SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 11/7/2015
11:42 PM
My Worship Time Focus:
PT-2 Divine Judgment Declared
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Obadiah 1:7-9
Message of
the verses: We continue to look at what kind of judgment
that God promises to send to the nation of Edom. We looked at two reasons in or last SD and
this evening we look at two more reasons.
Thirdly we see from verse seven “7 “All the men allied
with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will
deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for
you. (There is no understanding in him,’” that the Lord was going to work so
that those in alliance would be against them.
Even though Edom lived up in the rocks away from most people and in a
place where it was hard to get to they felt that they still needed allies, but
as Dr. Wiersbe writes “While pretending to be friends, their allies would turn
into traitors, set a trap, and catch Edom by surprise.”
Dr. Wiersbe continues “God also warned that Edom’s wisdom
would be destroyed (Obad. 9). The people
of the east were known for their wisdom (1 Kings 4:30), and this included the
Edomites. Located as they were on the
great trade routes, the leaders of Edom could get news and views from many
nations…Without wisdom, the leaders of Edom couldn’t make the right decisions,
and the result would be confusion.” “8 “Will
I not on that day," declares the LORD, "Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from
the mountain of Esau?”
Finally the fourth reason that Obadiah announced was the
Edom’s army would be defeated as seen in verse nine: “9
"Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone
may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.” We have just looked at God taking away wisdom
from them and this included those leaders in the army, so they could not
understand how to move their troops.
In our next SD on Obadiah we will look at what God was
going to do to Edom which comes from verses 10-16.
11/8/2015 12:01 AM
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