The Problems With Human Thinking

The Problem Of Human Wisdom

1 Corinthians 2


Wisdom is the right use or the right exercise of knowledge. Wisdom then is discerning or judging what is the most just, most proper, and most useful means to an end result.

Knowledge is a clear and certain perception of things that exist, or the truth and the facts of those things.

We cannot have knowledge of that which does not exist!

The truth is that God has a perfect knowledge of all things that exist but human knowledge is very limited and is mostly gained by observation and experience.

Therefore there are great problems that come from human wisdom!

Humans simply cannot ever know all the things of God!

The problems of divisions in the church at Corinth was caused by an underlying ignorance of the purpose of true preaching.

In last weeks lesson we had this verse:

1Co 1:21  For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

If we trust human wisdom, then we can never know God!

The truth is, that the Preaching of the Word of God was never meant to be a popularity contest!

The truth is, that if we walk in God's wisdom we will enjoy God's blessings!

*****1Co 2:1  And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.

Preaching then should be more about the message than the act of proclaiming that message!

We should not forget that Paul was a highly educated man. Paul studied the Old Testament at the feet of Gamaliel the most noted Doctor of the Mishna in Israel during his day.

The Mishna was a collection of all Jewish traditions and explanations of the Scriptures.

Paul was saying that he came to Corinth and he spoke neither oratorically nor philosophically.

The salvation message of God is simple and it does not require a great speaker!

What is the testimony of God?

1Jn 5:10  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
1Jn 5:11  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

The message of the Gospel is a simple message and not hard to understand and it seems this is why it is so easily tossed aside and rejected but the truth is the most always the simplest answer.

What is the truth of the Gospel?

Joh 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Joh 14:7  If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

What was the message of the Apostle Paul?

*****1Co 2:2  For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

Paul did not mean for anyone to set aside all human knowledge.

Paul meant that Jesus Christ and Him crucified would always be the central point and the essence of all his knowledge the rest of his own life as a minister of God.

Php 3:8  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
Php 3:9  And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Php 3:10  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Php 3:11  If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

Salvation can begin immediately to all those that accept this one point in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and there is no more important point to be made in all of Scripture!

Each sinner in need of a Savior has see Christ Jesus as that Savior!

The Apostle Paul preached what he believed!

Sadly many in the pulpits today do not even believe the Word of God that they preach and it effects the message that they have in a most negative way!

The truth is "faith" produces "faith"!

And without "faith" we cannot begin to please God!

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

It is these truths that made this mighty man of God so humble in the pulpit!

*****1Co 2:3  And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

The proper state of mind to preach the "Gospel" must always be the opposite of self-confidence!

The success of the "Gospel" does not depend on the skill of the preacher, but wholly on the the work of the Holy Spirit!

The act of saving faith is not by reason of, and not by arguments addressed to it's understanding, but solely on the power of God and the truth that is accepted in the heart of that one that hears it!

Rom 10:10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

The preacher that knows all these things will trust that the Lord is by his side and any needed strength will come from the Lord by His Holy Spirit!

*****1Co 2:4  And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
1Co 2:5  That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

If we remember the Book of Acts, Paul came to Corinth from Athens. In Athens Paul had spoken as many of the philosophers had on Mars Hill.

Philosophical messages do not lead to much results.

A preacher must not ever preach down to those listening.

The message of the Lord must reach out to those who have a need!

When Paul arrived in Corinth he kept the message of the Lord simple!

It is the message of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ that remains the most important message of salvation!

Paul did not come to Corinth to persuade men through words of wisdom or enticing words.

It is not important for any preacher or teacher to compete with philosophers or mighty men of wisdom who twist and turn words to meet their goals.

The Word of God is not in competition, the Word of God is simply the truth!

It is important for the man of God to teach the facts of the cross!

It is important for the man of God to stay out of the business of the Holy Spirit because it is only the Holy Spirit who can lead those that hear the "Gospel" to the Lord!

Heb 4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

We cannot become Christians until we allow the "Cross of Jesus Christ" to make it's impression upon us!

If we cannot realize that Christ died so that we can live, we have missed the importance of the Word of God!

The world we live in is becoming more and more resistant to the Laws of God!

The world we live in is ignoring the warnings of God!

The world we live in ignores the God who provides the air we breath and the food we eat and considers God too feeble to be of much help in this world!

But, there are still those in this world that understand the act of self-sacrifice!

God sacrificed Himself so that we can live!

Once we understand the "Mercy" and the "Grace" of God and His desire to save us from sin and destruction and instills in each believer the hope of true life eternal, then salvation is in the asking of God for forgiveness.

Without faith we cannot please God!

The only secure place for faith lies in the Power of God!

Men have theories that change as new things develop.

True science changes when new facts are discovered.

Politicians sell out their influence for money and power!

Philosophy and religion are just man-made words and ideals!

But the "sure" Word of God can be depended on!

What is faith?

Heb 10:39  But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

1) The substance of faith is in the promises of God!

Tit 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

2) The evidence of faith is in seeing in our mind what the eye cannot see.

3) The things that are not seen are the invisible and spiritual world of our Holy God!

When we can get that mental picture of Heaven in all it's glory, then that desire to go home to be with our Savior will remain with us all the days of our life!

Isa 64:4  For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

*****1Co 2:6  Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

We know that there are no perfect Christians but Paul is referring to those who are no longer "Babes In Christ" and have moved on to those who are maturing in Christ.

Even a Babe in Christ, though saved, have not reached a point where they can comprehend the wisdom of the Word of God!

The word "world" normally would mean the "Cosmos" which means the material aspects of our world.

Paul uses instead the word "Aeon" which means "the world in it's moral and intellectual aspects".

Paul is saying there is a wisdom that is much higher that that of any man!

Our salvation was purchased by the Son, the Lord Jesus!

Our salvation was planned by the Father, Our Heavenly Father!

Our salvation is eternal because of the indwelling of the Holy Spirit!

To the Church we know we live in the Church Age.

In reality there are only two ages, this Age we live in now and the Age that is to come.

The Age of now began with Adam and will end with the Second coming of Christ.

Most of us will only see a small portion of this Age because we can live only a short period of time.

The Age that is to come is when God Himself will take control of this world and remove all sin and make all things right!

Only for the Christian, the Age that is to come can already be realized and in a sense we are already living in that Age that is to come now after accepting the truth of the Scriptures!.

Only for the Christian do these two Ages over lap!

Only in this Age are the princes of this world allowed to govern and rule under the limits that God has set!

It is obvious that in the end all the rules and the ways of mortal men will come to nothingness!

In all these years of mankind, none have been able, to overcome the truth of God and they never will!

1Jn 5:19  And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
1Jn 5:20  And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

No mere man can obtain the wisdom that is God's only!

*****1Co 2:7  But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory:
1Co 2:8  Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

All human wisdom and philosophy of the world's so-called intellectuals will eventually come to mean nothing.

True wisdom is that wisdom that is centered on Jesus Christ!

This is the wisdom that existed in the heart of God before the world began!

Pro 8:22  The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
Pro 8:23  I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

Pro 8:35  For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
Pro 8:36  But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

The carnal mind cannot understand the deeper truths of Christianity!

Even a brand new Christian still has a carnal mind and still a "Babe in Christ".!

Php 3:15  Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

A full grown Christian is one who is no longer a "Babe in Christ"!

In the government of Israel and that government of Rome had truly accepted the wisdom of Christ Jesus, they certainly would never have crucified the "Lord of Glory"!

Act 3:17  And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
Act 3:18  But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.

The wisdom of this world can only lead to the death of those that follow it!

In reality then, can this carnal worldy wisdom ever be very wise?

The wisdom of the world has never been able to accomplish the needs of this world in over 4000 years!

*****1Co 2:9  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

The truth is, that no matter how wonderful we think Heaven will be, the truth of Heaven goes far beyond the imagination of all mankind!

This world we live on still has many beautiful places that have escaped the results of sinful men and it was the Lord who created this entire Cosmos.

Col 1:16  For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Col 1:17  And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

It is this same Creator who has gone to prepare a place for all those that love Him!

Joh 14:1  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Joh 14:2  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Joh 14:3  And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Joh 14:4  And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

We can only get a glimpse of these things if we are endowed with the Holy Spirit of God!

*****1Co 2:10  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

We know the Word of God came to us by the Holy Spirit!

2Pe 1:19  We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
2Pe 1:20  Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
2Pe 1:21  For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake "as they were moved by the Holy Ghost".

So what we can know of the beauty of Heaven, we can only find in the written Word of God and most of the things we know about Heaven were revealed to the Apostle John and recorded for us in the Book of Revelation.

These things were therefore revealed to us by the Spirit of God!

*****1Co 2:11  For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

We are all individuals and no two of us are alike. We can be close friends but there is no way that I can know all the things of your life without you telling me.

Each person has his own body, soul, and spirit.

The spirit of man could be said to be our self-consciousness.

Our spirit is the substance in which thinking, knowing, doubting and the power of motivation subsist!

God not only has a spirit, God is Spirit!

Joh 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Our own spirit has the power of understanding what kind of people we are.

In much the same way the Spirit of God understands the nature of God.

Each of us understand our selves better than anyone else could possibly understand us!

And likewise it is only the Holy Spirit that can know the great depths of the wisdom of God!

To know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior and to be endowed with the Holy Spirit, is proof that God wants us to know everything about Him!

*****1Co 2:12  Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

The very moment we trust in Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit enters into our body!

1Co 6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
1Co 6:20  For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

We are at that time baptized into the "Body Of Christ"!

1Co 12:13  For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

At that very moment God places His seal of ownership upon each believer!

Eph 1:13  In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14  Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

The Holy Spirit is God's gift to all that call upon the Lord Jesus for salvation!

Joh 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

It is the Holy Spirit that makes our liberty possible!

2Co 3:17  Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.

To all that trust in the Lord, we then become citizens of Heaven even the remaining days on this Earth!

Joh 17:14  I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Joh 17:15  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
Joh 17:16  They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

We can never be caught up in Satan's bondage ever again because we have a new Father, a Heavenly Father, who is more like a dad than any dad of this Earth!

Rom 8:15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

BUT, No one can know these things without knowing the Holy Spirit of God!

*****1Co 2:13  Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

We can see that the Apostle Paul claims that his teachings are not really his.

Paul's teachings were God's because his words were taught to him by the Holy Spirit and this lines up with what the Lord Jesus taught!

Joh 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Jesus promises us the Holy Spirit would be our guide to all the truth of the Scriptures!

Joh 16:13  Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Just as the Apostles Paul was taught by the Scriptures, then we must begin at the same place. We must become familiar with the Scriptures.

Joh 17:8  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

You see it is only by the Holy Spirit that we can compare spiritual things with spiritual!

The Holy Spirit becomes our personal householder!

Mat 13:52  Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

But those that reject the Word of God can never know these things this is the problem of humanism!

*****1Co 2:14  But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

The natural man who cannot accept the truths of God then cannot appreciate spiritual truths!

Without understanding the truth of the atoning sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, the natural man only sees foolishness in those that believe and foolishness in the Word of God!

1Co 1:18  For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Jude says these are those persons who exalt themselves above the truth of God!

Jud 1:19  These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

It may seem strange but no matter how intelligent these people are, they will never understand the things of God until they accept the Lord Jesus Christ!

That is the one real thing that most of the world rejects but it is the only means of salvation and the only means into the family of God!

Joh 16:7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Joh 16:8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Joh 16:9  Of sin, "because they believe not on me";

The only sin that cannot be forgiven is the sin of rejecting the Lord Jesus Christ, ALL other sin can be forgiven!

On the other hand, those who are "born again" and "spiritually mature" can discern and understand all the deep things of God!

*****1Co 2:15  But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

These spiritual are all those that follow the lead of the Holy Spirit!

These are the same ones who can judge every situation as God would judge it!

These are those who judge by the Word of God!

1Jn 2:27  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

We are to be witnesses and not judges but the truth is that God judges all people by His own Words and therefore things that go against the Word of God we are to also point out to others!

This not as much being a judge as it is pointing out the truth!

We cannot be judged by the natural man or any other man because we have already been judged by a higher power than mortal men!

Rom 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Rom 5:1  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
Rom 5:2  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Anyone that passes judgment on a "born again" child of God is passing judgment on God Himself who is the only true Judge of all mankind!

*****1Co 2:16  For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

Though it is impossible for anyone to have the mind of Christ, by the Holy Spirit we can understand all the words that Jesus spoke and are recorded in the New Testament.

We also have the completed Word of God in the 66 books of the Bible!

The truth is, that the Word of God does not have to be analyzed and to be understood.

The Word Of God Only Has To Be Believed!

To have the mind of Christ means to look at our world through our Savior's point of view and accept what He says as the complete truth!

Having the mind of Christ does not mean we have the ability to instruct God nor change any of His Word!

Rom 11:33  O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Rom 11:34  For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35  Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36  For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

The things of God are unsearchable except through the Words He has given to us!

God teaches us all we need to know in this world we live in now!

Questions?

Let's Pray!

Obadiah

Obadiah God's Prophet Of Doom

Book of Obadiah


We know of Major prophets of the Bible and the Minor prophets of the Bible.

The words Major and Minor have only one meaning and that is the size of these great books of the Bible.

No prophet's message was more important than any other of the prophets!

The Book of Obadiah is a book of only one chapter but the content of the Book of Obadiah is just as important as all the Bible, because all scripture is given to us to profit from it's content!

2Ti 3:16  All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17  That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

If we did not need these words of Obadiah then they would not be available to us!

Much of this book is about the "pride" of the old nation of Edom.

And much of this book is about God's "judgment" of that nation.

Any time God's judgment is involved then that is a place we need to pay particular attention to!

To understand the Book of Obadiah we need to be familiar with the twin sons of Isaac which were Jacob and Esau.

The Bible says that Esau was a profane man:

Heb 12:16  Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.

The word "profane" has the meaning of, "anyone who is irreverent to the things of God".

A man is profane when he takes the name of God in vain!

In other words the things of God held no special meaning for Esau.

What had God promised to Abraham?

Gen 17:21  But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

The covenant to Abraham of the Messiah and the nation of Israel would pass down through Isaac and on through one of his own sons and would continue until the day Jesus Christ would be born.

Since Christ Jesus can never die, He would fulfill the covenant made to Abraham!

What was the truth of the family of the Jew in those days?

The birthright of Esau who was the first born son of Isaac would be "by law" the one that the covenant of Abraham would continue on through.

BUT, Esau did not care for the things of God!

Esau lived for the moment as most of the world still does today!

Therefore, Esau represents a "type" of all those of humanistic beliefs!

Esau gave up this special birthright and Esau despised his birthright because he could not see any profit in that birthrite in his days!

Gen 25:31  And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
Gen 25:32  And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
Gen 25:33  And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
Gen 25:34  Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

Later on in his life Esau realized that he had given up a part of his inheritance but he still had no concern for the things of God and he regretted that decision he had made that day.

Esau felt that his brother Jacob had deceived him, therefore the name Jacob came to mean a deceiver.

Gen 27:36  And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

God uses the word hate when he describes his small love for Esau for what he had done.

Rom 9:13  As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.

God uses the word hate because Esau refused to repent for his rejection of the things of God!

Heb 12:17  For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

What does God say of these things?

2Co 7:10  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Esau only felt sorry because he received half as much of the inheritance of Abraham as did Jacob.

Esau became enraged with Jacob because he missed out on his worldly blessing and not because he missed out on fulfilling the covenant promises of God.

Esau never wanted any part of the covenant promises of God to his father Isaac!

You see by Jewish law Esau would have gotten two times as much of his fathers possessions as the first born child.

SO, From Esau began the nation of Edom and that hatred like spirit that came from Esau which also included the descendants of Ishmael have kept that hatred stirred up for more than 3800 years and we see this hatred still dominates the Middle East today.

The Book of Obadiah describes the judgment of God on Edom and it would pay for those nations surrounding Israel with hatred to observe the words of Obadiah even today!

It would be beneficial for all Muslim to discard the Koran and take up the Bible, the true Word of God!

*****Oba 1:1  The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

Of all the men named Obadiah mentioned in the Bible, the Obadiah that wrote the Book of Obadiah was probably not any of those.

Somewhat like Elijah, Obadiah just appeared on the scene when God had directed him to do so!

Obadiah's age, his country, his parents, his birth, his grave and any other historical fact are unknown or at least not mentioned because they held no importance to his message which came from Jehovah God!

Much like John the Baptist, Obadiah was a voice for the Lord, crying in the wilderness.

The Book of Obadiah is very short, just one chapter, and it's message is a message of doom and judgment!

The first recorded words of Obadiah were: Thus saith Adonay Jehovah.(Thus Saith The Lord God)

That word "Adonay" declares the sovereign God of the Cosmos and that God is Jehovah!

There is no other being in Heaven or on Earth that is worthy of that title except the Lord Jesus Christ!

SO, The words of Obadiah, which were Holy Ghost inspired, concern Edom and many would say they are irrelevent today and they would be wrong!

Edom and Idumea are one and the same and mean, red; earthy; or bloody!

This fact remains, God hates bloody men!

Psa 5:6  Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the "bloody and deceitful man".

Psa 26:9  Gather not my soul with sinners, "nor my life with bloody men":
Psa 26:10  In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Psa 59:2  Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, "and save me from bloody men".
Psa 59:3  For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.

The Book of Obadiah is then not only a book of prophesy but spiritually speaking, then the Book of Obadiah is also a message concerning our own personal battle that takes place in the heart of every believer!

We all live in a battle withen our own selves, much like Rebekah the mother of Esau and Jacob:

Gen 25:22  And "the children struggled together within her"; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.
Gen 25:23  And the LORD said unto her, "Two nations are in thy womb", and "two manner of people" shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and "the elder shall serve the younger".

Esau had seen this prophesy fulfilled with his own eyes and this brought him his great anger!

The truth is, We have to pick up our own cross daily because we are also in a battle with our own flesh on a daily basis!

The name Obadiah means a servant or a worshiper of Jehovah and if you are a born again child of God then your name can also be Obadiah!

Obadiah also describes God's punishment of Edom, (bloody men) for the cruel unbrotherly conduct toward Judah, (those that praise the Lord). 

We must consider all these things as we go through the Book of Obadiah!

What is hatred?

Hatred may be the dislike of one toward another but hatred is also an aversion to do evil!

Hatred is a work of the flesh and a work of the mind and the works of the flesh will keep us out of God's Heaven!

Gal 5:20  Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Gal 5:21  Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Hatred can cause the child of God not to witness to some lost soul and if that soul ends up in Hell because of that then we have also become murderers!

1Jn 3:13  Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
1Jn 3:14  We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
1Jn 3:15  "Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer": and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
1Jn 3:16  Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

BUT, if you belong to the Lord, then you are already and ambassador for Christ Jesus!

2Co 5:20  Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

In this age it is the Church who are the ambassadors sent among the heathen!

*****Oba 1:2  Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.

Who are the heathen?

Eph 2:12  That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

It is all those that remain "heathen" who are without hope and without God today!

The heathen in the sense of this verse are, all the nations that are without God because they have rejected the Savior, The Lord Jesus Christ.

Eph 4:18  Having the understanding darkened, "being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them", because of the blindness of their heart:

It is these that make up the nations that are alienated from the life of God!

God explained to Edom that they were the most small and the most despised, even among those who were just like them!

In verse one we read that God has summoned even the other heathen nations to rise up in battle against Edom.

This prophesy will also be fulfilled in the future!

God is saying that those who alienate themselves from the things of God will become so insignificant in this world, that even the others who are godless will despise them.

What was God's promise to the nation of Edom?

Jer 49:13  For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and "all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes".

That word "perpetual" means without ceasing, continuing forever!

The capitol city of Edom which is Petra is nothing more that a tourist attraction today!

The truth is that these Edomites had a problem with pride!

Wise King Solomon wrote these words:

Pro 16:18  Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Pride becomes a problem when we think of our own selves more highly than we ought to think!

*****Oba 1:3  The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

The city of Petra was considered almost impregnable because of the very narrow gorges which were its only access routes.

AND, Edom saw it's greatest power in the days this nation controlled the chief trade routes between Asia and Egypt.

BUT, the Edomites became irreligious, proud and self-centered!

They were destitute of of the laws of God and actually condemned those that followed the things of Jehovah.

We would be foolish if we did not see this same thing happening in America today!

America's politicians, it's leaders, it's judges, and many of the Church are destitute of the "Laws of God"!

The homes of the Edomites were among cliffs and the mountains, in many natural and some man-made caves.

They considered themselves to be like the eagles and inaccessible to any enemy!

We should remember that pride is a trait of Satan and it is pride that led to his downfall and pride begins within the hearts of individuals!

Isa 14:13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Isa 14:14  I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

What is God's answer for pride?

*****Oba 1:4  Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.

Satan was cast out of Heaven because of his pride, how are we to believe that we can get into God's Heaven if we allow pride to dominate our own lives?

If we remember that God never breaks a promise then we know He will also keep His promise of judgment!

What is certain about every sin? Sin is deceiving.

Some man once said, Sin will take you farther than you want to go, Keep you longer than you want to stay and Cost you more than you want to pay!

**Pride can be the most deceiving of all sin!

The facts are that all attempts to avoid the punishment for sin will fail on the day of judgment!

For the wages of sin are death and you will become alienated from the God, you have hated and despised all your years!

God is rejected when His Word has no effect on your life!

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

**Pride causes over confidence.

When we presume we can save ourselves by our own power or by our own riches or even by our own reputation, we are gambling our lives on things we do not actually possess!

Everything we have mentally and physically belong to God!

1Ti 6:7  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

These things are certain because these things are the truth and the truth cannot be denied in the end!

**Pride is also a most destructive force.

Amo 9:2  Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

There is no one who can hide from the judgment of God!

When evil men judge other evil men, they will most always leave something behind but the judgment of God means a complete and a total devastation!

*****Oba 1:5  If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?

God explains that the destruction of Edom would be a complete destruction!

God says if a thief came while you were away, he would only take what he could sell.

God says if a robber came by night and over powered you, they would only destroy till they had enough and they would leave the rest behind.

God adds, why aren't these things clear to you!

God said that the Jew were commanded to leave the gleanings behind for the poor but the judgment of God would not leave anything behind.

God's judgment will end in a complete and total devastation!

Obadiah prophesied that you cannot hide anything from the wrath of God!

*****Oba 1:6  How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!

When we see things happen and that cannot be explained by the things of this world, then we need to look up!

It is our holy God who sits on His throne in Heaven and controls our world!

AND, God says the destruction of Edom was His doing:

Jer 49:10  But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not.

The truth is that Edom became politically extinct in the time of the Romans!

Jer 49:8  Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him.

And God says to all those that reject the Scriptures, to keep in mind that it is the God of Israel that has done all these things!

Isa 45:3  And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

The pure fact is, that when we as a nation reject the little nation of Israel as our friend and choose to be friends with the enemies of Israel instead, "we are stepping straight into the judgment of God"!

We have many such foolish leaders who strive to be an enemy of Israel.

America will be asking the same question! How were we cut off from the blessings of God?

In fact we can see this truth taday!

We must never forget God's promise!

Gen 12:3  And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

*****Oba 1:7  All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.

A confederacy is a league or covenant between two or more persons or two or more political states.

What is the truth of a confederacy?

The friendships of the world are often a confederacy in deceit and deception!

In our world today, enemies are joining hands in deception while true friends are being cast aside!

God says there is coming a day when those you trust the most are the very ones that will set a trap for you to your destruction!

God says you will be at a loss in trying to understand how these things could happen.

What are the facts of Scripture?

Edom was indeed driven out of their own nation with most of them forsaken or destroyed and left to stand alone when the Nabateans conquered Edom.

These Nabateans are also referred to as the Arabians and they were also removed from Edom by the Romans.

Mal 1:3  And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.

The truth is that God will have His way with all nations and with all peoples on this planet we call Earth!

*****Oba 1:8  Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?

One visit to the city of Petra will show that these were not an ignorant people in their construction ability.

They truly built a beautiful and magnificent city.

History boasts of their intellectual and their physical accomplishments!

They prospered many years by controlling the trade routes through their nation.

But what is God's answer to these things?

1Co 3:19  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
1Co 3:20  And again, "The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain".

It takes a foolish world to ignore the truth of God!

No matter what the world says, the Word of God has never been proven to be wrong!

These things fuel pride and we already know with pride comes downfall!

Pro 26:12  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

How does God describe the fool?

All those that trust in their own power and ignore the truth of God!

*****Oba 1:9  And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.

Foolish men sometimes trust in their heroes.

We sometimes forget that our own history shows that America gained independence by defeating, the then most powerful army and navy in the world.

This was also considered to be an impossible thing in that day but it still happened!

America is not so powerful that she can never be defeated!

The King of England and his greedy government trusted in his mighty men and he was certainly dismayed!

It was the city of Teman, named after Esau's grandson that protected the entrance into Petra the capitol city of Edom.

God said even these that were once wise had become fools!

That word slaughter means by violent death.

That "mount of Esau" was sometimes called Mount Seir.

In other words the people of Edom would die a violent death rather than death of old age and their own military would be unable to stop this from happening!

By the way this is part of the land that is now called the nation of Jordan.

SO, Why was Edom being singled out at this time?

*****Oba 1:10  For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.

The same hatred that Esau had for his own brother Jacob, has remained throughout more than 38 centuries!

Gen 27:41  And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

AND, This is still the theme of most all Arab nations today as they still seek the destruction of Israel.

Their plan remains to slay their brother Jacob!

Those that think the Lord has forgotten these things do not know the Lord!

Psa 137:7  Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

One day the punishment of Israel will be over and the children of Esau will be no more!

Lam 4:22  The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.

And what were the sins of Edom that could not be forgiven!

*****Oba 1:11  In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them.

That family feud that continues through this day, never seems to cease because the descendants of Esau simply will not allow peace to happen and so they have become a part of those that seek the destruction of their own family heritage.

When King Nebuchadnezzar and his armies laid siege on Judah, Edom stood by offering no help to their own family by blood.

When Judah was carried off by Nebuchadnezzar, Edom took part in the pillaging of Jerusalem even drawing lots to see who would get the best of the leftovers from what Nebuchadnezzar's armies had already carried away, when they should have offered help to those that were to poor and to miserable for even Nebuchadnezzar.

In fact the armies of Edom attempted to destroy all those that remained in order to annihilate all the Jews.

Esau still despises the Covenant Promises Of God!

But God will never allow these things to happen and the Lord Jesus will settle all these things when He returns!

The family, is the most precious thing in the eyes of God, beyond that individual believer.

Esau and Jacob were twin brothers of their father Isaac and their mother Rebekah.

One of the purposes of the prophet Elijah at his return will be to restore the family.

Mal 4:5  Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Mal 4:6  And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

There are many things that these descendants of Esau should not have done!

These are also some of the things that we should also not do today!

*****Oba 1:12  But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

We should never celebrate the death or the destruction of anyone, especially not our family and not even our enemies!

We are all one people created in the same image of God!

God says:

Luk 6:35  But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Gods also says these words:

Mat 22:39  And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40  On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

The Jews of Judah had been carried away from the land that God had given to them and at the least their own blood relatives should have been in mourning and distressed about these things instead of being so jubilant and saying it was good enough for them.

God does not ever forget that these things happened!

But there is more.

*****Oba 1:13  Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity;

We already know that it was only the poor and uneducated that had been left behind in a city that had already been destroy by the armies of Nebuchadnezzar and the Chaldeans.

Instead of showing pity and compassion for God's people, Edom had pleasure and delight at the sight of these things.

The world needs to remember these things, but certainly all those that call themselves Christians need to remember these things when other Christians are being persecuted throughout this world.

AND, We should also be in great mourning for all those in our own family that reject the Word of God!

And they certainly should have never stolen from those poor who had already been robbed of most all their possessions!

God says:

Psa 12:5  For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

What had God expected of Edom?

Psa 82:3  Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

And even worst than these other things these Edomites had actually aided the enemy!

*****Oba 1:14  Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.

Who is all our true enemy?

1Pe 5:8  Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary "the devil", as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

Jesus said it is Satan who is the original murderer and also the father of all liars!

Joh 8:44  Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. "He was a murderer from the beginning", and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

We aid the enemy when we become a  stumbling block to those seeking the Lord!

We just as well have delivered them into Hell ourselves!

This is exactly what these of Edom did to the Jews who had tried to escape from the destruction of the Chaldeans.

We see that God had His eyes on these Edomites!

We can be sure that all sin, and all the operations of sin, are under the watchful eyes of the Lord and the Bible proves that these things will certainly bring the judgment of God!

*****Oba 1:15  For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.

Who are these heathen?

Today in modern times heathen usually denotes all nations that are strangers to revealed religion.

The revealed faith in our world is Christianity!

But what is the truth?

**In many cases the word heathen means all the nations of the world and not the Jews.

But God has said that even the heathen can be saved!

**In many cases the word heathen means those that worship idolatry rather than Jehovah God.

But God has said that if these repented they could also be saved!

**In the end the word "heathen" means all the people of this earth that do not know God and reject the truth of God!

These are they that reject the Word of God till the day they die and end up in the "Burning Lake Of Fire"!

These "heathen" are the ones that this warning of Obadiah is meant for!

We must all make the decision of who we are going to serve, because the one thing that is certain is that we lill day die!

Joe 3:14  Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

God says the wages of sin are death and all those that reject the Word of God "as it is written", will meet their already determined doom, but that's not all.

Isaiah says it best:

Isa 3:9  The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! "for they have rewarded evil unto themselves".
Isa 3:10  Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Isa 3:11  Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Isa 3:12  As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. "O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths".
Isa 3:13  The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people.

The truth of those that reject the Word of God is that they will have rewarded evil unto themselves!

*****Oba 1:16  For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.

God has this warning for all nations.

It is a fact that the Jews, God's covenant people, have been persecuted and have drunk of the wrath of God since the days of Solomon.

We are reminded many times how the Jewish people have suffered and continue to be ridiculed and persecuted even today.

God says to the heathen, let this be in your mind, if God has allowed these things to happen to the Jewish people then even more will God allow His judgment on the heathen nations!

Isa 49:25  But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: "for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children".
Isa 49:26  And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

And what is the warning to the Church?

1Pe 4:17  For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

As we set on the world's stage, in full view of the things that are happening, we are foolish to think that Israel should ever give up any of the land that was promised to them by Jehovah God!

*****Oba 1:17  But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and "the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

It does not much matter what the Muslim say about the Temple Mount, God says the house of Jacob "shall" possess their possessions"!

The truth is, that Israel became a nation once again on May 14, 1948 since that time the prophesy clocks have been winding down at a faster pace!

Because there will one day soon be holiness upon Mount Zion and this world can do nothing to stop it!

Amo 9:8  Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.
Amo 9:10  All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
Amo 9:11  "In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old":
Amo 9:12  That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.

All those that truly seek peace with Israel will always find a willing partner for peace, but the land itself is non-negotiable and should never be part of any peace process!

Mount Zion can only be in holiness when there is no longer anything common or unclean on it!

Holiness means it belongs to God to do as He pleases!

Personal holiness happens as we grow in our walk with the Lord!

2Co 7:1  Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, "perfecting holiness" in the fear of God.

*****Oba 1:18  And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it.

The phrase house of Jacob and the house of Joseph has the real meaning of a united kingdom.

There are no lost tribes of Israel!

And, Many nations have risen and fallen but the people of God will remain the same, Because the Word of God never changes!

There is coming a day that Israel will have the power to conquer and destroy all her enemies.

Is that today, it has proven to be true so far since 1948!

AND, It is very foolish for anyone or any nation to test the strength of God!

Our God is a consuming fire and Edom and all those in "type" who are like Edom, will be the fuel for that fire!

Heb 12:28  Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Heb 12:29  For our God is a consuming fire.

*****Oba 1:19  And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead.

What is the truth of Israel?

The Jews, in a coming time in the near future that occupy the south which is the land of Judah will also possess the old land of Edom, which is now in the hands of Jordan.

The Jews, who occupy the low country along the Mediterranean Sea shall possess not only the land given to them of God but also all the land that once belonged to the Philistines and that includes Gaza.

The rightful owners of Ephraim will be restored to the possession of their land, and Samaria which includes all the West Bank.

The tribe of Benjamin will possess Gilead the land east of the river Jordan.

And that's not all:

*****Oba 1:20  And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.

Israel will one day regain all the land that was called the Promised Land in the covenant to Abraham!

In the time of Joshua, there were some of those people who were not actually over come but on this future date Israel would over come all her foes and spread in all directions!

What day will all these things be put in place?

Psa 2:6  Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
Psa 2:7  I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Psa 2:8  Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Psa 2:9  Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Psa 2:10  Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
Psa 2:11  Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psa 2:12  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

*****Oba 1:21  And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'S.

In the time of the "Judges" there was no king of Israel, it was the Judges that were the temporary saviors.

Neh 9:26  Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.
Neh 9:27  Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Neh 9:28  But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;
Neh 9:29  And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

In the time of those temporary saviors, Israel always returned to their wicked ways, but that will not be the case when the kingdom is the Lords!

Rev 2:27  And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
Rev 2:28  And I will give him the morning star.
Rev 2:29  He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

The fulfilling of these words of Obadiah will be complete when the Lord Jesus returns to sit on the throne of His father David!

To Israel, He is known as Yahwey!

To the Church, He is known as Jesus!

Luk 1:30  And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
Luk 1:31  And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Luk 1:32  He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
Luk 1:33  And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

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