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Obadiah

“Servant of Yahweh”

Timeline of the Writing Prophets

Obadiah Joel Jonah Hosea Amos Isaiah Micah Nahum Zephaniah Jeremiah Habakkuk Daniel Ezekiel Haggai Zechariah Malachi 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750 800 850

First pride, then the crash - the bigger the ego, the harder the fall.

Proverbs 16:18 (The Message)

Outline

Sibling Rivalry A Famous Edomite Edom, a place of refuge

And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

22 The children struggled together within her, and she said, “If it is thus,

why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

23 And the Lord said to her,

“Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger.” When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob.

Esau and Jacob (Edom and Israel): Genesis 25

Esau (Genesis 25-27)

Marries two Hittite women that made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah Skillful hunter, a man of the fields Sells his birthright for some red stew Cheated out of his birthright blessing Also known as Edom (Red) Genesis 36

“May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!”

Jacob’s Blessing: Genesis 27:28-29

““Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high. By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck.”

Esau’s Blessing: Genesis 27:39-40

The Landscape of Edom

• Arid country between Dead and

Red Seas

• Currently part of Israel and Jordan
• Petra: capital city

Edom (845 BC)

Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: “Thus says your brother Israel: .. here we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your

• territory. Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through

field or vineyard, or drink water from a well. We will go along the King's

• Highway. We will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we

have passed through your territory.” But Edom said to him, “You shall not pass through, lest I come out with the sword against you.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong

• force. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory,

so Israel turned away from him.

Edom Refuses Passage for Israel: Numbers 20

1 The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says Adonai Yahweh concerning Edom: We have heard a report from the Yahweh , 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.

Edom Will Be Humbled: Obadiah 1

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.

Edom is Proud, Very Proud

Petra

Petra

Petra

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.

Edom Will Be Pillaged

8 Will I not on that day, declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of Mount Esau?

9 And your mighty men shall be dismayed, O Teman,

so that every man from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter.

Edom Will Be Pillaged

Petra

Petra

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,

• n 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.

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

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.

Edom’s Violence Against Jacob

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. 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.

The Day of the LORD Is Near

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.

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.

The Kingdom of the LORD

Idumea

Herod the Great (44 - 4 BC)

An Edomite (Idumea) Herod’s temple 19 BC King of the Jews

Caesarea Maritime

Masada

Masada: Herod’s Winter Palace

Herod’s Temple

But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you’ve read Daniel, you’ll know what I’m talking about. If you’re living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you’re working in the yard, don’t return to the house to get anything; if you’re out in the field, don’t go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won’t happen during the winter or on a Sabbath.

Daniel 11:41

He shall come into the glorious land. And tens of thousands shall fall, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom and Moab and the main part of the Ammonites.

Hope at Last: Matthew 24:15-16

The Woman gave birth to a Son who will shepherd all nations with an iron rod. Her Son was seized and placed safely before God on his

• Throne. The Woman herself escaped to the desert to a place of safety

prepared by God, all comforts provided her for 1,260 days.

Revelation 12:6

Petra: One of the 7 Wonders of the World

What Can We Learn?

Pride deceives What you sow Remnant Rules

The pride of your heart has deceived you (3) As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head. The remnant of the saved in Mount Zion will go into the mountains of Esau And rule justly and fairly, a rule that honors God’s kingdom.