But on Mount Zion will be deliverance; it will be holy, and Jacob will possess his inheritance. Jacob will be a fire and Joseph a flame; Esau will be stubble, and they will set him on fire and destroy him. There will be no survivors from Esau.” The Lord has spoken. Obadiah 17-18 (NIV). This is a prophecy aboutContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 1 February 2021 Today’s topic: Clearly About Jesus”
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Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 19 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Leader Forgives
Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame; you will be destroyed forever. Obadiah 10 (NIV). Esau forgave Jacob. Jacob had wronged Esau by taking Esau’s birthright (which Esau had, until then, held in very low regard). So Jacob fled and lived in trepidation of his older twin until theContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 19 January 2021 Today’s topic: Our Leader Forgives”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 18 January 2021 Today’s topic: Defeating Teman
Your warriors, Teman, will be terrified, and everyone in Esau’s mountains will be cut down in the slaughter. Obadiah 9 (NIV). At the end of all time, the greatest military ever will be incapable of firing back at the Lord. When Jesus returns, all the assembled weapons of the most highly trained armies on the earthContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 18 January 2021 Today’s topic: Defeating Teman”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 14 January 2021 Today’s topic: More Godder Than God
“In that day,” declares the Lord, “will I not destroy the wise men of Edom, those of understanding in the mountains of Esau?” Obadiah 8 (NIV). God can easily thwart the intelligence, the knowledge, the pride, and any achievement by mankind. If you noodle that thought enough, I think you’ll find it was one of the factorsContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 14 January 2021 Today’s topic: More Godder Than God”
Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 4 January 2021 Today’s topic: About Obadiah
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Sovereign Lord says about Edom: We have heard a message from the Lord: An envoy was sent to the nations to say, “Rise, let us go against her for battle.” Obadiah 1 (NIV). Welcome back to the Old Testament, the Bible that Jesus learned and quoted. Let’s spend some time in itsContinue reading “Practical Proverbial, from Obadiah, 4 January 2021 Today’s topic: About Obadiah”
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