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OBADIAH
(580 B.C.)
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Obad 1:15 Yea against all
nations
The day of the Lord is at hand
That same cup that you (Israelites)
drank on My Holy Mount
Shall all nations drink at My hand,
Drink until their speech grows
thick,
And they become as though they had
never been;
But on Zion’s Mount a remnant shall
survive,
And it shall be holy.
The House of Jacob shall dispossess
Those who dispossessed them.
The House of Jacob shall be fire,
And the House of Joseph flame,
And the House of Esau shall be
straw;
They shall burn it and devour it.
And no inhabitant shall be left of
the House of Esau.
I believe this stanza refers to
the Messianic period, because of the "holy" "remnant" left
on Mount Zion. The House of Jacob (reunified Israel and
Judah) dispossesses Esau (Arab forces) who had dispossessed
them during the beginning of the Messianic war, before the
arrival of The Messiah. Esau and Jacob are Isaac’s two sons.
Esau left Canaan and migrated to southern Jordan, called
Edom in ancient days. Edom is mentioned many times in the
Bible as a chief adversary of Jacob. The "Lord’s anger" in
prophesy achieves its greatest height against Edom, who
stabs Jacob (Israel) in the back before and while they are
being attacked by the Roman army in 70 AD and also during
the attacks of the Assyrians 600-700BC. Many prophecies were
made against Edom that have been accurate to the smallest
details. What was once a thriving commercial metropolis
during the time of prophecy was reduced to the desolated
place it can now be seen to be since the discovery of its
ruins in 1812. Teman and Bozrah, where the Messiah first
comes forth, are cities located in Edom (southern Jordan.)
This is where "the highway for our God" is located, along
which the Messiah and the remnant march toward Jerusalem.
Eventually, the Messiah stands atop the Mount of Olives
(where Jesus ascended from) and a large tectonic event
splits the Mount of Olives into northern and southern
halves. From the Mount of Olives, the Messiah and the
remnant enter through the east gate of Jerusalem and then
the eastern gate of the temple mount. Further destruction to
this land of Edom is sure to come as Isaiah 34:1-7 awaits,
still unfulfilled:
"And the
streams of Edom shall be turned into pitch, and her
soil into brimstone; her land shall
become burning pitch. Night
and day it shall not be quenched;
its smoke shall go up forever."
'Forever' is messianic term as we
have seen several times before. Next, we proceed to Daniel. |
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