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Do you know what it's like to be too busy?
At times it's overwhelming.
My prayers over the last month have been, "Lord.
Just let me accomplish one thing today.
Let me see a whole project through to completion."
The truth is all those undone jobs is starting to get to me.
So when I sat down to work on this morning's message.
My prayer was, "Lord, I need some encouragement.
Show me how to manage my time in such a way that I can complete an entire project in excellence, and in an efficient way.
You know that I'm working on a huge project for school.
I'm reading through the Bible in a version I had never read before.
I've been assigned in 1901 American Standard version.
It's a difficult read, because the language is old, and I am sure the translators were not Pentecostal or charismatic.
It's been a slow go.
Besides reading the Bible, I'm also taking notes, preparing to write a commentary.
Genesis took me a month, Exodus, a little longer.
I cannot get my mind wrapped around Leviticus.
About two weeks ago, the Lord had me download the entire Old Testament into smaller documents and told me to look at them one at a time.
I still couldn't get my mind around starting Leviticus.
So I arranged the books in alphabetical order and started reading Amos.
Two chapters into Amos I had no idea what I was reading.
On Friday, I asked God for more direction.
He knows I have this huge project to do, and he knows how discouraged I am that it's not going as fast as I would like it to.
He reminded me that he'd given me the plan for how to study each book.
I need to read it in the NIV and research it, before I could succeed in the 1901 ASV.
I still can't get my mind wrapped around starting Leviticus, and God knows that.
So he had me arrange the books according to size.
I was to start with the smallest book, and once I completed that I could go on to the next in size.
I can't tell you how many times I have given that same advice to people.
They tell me they can't pray for an hour, and I tell them start with 10 minutes.
They tell me they can't keep up with the daily Bible reading program –there’s too much there, and I tell them to take it a chapter at a time.
So this morning were going to take a look at the smallest book in the Old Testament, Obadiah (after Amos before Jonah) 21 verses.
OBADIAH means servant of the Lord.
we don't know much else about him.
· A prophet of Judah
Does that make him north or southern kingdom?
south
· The fourth of the “minor” prophets
What does minor mean?
Small book
· Scholars can’t agree exactly when Obadiah served because there are 20 Obadiah's in the Old Testament.
The general consensus is that the book must have been written between 605 and 586 BC because the Prophet refers to the great humiliation of Israel, which they believe is the Babylonian invasion of Jerusalem.
They also believe that the book must have been written, while in Babylonian captivity.
· Obadiah’s message was directed against Edom – this whole book is a prophecy to a specific group of people.
Who is Edom?
Edom is another name for Jacob's brother Esau.
What do we know about the Edomites.
o In Genesis 27; 36 Jacob and Esau, went their separate ways.
Esau’s descendants settled south of the Dead Sea and became known as the Edomites.
Jacob’s descendants settled farther north and were known as Israel.
o During the time of the Exodus, the Edomites refuse to let the Israelites passed through their land (Num 20:14-21).
o David conquered the Edomites (2 Samuel 8:14), but they eventually regained their independence and continue to make war against Israel.
o Edomites help the Chaldeans assist Nebuchadnezzar and the siege of Jerusalem and even looted the city after Israel was led off into captivity.
Obadiah
1The vision of Obadiah.
Four other prophets introduce their books this way: Isaiah, Micah, Nahum, and Hosea.
This means they not only hurt what God was saying but they saw what was about to happen.
This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom—
What does sovereign mean?
Absolute power and right, supreme authority.
1The vision of Obadiah.
We have heard a message from the Lord:
An envoy was sent to the nations to say,
“Rise, and let us go against her for battle”—
2 “See, I will make you small among the nations; you will be utterly despised.
3 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
4 Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down,” declares the Lord.
What was Edom’s #1 sin?
Pride
The people of Edom, lived in the mountains.
Their capital city was Petra.
Does anyone know anything about Petra?
· Petra is about 50 miles south of the Dead Sea.
· It is surrounded by towering hills (some up to 5700 feet) of rust-colored sandstone.
(Picture) which gave the city some natural protection against invaders.
· Its buildings and tombs are cut directly cliffs.
· In order to reach the city from the west you have to pass through a high walled narrow gorge.
Because this capital was so secluded, it gave them a false sense of security.
We used similar strategies to protect our president.
We know that in the case of an attack on our country the president would be secreted away to an undisclosed location so that he could continue to manage our country in safety.
We use encryption codes to protect valuable documents from interception by our enemies.
We install virus software on our home computers to keep our personal documents safe.
We call these firewalls to keep those who might want to steal our personal information out.
5 “If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night— Oh, what a disaster awaits you— would they not steal only as much as they wanted?
If grape pickers came to you, would they not leave a few grapes?
Because there was limited access to the city, if someone came in during the day, it would be easy to see them coming.
So any successful attack against the city would have to be carried out in the dark.
Remember we’re in a dessert area.
6 But how Esau will be ransacked, his hidden treasures pillaged!
We mentioned God’s sovereignty, his absolute authority, here God is issuing judgment against Edom.
Nothing would remain, even those treasures they had hidden in the rocks would be found and looted.
7 All your allies will force you to the border; your friends will deceive and overpower you; those who eat your bread will set a trap for you, but you will not detect it.
8 “In that day,” declares the Lord, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
We looked at the capital city of Petra.
We need to remember that Petra was just one city inside Edom.
(Map) The nation was located on the “King’s Highway” with caravans traveling to India, Europe, and North Africa passing through.
Edom had contact man with the rest of the world.
Edom was well known for her wise educated men.
9 Your warriors, O Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter.
This is the northern part of the country.
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