Charles (Chuck) Kensinger

Obadiah is one of those minor prophets. He is so minor that the book only has one chapter and 21 verses. The book tells us nothing about this prophet. There are several men named Obadiah in the Bible. One of the Obadiah’s mentioned at the time of the exile into Babylon may be our prophet.

Whoever he is he proceeds immediately into the prophecy against Edom. This is the nation that is directly descended from Jacob’s brother Esau. These people live in the hills and can hide from others in caves.

Edom is being cut off because of what they have done to Judah. They will be destroyed. There is no country of Edom or any account of them. “As you have done it will be done to you. Jehovah has spoken this word through Obadiah, and it will happen.

Other gods are mentioned in Psalms 82, but Yahweh is presiding over all the others. These deities are worshipped by the wicked and the unjust. They are ignorant and do not understand their subservience to the one true God.

Have you ever felt that someone refused to listen to you? These are the thoughts of Asaph in the eighty-third Psalm. He and the Israelites have prayed to be rescued from their neighbors. They do not believe God hears them. The real problem is that they refuse to listen to their creator.

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