1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:04,700 While Christians today are not under the Old Testament, as a 2 00:00:04,700 --> 00:00:09,600 system of justification, the Old Testament, is still of Great 3 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,900 Value to you. And I today, for as we find from 4 00:00:13,900 --> 00:00:18,000 the words of the great Apostle Paul so long ago, as he was 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:21,400 divinely inspired by the Holy Spirit and wrote the Roman 6 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:24,500 letter. He said in Romans chapter 15 and 7 00:00:24,500 --> 00:00:29,100 verse 4 for whatsoever, things were written aforetime were 8 00:00:29,100 --> 00:00:32,700 written for our learning. That we through patience and 9 00:00:32,700 --> 00:00:35,600 comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 10 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,300 And you remember as the Apostle Paul, the very same author 11 00:00:39,300 --> 00:00:43,500 inspired by the very same, holy spirit of God, wrote to the 12 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:48,100 young evangelist Timothy and second Timothy 3 and verses 16 13 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:51,100 and 17. When he said that all scripture 14 00:00:51,100 --> 00:00:55,800 is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for Doctrine 15 00:00:55,800 --> 00:00:59,700 for reproof for correction for instruction, in righteousness. 16 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:03,800 That the man of God, God may be perfect or complete thoroughly 17 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:07,600 furnished unto all. Good works what Paul said there. 18 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:12,300 So long ago is this, that all things that are found in the 66 19 00:01:12,300 --> 00:01:17,300 books of the entire Bible are God breathed that all scripture 20 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:20,400 comes from the very inspiration of God. 21 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,200 And when you and I picked up this grand old book today and we 22 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:26,700 read, what's found in God's word? 23 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:32,200 It is as if God through the Holy Spirit was Is speaking to us 24 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:36,100 directly the things that are found in God's word, are all 25 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:39,900 those things that are god-breathed and Paul said to 26 00:01:39,900 --> 00:01:43,900 Timothy that its profitable for Doctrine for reproof for 27 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:46,600 correction for instruction in righteousness. 28 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,700 That the man of God may be complete thoroughly furnished 29 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,200 unto all good works. This is especially true with 30 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:58,900 regard to the Minor Prophets, The Minor Prophets are the 12 31 00:01:58,900 --> 00:02:03,500 books of the last 12 books. The Old Testament scriptures and 32 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:07,900 they begin with Hosea and end with the Book of Malachi. 33 00:02:08,300 --> 00:02:11,700 I am convinced though today that those that are willing to study 34 00:02:11,700 --> 00:02:15,900 these books, will as one man said one time and I'll just pass 35 00:02:15,900 --> 00:02:18,600 it on. They will be able to have their 36 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:23,900 lives enriched as they increase number one, their knowledge of 37 00:02:23,900 --> 00:02:28,700 God's holiness his righteousness, his judgment and 38 00:02:28,700 --> 00:02:33,500 his Mercy, we will And our lives enriched as we increase our 39 00:02:33,500 --> 00:02:37,300 understanding of God's dealings in the nation of man. 40 00:02:37,700 --> 00:02:41,400 And finally in certainly not least, we will find our lives 41 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:45,900 enriched as we increase our appreciation for the Bible as a 42 00:02:45,900 --> 00:02:51,200 literary Masterpiece. But the question is, who were 43 00:02:51,200 --> 00:02:53,900 the prophets? First of all, let me just say 44 00:02:53,900 --> 00:02:57,200 this under the old Covenant, under the law of Moses, they had 45 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,600 different kinds of instructors of instructors, And we'll just 46 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,700 begin with Moses. Since we've just mentioned his 47 00:03:04,700 --> 00:03:10,100 name, Moses was the lawgiver. But also the Bible says and 48 00:03:10,100 --> 00:03:14,300 teaches us and we can study from God's word that under the law of 49 00:03:14,300 --> 00:03:18,300 Moses or under the old Covenant. There were priests and the 50 00:03:18,300 --> 00:03:21,300 priests were administrators of the law. 51 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:24,100 Then, there were wise, men, and wise. 52 00:03:24,100 --> 00:03:26,800 Men were those who gave Council then. 53 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,000 There were psalmist. And the psalmist were the poets 54 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,500 or Week singers of Israel. And finally, there were the 55 00:03:34,500 --> 00:03:38,800 prophets and the prophets were communicators of the word of 56 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,600 God. Simply put, I'll just say this 57 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:45,000 that a prophet was the spokesman for another. 58 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:48,100 Do you remember not long ago probably about a month ago? 59 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:51,800 Now we spoke on a subject or I preached a sermon in your 60 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:56,900 hearing about the excuses that Moses made when God said, I've 61 00:03:56,900 --> 00:04:00,600 heard the Cry of my people, their cry has come unto me. 62 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:05,500 And I am going to deliver them from Egyptian bondage but he 63 00:04:05,500 --> 00:04:07,500 said this is how I'm going to do it. 64 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,100 I'm going to send you, Moses and you are going to speak to the 65 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:13,500 people. And one of the excuses that 66 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:18,200 Moses make so long ago was this. I can't do it. 67 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:20,500 I'm not the right man for the job. 68 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:25,000 Surely I could not stand before man and communicate your will to 69 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,700 them because I'm not an eloquent man. 70 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:30,600 I am slow of speech. I am slow. 71 00:04:30,700 --> 00:04:34,000 Whoa of tongue. But you know, God knew all that 72 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:37,700 God knew his shortcomings. God knew what he was out, what 73 00:04:37,700 --> 00:04:40,800 he was able to do and new his capabilities. 74 00:04:40,900 --> 00:04:45,200 So he said this, he said there's going to be a spokesman for you 75 00:04:45,500 --> 00:04:50,500 and his name is your brother. Aaron in Exodus chapter 4 and 76 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:56,100 verses 15 and 16 it says and thou shalt speak unto him and 77 00:04:56,100 --> 00:05:01,000 put words in his mouth and I will be with thy mouth and With 78 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:05,600 his mouth and will teach you what you shall do and he shall 79 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:10,800 be thy spokesman unto the people and he shall be even he shall be 80 00:05:11,100 --> 00:05:14,700 to thee instead of a mouth and thou shalt be to him. 81 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,800 Instead of God, the word Prophet as defined. 82 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:23,500 I understand literally means to boil up like a fountain and 83 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:26,800 these profits while they were under the influence of the holy 84 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,600 spirit of God, they were the spokesman for God. 85 00:05:30,700 --> 00:05:34,100 I'm in second Peter chapter 1 and verse 21. 86 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:39,100 You remember that Peter said for the prophecy came not in Old 87 00:05:39,100 --> 00:05:44,800 Time by the will of man but by holy men of God spake as they 88 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,700 were moved by the Holy Ghost. You know I love this. 89 00:05:48,700 --> 00:05:50,100 I'm going to pass it on something. 90 00:05:50,100 --> 00:05:52,600 I read somebody said one time, maybe you've heard it. 91 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,400 But a fellow said one time, there's two kinds of preachers. 92 00:05:56,400 --> 00:05:59,700 I think this is true. There really is and the two 93 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:03,900 kinds of preachers are these. There's the good preacher and 94 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:07,000 there's the poor preacher and then he said, this is how you 95 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,100 can tell between a good preacher and a poor creature, it's not 96 00:06:11,100 --> 00:06:15,000 one who is eloquent speech and one who's a great orator makes 97 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,200 him a good preacher and one who doesn't have great speaking 98 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:20,200 ability. Makes him a poor preacher. 99 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:25,200 No, he said that what makes a good Sure is one who has 100 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,500 something to say. While the poor preacher simply 101 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:33,700 has to say something and that's the difference, but then he said 102 00:06:33,700 --> 00:06:38,300 this, there's a third and even higher class of preacher. 103 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:42,800 And that's the man who has something to say, and it burns 104 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,500 down deep within him. And he can't stay put and he 105 00:06:46,500 --> 00:06:50,700 can't be still. And he has to say it thus were 106 00:06:50,700 --> 00:06:54,600 the prophets of God. Jeremiah A whale represents this 107 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,000 latter class as he explains his feelings, you remember his 108 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:02,400 complaint in Jeremiah chapter 20 beginning in verse 7, listen to 109 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:08,600 these words he said O Lord thou Hast deceive me and I was 110 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:13,600 deceived Thou Art stronger than I and Hast prevailed. 111 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:18,600 I am in derision daily. Everyone Market me for, since I 112 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:23,200 spake, I cried out, I cried violence and I cried spoil. 113 00:07:23,500 --> 00:07:28,000 Because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me and a 114 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,900 derision daily. Then I said, I will not make 115 00:07:31,900 --> 00:07:37,600 mention anymore in his name, but notice what happened to Jeremiah 116 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:43,300 the very next words are these. But his word was in my heart as 117 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:47,600 burning fire, shut up in my bones and I was weary with 118 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:53,200 forbearing and I could not stay thus were the prophets. 119 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:55,400 Of God. Well, how are the prophets 120 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:59,500 classified in the Bible? There are classified into 121 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:03,100 different classifications and they are these, there were the 122 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:07,000 oral prophets and then there were the literary prophets. 123 00:08:07,300 --> 00:08:10,100 Well, it's quite obvious who would be the oral prophets and 124 00:08:10,100 --> 00:08:12,100 who would be the literary prophets, or what was the 125 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:14,000 difference? Here's the difference. 126 00:08:14,300 --> 00:08:18,500 The oral prophets were still the spokesman for God and they went 127 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:23,700 out as for Taylor's and forth. Tellers to convey the Words of 128 00:08:23,700 --> 00:08:26,100 God, that God wanted them to do so. 129 00:08:26,300 --> 00:08:30,300 But the oral prophets were the ones that did not bear any 130 00:08:30,300 --> 00:08:34,400 writings in their name. Simply put, they are these. 131 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:36,799 I'll just give you a couple of examples, though. 132 00:08:36,900 --> 00:08:39,500 We could cite a whole lot of them today. 133 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:44,000 The Prophet Elijah was one who fell under the category of his 134 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:49,200 of an oral Prophet. The Prophet Elijah, Nathan Gad, 135 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:52,200 and many, many others. They were ones with that were 136 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,900 the spokesman for Oh God, it, boiled up like a fountain within 137 00:08:55,900 --> 00:08:58,800 them and they conveyed the word of God. 138 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,400 But they did not have any writings bearing, their names 139 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,300 simply put. Now we understand what a 140 00:09:05,300 --> 00:09:08,100 literary. Profit is a literary, prophets. 141 00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:13,900 Are those that had writings that bore their names and of those 142 00:09:13,900 --> 00:09:17,000 literary prophets. They are categorized into 143 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,400 different categories. The Major Prophets, and the 144 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:23,100 Minor Prophets, but let's understand something. 145 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:27,800 Today, when I say Major Prophets and I say Minor Prophets, it 146 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:31,100 doesn't mean that the major prophets were more important 147 00:09:31,100 --> 00:09:34,100 than the Minor Prophets. And it does not mean that the 148 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:38,700 Minor Prophets were inferior in any way by way of importance, by 149 00:09:38,700 --> 00:09:42,100 way of the man, as the prophet, or even the message that was 150 00:09:42,100 --> 00:09:44,500 being conveyed. It does not mean that they were 151 00:09:44,500 --> 00:09:48,200 inferior to the Major Prophets. It simply is referring to the 152 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:52,300 length of their writing. The major prophets, were these 153 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:59,700 Isaiah, Jeremiah Lamentations Ezekiel and Daniel were the 154 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:03,000 major prophets and in the Minor Prophets. 155 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:06,400 As we mentioned, a moment ago, it begets, the last 12 books of 156 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:09,900 the 39 books of the Old Testament scripture beginning 157 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:15,600 with Hosea and they were Hosea, Joel, Amos Obadiah Jonah. 158 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:22,500 Micah Nahum habakkuk Zephaniah haggai, Zechariah and Malachi 159 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:25,200 the last 12 books. Acts of the Old Testament, 160 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,100 scriptures made up the Minor Prophets. 161 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,700 Now today, let's begin with the prophet Obadiah. 162 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,000 I am convinced that this was written in the 9th century, 163 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:40,000 during the early Assyrian period in about 845 BC. 164 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,600 I also understand that it is it is really probably unlikely to 165 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,700 pin down for sure between these two dates but some say that in 166 00:10:48,700 --> 00:10:53,000 586 BC that this letter was written, or this book was 167 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,100 written solely. Long ago, but I contend that it 168 00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:59,200 was the earlier date. And I think context wise 169 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:03,400 supports that, that would make this writing the earliest of 170 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:08,900 all, of the prophets of the Minor Prophets in 845 BC. 171 00:11:09,100 --> 00:11:11,600 Historically, speaking, you remember that? 172 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:15,300 This was during the period of the divided Kingdom in Israel's 173 00:11:15,300 --> 00:11:17,800 history to the north, and to the east. 174 00:11:17,800 --> 00:11:21,500 The Empire of Assyria was beginning to make its presence 175 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:24,900 known in Israel. Let me Just say this. 176 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,900 Who was Obadiah? And I am convinced that it's not 177 00:11:29,900 --> 00:11:33,700 possible to know, for sure, who the prophet Obadiah was, though. 178 00:11:33,700 --> 00:11:37,100 There are many names or many times, when the word or name 179 00:11:37,100 --> 00:11:41,200 Obadiah is mentioned, was it talking about Ahab servant? 180 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:45,200 So on was it talking about another occasion in second, 181 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,100 chronicles, 17, and 7, we don't know. 182 00:11:48,300 --> 00:11:52,200 But one man said this about Obadiah, it's not necessary that 183 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:56,100 we understand who, the man was what's necessary, is we 184 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:58,700 understand what his message was. Us. 185 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:01,800 And that's what we have. We find very little in God's 186 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:03,800 word. In fact, we find nothing in 187 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:09,100 God's word about this particular Obadiah that wrote this book, so 188 00:12:09,100 --> 00:12:11,800 long ago. Let me just give you the message 189 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,000 really quickly. The message of this prophecy was 190 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:20,200 simply this the fall of Edom, and there's a reason for the 191 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:24,100 fall of Edom. It's going to be because of its 192 00:12:24,100 --> 00:12:26,500 sinful pride. And let me just say this 193 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:31,000 whatever was wrong. Back in 8, 45 BC with regards to 194 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:33,800 Pride is going to be wrong it with you. 195 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:38,300 And I today as we live in this Christian Life it has always 196 00:12:38,300 --> 00:12:40,900 been wrong. In fact, you remember when Satan 197 00:12:40,900 --> 00:12:44,000 and a third of the hosts of Heaven were cast out because of 198 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,900 their sinful pride pride. The Bible says, goes before 199 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,700 destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. 200 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:55,500 So why was Edom going to be brought down and destroyed? 201 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,200 Why was judgment going to come on the people or the Edomites 202 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,000 that dwelt in that land simply put because of their sinful 203 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:07,700 Pride, number one and number two because of their cruelty to 204 00:13:07,700 --> 00:13:10,400 Israel. They're cousins you know those 205 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:14,700 are two things and two themes that ring true today, you can't 206 00:13:14,700 --> 00:13:18,000 have any pride and be acceptable in the eyes of God. 207 00:13:18,100 --> 00:13:22,000 And you certainly cannot be cruel to your fellow man. 208 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:25,100 Those were things that Jesus taught in the Christian 209 00:13:25,100 --> 00:13:29,100 dispensation before the church was established, Jesus preached 210 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:33,000 about those things, all those things came into effect in Acts. 211 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:36,800 The second chapter when the church was established and those 212 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,600 things are wrong today as they were wrong. 213 00:13:39,700 --> 00:13:45,800 So long ago, here's more of the message, Zion would be exalted. 214 00:13:46,900 --> 00:13:50,600 When Mount Isa or Mount seir, which was the Edomite 215 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,900 counterpart design would be cast down. 216 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:56,600 And when that happens, that's going to happen. 217 00:13:56,600 --> 00:14:01,900 When the rescued of Israel will be in, Zion listen for in it. 218 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:06,400 The redeemed shall be found. Does that sound like something 219 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:11,500 else that we know about? In Zion is where the redeemed 220 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:14,100 would be. Found there's a picture of 221 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:18,700 something there that Obadiah wrote so long ago and 8:45 BC 222 00:14:18,900 --> 00:14:21,900 will get back to that in Greater detail in just a little while. 223 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:26,700 But the history of Edom, the people of Edom descended from 224 00:14:26,700 --> 00:14:31,300 Esau Jacob's twin, brother, their sibling rivalry between 225 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:33,300 Edom. And Israel, though was found, 226 00:14:33,300 --> 00:14:37,700 first in the Twins and Esau and Jacob in their mother's womb, 227 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,800 you Remember the 25th chapter of the Book of Genesis? 228 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:44,900 We find that the twins struggled in their mother's womb. 229 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:48,300 You remember also before that though, that Isaac and treated 230 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:52,300 the Lord for Rebecca because Rebecca was bearing and the 231 00:14:52,300 --> 00:14:56,400 Bible says that she conceived. But the two twins, these two 232 00:14:56,400 --> 00:15:00,800 boys that were in her womb were struggling against each other 233 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,600 struggling together mightily so much. 234 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,100 So that she asks God the question she says, why is this 235 00:15:08,100 --> 00:15:11,200 so Why do these struggle within me? 236 00:15:11,300 --> 00:15:17,300 And God said, this two nations are in thy womb and to manner of 237 00:15:17,300 --> 00:15:21,700 people shall be separated from thy bowels and the one people 238 00:15:21,700 --> 00:15:26,000 shall be stronger than the other people and the Elder Shall Serve 239 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:28,800 the younger. And the Bible says that when 240 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,500 that when they were in their womb, they struggled, but one 241 00:15:32,500 --> 00:15:35,500 day they were delivered in. The first came out red all over 242 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:38,100 like, a hairy garment and they called his name. 243 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:42,600 Esau and after that his brother came out holding on to Esau's 244 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,400 heel and they called him. Jacob. 245 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:49,100 And the Bible says that the boys grew and Esau was a cunning 246 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:53,700 Hunter, a man of the field and Jacob was a plain man dwelling 247 00:15:53,700 --> 00:15:58,800 in tents and Isaac loved Esau because of he did eat his 248 00:15:58,800 --> 00:16:04,000 venison but Rebecca loved Jacob you know, this sibling rivalry 249 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:08,200 continued one day when Jacob had sawed pottage the King James. 250 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,500 Version, I didn't reference other translations but the King 251 00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,500 James version says sod pottage. Now what does that? 252 00:16:15,700 --> 00:16:18,400 That's just a fancy way of saying, he boiled some stuff in 253 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,400 a pot. I think this very I think we 254 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:23,100 need to look at the language of the things that transpired that 255 00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:26,500 day to have a really good understanding of just exactly 256 00:16:26,700 --> 00:16:31,200 the mindset of Esau with what he was willing to give up all of a 257 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:35,500 sudden Here Comes Esau from the field and he was faint and he 258 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:38,200 was faint so much so that he thought he was going to die. 259 00:16:38,300 --> 00:16:42,500 Died and he sees Jacob with this, sod pottage and he comes 260 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:50,400 to him and says this, get this give me that same red pottage. 261 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,300 You know, there was nothing spectacular, there was nothing 262 00:16:55,300 --> 00:16:57,800 special about what he was cooking that day. 263 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:03,600 It was the same red pottage that he had seen so many times 264 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,000 before. But Esau was desperate and he 265 00:17:07,008 --> 00:17:09,300 comes to Jacob and he thinks he's going to die. 266 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,700 He says I faint give me some of that. 267 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:14,400 Same red pottage and Jacob. Thought, you know what? 268 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,400 I'm going to do, I'm going to capitalize on the situation. 269 00:17:17,599 --> 00:17:20,900 I'm going to capitalize on his weakness and he said this, give 270 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,500 me your Birthright. Tell me your Birthright in 271 00:17:23,500 --> 00:17:28,700 exchange for some of this pottage and Esau said this, I'm 272 00:17:28,700 --> 00:17:31,200 dying. Anyway, I'm going to lose my 273 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,800 life, I'm faint to the point of death than a birthrights. 274 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:37,000 Really not going to do me any good anyway. 275 00:17:37,100 --> 00:17:41,700 Deal done, give me the potage and he begins to eat it and so 276 00:17:41,700 --> 00:17:44,800 on and so forth. And the Bible says from that day 277 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:49,400 forward. Esau did despised his Birthright 278 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:53,200 but the sibling rivalry continued didn't It you remember 279 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:58,700 one time when Isaac, the Bible says, Isaac was old and his eyes 280 00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:03,100 were faint in that he could not see, you know, I've tried to 281 00:18:03,100 --> 00:18:06,500 picture how come he didn't understand or how come, he 282 00:18:06,500 --> 00:18:09,300 didn't know. It was Jacob as an imposter 283 00:18:09,300 --> 00:18:12,200 really on that occasion. How did he not know that it 284 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,100 wasn't Esau or at that? How did he not know that? 285 00:18:15,500 --> 00:18:20,100 But the Bible says that, that Isaac says to Esau, he said, I 286 00:18:20,100 --> 00:18:24,500 want you to go out and kill. Me some meat and bring back some 287 00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,600 of that venison. Bring me back some of that 288 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:30,500 savory meat that I love so much, and I'm going to eat and be 289 00:18:30,500 --> 00:18:32,900 filled with it. And then when I'm done, I'm 290 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:37,600 going to give you the blessing of the firstborn and off. 291 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:41,300 Esau goes, I don't know how long he was gone, but he was gone 292 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:44,800 long enough, but overhearing, what was happening? 293 00:18:44,800 --> 00:18:48,100 There was Rebecca. You remember the Bible says that 294 00:18:48,100 --> 00:18:51,500 Rebecca loved Jacob and Rebecca comes to Jacob. 295 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:55,600 And he says And she says this, your brother Esau is about to 296 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,600 receive his Blessing, the blessing of the firstborn. 297 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,700 He's out there trying to bring some meat in, he's going to 298 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:05,000 bring venison or savory meat to your father, and have the 299 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,400 blessing go quickly now. And get two goats from the flock 300 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:14,200 and you bring them in and I will prepare Savory meat for thy 301 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:16,900 father. And Jacob said, I'll never get 302 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:20,500 away with it. Esau is a hairy man and I am a 303 00:19:20,500 --> 00:19:23,000 smooth man. He will reach back and touch 304 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,800 behind my neck and find that I am smooth on my neck and, 305 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:31,000 therefore, he'll know, it's me. He said, and if I try to deceive 306 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,800 him, he's gonna know it's me. And not only, am I not going to 307 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:36,800 receive the blessing? I'm going to receive a cursing 308 00:19:36,900 --> 00:19:42,100 from him, and Rebecca said, let his curse be on me do, as you're 309 00:19:42,100 --> 00:19:45,300 told, and he does. And the Bible says, they took 310 00:19:45,300 --> 00:19:49,300 those skins with the Furs and she put those On his hands. 311 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:51,500 And she put it on the back of his neck. 312 00:19:51,700 --> 00:19:55,500 And here, he comes with the Savory meat to bring to Isaac. 313 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,700 And he says here, father, it is as I paraphrase. 314 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:00,700 Here's the venison that you wanted. 315 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,400 Here's the Savory meat and he's going to eat that. 316 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,200 And he says, and then you can give me my blessing. 317 00:20:06,700 --> 00:20:12,100 And Isaac said, how can it be? So you sound like Jacob, but you 318 00:20:12,100 --> 00:20:16,300 feel like Esau when he reached out and touched the hands of 319 00:20:16,300 --> 00:20:21,000 Jacob and found those So first skins, he said you feel like, 320 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,400 like, Esau, you sound like Jacob, who isn't? 321 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:28,000 He says I'm he saw and he ate it and he gave the blessing to 322 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:33,500 Jacob and we know the story. Esau wanted to kill Jacob and 323 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,400 Rebecca told him that to flee, and get away from that. 324 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:41,700 And so on, here's really the point though, as they reconciled 325 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:46,800 later on in about Genesis, the 32nd and 33rd chapter, we find 326 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:51,100 that they did reconcile. But their descendants still 327 00:20:51,100 --> 00:20:55,600 struggled together. And so we find also that those 328 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:59,400 descendants continued as we find in The Exodus. 329 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,900 When Edom refused Israel Passage through their land. 330 00:21:04,100 --> 00:21:08,300 Notice the numbers, the 20th, chapter beginning in verse 331 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:13,700 number 14 and Moses sent Messengers from Kadesh under the 332 00:21:13,700 --> 00:21:19,600 king of Edom, thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all 333 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,800 the travail that hath. Befallen us how our fathers went 334 00:21:23,800 --> 00:21:28,600 down into Egypt and we have dwelt in Egypt for a long time 335 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,000 and the Egyptians vexed us and our fathers. 336 00:21:32,300 --> 00:21:37,000 And when We Cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice and send an 337 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,900 angel and hath brought us forth out of Egypt and behold. 338 00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:45,600 We are in K Desh a city in the uttermost of vibe order. 339 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,100 Let us pass. I pray thee. 340 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,000 Through thy country, we will not pass through the fields, or 341 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:54,700 Through The Vineyards. Neither will we drink of the 342 00:21:54,700 --> 00:21:58,700 water of the wells. We will go by the Kings Highway. 343 00:21:58,900 --> 00:22:03,400 We will not turn to the right hand, nor to the left until we 344 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,100 have passed thy borders. And Edom said unto him. 345 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:11,800 Thou shalt not pass by me. Lest I come out against thee 346 00:22:11,900 --> 00:22:16,200 with The Sword and the children of Israel said unto him, we will 347 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,100 go by the highway and if If I and my cattle drink of the 348 00:22:20,100 --> 00:22:24,100 water, then I will pay for it. I will only without doing 349 00:22:24,100 --> 00:22:29,100 anything else. Go through on my feet and he 350 00:22:29,100 --> 00:22:32,400 said, Thou shalt not go through and eat them. 351 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:37,500 Came out against him with much people and with the strong hand 352 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:42,600 the descendants of those at odds with one another Edom. 353 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,900 Do you remember? Historically speaking was 354 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,800 finally subjected by David in second. 355 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:54,300 Chapter 8 and verses 13 and 14 where it says this and David got 356 00:22:54,300 --> 00:22:58,100 him a name when he returned from smiting of the syrians, in the 357 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:03,900 valley of salt being 18,000 men, and he put Garrison's in Edom 358 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:08,100 throughout all Edom, put he Garrison's and all they of Edom 359 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:12,000 became David servants and the Lord preserve David. 360 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,500 Whithersoever, he went, but then in second Kings chapter, 18 361 00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:20,300 verses 20 through 22. To that in the days of joram, or 362 00:23:20,300 --> 00:23:25,500 jehoram Edom, revolted and located, south of the Dead Sea, 363 00:23:25,500 --> 00:23:28,100 and built their cities in the cliffs and they thought 364 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:33,500 themselves impregnable and that no one was mighty enough to 365 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:36,200 overthrow them and that was a problem. 366 00:23:36,200 --> 00:23:41,400 That rang true all the way until 8:45 BC, when Obadiah the 367 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:46,000 prophet spoke as he did. So long ago, they thought, you 368 00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,700 know what we're going to do, we're going to revolt And we're 369 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:50,800 going to go make our cities in the cliffs. 370 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,600 We're going to be hidden here. They'll never come and get us 371 00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,900 will see them coming and we're going to be protected here and 372 00:23:57,900 --> 00:24:02,600 no power and no might of man could ever overthrow us for. 373 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:08,400 We are Mighty in this way but you know by 100 BC they were 374 00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,000 finally conquered. Many of them were forced to be 375 00:24:12,100 --> 00:24:16,400 to be circumcised and accept the law becoming nominal Jewish 376 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,700 proselytes and By 100 AD historically speaking, eat them 377 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,700 as a race and nation was lost to history. 378 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:29,400 Let me just very briefly, give you the outline of the book. 379 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:33,700 First of all, there's the coming Judgment of Edom in verses 1 380 00:24:33,700 --> 00:24:38,900 through 9 that Edom do deceive by pride of her location will be 381 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:43,300 brought down and that, that destruction will be absolutely 382 00:24:43,300 --> 00:24:46,000 complete. That Edom will be betrayed by 383 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:49,400 its allies to, you know. People do sometimes when they 384 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:53,200 think they've got friends. Let me just tell you this, in 385 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,100 the world. In the flesh, we have people 386 00:24:56,100 --> 00:24:59,900 that we think are our lives. We think sometimes that we're 387 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:03,300 going to be strong or for example, we have something that 388 00:25:03,300 --> 00:25:06,900 we have to stand up for a cause that we have to stand up for. 389 00:25:07,100 --> 00:25:09,600 Now, I'm not talking about members of the body of Christ 390 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:12,800 who stand for truth and right and listen, we stand together 391 00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:16,000 and we always will stand together and may we never be 392 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 apart with regard to right and wrong. 393 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:21,900 With what you and I must stand for as the body of Christ as 394 00:25:21,900 --> 00:25:24,000 Christians. But I'll tell you something else 395 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,400 though, you know what happens when you're in the world and all 396 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:29,600 of a sudden you have to stand for a cause and you have allies 397 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:31,200 and you got people backing you up. 398 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,500 Have you ever been placed in a position in your life? 399 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,500 When all of a sudden because, you know, their strength in 400 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:41,700 numbers and you stand there, you stand there, strong and you turn 401 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:44,700 around and your allies have left. 402 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:47,800 You Have you ever had that happen? 403 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:51,000 It turn around and you're all alone. 404 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:57,200 The allies of Edom, they thought that because of the strength of 405 00:25:57,200 --> 00:26:00,200 their allies and because of the strength and power of their 406 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,700 location, there was no way that they could be brought down. 407 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:07,200 And yet, those were prideful things that condemn them. 408 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:14,000 Their allies left them and not even all the wisdom and all the 409 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,400 might In the Flesh. Could save them. 410 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:20,800 Now, then Obadiah gives the reason for violence and 411 00:26:20,800 --> 00:26:23,500 unbrotherly conduct toward Jacob. 412 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:28,100 He gives a rebuke of such and then he says this in verses 15 413 00:26:28,100 --> 00:26:32,200 and 16 where he speaks of the day of the Lord, the day of the 414 00:26:32,208 --> 00:26:37,100 Lord is the day that God manifests himself to overthrow 415 00:26:37,300 --> 00:26:40,300 his and Enemies. And I'll tell you this though, 416 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:44,600 when we have conduct toward each other, that is not like it ought 417 00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:47,400 to be We're going to answer for that. 418 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,400 Sometimes people say, and I'm not trying to be repetitive. 419 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,400 You've heard me preach this. I'll say his really quickly 420 00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:54,600 about judging others. We can judge. 421 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,800 Yes, we do, we judge righteous judgment. 422 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,500 We use the word of God. We consider thyself, ourself. 423 00:27:00,500 --> 00:27:04,200 Absolutely lest we be tempted and we have to have the right 424 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:08,500 heart Spirit motivation intention and all of that. 425 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:12,700 When we stand in judgment over another, without those things, 426 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:14,800 we're going to hear the very same thing. 427 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,800 Back on the day of judgment, the things that these people had 428 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,000 done. We're going to hear it back in 429 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,700 their literal destruction because of what they had done. 430 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,400 And in the day of the Lord, that's the day that God, 431 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:31,400 overthrows his enemies, he did. So and the day of the Lord for 432 00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:35,100 you and I is the Judgment Day and that's the day that God will 433 00:27:35,100 --> 00:27:39,500 overthrow his enemies as well. And we're going to hear Here, 434 00:27:39,500 --> 00:27:42,900 how we had judgment over another on that day. 435 00:27:43,100 --> 00:27:45,700 I don't know about you, but I kind of think I need all the 436 00:27:45,700 --> 00:27:48,100 help. I can get, I don't want to hurt 437 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:52,000 myself on the day of judgment because I've judged wrongfully 438 00:27:52,100 --> 00:27:55,600 in this life and let me just say one more thing and I'll move on 439 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,900 You can stand for what's right? You can go to your brother and 440 00:27:59,900 --> 00:28:03,900 you can rebuke him and you can do so strongly, but you can do. 441 00:28:03,900 --> 00:28:05,900 So with the right heart, you can do. 442 00:28:05,900 --> 00:28:09,400 So with the right intention and the right motive that you want 443 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,200 your brother to repent, because you know what's coming down the 444 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,900 line. If they don't, I'll tell you 445 00:28:13,900 --> 00:28:16,300 something, there's nothing in the world wrong with that. 446 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,400 In fact, you know what Jesus said said, he said get the beam 447 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,000 out of your eye. So you see clearly to help your 448 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,300 brother, not just leave him alone and he leaves you alone. 449 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,600 No, we don't leave Other alone, we just cast out our own 450 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,700 problems. So we can see clearly to do what 451 00:28:31,900 --> 00:28:35,500 help our brother live the Christian Life. 452 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,800 Third thing, we find in this chapter in this book is the 453 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,600 exultation of Israel over Jordan. 454 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:45,700 Overeaten, deliverance and Holiness will be found in Mount 455 00:28:45,700 --> 00:28:48,800 Zion, not Mount, Esau or Mount seir. 456 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:51,100 Which was the prominent mountain in Edom? 457 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,700 The house of Jacob. Shall consume the house of Esau 458 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:57,800 the children of Israel. Shall possess Edom and 459 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,700 surrounding Nations. And the ultimate rule will be 460 00:29:01,700 --> 00:29:04,700 that of the laws. You know, the Fulfillment of 461 00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:09,400 this prophecy was twofold. It was immediate with the 462 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:14,200 literal fulfillment of it. Beginning when edom's 463 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,800 destruction began with the Babylonian Invasion under 464 00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:20,800 Nebuchadnezzar and about 600 BC and we spoke of just a moment 465 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:25,300 ago historically by what happened by 100 BC and as they 466 00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:29,600 were finally destroyed and by 100 AD, there were the people as 467 00:29:29,600 --> 00:29:31,800 a race and Nation were lost to history. 468 00:29:32,500 --> 00:29:35,500 But there's also the ultimate fulfillment. 469 00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:40,000 Most likely coming with the Messiah with Jesus Christ for 470 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:42,400 with his coming and establishment of the spiritual 471 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:46,300 Kingdom. Beginning at Jerusalem and that 472 00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:49,400 deliverance and Holiness did come from Mount. 473 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:54,300 Zion in Jerusalem, in Luke 24. You remember after Jesus was 474 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:58,200 crucified and after he was buried, he rose from the dead on 475 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,800 the third day. And he was about to spend about 476 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,200 40 days with those disciples. And what did he say? 477 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:09,000 He said in Luke the 24th chapter he said, and that repentance and 478 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:13,200 remission of sins would be preached in his name among Among 479 00:30:13,200 --> 00:30:19,200 all nations beginning where beginning at Jerusalem, then it 480 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,500 says that the ultimate rule will be that of the Lords. 481 00:30:22,700 --> 00:30:26,300 Jesus said those words and the twenty-eighth chapter of the 482 00:30:26,300 --> 00:30:30,200 Book of Matthew and beginning in verse 18, what did Jesus say? 483 00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:35,400 He said all power or all authority is given unto me in 484 00:30:35,400 --> 00:30:39,600 heaven and in Earth and because of that power because of that 485 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,800 Authority, he was able to say to go either. 486 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,900 For and teach All Nations, baptizing them in the name of 487 00:30:46,900 --> 00:30:50,600 the father, and of the son and of the Holy Ghost and then 488 00:30:50,600 --> 00:30:54,300 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever. 489 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:58,800 I have commanded you and lo, I Am With You Always even to the 490 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,300 end of the world and first Peter 3 and 22. 491 00:31:03,100 --> 00:31:07,100 Who is gone into heaven? And is on the right hand of God, 492 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:12,600 angels and authorities and Powers, being made subject unto 493 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,800 him. But finally along this line, the 494 00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:18,300 house of Jacob. The true. 495 00:31:18,300 --> 00:31:24,300 Spiritual Israel did possess Edom as the Gentiles among them 496 00:31:24,300 --> 00:31:27,600 became Christians. We're faithful Gentiles are 497 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:32,500 spoken of as being grafted into the stock of Israel time will 498 00:31:32,500 --> 00:31:35,600 not permit us. Us to go there, Romans 11 and 499 00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:39,600 verses 13 through 18, to support this interpretation. 500 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:43,900 You remember that in the Old Testament prophecy Mount Zion is 501 00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:47,200 used as a symbol of spiritual Jerusalem. 502 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,800 And that being today, the church. 503 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,900 And as Obadiah pointed out, the literal place of safety and 504 00:31:54,900 --> 00:32:00,600 refuge would be found on literal Mount Zion understand this, the 505 00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:04,800 only place that the child of God or You want in the whole world 506 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:10,100 is going to have refuge and security and safety is found in 507 00:32:10,100 --> 00:32:13,300 Mount. Zion in the church, there is 508 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:15,700 nothing outside of the body of Christ. 509 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:20,700 That is a place of Refuge. Obadiah pictures to mountains. 510 00:32:21,500 --> 00:32:25,600 One is the counterpart of the other one is in Edom is going to 511 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:29,500 be destroyed, but all of those that are not going to be 512 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:33,700 destroyed, will not be destroyed because they found refuge in 513 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:38,100 solace in Mount. Zion the only place that you can 514 00:32:38,100 --> 00:32:41,900 find that kind of safety, I'll touch on that one more time at 515 00:32:41,900 --> 00:32:45,000 the very end of our talk. And I'm almost through stay with 516 00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:46,900 me. Let me just talk to you now 517 00:32:46,900 --> 00:32:49,900 about some lessons learned Learned from the book of 518 00:32:49,900 --> 00:32:52,700 Obadiah. As we mentioned before that, 519 00:32:52,700 --> 00:32:57,000 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a 520 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,900 fall Proverbs 16 and 18. You know, one of the things 521 00:33:00,900 --> 00:33:05,800 that's wrong with pride is it leads to vanity and it leads to 522 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:11,300 a sense of independence from God if I live my life in a prideful 523 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:16,500 state or prideful condition if I Elevate myself too highly and 524 00:33:16,500 --> 00:33:20,300 I'm filled with all of my Wonderful Pride, that is in me. 525 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,800 I'm really saying by my actions. I am demonstrating. 526 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:28,500 I don't need God. I can exist in my independent 527 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:32,600 state with all of my pride because of how great that I am 528 00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:36,000 because of where I live, because of what I have because of the 529 00:33:36,008 --> 00:33:39,100 friends that I hang out with and so on and so forth. 530 00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:43,300 If I do that, then what I'm doing is I'm demonstrating to 531 00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:47,900 God that I don't need him in my life and that's not true. 532 00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:53,000 Just as Edom took pride in their geographical location, allies 533 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:58,200 wisdom and might such arrogance. God will always punished and 534 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:00,600 Isaiah 13 beginning in verse nine. 535 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:05,400 Listen to this, behold the day of the Lord cometh cruel both 536 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:09,800 with wrath and fierce angle anger to lay the land desolate. 537 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,000 And he shall destroy the Sinners there of out of it, for the 538 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000 stars of Heaven. And the constellations thereof 539 00:34:17,199 --> 00:34:20,800 shall not give They're like the sun shall be darkened in his 540 00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:24,699 going forth and the moon shall not cause her like to shine. 541 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:29,000 And I will punish the world for their evil and the wicked for 542 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:33,199 their iniquity and I will cause the arrogancy of The Proud to 543 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:38,300 cease and will lay low, the haughtiness of the terrible may, 544 00:34:38,300 --> 00:34:43,199 we always all the days of our life be on guard against such 545 00:34:43,199 --> 00:34:47,199 Pride. Second lesson, Don't mistreat 546 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:50,300 your brethren. That's something else we learned 547 00:34:50,300 --> 00:34:53,500 to. Don't mistreat your brethren. 548 00:34:55,199 --> 00:35:00,000 Everyone here has a family of some sort, some sighs, maybe 549 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,200 you've had a sibling, maybe you've been married, you know 550 00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:06,500 what happens sometimes. Sometimes the people that were 551 00:35:06,500 --> 00:35:09,200 related to that, we're supposed to be the closest to where the 552 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,700 worst to. I don't know why. 553 00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:13,600 That's the way that it is. But it is we have all done that 554 00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:17,700 a time or two will be on our best behavior in the eyes of the 555 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:19,900 world. But then when we get to the 556 00:35:19,900 --> 00:35:22,900 confines of our own family, the people that were supposed to 557 00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:26,700 love and cherish and protect. Sometimes where the very worst 558 00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:30,200 to let? That never be said, among the 559 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:34,000 people of God to themselves. Don't ever let. 560 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,800 That we said that we treat the people of God we that are, are 561 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:40,100 the people of God, treating each other wrongfully. 562 00:35:40,300 --> 00:35:43,000 That was another thing that these people did that was wrong 563 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:46,100 that condemn them and brought down their destruction. 564 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:48,500 In verse 10 of the book of Obadiah. 565 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:51,100 It says for thy violence against thy brother. 566 00:35:51,100 --> 00:35:57,000 Jacob, shame shall cover thee and thou Be cut off forever. 567 00:35:57,300 --> 00:36:00,900 And so we learned that how we treat our Brethren, affects our 568 00:36:00,900 --> 00:36:04,900 relationship with the Lord. Paul said in First Corinthians 569 00:36:04,900 --> 00:36:09,200 chapter 8 and verse 12, but when you sin so against the Brethren 570 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:13,800 and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. 571 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:17,500 And so may, we always be careful of how we treat. 572 00:36:17,500 --> 00:36:20,500 One another, thirdly get this one. 573 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:26,300 Don't rejoice in the Calamity of another. 574 00:36:27,700 --> 00:36:32,800 Don't rejoice when something happens to another, that's bad. 575 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,600 Let's be real honest though, right now. 576 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,500 And the ever done like I have at least once or twice, I would 577 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:43,500 imagine Imagine there's quite a few more I just can't remember, 578 00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:48,800 but say you have an enemy. and he missed treats you and he says 579 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,900 things to you and he does evil against you and so on, you're 580 00:36:52,900 --> 00:36:55,700 trying to have the Christian attitude, you don't retaliate 581 00:36:55,700 --> 00:37:00,000 because we don't Then all of a sudden, something happens. 582 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,300 Bad in his life. You know what? 583 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,900 You kind of say inside? That's the way, all right. 584 00:37:08,100 --> 00:37:11,200 Oh, that's great. He sure had that coming and then 585 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:16,000 we Rejoice because something bad happened to someone else. 586 00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:20,100 That's another lesson that we find that we need not to do. 587 00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:23,100 Don't rejoice when your enemy Falls. 588 00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:28,000 Proverbs 24, 17 and 18 says, Rejoice, not when thine enemy 589 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:32,400 falleth and let not thine heart. Be glad when he stumbleth less 590 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,000 the Lord see it and it displeased him. 591 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:39,600 Excuse me, and he turn away his wrath from him. 592 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:43,000 You know, this Edom did when Judah was plundered and verse 593 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,000 12, but Thou shalt it's not have looked on the day of thy brother 594 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,000 in the day that he became a stranger. 595 00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:53,700 Thou has rejoiced over it over the children of Judah. 596 00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,700 In the day of their destruction, neither shouldst. 597 00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:01,800 Thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress rejoicing. 598 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,400 In the Calamity of another is a sin. 599 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:06,100 And, you know what else? His too. 600 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:10,400 You can't rejoice in their bad things, that happened to him. 601 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:11,900 But you know what else you're not supposed to do. 602 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:17,100 You're not supposed to see that they're in need and passed by on 603 00:38:17,100 --> 00:38:20,400 the other side doing nothing to help them. 604 00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:24,800 Remember when Jesus talked about that he said that there was a 605 00:38:24,808 --> 00:38:28,500 man and he was traveling on about a 15-mile road that 606 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:33,500 descended some 3,000 feet, it was rough and it was Rocky and 607 00:38:33,500 --> 00:38:36,800 it descended, some 3,000 feet beginning with that Jerusalem, 608 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:41,800 down to Jericho, he said this man falls among Thieves and 609 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:45,300 somebody comes and takes what he has and they almost beat him to 610 00:38:45,300 --> 00:38:47,400 death and they leave him for dead. 611 00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:50,300 You know what I think about there are folks here that are 612 00:38:50,300 --> 00:38:53,000 from the same area. I was in the Oxnard area and 613 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,500 you'll remember when I'm talking about, but in the colonial 614 00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:59,700 Colonial area, you didn't go down there at night. 615 00:39:00,300 --> 00:39:01,800 That's a good way to get in trouble. 616 00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:04,300 You didn't drive down those streets. 617 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,900 You didn't walk down those streets. 618 00:39:07,700 --> 00:39:11,900 It was a rough place to be. Well, this fella, I understand 619 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:17,100 is traveling on a road that's just as rough and he falls among 620 00:39:17,100 --> 00:39:19,800 Thieves. Here's my point two men passed 621 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:22,800 by One of them. Surely he's going to stop. 622 00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:24,600 You know why? He's a priest. 623 00:39:25,100 --> 00:39:28,900 He's a worshiper of God. He's a worshipper in the temple. 624 00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,300 Surely. He's going to stop and help this 625 00:39:31,300 --> 00:39:34,100 man. But he passes off. 626 00:39:35,100 --> 00:39:39,600 Passes on by, then Jesus said, there's a levite, all, he's 627 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:40,800 going to stop. You know why? 628 00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,100 Because he's a man that rolls up his sleeves, he's a worker in 629 00:39:44,100 --> 00:39:47,300 the temple, he's a helper. He's a man that's going to stop. 630 00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:49,900 Surely you know what the Bible says that he does? 631 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:55,200 Jesus says he looks on the man and deliberately passes on the 632 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,700 other side. It's wrong to do that. 633 00:39:58,700 --> 00:40:01,700 We don't rejoice when they're have lll, come their way, but we 634 00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:05,100 certainly don't pass on the other side doing nothing when we 635 00:40:05,100 --> 00:40:09,900 can help them. But not only did Edom passed by 636 00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:14,500 on the other side refusing to help but she also joined in the 637 00:40:14,500 --> 00:40:19,700 attackers to loot them. Surely, you've seen on TV down 638 00:40:19,700 --> 00:40:25,600 in l.a. something bad happens. In that awful, people have their 639 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,100 houses and they have their businesses and they have things 640 00:40:29,100 --> 00:40:33,200 of value in those buildings and something happens, that comes 641 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,800 their way and earthquake flood a fire some sort of tragedy in 642 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:42,300 their life, whatever it is. And not only do you pass on the 643 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:43,700 other side and do nothing to help. 644 00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:47,600 Not only do you rejoice in their Calamity but how about the 645 00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:51,000 people that actually go inside their buildings and steal? 646 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:55,600 What they have, that's what Edom did they joined in with the 647 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:59,600 attackers and looted them? We're getting a pretty good 648 00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:03,200 picture of why they were to fall. 649 00:41:03,900 --> 00:41:06,200 Let's never rejoice when our enemy Falls. 650 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:10,300 Let's be there to help those that are in need and surely, I 651 00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:13,200 don't have to say this to God's people but surely we would not 652 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,300 join in with the attackers and take what they have. 653 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:19,800 But finally, and then I will be through in the division, the 654 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:24,600 time of divine judgment. God provides a means and place 655 00:41:24,600 --> 00:41:29,000 for escape for those who turn to him and verse 17. 656 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:32,700 Obadiah says that upon Mount Zion shall be Deliverance. 657 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,700 Today, spiritual Mount Zion is the place that we can turn and 658 00:41:36,700 --> 00:41:42,200 let me just tell you this. I understand that you and I are 659 00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,800 in the flesh. I know that. but the place of 660 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:50,100 Refuge is the church, and let me just tell you this too, I know 661 00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:54,100 that sometimes because we're in the flesh, maybe we don't always 662 00:41:54,100 --> 00:41:58,500 behave ourselves, the way that we should, and we regret that 663 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:04,300 But I'll tell you this, too. We know that we cannot get to 664 00:42:04,300 --> 00:42:09,100 God the Father in Heaven one day except through Christ, through 665 00:42:09,100 --> 00:42:12,900 his body, being the church and that's a blessing because it's 666 00:42:12,900 --> 00:42:17,400 the ultimate victory in heaven. But let me just say this to, 667 00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:22,400 when you have challenges in your life, when you have things that 668 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:24,700 come your way that are difficult to handle. 669 00:42:25,700 --> 00:42:27,100 I'm going to tell you something else too. 670 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:34,000 The church is the place of Refuge, because in the church is 671 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:37,200 where God's people are. And those sometimes we don't 672 00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:42,000 always behave as we should God's people are the greatest people 673 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:45,100 in all the world. The reason for that, not because 674 00:42:45,100 --> 00:42:47,000 of our own conceit in our own Pride. 675 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000 But because we go by a different standard. 676 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:55,500 We ever desire and strive to be like, Christ in all that we do 677 00:42:56,100 --> 00:43:01,600 the church, Zion is the only place of Refuge for, as Obadiah 678 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:06,600 said, so long ago for in it, the redeemed shall be found. 679 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,000 We thank you for listening to our podcast, put on by the 680 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:16,700 Church of Christ at 22:15 plans. Road in Bakersfield, if you 681 00:43:16,707 --> 00:43:19,900 would like any additional information, or you would like 682 00:43:19,900 --> 00:43:23,000 to receive a free Bible correspondence, course by mail. 683 00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:27,500 Please email us at info at her Church of Christ 684 00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:31,400 Bakersfield.com. 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