The Strand Study Bible

OBADIAH 1:8

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OBADIAH 1:21

The promise of Israel’s restoration (Fulfilled - Rev 20:4)

8 1 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? P 9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, 1 shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. P The reason for judgment 10 For thy 2 violence against thy brother Jacob shame 1 shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. P 11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the 3 strangers carried away captive his forces, and for- eigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 4 even thou wast as one of them. 12 But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have 5 rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have 6 spoken proudly in the day of distress. 13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their 7 calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. 15 For the 8 DAY OF THE LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, 1 it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. P P 16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so 1 shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, 8 and they shall be as though they had not been. P P The promise of Wrath when CHRIST returns (Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21)

1. Fulfilled - 582 BC (Fall of Edom) 2. Ezk 25:12-14

17 But upon mount Zion 9 shall be de- liverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. P 18 And the house of Jacob 9 shall be 10 a fire, and the house of 11 Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. PP 19 And they of the south 9 shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. P 20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel 9 shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sephar- ad, shall possess the cities of the south. P The promise to faithful saints to rule and reign with CHRIST ; of a Kingdom where HE will rule (Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6) 21 And 12 saviours shall comeuponmount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the 13 kingdom shall be the LORD’S . P P

& 35:2 & Jere 49:7- 22 & Lam 4:21-22 3. or, “Babylonians” - II Ki 25 4. Psa 137:7 5. Prov 24:17 & Lam 2:16-17 & Ezk 35:15 & 36:5 Note- There were other nations besides Edom that rejoiced over the fall of Jerusalem - Ezk 25:1 - 26:2. 6. Psa 137:7 7. Ezk 35:1-5 8. Fulfilled - Rev 19:11-21 (Christ’s Second Coming) 9. Fulfilled - Rev. 20:4 (Israel’s Restoration) 10. Zech 12:6 11. or, “Ephraim; Northern Israel” 12. or, “the saints (Saints to Reign) (See - Dan 7:18, 22,27) 13. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) of God” Fulfilled Rev 20:4

MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Zarephath

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Samaria •

GILEAD

Jerusalem •

• EDOM

EGYPT

Teman

RED SEA

Different places mentioned in Obadiah Map #258 1:9 Teman was a city, in southern Edom, approximately fifteen miles from Petra. Eliphaz, one of Job’s accusers, was a descendant of Teman (Job 22:1 and Gen 36:8-11). 1:11 Although Jerusalem had been invaded several times before (I Ki 14:25-26, II Chro 21:16-17 and II Ki 14:13-14), Israel’s forces were never carried away by foreigners, until 586 BC (II Ki 25:10-11). 1:15 Officially, the DAY OF THE LORD is an extended period of time that begins with the onset of the Great Tribulation and ends 3½ years later with the personal return of CHRIST ( I Thess 5:2 and Rev 3:3 b & 6:5,6-8 a ).