This morning we are going to continue on with our Major Messages From the Minor Prophets by looking at the 9th prophet when considered in chronological order such as we are doing
It is also the shortest book in all of the Old Testament with only 21 verses and having a total of only 440 words in the original Hebrew, it is also the 4th shortest book in all the Bible right behind 3rd John, 2nd John, and Philemon
But that doesn’t mean it will be a short sermon so don’t get your hopes up
Of course we are looking this morning at the book of Obadiah which is 9 books from the end of the O.T. right before Jonah
Like most of the minor prophets we don’t know much about the author except that he identifies himself as Obadiah, a fairly popular name at that time which means “Servant of Yahweh”
It was a prophetic word addressed to the Edomites around the year 585 B.C.
Why are theologians so confident of the timing of the book?
Because this prophecy was prompted by the Edomites lack of help, and even their participation in, the destruction of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon which took place in 586 B.C.
