldn't be further from the truth, the Holy Spirit has a monopoly of D.L. Moody'. God has given you His all! How much of you does God have?

Obadiah 1 Sowing and Reaping
Not only was this eternal battle, typified here, between the flesh and the spirit, but the tables were going to be turned, because God says in verse 15, in verse 5, 6, 7, 10, and 18, right through all His descriptions of the Edomites that God was going to treat them the way that they treated the Jews. They had betrayed Israel so they would be betrayed by their allies. They had robbed them and they would be robbed by their enemies. They had let them be destroyed by the Babylonians and the Edomites would be destroyed by the Babylonians one day. Edom was going to reap what they'd sowed.

Galations 6:7-8 Sowing and Reaping
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. We reap what we sow, good or bad. That's not just personal --- it's national.

Isaiah 63:1-4 The Messiah Comes from Bozrah
'Who is this, that cometh from Edom', [note that, cometh from Edom, ] 'with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? I have trodden', he says, 'the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come'. He is coming from Edom, from Bozrah, Bozrah an the ancient name for the capital of Edom - Petra. No matter who they, the enemies of God are going to see that there's one that's going to come out of their coasts and out of their capital cities covered in red and it's going to be our Savior. He's not covered in the red of His own blood, but He's covered in the blood of them that have rejected Him

You set your own payback…
Mat_6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Mat_7:1-2 Judge not, that ye be not judged For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Mat 25:31-46 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me…. 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. Mar_11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.

You set your own payback…
Luk_6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 1Co_11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. 2Co_9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Gal_6:7-8 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

Isaiah 63:1-4 The flesh is dead – bury it in your mind
One day the flesh, the world, and the devil is going to be defeated by the hand of the Lord Jesus Christ. He's already done it for the believer at the cross, Our old nature still raises its head from day to day, But, there's a day coming when it will be put to the grave for good and there'll be no resurrection for it.

Isaiah 63:1-4 The flesh is dead – bury it in your mind
A doctor was once asked the significance of God's touching Jacob's thigh upon the sinew. He replied that the sinew of the thigh is the strongest part of the human body. A horse could scarcely tear them apart. God has to break us at our strongest point, the strongest part of our fleshly life if He's going to bless us and if He's going to have His way with us. And the source of a dissatisfied life is an unsurrendered life.

Obadiah David Legge Majoring On The Minors - Obadiah
"The Pride Of The Edomites" Copyright by Pastor David Legge Prophets to the Gentiles: Jonah, Nahum & Obadiah compiled by Chuck Missler © 2011 Koinonia House Inc. Bibliography Allen, Leslie C., The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids MI, 1976, p.278. Boice, James Montgomery, The Minor Prophets (2 vols), Zondervan Publishing Co., Grand Rapids MI, 1986. Dean, W. J., Micah, The Pulpit Commentary, Vol 15, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids MI, 1950. Feinberg, Charles L., The Minor Prophets, Moody Press, Chicago IL, 1948

Obadiah Bibliography Finley, Thomas J., Joel, Amos, Obadiah, The Wycliffe Exegetical Commentary, Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1990. Fruchtenbaum, A. G. (1983). Vol. 74: The Messianic Bible Study Collection (12). Tustin, Calif.: Ariel Ministries Gesenius, William, Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon, ed. S. P. Tregelles, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, MI, 1957. Ironside, H.A., Notes on the Minor Prophets, Loizeaux Brothers, New Jersey, 1909. Jamieson, Robert, Faucett, A.R., & Brown, David, Commentary of the Old and New Testaments, 6 vols., Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 1948. Josephus, Wars of the Jews, VI.9.2; Antiquities, XII, 7.3; also 1 Mac 3:41; 2 Mac 8:11, 25.

Obadiah Bibliography Keil, C.F., & Delitcsch, F., Commentary on the Old Testament, 10 vols., trans. from the German, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 1976. Orelli, C.V., The Twelve Minor Prophets, Kock & Klock Christian Publisher, Minneapolis MN, 1897. Pfeiffer, Charles F., The Wycliffe Bible Commentary: Old Testament, Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1962. Pusey, E. B., The Minor Prophets, 2 Vols, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids MI, 1950. Rosenberg, Rabbi A. J., The Twelve Prophets, Vol 2, Judaica Press, New York, 1992. Salus, Bill, Isralestine, High Way/Anomalos Publishing House, Crane, 2008. Spence, H. D. M. and Joseph S. Exell, ed., The Pulpit Commentary, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI, 1950.

Obadiah Bibliography Theological Dictionary of The Old Testament, Gerhard Kittel (ed.), William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI 1978. Unger, Unger’s Commentary on the Old Testament, Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1981, 2: Von Orelli, C., The Twelve Minor Prophets, (reprint of T& T Clark, 1897) Klock & Klock Christian Publisher, Minneapolis MN, 1977 reprint. Walvoord, John F., The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures, Victor Books, Wheaton, IL 1983-c1985. Wiersbe, Warren W., Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the Old Testament, Victor Books, Wheaton, IL, 1993.

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