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1 Prophecy of Obadiah Obadiah The book of Obadiah is only 21 verses long, but it gives us the greatest detail on the role of Christendom in Jacob s trouble than all other prophecies. 1

2 Obadiah There are 13 individuals in the Old Testament named Obadiah. Which one wrote the book of Obadiah is unknown. Volume 4 pages 14, 15 Edom, it will be remembered, was the name given to Esau, the twin brother of Jacob, after he sold his birthright. The name was also subsequently applied both to the people descended from him and to the country in which they settled. 2

Volume 4 pages 14, 15 Consequently, the name Edom is an appropriate symbol of a class who, in this age, have similarly sold their birthright; and that, too, for a consideration as trifling as

3 Volume 4 pages 14, 15 Consequently, the name Edom is an appropriate symbol of a class who, in this age, have similarly sold their birthright; and that, too, for a consideration as trifling as the mess of pottage which influenced Esau. Volume 4 page 17 The symbolic Edom of prophecy corresponds to the symbolic Babylon of Revelation, and of the prophecies of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel. 3

4 Israel Ammon Judah Dead Sea Moab 1. EDOM = Christendom overall Political, Religious, Civil, Financial, Social, Etc. 2. BOZRAH (Capital of Edom) = Religious Segment of Christendom 3. MOUNT SEIR = Civil Governments of Christendom 4. TEMAN = Church State Union of Christendom 4

5 Isaiah 34:6 ASV 6 The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. Volume 4 page 17,18 As all of the land of Edom symbolizes all of Christendom, so its capital city, Bozrah, represented Ecclesiasticism, the chief citadel of Christendom. The prophet represents the Lord as a victorious warrior who makes a great slaughter in Edom, and specially in Bozrah. The name Bozrah signifies sheepfold. Bozrah is even yet noted for its goats, and the slaughter of this day of vengeance is said to be of the lambs and goats. (Isa. 34:6) The goats would correspond to the tares, while the lambs would represent the tribulation saints (Rev. 7:14; 1 Cor. 3:1). 5

6 1. EDOM = Christendom overall Political, Religious, Civil, Financial, Social, Etc. 2. BOZRAH (Capital of Edom) = Religious Segment of Christendom by itself. 3. MOUNT SEIR = Civil Government of Christendom by itself, as separate from the Church element. Mountains Represent Governments 6

7 1. MOUNT SEIR = Civil Governments of Christendom 2. BOZRAH = Religious Element by itself Joshua 24:4 I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it. 7

) For they are the spirits of devils, which go forth to gather the whole world to the battle of that great day of

8 Revelation 16:13,14 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, (Civil Government), and out of the mouth of the beast, (Papacy), and out of the mouth of the false prophet (Protestant Church Federation.) For they are the spirits of devils, which go forth to gather the whole world to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. Revelation 18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, and she shall be utterly burned with fire: 8

Ezekiel 35:3,4 NE Behold mount Seir, I am against you: I will make you a desolate waste thus you shall know that I am

9 Revelation 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning. Ezekiel 35:3,4 NE Behold mount Seir, I am against you: I will make you a desolate waste thus you shall know that I am the LORD. For you have maintained an immemorial feud and handed over the Israelites to the sword in the hour of their doom, at the time of their final punishment. 9

10 Ezekiel 35:10-13 NE The two nations and the two countries (Judah and Israel now united) shall be mine and I will take possession of them The mountains of Israel are desolate (after Gog has ransacked Israel,) and have been given to us to devour. Ezekiel 35:14,15 NE These are the words of the Lord God: I will make you so desolate that the whole world will gloat (rejoice) over you. I will do to you as you did to Israel my own possession when you gloated (rejoiced) over its desolation. O mount Seir, you will be desolate, and it will be the end of all Edom. Thus men will know that I am the LORD. 10

11 1. EDOM = Christendom overall 2. BOZRAH = Nominal Religious Element of Christendom 3. MOUNT SEIR = Civil or Governmental aspect of Christendom Obadiah 1-6 NAS 1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom We have heard a report from the LORD, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, "Arise and let us go against her for battle." 11

12 Obadiah 2-4 NAS 2 "Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised. 3 "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? 4 "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. Obadiah 7 All the men of thy confederacy the men that were at peace with you, have deceived you, and prevailed against you; they who eat your bread will set an ambush for you. 12

13 Revelation 17 The 10 horns pictured the civil governments of Europe who were in union with the harlot supporting her throughout the age. Revelation 17:16 The ten horns which thou sawest and the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 13

14 Obadiah 8-9 NIV 8 "In that day," declares the LORD, "will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, men of understanding in the mountains of Esau? 9 Your warriors O Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter. Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 14

15 Psalm 137:7 Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites (Christendom) did on the day Jerusalem fell. "Tear it down," they cried, "tear it down to its foundations!" Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 15

Obadiah 10-14 RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever.

16 Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. 16

17 Jeremiah 30:14 All your lovers have forgotten you, They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the punishment of a cruel one, Because your iniquity is great and your sins are numerous. Obadiah 15,16 Rotherham 15 For, near, is the day of Yahweh, (Jehovah) upon all the nations, Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head. 16 For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually, Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been. 17

18 Joel 3:2 NIV I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat = (Jehovah has judged.) There I will enter into judgment against them concerning my inheritance, my people Israel, for they scattered my people among the nations and divided up my land. Zechariah 14:2 I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled, and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 18

19 Zechariah 14:2 I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled, and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. Ecclesiastics 8:8 GWV 8 No one has the power to prevent the spirit of life from leaving. No one has control over the day of his own death. There is no way to avoid the war (or battle), against death. 19

20 At present there are 195 recognized independent nations in the world At present there are 193 Member States in the United Nations United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 20

Internet Encyclopedia Wikipedia The UN Human Rights Council has adopted more resolutions condemning Israel than it has for all other states combined.

21 Internet Encyclopedia Wikipedia The UN Human Rights Council has adopted more resolutions condemning Israel than it has for all other states combined. Obadiah 17 Rotherham 17 But, in Mount Zion, shall be a delivered remnant which shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions (or inheritance! ) 21

22 Isaiah 4:3 NAS 3 It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem (after Jacob s Trouble) will be called holy everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem. Obadiah 18 NAS 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. 22

23 Ezekiel 25:12-14 RSV 12 "Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them, 13 therefore thus says the Lord GOD, I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord GOD. Zechariah 12:6 KJ 6 In that day will I make the governors (ancient worthies) of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. 23

Obadiah 19,20 Living Bible Then my people who live in the Negeb shall occupy the hill country of Edom, those living in Judean lowlands shall possess the Philistine plains, and repossess the fields of

24 Obadiah 19,20 Living Bible Then my people who live in the Negeb shall occupy the hill country of Edom, those living in Judean lowlands shall possess the Philistine plains, and repossess the fields of Ephraim and Samaria. And the people of Benjamin shall possess Gilead. The Israeli exiles shall return and occupy the Phoenician coastal strip as far north as Zarapath. Those exiled in Asia Minor shall return to their homeland. 24

25 Obadiah 21 Living Bible 21 And saviours (Jesus and the Church,) shall come up on mount Zion to rule all Edom, and the kingdom shall be the LORD S. 25

26 1. The first to fall will be thefalse Churches (pictured by Bozrah) 2. Last to fall will be the civil governments with their armies (pictured by Mt. Seir) 3. This will complete the process of God making an end of ALL EDOM (symbolic of the removal of all aspects of Christendom). 26

27 Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. 27

28 Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit. Obadiah 1-4 RSV The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the LORD, and a messenger has been sent among the nations: "Rise up! let us rise against her for battle!" 28

29 Exodus 3:5 Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. 29

30 Obadiah 15,16 Rotherham 15 For, near, is the day of Yahweh, (Jehovah) upon all the nations, Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head. 16 For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually, Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been. Obadiah Quick Overview God pronouncing a judgment against Edom because of their action in Jacob s Trouble. Christendom will NOT be the initial attacker of Israel in Jacob s Trouble. They stood aloof. 30

31 Obadiah Quick Overview Then while Gog takes much of their spoil from Israel - Edom (Christendom) rejoices. Edom invades Israel who they were supposed to protect. Obadiah Quick Overview God s judgment then comes to all nations with his pronouncement, as they did to others it will be done to them. Then follows the restoration of Israel! 31

32 Mark 4:11,12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted. Obadiah 10:13,14 RSV 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. 32

33 Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 33

34 Obadiah 10:13,14 RSV 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. Obadiah 15,16 Rotherham 15 For, near, is the day of Yahweh, (Jehovah) upon all the nations, Just as thou hast done, shall it be done to thee, Thy dealing, shall come back upon thine own head. 16 For, as ye have drunk on my holy mountain, all the nations shall drink continually, Yea they shall drink and swallow down, and shall be, as though they had not been. 34

35 Genesis 36:8,9 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. 9 And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 13 You should not have entered the gate of my people in the day of his calamity; you should not have gloated over his disaster in the day of his calamity; you should not have looted his goods in the day of his calamity. 14 You should not have stood at the parting of the ways to cut off his fugitives; you should not have delivered up his survivors in the day of distress. 35

36 Obadiah RSV 10 For the violence done to your brother Jacob, (that is Israel) shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. 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 you should not have gloated over the day of your brother in the day of his misfortune; you should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have boasted in the day of distress. 36

EDOM WILL BY HUMBLED

http://www.biblestudyworkshop.org 1 Commentary by Charles Box Questions by John C. Sewell EDOM WILL BY HUMBLED Obadiah 1:1-21 http://www.biblestudyworkshop.org 2 Edom Will Be Humbled Commentary By Charles