SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
11/15/2015 7:36 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
God Will Defeat Your Enemies
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Obadiah
1:19-20
Message of the
verses: “19 Then those of the Negev
will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine
plain; Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And
Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20 And the exiles of this host of the sons of
Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, And the exiles of
Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Will possess the cities of the Negev.”
In order for us to understand the terminology here I will
quote Dr. Wiersbe: “Israel will reclaim
the land formerly inhabited by the Edomites (the Negev), the Philistines (the
Shephelah), and the Samaritans (Ephraim).
The Jews have been struggling to possess their inheritance for
centuries, but other powers have always stood in the way.” It will be the Lord who will be the One who
will cause the Jews to possess their possessions, which of course is the Land
the God promised them when He made his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob. We know that Israel returned to
their land in 1948, but there is coming a day when they will see their Messiah
and will believe on Him and then the nation will be born in a day, according to
Isaiah 66:8 and also Zechariah 12:10-13:1; and 14:1-9.
God will establish
the kingdom: Obadiah 1:21: “21 The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To
judge the mountain of Esau, And
the kingdom will be the LORD’S.”
We have gone over this ground before but it is worth
going over again, and that is that when the Lord returns to earth to set up His
kingdom He will have “deliverers” to assist Him in running the kingdom. Let us look at a few examples from the New
Testament to show this. “27 Then Peter
said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then
will there be for us?" 28 And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to
you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man
will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29
"And everyone
who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or
farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit
eternal life. 30 “But many who are first will be last; and the last,
first (Matthew 19:27-30).” “42
“Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.
43 “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time
of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would
not have allowed his house to be broken into. 44 "For this reason you also must be ready;
for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. 45 “Who
then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his
household to give them their food at the proper time? 46 “Blessed is that slave
whom his master finds so doing when he comes. 47 “Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all
his possessions. 48 “But if that evil slave says in his heart, ’My
master is not coming for a long time,’ 49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves
and eat and drink with drunkards; 50 the
master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an
hour which he does not know, 51 and will
cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place
there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 24:42-51).” There are two other passages we could look up
but I will just give you the references:
“Matthew 25:14-30 and Luke 19:11-27.”
This section actually somewhat fits into the section in
Revelation that we have been studying in the last several weeks, that is
Revelation 19-22, and after reading and studying that section we can be looking
forward to the coming of the Lord assisting the Lord in the Millennial kingdom.
Dr. Wiersbe concludes his commentary on the book of
Obadiah by writing “Meanwhile, Gods people must do all they can to get the
Gospel out to the billions of people in this world who have never had the
opportunity to hear the name of Jesus or learn how to trust Him and be
saved. When the great and terrible Day
of the Lord dawns, the nations of the world will be judged for the way they
have treated on another and the nation of Israel. Until that day dawns, God’s church must keep
praying ‘Thy kingdom come’ and seek to obey His command to take the Gospel to
the whole world.” I can only say Amen to
that!
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