SCRIPTURE: Obadiah (NIV) 18 The house of Jacob will be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame; the house of Esau will be stubble, and they will set it on fire and consume it. There will be no survivors from the house of Esau.” The LORD has spoken. 19 People from the Negev will occupy the mountains of Esau, and people from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead. 20 This company of Israelite exiles who are in Canaan will possess the land as far as Zarephath; the exiles from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will possess the towns of the Negev.
21 Deliverers will go up on Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will be the LORD’s.
OBSERVATION: The book of Obadiah is a prophecy directed to Edom, the descendants of Esau. Edom will be held accountable for how they had treated Israel. “There will be no survivors from the house of Esau. The LORD has spoken.” It sounds final, but the prophet has more to say.
The prophet ends his prophecy with seven very strong words: “And the kingdom will be the LORD’s.” When all is over, when all is said and done, “And the kingdom will be the LORD’s.!”
APPLICATION: Whatever happens to me, or to the nation in which I live, I can draw strength and courage from those seven last words. I belong to a kingdom that has no end. It is ruled by a King who has no end! It is a kingdom that expresses the true nature of the King. As a subject of that kingdom, I have the same priorities as the King. The characteristics of the King are being worked into me.
PRAYER: Holy Spirit, work in me, make me a true expression of King Jesus. I pray that His nature will be easily seen in me. Amen
Pastor Leon
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