OBADIAH, THE BOOK OF
A brief prophetic book of the Old Testament that pronounces God's judgment against the EDOMITES, ancient enemies of the nation of Israel.
The book is the shortest in the Old Testament, containing one chapter of only 21 verses.

Structure of the Book.
In a brief introduction, the author reveals himself as the prophet OBADIAH, a name meaning "servant of the Lord" or "worshiper of Jehovah." He makes it clear that he has received this message directly from God. The Lord has announced that He will destroy the Edomites because they have sinned against Israel. They mocked God's Covenant People in their hour of misfortune and even participated in the destruction and looting of the capital city, Jerusalem, when it fell to a foreign power. Because of this great sin, Edom will be destroyed. But Israel, the prophet declares, will be blessed by God and restored to its native land.

Authorship and Date.
The author clearly identifies himself as the prophet Obadiah, but this is all we know about him. Several Obadiahs are mentioned in the Old Testament (1 Kings 18:3; Ezra 8:9; Neh 12:25), but none of these can be identified for sure as the author of this book. But at least his prophecy can be dated with greater certainty. Most scholars believe the great humiliation of Israel which the prophet mentions was the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, beginning in 605 BC and ending with its final destruction in 586 BC Thus, the book must have been written shortly after the fall of the city, perhaps while the Israelites were still in Captivity in Babylon.

Historical Setting.
This book's condemnation of the Edomites is understandable when we consider the bitter feelings that had always existed between these two nations. It began centuries earlier when the twin brothers, Jacob and Esau, went their separate ways (Gen 27; 36). Esau's descendants settled south of the Dead Sea and became known as the Edomites. Jacob's descendants settled farther north, eventually developing into the Covenant People known as the nation of Israel. The Bible reports many clashes between these two factions.

One notable example was the refusal of the Edomites to let the Israelites cross their land as they traveled toward the land of Canaan (Num 20:14-21). But the final insult to Israel must have been Edom's participation in the looting of Jerusalem after the city fell to the Babylonians. This led the prophet Obadiah to declare, "For your violence against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever" (v. 10).

Theological Contribution.
The Book of Obadiah makes it clear that God takes His promises to His Covenant People seriously. He declared in the Book of Genesis that He would bless the rest of the world through Abraham and his descendants. He also promised to protect His special people against any who would try to do them harm (Gen 12:1-3). This promise is affirmed in the Book of Obadiah. God is determined to keep faith with His people, in spite of their unworthiness and disobedience.

Special Considerations.
Verses 1:1-9 of Obadiah and Jer 49:7-22 express essentially the same idea. Many of the words and phrases in these two passages are exactly alike. Some scholars believe Jeremiah drew from the Obadiah passage to emphasize God's impending judgment on Edom. If this is true, it indicates the little Book of Obadiah was taken seriously by Jeremiah, one of the great prophetic figures in Israel's history.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


Obadiah 1-21
1 The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
2 Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
3 The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
4 Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
5 If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
7 All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him.
8 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?
9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 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 rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress.
13 Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their 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 day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head.
16 For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been.
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
18 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of 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.
19 And they of the south 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.
20 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south.
21 And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. KJV


EDOM
[EE dum] (red) - the name of a person and a region in the Old Testament:

1. The name given to ESAU after he traded his BIRTHRIGHT to his brother Jacob for a meal, which consisted of a red stew (Gen 25:29-34).

2. The land inhabited by the descendants of Edom, or Esau (Gen 32:3; 36:8). Ancient Edom included the region beginning in the north at the River Zered, a natural boundary also for southern Moab, and extending southward to the Gulf of Aqabah. At times it included mountain ranges and fertile plateaus on the east and west of the Arabah, the Jordan River valley south of the Dead Sea.

The most significant area of ancient Edom was the mountain-encircled plain on the east of the Arabah. Mt. Seir, the highest of this range, rises to an elevation of nearly 1,200 meters (3,500 feet) above the Arabah. Edom's capital during the days of Israel's monarchy was Sela, situated at the southern end of a secluded valley that became the location of the city of PETRA in later times. Other important Edomite cities were Bozrah and Teman (Isa 34:6; Amos 1:12).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

TEMAN
[TEE muhn] (on the right hand) - the name of a man and a city in the Old Testament:

1. A son of Eliphaz and a grandson of Esau (Gen 36:11). Teman was an Edomite chief (Gen 36:15; 1 Chron 1:36) who gave his name to the region where his descendants settled (Gen 36:34).

2. An important city in southern Edom (Gen 36:34; Hab 3:3). Some scholars identify Teman with Tawilan, about eight kilometers (five miles) east of Petra.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


IDUMEA
[id yoo MEE uh] (land of the Edomites) - the Greek name for the land of EDOM (Mark 3:8; also Isa 34:5-6, KJV; Ezek 35:15, KJV; Ezek 36:5, KJV). After the Babylonian Captivity, Idumea referred to the region south of Judea which was populated by Edomite refugees fleeing from the invasion of Arabs.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


ESAU
[ee SAW] (meaning unknown) - a son of Isaac and Rebekah and the twin brother of Jacob. Also known as Edom, Esau was the ancestor of the Edomites (Gen 25:24-28; Deut 2:4-8).

Most of the biblical narratives about Esau draw a great contrast between him and his brother, Jacob. Esau was a hunter and outdoorsman who was favored by his father, while Jacob was not an outdoors type and was favored by Rebekah (Gen 25:27-28).

Even though he was a twin, Esau was considered the eldest son because he was born first. By Old Testament custom, he would have inherited most of his father's property and the right to succeed him as family patriarch. But in a foolish, impulsive moment, he sold his BIRTHRIGHT to Jacob in exchange for a meal (Gen 25:29-34). This determined that Jacob would carry on the family name in a direct line of descent from Abraham and Isaac, his grandfather and father.

The loss of Esau's rights as first-born is further revealed in Gen 27. In this account, Jacob deceived his blind father by disguising himself as Esau in order to receive his father's blessing. Esau was so enraged by his brother's actions that he determined to kill him once his father died. But Jacob fled to his uncle Laban in Haran and remained there for 20 years. Upon Jacob's return to Canaan, Esau forgave him and set aside their old feuds (Gen 32:1-33:17). Years later, the two brothers together buried their father in the cave at Machpelah without a trace of their old hostilities (Gen 35:29).

Esau in many ways was more honest and dependable than his scheming brother Jacob. But he sinned greatly by treating his birthright so casually and selling it for a meal. To the ancient Hebrews, one's birthright actually represented a high spiritual value. The oldest son was responsible to serve as a priest to the rest of his family by encouraging worship of the one true God. But Esau did not have the faith and farsightedness to accept this privilege and responsibility. Thus, the right passed by default to his younger brother.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)

Gen 25:25-34
25 And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau.
26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
28 And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:
30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.
32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?
33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. KJV



What does this written history in the Book of Obadiah have to do with these end times?

Eccl 1:9-11
9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. KJV

History repeats and repeats for the sake of every generation which has need to come through this earth age.
Because YHVH'S children are not all here in the flesh at the same time, then history has need to repeat, so that each generation can learn YHVH'S emotions, while experiencing the same types of events again in this earth age which they experienced in the 1st Heaven age. Since FATHER caused each soul (with their own spirit) to be born "innocent" in this earth age, not remembering those events and that which they participated in during the 1st Heaven age, then each individual would have need to experience those 'forgotten' events again in this earth age. And, with these events experienced, then the individual, in their earthly flesh, can learn from and experience the same types of emotions which FATHER and HIS 'Elohiym only understood in the 1st Heaven age.

In experiencing the same types of emotions, which FATHER and HIS 'Elohiym only, in the 1st Heaven age, understood, then the "innocently born" earthly flesh man could then be held responsible for their decisions, actions, and works.

FATHER could not hold HIS multitudes responsible, in the 1st Heaven age, because they did not have the ability to comprehend the creation of life, the death (obliteration) of life, and many other emotions that YHVH and HIS 'Elohiym only possessed.
Being born "innocent" in earthly flesh gave YHVH'S children the opportunity and the ability to experience YHVH'S emotions, and therefore, to fully comprehend, appreciate, and understand these concepts.

There was something that Esau had done against YHVH, in the 1st Heaven age, which was so grievous, that YHVH would even hate him when he was born in his earthly flesh.

Rom 9:13
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. KJV

Mal 1:1-5
1 The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi.
2 I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
3 And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
4 Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
5 And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. KJV

Does YHVH'S "hate" for Esau extend to all who have come forth from Esau and/or Edom/Idumea?
YHVH is more than fair. Each individual has 'earned' their place or position in this earth age, according to that which each did in the 1st Heaven age. Each has been given the opportunity to come to YHVH, if they choose to do so. But, it is most likely that the majority will do the same things and think the same way in this earth age, as they did in the 1st Heaven age.

What are the warnings and the prophesy which is contained within the Book of Obadiah?

"The vision of Obadiah." "Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom;" "We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle."
"Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD."
"If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?"
"How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; they that eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him."

Edom does not realize that even those of whom they have allied themselves, really have no great love for them.
Edom is being 'used' by these of the confederacy, of whom they have adjoined themselves.
And, because of Edom's greed, their desire for riches, and their desire for an elevated place in the world, they do not truly understand how these of that confederacy are using them.
Edom thinks that they shall be able to again "inherit" that which they so easily gave away.
They think that they can stay in their earthly flesh and take over the rich land of America when the majority of the world is supposedly "raptured away".

Many of the "religious" leaders, within that confederacy, know that Satan, their chosen "father", shall arrive, in the sight of flesh men, a short time after his fallen angels.
These "religious" leaders know that all earthly flesh shall be changed at the arrival of YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST.
But, these of this confederacy have led Edom to think that they shall be allowed to stay in the earth, and "inherit" the land of the greatest, most fertile nation of America.

With friends like these, who needs enemies!
And, that is what FATHER has warned them about.

Who are these of this confederacy which Edom has adjoined himself?
Let us turn to Ezekiel 38.

Ezek 38:1-23
1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. KJV


MAGOG
[MAY gog] (land of Gog) - the name of a man and a people in the Bible:

1. The second son of Japheth and a grandson of Noah (Gen 10:2).

2. The descendants of Magog (Ezek 38:2), possibly a people who lived in northern Asia and Europe. The Jewish historian Josephus identified these people as the Scythians, known for their destructive warfare. Magog may be a comprehensive term which means "northern barbarians." The people of Magog are described as skilled horsemen (Ezek 38:15) and experts in the use of the bow and arrow (Ezek 39:3,9). The Book of Revelation uses Ezekiel's prophetic imagery to portray the final, apocalyptic encounter between good and evil at the end of this age. "Gog and Magog" (Rev 20:8-9) symbolize the anti-Christian forces of the world.

Also see GOG.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


GOG
[gog] (golden ornament) - the name of two men in the Bible:

1. A descendant of Joel, of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chron 5:4).

2. The leader of a confederacy of armies that attacked the land of Israel. Described as "the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal," Gog is also depicted as being "of the land of Magog" (Ezek 38:2-3), a "place out of the far north" of Israel. Ezekiel prophetically describes Gog and his allies striking at Israel with a fierce and sudden invasion (Ezek 38-39). According to Ezekiel's prophecy, Gog will be crushed on the mountains of Israel in a slaughter so great it will take seven months to bury the dead (Ezek 39:12).

The vision of Gog and Magog that appears in the Book of Revelation is essentially a restatement of the prophecy of Ezekiel, although it places the events of this prophecy in the future (Rev 20:7-8).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


ROSH
[rahsh] (chief) - the name of a man and a tribe in the Old Testament:

1. A descendant of Benjamin (Gen 46:21) and one of those who went to Egypt with Jacob and Jacob's sons.

2. A northern people mentioned with Meshech and Tubal (Ezek 38:2-3; 39:1). Some scholars believe Rosh was the name of one of the three northern tribes over which Gog ruled.
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


TUBAL
[TOO buhl] (meaning unknown) - the name of a man and a country or people in the Old Testament:

1. The fifth son of Japheth and grandson of Noah (Gen 10:2; 1 Chron 1:5).

2. A people who lived in the Cappadocian region of eastern Asia Minor (modern Turkey). The prophet Isaiah mentions Tubal along with JAVAN  (Isa 66:19), and Ezekiel mentions Tubal, Javan, and MESHECH as some of those who traded with Tyre (Ezek 27:13).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


JAVAN
[JAY vuhn] (meaning unknown) - the name of a person and a place in the Old Testament:

1. The fourth son of Japheth, son of Noah. Javan was the father of the Ionians, or Greeks (Gen 10:2).

2. A town or trading post in southern Arabia  from which the Syrians obtained wrought iron, cassia (cinnamon), and calamus (cane) (Ezek 27:13,19).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)


MESHECH
[MEE shek] (drawn out) - the name of two men and two tribes in the Old Testament:

1. A son of Japheth (1 Chron 1:5).

2. A son of Shem (1 Chron 1:17), or possibly an unknown Aramean tribe, also spelled Mash (Gen 10:23).

3. A tribe mentioned in association with Kedar (Ps 120:5; Mesech, KJV).

4. The descendants of the son of Japheth known as the Moschi or Moschoi (Ezek 27:13).
(from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Copyright (c)1986, Thomas Nelson Publishers)



"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?"

"And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever."

"For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their 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; 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."

These historical events shall occur again. They are in regards to the prophecy written in Ezekiel 38.

"For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head."

We have looked at the sequence of events which begins with the attacks upon the United States, and then continues into all the subsequent events.
And, we understand that "the day of the LORD" does occur very quickly after this sequence begins.

These of Edom, who aided YHVH'S enemies, shall get their "just deserves".
Their greed and desire for power will not go unpunished.

"For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been."

"But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of 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."
"And they of the south 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."
"And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south."
"And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's."


Ezekiel, chapter 39, speaks of the events which will occur at Hammongog.
And, this is when Edom shall be attempting to come across Alaska, in order that they may claim the land of the United States, when they think that the majority will be soon "rapturing away".
Edom's disobedience of YHVH'S Law, and his trust in the lies of the confederacy which he aided, shall place him in a most precarious position. And, YHVH shall cause great hailstones to fall and crush Edom's advancing army in the valley of Gog.
Moments later, the events of Armageddon shall occur, as YAHSHUA, JESUS CHRIST, returns, and all earthly flesh then dissolves away.

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