Today we take a look at a oft neglected, rarely read book: Obadiah. You can find him in between Amos and Jonah, but don't flip too fast, you'll end up missing him. Obadiah is a different book in that it doesn't seem to be addressed primarily to Israel but one of their neighbours and enemies: Edom. Through Obadiah God pronounces judgement on this little nation that has cheered, looted and mocked the defeat and destruction of Israel. God often uses the prophets to pronounce judgement on other nations, but rarely does one prophet give the other nations most of the air time. Yet these judgements prove that God is not just the God of Israel, but of all the world. Obadiah tells Edom and all the world that this Day of the Lord that the prophets keep talking about won't be for Israel alone. Israel isn't the only one affected by the Day of the Lord, but the whole world will fall under the judgement that God brings on the day that Christ returns. And in that day, Jesus, the saviour who will rule from Mt. Zion shall rule over all the world, even to Mt. Esau (21).
A shorter reflection for a very short book.
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