WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.840 Nancy: Welcome to immerse: the daily bible reading experience. 00:00:02.920 --> 00:00:04.380 day 200 and 69 00:00:04.877 --> 00:00:06.197 Immersed in Obadiah. 00:00:07.877 --> 00:00:10.727 The people of Edem were neighbors to the people of Judah. 00:00:11.417 --> 00:00:15.647 They lived in the rocky mountainous region South of the Dead Sea, A place 00:00:15.647 --> 00:00:17.897 scarcely accessible to attacking armies. 00:00:18.707 --> 00:00:22.187 This made the Edomites complacent about their safety and security. 00:00:22.682 --> 00:00:25.112 Confident and proud that no one could harm them. 00:00:26.012 --> 00:00:30.032 When the Babylonians besieged to Jerusalem, the mites joined in 00:00:30.032 --> 00:00:32.402 the attack after the city fell. 00:00:32.852 --> 00:00:33.782 They pillaged it. 00:00:34.472 --> 00:00:38.282 They even captured people from Judah who were fleeing and either killed 00:00:38.287 --> 00:00:40.112 them or sold them into slavery. 00:00:40.482 --> 00:00:45.032 Two of the Lord's prophets warned the Edomites in very similar terms, that 00:00:45.032 --> 00:00:49.022 because they had done this, they also would be conquered and devastated. 00:00:49.997 --> 00:00:54.047 One of these prophets was Jeremiah, who included a denunciation of Edam 00:00:54.047 --> 00:00:55.907 in his Oracles against the nations. 00:00:56.807 --> 00:00:58.907 The other prophet was a man named Obadiah. 00:00:59.837 --> 00:01:04.397 We know nothing about Obadiah other than the fact that he too delivered an oracle 00:01:04.402 --> 00:01:07.397 against Edam speaking for the Lord. 00:01:07.457 --> 00:01:12.257 Obadiah told them, you have been deceived by your own pride because 00:01:12.257 --> 00:01:15.497 you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. 00:01:16.037 --> 00:01:18.197 Who can ever reach us way up here? 00:01:18.617 --> 00:01:23.417 You ask Boastfully, but even if you soar as high as Eagles and 00:01:23.417 --> 00:01:27.467 build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down. 00:01:28.847 --> 00:01:30.347 And that is just what happened. 00:01:31.127 --> 00:01:34.667 After accepting the Mites help and their campaign against Jerusalem, 00:01:35.357 --> 00:01:39.317 the Babylonians turned against them and devastated them so thoroughly 00:01:39.347 --> 00:01:40.907 that they ceased to be a nation. 00:01:41.657 --> 00:01:43.577 And so Obadiah's words were fulfilled. 00:01:45.032 --> 00:01:46.952 Thieves came at night and robbed you. 00:01:47.252 --> 00:01:48.662 They would not take everything. 00:01:49.352 --> 00:01:53.432 Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor, but your 00:01:53.437 --> 00:01:55.712 enemies will wipe you out completely. 00:01:57.062 --> 00:02:00.932 The first half of Obadiah's Oracle against Edem is very similar to 00:02:00.937 --> 00:02:02.462 the first half of Jeremiah's. 00:02:03.002 --> 00:02:07.712 Though the material in Obadiah is longer and in a slightly different order, toward 00:02:07.712 --> 00:02:12.542 the end, the focus of the Oracle shifts to Jerusalem and a promise about its future. 00:02:13.517 --> 00:02:17.717 The exiles of Israel will return and reclaim their ancient inheritance. 00:02:18.467 --> 00:02:21.707 God himself will come to rule from Mount Zion. 00:02:22.967 --> 00:02:28.157 This brief book sends a clear and emphatic message presenting us with a theological 00:02:28.157 --> 00:02:30.107 core of Israel's prophetic message. 00:02:31.037 --> 00:02:36.197 The Lord is sovereign over all nations, and he will surely act to restore justice 00:02:36.527 --> 00:02:39.047 and to protect and renew his people. 00:02:44.537 --> 00:02:46.247 The prophet Obediah. 00:02:47.867 --> 00:02:51.827 This is the vision that the sovereign Lord revealed to obediah 00:02:51.857 --> 00:02:53.747 concerning the land of Edam. 00:02:55.217 --> 00:02:59.957 We have heard a message from the Lord that an ambassador was sent to the 00:02:59.962 --> 00:03:03.137 nations to say, get ready, everyone. 00:03:03.677 --> 00:03:06.137 Let's assemble our armies and attack Edem. 00:03:07.412 --> 00:03:12.572 The Lord says to Edam, I will cut you down to size among the nations. 00:03:13.112 --> 00:03:14.972 You will be greatly despised. 00:03:15.602 --> 00:03:20.612 You have been deceived by your own pride because you live in a rock fortress and 00:03:20.617 --> 00:03:22.922 make your home high in the mountains. 00:03:23.732 --> 00:03:25.922 Who can ever reach us way up here? 00:03:25.952 --> 00:03:31.172 You ask Boastfully, but even if you soar as high as eagles and 00:03:31.172 --> 00:03:35.672 build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down. 00:03:35.987 --> 00:03:36.887 Says the Lord. 00:03:37.757 --> 00:03:42.527 If thieves came at night and robbed you, what a disaster awaits you. 00:03:42.887 --> 00:03:44.567 They would not take everything. 00:03:45.557 --> 00:03:50.057 Those who harvest grapes always leave a few for the poor, but your 00:03:50.057 --> 00:03:52.187 enemies will wipe you out completely. 00:03:52.847 --> 00:03:56.807 Every nook and cranny of Edo will be searched and looted. 00:03:57.527 --> 00:03:59.777 Every treasure will be found and taken. 00:04:01.232 --> 00:04:03.422 All your allies will turn against you. 00:04:03.992 --> 00:04:06.362 They will help to chase you from your land. 00:04:06.752 --> 00:04:10.952 They will promise you peace while plotting to deceive and destroy you. 00:04:11.762 --> 00:04:15.812 Your trusted friends will set traps for you and you won't 00:04:15.812 --> 00:04:18.752 even know about it at that time. 00:04:18.752 --> 00:04:24.692 Not a single wise person will be left in the whole land of edem, says the Lord. 00:04:25.562 --> 00:04:28.532 For on the mountains of Edem, I will destroy. 00:04:28.562 --> 00:04:34.352 Everyone who has understanding the mightiest warriors of Teman will be 00:04:34.357 --> 00:04:39.512 terrified, and everyone on the mountains of Edem will be cut down in the slaughter 00:04:40.352 --> 00:04:45.212 because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel, you will be 00:04:45.212 --> 00:04:48.422 filled with shame and destroyed forever. 00:04:49.322 --> 00:04:53.342 When they were invaded, you stood, aloof, refusing to help them. 00:04:54.362 --> 00:05:00.272 Foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem, but 00:05:00.272 --> 00:05:02.702 you acted like one of Israel's enemies. 00:05:03.902 --> 00:05:08.402 You should not have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. 00:05:09.242 --> 00:05:14.012 You should not have rejoiced when the people of Judas suffered such misfortune. 00:05:14.912 --> 00:05:19.112 You should not have spoken arrogantly in that terrible time of trouble. 00:05:20.222 --> 00:05:23.432 You should not have plundered the land of Israel when they 00:05:23.432 --> 00:05:25.292 were suffering such calamity. 00:05:26.012 --> 00:05:29.102 You should not have gloated over their destruction when they 00:05:29.102 --> 00:05:31.022 were suffering such calamity. 00:05:31.772 --> 00:05:36.452 You should not have seized their wealth when they were suffering such calamity. 00:05:37.352 --> 00:05:40.502 You should not have stood at the crossroads killing 00:05:40.502 --> 00:05:42.062 those who tried to escape. 00:05:42.812 --> 00:05:47.312 You should not have captured the survivors and handed them over in 00:05:47.312 --> 00:05:48.932 their terrible time of trouble. 00:05:50.552 --> 00:05:55.802 The day is near when I, the Lord will judge all godless nations 00:05:56.642 --> 00:05:58.682 as you have done to Israel. 00:05:58.892 --> 00:06:00.902 So it will be done to you. 00:06:01.652 --> 00:06:07.412 All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads just as you swallowed 00:06:07.412 --> 00:06:09.902 up my people on my holy mountain. 00:06:10.562 --> 00:06:16.022 So you and the surrounding nations will swallow the punishment I pour out on you. 00:06:16.772 --> 00:06:17.312 Yes. 00:06:18.092 --> 00:06:25.082 All you nations will drink and stagger and disappear from history, but Jerusalem 00:06:25.082 --> 00:06:27.452 will become a refuge for those who escape. 00:06:27.842 --> 00:06:32.402 It will be a holy place and the people of Israel will come back 00:06:32.402 --> 00:06:34.232 to reclaim their inheritance. 00:06:34.402 --> 00:06:40.742 The people of Israel will be a raging fire and ed 'em a field of dry stubble. 00:06:41.732 --> 00:06:45.812 The descendants of Joseph will be a flame roaring across the 00:06:45.812 --> 00:06:48.032 field, devouring everything. 00:06:48.902 --> 00:06:51.272 There will be no survivors in Edem. 00:06:51.962 --> 00:06:53.852 I, the Lord have spoken. 00:06:54.872 --> 00:07:00.032 Then my people living in the Negev will occupy the mountains of edem. 00:07:01.202 --> 00:07:04.412 Those living in the foothills of Judah will possess the 00:07:04.412 --> 00:07:09.542 Philistine planes and take over the fields of Efraim and Samaria. 00:07:10.667 --> 00:07:13.877 The people of Benjamin will occupy the land of Gilead. 00:07:14.477 --> 00:07:18.977 The exiles of Israel will return to their land and occupy the 00:07:19.427 --> 00:07:21.917 Ian Coast as far north as Zfa. 00:07:22.667 --> 00:07:27.197 The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north will return home and 00:07:27.202 --> 00:07:29.117 resettle the towns of the Negev. 00:07:29.557 --> 00:07:34.547 Those who have been rescued will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem 00:07:34.967 --> 00:07:37.187 to rule over the mountains of Edem. 00:07:38.432 --> 00:07:40.982 The Lord himself will be king. 00:07:45.392 --> 00:07:48.242 This concludes today's immerse reading experience. 00:07:48.392 --> 00:07:49.622 Thank you for joining us.