The Vision of Obadiah: The Day of the LORD against Edom

[Sung Psalms: 68, 83, 108, 137]

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The book of Obadiah is all about Edom. Obadiah focuses on Edom's destruction and Edom's sin, how Edom will be obliterated from the face of the nations. But Obadiah is not written (or preached) to Edom.

Obadiah was written (and preached) to Judah. It is the word of the LORD concerning Edom, but it is a word – a vision – for Jerusalem – saying, How should you think about Edom?

We need to remember the last Edomite in the Bible: Herod, the Idumean....