Obadiah
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Transcript
I. Introduction
I. Introduction
a. Opening illustration
a. Opening illustration
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b. Jacob and Esau
b. Jacob and Esau
II. The Extent of Edom’s destruction 5-6
II. The Extent of Edom’s destruction 5-6
Utterly Destroyed
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!
a. The dissolving of their pride 1-4
a. The dissolving of their pride 1-4
1 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.
b. The dissolving of their allies 7
b. The dissolving of their allies 7
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.
c. The dissolving of their might 8-9
c. The dissolving of their might 8-9
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.
III. The Reason for Edom’s Destruction 10-14
III. The Reason for Edom’s Destruction 10-14
Lack of love towards their brother Jacob
a. Being passive to the oppressed 10-12
a. Being passive to the oppressed 10-12
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.
b. Taking advantage of their situation 13
b. Taking advantage of their situation 13
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.
c. Being oppressors themselves 14
c. Being oppressors themselves 14
14 Do not stand at the crossroads to cut off his fugitives; do not hand over his survivors in the day of distress.
God’s judgement on Edom shows that God’s judgement falls on those who fail to love their neighbor. Not just on those who do the actual oppressing, or even only those who take advantage of those in need, but even those who stand by and do nothing when someone is being wronged.
God’s judgement on Edom shows that God’s judgement falls on those who fail to love their neighbor. Not just on those who do the actual oppressing, or even only those who take advantage of those in need, but even those who stand by and do nothing when someone is being wronged.
Who is my neighbor? Is it only my brother?
IV. Application
IV. Application
a. God’s judgement applies to all people
a. God’s judgement applies to all people
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.
Just as Edom betrayed Israel, so Edom’s allies would betray them
Just as Edom gloated over Israel’s deafeat, so their own pride would be torn down
Just as Edom stood by when they had the power to help, so God would make them powerless
Surely God’s people are exempt: nope
b. God’s people are not exempt from judgement
b. God’s people are not exempt from judgement
The attack on Israel from the Assyrians and the Babylonians was in fact judgement from God because they did not obey his law.
i. Adults
i. Adults
Argue over politics
Step on people to get ahead in their career
Take advantage of customers
ii. Students
ii. Students
c. God’s people are saved from destruction
c. God’s people are saved from destruction
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. 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.