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Introduction
The Day of the Lord
Switching Focus from Judgement on Esau to God’s plan for all the nations: The Day of the Lord
What is the Day of the Lord?
A majour theme in the latter prophets, especially Isaiah, Joel, Zephaniah.
The Day of God’s judgement over his enemies and the establishment of his Kingdom.
A day of God’s victory over Edom,
A day of victory over other nations
Egypt (Isaiah 19:16)
Ethiopia (Ezekiel 30:9)
Babylon (Jeremiah 51:2)
Ammonites, Philistines, Tyre, Moab.
All the nations opposed to Zion, God’s holy hill (AKA Jerusalem, in its spiritual significance)
Ultimately, the day of the Lord is the Day that God goes to war against the proud, for all who are proud are his enemies and the enemeis of his people.
Jerusalem is his base of opperations, as we read in Joel 3:16
However, the Day of the Lord is not only a day of judgement on the nations, but on Israel as well.
Just as God will repay the evil of the nations, he will also judge his people and divide between those who are merely Israelite in blood and not heart and his repentant remnant.
Listen to God’s warning to those who were eagerly looking fforward to this Day of the Lord:
The warning goes on in Amos 6
How do we come to terms with this?
On the one hand, the Day of the Lord is a day when God will have his vengence on his enemies and the enemes of his people.
The nations that have wronged his elect nation of priests will be destroyed, wiped out with no remnant of their people.
On the other hand, God is also going t judge Israel on that day, all but destroying them and leaving a remnant or survivors.
Vs. 16 God’s judgement on the nations who celebrated th destruction of Jerusalem.
Vs 17 The escape of the remnant and their eventual return to their possessions, according to the ancient promises of God.
Vs 18 When the remnant is secure in their possessions, they will be God’s means of consuming Esau and, presumably, the rest of the nations.
Rulers and Saviours of Esau and Israel
The coming King will rule over both Nations, bringing them both into one Kingdom.
The nature of this rule will bring Saviours, those who bring the Lords salvation.
Conclusion
Obadiah takes the current issues of the day and brings the focus to God’s great promises in a coming Kingdom.
We can interpret our times in a similar way, knowing God has reserved wrath for the nations that don’t know God but has also sent the Gospel of Christ into the world.
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