Obadiah 1-15

And if you have a Bible, I invite you to open to the book of Obadiah.

Maybe a little bit of a head-scratcher.

Obadiah, where is that thing at?

It's in the Old Testament towards the back end of it.

So maybe the way to do it is to find Matthew and start going back to the left a little bit.

It's right after the book of Amos, right before the book of Jonah.

I think it's on 918 if you have one of the hardback ESV Bibles from the pew.

As you're finding this, I want to invite you to kind of take a journey back in time together this morning.

Time of the people of Israel, God's people, who have just experienced the unthinkable.

An extraordinary army of a foreign superpower has arrived at their doorstep.

They've made it to the nation's capital.

They've torn down the gates of Jerusalem and ripped apart the walls.

They've neutralized and captured and killed the mighty men of the city and the country.

They're looting the treasury and all the valuable assets and the gold and silver and resources of God's people.

Their house of worship is being burned to the ground.

The temple of the living God.

All the people of any value whatsoever, the nobility, the skilled craftsmen, the mighty warriors,

are enslaved and deported to a foreign land.

And all the poor who are left looking around at a nation in utter ruin.

Jeremiah describes a scene in the book of Lamentations talking about weeping and wailing

and Judah being carried into exile and the empty streets.

But once flourishing nation now left a ghost town.

There's no one to attend the festivals and the celebrations that God ordained for his people.

We're talking, of course, about the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.

When the armies of the foreign superpower Babylon came in, overthrew and destroyed the people of Israel,

they devastated the nation.

And we know that as we read the Bible, this was part of God's plan.

He kept sending prophet after prophet, telling his people, repent, repent, repent.

And finally, the day came when God judged his own people for their sins.

The prophet Jeremiah continues in the book of Lamentation that Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction

and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old.

They think back in the midst of this rubble and they remember the height of the monarchy where David is just conquering foes left and right.

And his son Solomon has wisdom that causes foreign nations to come just to get a glimpse,

to hear a word of the king.

And the wealth that Israel is acquiring and the beautiful temple of God,

just a couple hundred years earlier, filled with his glory for the good of his people.

And you think back farther and you remember that God had this mighty victory over Egypt

when he freed his people from bondage to this foreign nation.

And as they left, they plundered the Egyptians, taking all their wealth and their riches with them.

And now, all of Israel's national pride, all of their hopes and dreams of a bright future,

are lying in the rubble of a decimated city in the midst of a conquered people.

Imagine what thoughts would be going through your mind on that day.

Where is God?

Where is our hope?

Where do we go from here?

It's into this context of carnage that the prophet Obadiah speaks.

And it's not a word of hopelessness and despair.

It is a word from the sovereign Lord of the universe,

full of power and promise and coming judgment.

It's a word not just for those people of Israel who laid in ruins,

but for God's people today.

So we're going to look at Obadiah together.

The first 15 verses today will be our task.

And the text, to give you an idea of where we're headed,

the text is set up in the following way.

Verse 1 provides a formal introduction.

It says who's writing, who he's writing on behalf of, and who he's writing to.

We'll spend a lot of time there because we've got to get the context of

who's being written to and what's going on and why is God writing to this person.

And then, following this formal introduction, verses 12 to 15,

we see kind of a sentencing hearing in a court of law.

There's a defendant who's been convicted of crimes

and now is just awaiting the judgment, the punishment.

Verses 2 to 9, we see the judgment.

God is the judge.

Edom is the criminal.

And then in verses 10 to 15, we see the crimes that Edom has committed

and being judged for.

By the end,

when we arrive together at verse 15,

we'll see clearly the main thing that God is telling us in this text.

So let's jump in.

Verse 1.

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom.

We have heard a report from the Lord

and a messenger has been sent among the nations.

First thing we see,

the formal title,

the vision of Obadiah.

When we see this word vision,

what we need to be thinking is

that Obadiah has been given a special prophetic insight

into a future event.

God has given him clarity

regarding the judgment of Edom.

But who is this Obadiah guy anyway?

Well, he's a prophet, of course,

of Yahweh, the one true God.

And I believe that he lived

during and after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

The tricky thing with that is

Obadiah is a common name,

shows up all over the Bible,

and it's hard to really nail down specifically

where this guy was.

Did another passage somewhere else

reference his name?

Or is this the only record we have

of Obadiah,

the prophet?

I think this is the only place

we have record of him.

But what we can tell

just by reading this book

and understanding a little bit of the context,

Obadiah is a faithful Jewish man.

He's God-fearing.

He loves the Lord.

And he has a clear and profound grasp

of Old Testament theology

and who God is.

And most importantly,

he speaks authoritatively for God.

That's the next thing we see in verse 1.

Thus says the Lord God.

It's this combo of two names of God,

Adonai and Yahweh.

And the combination Lord God

tells us that this is speaking

of God's supreme authority

and sovereign power.

God calls the shots.

He's the boss.

No one can oppose him in the end.

And in this case,

this statement,

the Lord God,

which is uniquely true of our God,

the God of the Scriptures,

he is the Lord God

and there is no other.

In this case,

our sovereign king

is speaking a message of judgment

concerning Edom.

Concerning Edom.

And we see a name like Edom.

I don't know about you.

I start scratching my head.

I don't know who this guy is.

I'm not like a super history guy

of the Bible.

So I got to start doing some legwork

and figuring out who this guy is.

But it's important, right?

Because the whole thing is for him.

So we better do some work.

We need to go all the way back

to the time of Abraham,

Isaac, and Jacob.

Abraham, of course,

was promised to be the father

of many nations.

God promised him a descendant

even though he was old

and his wife had no children.

Isaac is born,

the child of promise

through whom God said

he would bless the nations.

This same Isaac

marries a lady named Rebecca.

Rebecca becomes pregnant

after years of trying

and she's pregnant

with twin boys.

During the hard pregnancy,

she asks the Lord

what's going on

and God answers her.

In Genesis 25, verse 23,

Genesis 25:23

he writes this,

two nations are in your womb

and two peoples from within you

shall be divided.

The one shall be stronger

than the other

and the older

shall serve the younger.

Of course, God is referring

to Esau and Jacob,

the twin children

of Isaac and Rebecca.

Well, one day,

after a long day

in the fields hunting for food,

Esau comes in

starving

and sees his brother Jacob

cooking stew

and he says,

give me some of that red stuff.

Well, red

sounds in Hebrew

like the name

Edom.

And here we have our answer

as to where this guy

originates from.

Esau,

the son of Isaac and Rebecca,

is Edom.

Same guy.

Jacob ends up

giving him the soup

for a little exchange.

It's just the cost

of his birthright.

Then later on,

we know Jacob steals

his older brother's blessing

through treachery

and trickery.

It's no wonder

that Jacob's name

means he cheats.

Of course,

after Jacob steals

the blessing,

Esau's mad,

says,

I'm going to kill

my brother.

So,

Jacob flees.

When he is gone

in a foreign land,

Genesis 32 tells us

he wrestles with God

and God gives him

the new name,

Israel.

So,

now we've got

Esau and Jacob

becoming Edom

and Israel.

And God's promise

proves true.

These two nations

are at odds

with each other

from the womb

and continue to be

at odds.

Israel wandering

in the wilderness

asks their brother

Edom for safe passage

through their land

and Edom says,

no.

They refuse

Israel passage.

Numbers,

Numbers 20:14

chapter 20,

verse 14.

And later on,

we see the great

king David

kills 18,000

Edomites

in the Valley of Salt

and sets up

military outposts

throughout Edom's land,

2 Samuel 8.

Hadad,

the Edomite,

becomes an adversary

of King Solomon

in judgment

for Solomon's refusal

to abide by the word

of the Lord,

1 Kings 11.

And then,

in 2 Chronicles 28,

we see that the Edomites

again invade,

defeat,

and carry off

the people of Judah.

Long track record

of conflict,

violence,

and bloodshed,

and thievery,

and deception.

Two brothers

rarely at peace,

just like God promised.

But Edom's treatment

of Israel,

God's own people

demanded judgment.

They weren't just

unrepentant,

it kept growing worse.

And that is why

we're here today

in the book of Edom,

ready to hear

the courtroom decree

of Yahweh

concerning Edom.

Now, let's look

at these verses

together.

What we're going

to read

is that we're seeing

a sentencing.

And again,

the Lord is the judge,

Edom is being judged

and receiving

the sentence.

So I'll start back

at verse 1,

and I'll read

down through 15.

The vision of Obadiah.

Thus says the Lord God

concerning Edom.

We have heard

a report from the Lord

and a messenger

has been sent

among the nations.

Rise up!

Let us rise up

against her

for battle.

Behold,

I will make you

small among the nations.

You shall be

utterly despised.

The pride of your heart

has deceived you,

you who live

in the clefts

of the rock

and your lofty dwelling,

who say in your heart,

who can bring me

down to the ground.

Though you soar

aloft like the eagle,

though your nest

is set

among the stars,

from there

I will bring you down,

declares the Lord.

If thieves came to you,

if plunderers by night,

how you've been destroyed.

Would they not steal

only enough for themselves?

If grape gatherers

came to you,

would they not leave

gleanings?

How Esau has been pillaged,

his treasures sought out.

All your allies

have driven you

to your border.

Those at peace with you

have deceived you.

They have prevailed

against you.

Those who eat your bread

have set a trap

beneath you.

He has no understanding.

Will I not

on that day,

declares the Lord,

destroy the wise men

out of Edom

and understanding

out of Mount Esau,

and your mighty men

shall be dismayed,

O Taman,

so that every man

from Mount Esau

will be cut off

by slaughter.

Because of the violence

done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be

cut off forever

on the day

that you stood aloof,

on the day

that strangers

carried off his wealth

and foreigners

entered his gates

and cast lots

for Jerusalem.

You were like

one of them.

But do not gloat

over the day

of your brother

in the day

of his misfortune.

Do not rejoice

over the people

of Judah

in the day

of their ruin.

Do not boast

in the day

of distress.

Do not enter

the gate

of my people

in the day

of their calamity.

Do not gloat

over his disaster

in the day

of his calamity.

Do not loot

his wealth

in the day

of his calamity.

Do not stand

at the crossroads

to cut off

his fugitives.

Do not hand over

his survivors

in the day

of distress.

For the day

of the Lord

is near

upon all

the nations.

As you have done

it shall be done

to you.

Your deeds

shall return

on your own

head.

So two parts

in this

scary

word of God.

First part

is the judgment

that we see

in verses

two to nine.

Essentially

these verses

tell us

that Edom's

judgment

is both

certain

and near

at hand.

In verse

two we see

that the Lord

cuts right

to the chase.

He brings

immediate

and swift

statement

behold.

It's like

saying see

look this is

really urgent

what I'm about

to say.

I will make

you small

among the

nations.

You should

be utterly

despised.

This

small among

the nations

is insignificant.

He's just

going to weaken

them to the

point that

everybody looks

on and goes

whatever.

It's scary

and in

fact it's

already

happening

because if

you remember

from the

end of

verse one

there's this

messenger of

God who

goes out

among the

nations and

says hey

rise up

guys.

Time for

action.

And they

all agree

collectively

agree let's

go get

Edom.

God's

already at

work judging

this people

even before

the final

judgment

comes.

There's an

immediate sense

as to why

God would

be so

upset when

we look at

verse three.

The pride

of your

heart has

deceived you.

See Edom

was this

very high

well guarded

secure

almost

impenetrable

nation in

the mountains

southeast of

Israel.

And they

knew it.

They were

very well

aware that

nobody could

touch them.

They looked

down on their

neighbors and

even if

somebody wanted

to get from

south to

north or

north to

south they

had to ask

Edom permission

to go

through.

And it was

Edom's choice

whether or not

they would let

people pass.

Just as in

numbers they

said no to

their own

brother.

And this

lofty hearted

thinking of

Edom shows

up strongly

and emphatically

at the question

they ask at the

end of verse

three.

Who is going

to bring

to bring

me down?

Who can

do that?

We're

awesome.

And notice

what the

Lord says

in verse

four.

You might

very well

be soaring

like an

eagle from

the perspective

of man.

Majestic

and carefree

and just

dominant over

the landscape.

Even if you

were there,

even if your

nest was among

the stars,

from there

I will

bring you

down,

declares

the Lord.

Who can

bring me

down?

The knower

of hearts

who knows

this arrogant

Edom

says,

I will.

Your time

is up.

I will.

And when we

see this little

tag ending,

declares the

Lord,

Lord,

we should

think similarly

to the way

Jesus introduces

statements

sometimes like,

truly,

truly I say

to you,

it's kind

of the same

thing,

this weightiness,

this emphasis

that the one

speaking has

this special

kind of

authority and

we should

really pay

attention to

what he's

saying.

Edom,

God has

seen your

pride and

he's going

to bring

you down.

Bank on

it.

As we

move into

verses 5

to 7,

God kind

of leaves

the scene

sort of

and we

start seeing

how the

human agents

are going

to carry

out this

judgment

upon

Edom.

It starts

in verse

5 with

this really

sort of

gruesome

word picture

of thieves

coming by

night and

plunderers

and the

question,

would they

not only

steal what

they can

carry off?

If thieves

come, they

have to be

strategic,

right?

They got to

go after the

valuable things.

And grape

gatherers,

the end of

five, if

they came,

would they

not leave

gleanings?

We just

saw on

Ruth,

right, how

gleanings

were left

for the

poor and

the helpless

and the

vulnerable.

And in

verse 6,

God says

how Esau

has been

pillaged.

You will

not have a

grape on

the ground.

You will

not have

anything in

your cupboards.

My judgment

is total

against you.

Verse 7

shows how

it's their

own allies,

their friends,

those that

they've broken

bread together

with at

table for

dinner,

totally at

ease because

you know

there's peace

between you.

It's their

allies that

God will

turn against

them to

bring judgment

upon their

heads.

God

is

clueless.

In the

end of

verse 7,

we see

Edom has

no idea

what's

coming.

He's

clueless.

It's like

when the

Bible says

that the

day of

the Lord

comes like

a thief

in the

night.

Edom is

unprepared,

unexpecting.

It's

tragic.

It's

terrible.

And we

see as

much back

in verse

5.

I skipped

over this

little phrase,

how you

have been

destroyed.

The prophet

inserts this

not to

gloat,

not to

say yay

and cheer,

but a

shock

over the

total

devastation

that Edom

faces.

Same thing

in verse 6,

how Esau

has been

pillaged.

He's on the

verge of

tears over

this reality.

It's horrible.

And even

though Edom

deserves

judgment,

it's not

pretty.

It's not

something to

rejoice

over.

That's

important

because we'll

see Edom

do the

opposite

in a bit.

God

cared about

Edom.

He cared

about the

people that

he said,

time's up,

judgment's

coming.

He cared

a lot

about

Edom.

In fact,

in a

different

narrative

of the

Israelite

wandering

in the

wilderness

when Edom

said no,

in Deuteronomy

2,

we see a

little bit

more information.

God tells

them,

you're about

to go into

the land

of your

brother.

You're not

to take

advantage of

them.

You're not

to look at

their land

and start

going,

oh,

that's kind

of nice.

I want

that.

I've given

it to them

as a

possession.

God cares

about Edom

very much.

He is not

here just

looking to

kind of

pummel

another group

of people

for wrongdoing.

That's not

our God.

God.

He's a

God of

mercy and

patience,

a God

slow to

anger and

abounding in

steadfast love

and faithfulness.

Yet a

God who

does not

leave the

guilty go

unpunished.

And time

was up.

Edom had

had their

chances and

they had

failed to

repent.

Verses

8 and

9,

we see

that the

Lord God

kind of

comes back

onto the

scene and

asks this

question,

will I not

on that

day,

declares

the Lord.

There's that

certainty

again.

Will I not

destroy the

wise men

in understanding,

terrifying the

armies and

making sure

that no

person escapes

from the

slaughter.

God will

destroy the

wisdom,

all of the

wise,

will send

the army

into complete

terror,

and the

end will be

the destruction

of this

people.

By 312

BC,

this came

true.

The

Nabataeans

came in

and Edom

was no

more.

Well,

maybe you're

thinking,

this sounds

pretty harsh.

Every person

cut off by

slaughter?

Not to

mention that

the God

who is saying

this message

has just

turned his

judgment upon

his own

people,

plundered

and devastated

their land

and his

own

temple,

his own

house.

And we

could go

on and

on in the

history of

the Bible

and find

examples of

this same

type of

thing.

Both

individuals

and whole

nations

brought under

the judgment

of God

and not

spared.

Can we

just admit

it seems

harsh?

Maybe a

bit hasty?

Is God

just being

extreme

here?

Let's move

into the

second part

of our

text and

we'll come

back to

that.

So just

keep that

question there

though.

Moving on

into verse

10 through

15, we

see that now

God is going

to announce

the formal

charges

against

Edom,

Esau.

Because of

the violence

done to

your brother

Jacob,

shame shall

cover you

and you

shall be

cut off

forever.

There's that

cut off

language again

we just saw

in verse

9.

Now this

violence

against

Jacob,

kind of

this general

summary,

okay God

violence,

get it,

murder maybe,

but where's

the details?

We need

more evidence

here for

this charge

and God

will provide

that.

But notice

in verse

10,

the violence

done to

your

brother

Jacob.

That's

important.

It's really,

really important.

See that's

why throughout

this whole

prophetic

oracle,

Obadiah has

kind of been

interchanging

Edom and

Esau,

Edom and

Esau,

because what

he's really

concerned with

is the

magnitude

of the

crimes.

These weren't

people who

didn't know

each other

and just

kind of

got in

some little

fight.

These are

brothers.

Brothers.

It's horrible.

In verse

11, we see

that strangers

came in,

foreigners

came in

and carried

out the

wealth

and the

nobility

of Israel.

And then

at the end

of that

verse, we

see God

say to

Edom,

you were

just like

one of

them.

You

treated

your own

brother as

if he

was a

complete

stranger.

It's one

thing to

conquer

strangers,

but another

thing entirely

to come

after your

own kin.

Verse 11,

if you

look, you

see this,

on that

day when

you stood

aloof,

there's

reason to

think that

what Edom

is actually

doing here

is kind of

looking upon

the destruction

to be

entertained

by it.

It's like

they've got

their favorite

lounge pants,

they've popped

the popcorn,

the butter's

on it,

and the salt

is just

coating the

butter,

and it's

just so

delicious,

and then

they're just,

this is

amazing.

I'm loving

what I'm

seeing here.

Woohoo!

They're

amused

by their

brother's

destruction.

Do you

notice the

on the

day,

twice in

verse 11?

See at

first,

back in

verse 8,

when the

Lord says,

will I

not on

that day

destroy the

wise men?

And now,

verse 11,

on the day

that you

stood aloof.

Verse 15,

it changes

from that

day to

the day

of the

Lord.

Obadiah

uses this

concept of

day to

connect this

whole oracle

together.

There's three

distinct days

that he's

talking about.

The first

day in

verse 8

is the

day of

Edom,

the near

future day

when God

will completely

judge the

people of

Edom.

then in

verses 11

to 14,

the day

he's talking

about is

the day

that Israel

had just

experienced

when Babylon

came in

and destroyed

their land,

exiled their

people.

And then

verse 15,

the day

of the

Lord is

the uncertain

future day

when the

Son of

Man,

Jesus Christ,

comes in

the clouds

with his

angels and

judges the

nations once

and for

all.

Those are

the three

days that

Obadiah is

talking about,

all having

to do with

sin purging

judgment.

This day

reference now

that we see

in verse 11

continues into

verses 12

to 14 and

it just is

like this

hammer on

an anvil,

just over

and over

and over.

It's used

in a series

of eight

commands

directed at

Edom.

The ESV

translates them

do not,

do not,

do not.

Maybe if

you're in

KJV

or other

translations

you might

see,

you should

not have

or you

shouldn't

not have.

What's

going on?

That's like

one sounds

future,

one sounds

past.

Here's what

I think

Obadiah is

doing.

He's using

these commands

to continue

expressing

sort of

the formal

charges

against

Edom.

So the

do nots,

do nots,

do nots are

still what

Edom has

already done.

And

writing them

in the way

that he

has

emphasizes

the depth

of the

criminal

activity.

These

things are

no-brainers.

They knew

better.

This is like

God saying

do not,

do not,

do not,

saying shame

on you.

You knew

that that was

wrong the

whole time

you did it.

You didn't

care.

In fact,

you took

great joy.

notice if

you look

closely through

the list of

those eight

charges in

verses 12

to 14,

they start

in the

heart and

they just

keep expanding

and expanding

and expanding

until finally

Edom has

turned into

bounty hunters,

turning their

own brothers

over to

captors

because of

a heart of

pride.

It's scary

how far

pride will

go.

in the

lives of

the nations

in our

own lives.

Notice

in verse

13 that

after God

saying your

brother and

his misfortune

and then 13

he says do

not enter the

gate of my

people.

Now God

is personally

offended

because

Edom has

now done

harm to

his chosen

the ones

he particularly

loves in

all the

earth.

These are

horrible crimes

against

God's

people.

Edom's

own

brother.

Just to

point out

this nerdy

thing that I

found this

week from

verse 13.

If you look

and you see

this word

repeated three

times calamity

in the day

of their

calamity

in the day

of his

calamity

in the day

of his

calamity

maybe in

a different

Bible it

might say

distress or

destruction.

In Hebrew

this word

sounds a lot

like

Edom.

So if we

reword

verse 13

listen to

it.

Do not

enter the

gate of

my people

in the

day of

their

Edom.

Do not

gloat over

his disaster

in the day

of his

Edo.

Do not

loot his

wealth in

the day

of his

Edo.

It's like

this

tolling

bell

clanging

away

promising

Edom

full

total

retribution

for the

wrongs

he committed.

it's just

one of the

ways that

Hebrew

poetry is

just

beautiful

at

conveying

the

meaning

God

wants

us

to

know.

And now

we arrive

at verse

15.

And we

see this

for the

day of

the Lord

is near

upon all

the

nations

and we

see

why

this

is in

our

Bible.

It's not

so we

would kind

of look

back at

Edom

and just

go

poor

fellows

they met

their end

because

God's

holy.

We see

that

Edom's

judgment

is just

one of

a multitude

of signposts

that warns

every person

everywhere

today and

every day

judgment

is coming

judgment

is near

near upon

all the

nations.

Edom

is an

example to

us all

judgment

is coming.

It's a

severe

yet

merciful

warning

to

repent.

This

text this

morning

claims

this

the Lord

will judge

all the

nations

according

to his

righteousness.

The

Lord will

judge

all

the

nations

according

to his

righteousness.

So what?

God,

why in

this

warm

sanctuary

2,500

years

later

does that

matter

to you

and me

in Christ

the King

Church?

Let me

just give us

a few

reasons

as we

close.

it matters

that the

Lord will

judge all

the nations

according to

his

righteousness

because I

think you

and I

if we're

honest we

have trouble

with the

idea of

judgment.

It makes

us a little

squeamish,

fearful that

we might

offend

people who

God loves.

When we

start talking

about wrath

and hell

and judgment

we seem

like we're

afraid we

might come

across as

holier than

thou.

Big headed,

proud,

self-righteous,

legalistic,

bigoted,

hate mongers.

We have

trouble with

the idea

of judgment.

It's not

what we

want to

hear.

God is

love,

right?

Let's just

talk about

his love

day after

day after

day.

It's so

beautiful.

And of

course God

is love.

We never

forget that

he's love

and we

never cease

to tell

people that

he is

love.

There's

another

reason why

this matters

that the

Lord will

judge all

nations

according to

his righteousness

and it's

because judgment

reveals an

essential

character of

our God,

the God

that we

want the

nations to

know.

Our Lord

wants us

and all the

world to

know that

he is

righteous

and holy

and not

just to have

that thought

kind of

hanging in

our systematic

theology

brains like

Wayne

Grudem's

book on

a shelf.

That's not

why God

wants us

to know

that he

is righteous.

He wants

that reality

to operate

in our

lives,

to function

in our

minds and

in our

hearts and

the way

we live

our lives

before the

world.

We know

a righteous

God.

It's

important

God's

God's

righteous

good.

He's going to

get that guy.

A third

reason why

this matters

to us

today.

It's because

judgment

can either

make us

squirm

in discomfort

or we

can become

hard-hearted,

right?

We can just

remove compassion

from the

equation,

well,

God's going

to get

you,

man.

Peace

out.

And we

leave.

And we

condemn

people.

We lack

compassion

of our

Lord Jesus.

Oh,

God's

righteous

good.

He's going

to get

that guy,

that creep.

That's not

who God

is and

that's not

who his

people are

to be

either.

We know

as Christians,

as God's

people who

have his

word,

that God

has determined

to reveal

his righteousness

two ways.

One,

through

judgment

that will

be full

and finally

meted out

when Jesus

comes back.

That's

way number

one.

Way number

two is

by crushing

his son

for us.

God

there's

your

options

world.

As

Obadiah

writes this,

he says,

judgment

is coming

upon all

the nations

and there

is no

one who

will be

spared.

There

is not

one who

will stand

in the

judgment.

None

is

righteous,

no,

not one.

No

one seeks