1 00:00:30,579 --> 00:00:32,579 If you would in your Bibles, turn to Obadiah. 2 00:00:33,139 --> 00:00:35,379 The book of Obadiah, Chapter nothing. 3 00:00:37,699 --> 00:00:40,819 Obadiah, shortest book in the Old Testament. 4 00:00:42,499 --> 00:00:43,299 And we have. 5 00:00:43,299 --> 00:00:46,339 This is our third message out of the book. 6 00:00:48,499 --> 00:00:49,259 Obadiah. 7 00:00:49,259 --> 00:00:50,219 We're going to begin reading. 8 00:00:50,219 --> 00:00:51,619 Let's begin reading in verse. 9 00:00:51,779 --> 00:00:53,299 We'll start reading in verse 14. 10 00:00:57,949 --> 00:00:59,869 Actually, let's begin reading in verse 17. 11 00:01:01,629 --> 00:01:03,069 It's where the paragraph starts. 12 00:01:03,069 --> 00:01:03,549 Ready? 13 00:01:03,949 --> 00:01:06,509 But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance. 14 00:01:07,389 --> 00:01:08,589 There shall be holiness. 15 00:01:09,549 --> 00:01:12,909 And the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 16 00:01:13,629 --> 00:01:17,349 And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph 17 00:01:17,349 --> 00:01:20,429 a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble. 18 00:01:21,079 --> 00:01:23,399 And they shall kindle in them and devour them. 19 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:28,079 And there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau, for 20 00:01:28,079 --> 00:01:29,399 the Lord hath spoken it. 21 00:01:30,119 --> 00:01:33,919 And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau, and they 22 00:01:33,919 --> 00:01:35,719 of the plain, the Philistines. 23 00:01:36,359 --> 00:01:39,879 And they shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields 24 00:01:39,879 --> 00:01:40,759 of Samaria. 25 00:01:41,159 --> 00:01:43,239 And Benjamin shall possess Gilead. 26 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:47,639 And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess 27 00:01:48,339 --> 00:01:51,139 that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath. 28 00:01:51,699 --> 00:01:56,339 And the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Seraphad, 29 00:01:57,059 --> 00:01:59,459 and shall possess the cities of the south. 30 00:02:01,619 --> 00:02:06,939 And saviors shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount of 31 00:02:06,939 --> 00:02:07,539 Esau. 32 00:02:08,179 --> 00:02:10,579 And the kingdom shall be the Lord's. 33 00:02:11,299 --> 00:02:12,739 Again, verse 21. 34 00:02:12,739 --> 00:02:16,979 And the Savior shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the mount 35 00:02:16,979 --> 00:02:17,699 of Esau. 36 00:02:18,019 --> 00:02:21,459 And the kingdom shall be the Lord's. 37 00:02:21,859 --> 00:02:22,659 It will be. 38 00:02:23,939 --> 00:02:24,579 It will be. 39 00:02:24,579 --> 00:02:25,099 Let's pray. 40 00:02:25,099 --> 00:02:26,979 Heavenly Father, bless the reading of your word. 41 00:02:27,299 --> 00:02:33,779 We do pray again tonight that we would see the importance of what's 42 00:02:33,779 --> 00:02:37,099 happening now amongst Israel and what's going to happen in the 43 00:02:37,099 --> 00:02:37,379 future. 44 00:02:37,859 --> 00:02:39,539 Lord, we look forward to the day of your return. 45 00:02:40,099 --> 00:02:41,019 In Jesus name. 46 00:02:41,019 --> 00:02:41,539 Amen. 47 00:02:43,449 --> 00:02:44,889 So we think about Obadiah. 48 00:02:44,889 --> 00:02:48,489 Again he speaks of bringing down Edom. 49 00:02:49,049 --> 00:02:54,249 And again Edom is proud of their security. 50 00:02:54,489 --> 00:02:59,849 They rejoiced over Israel's defeat by their enemies. 51 00:03:00,329 --> 00:03:04,409 And because of that God's wrath will be brought upon them. 52 00:03:04,729 --> 00:03:06,489 And Edom will be destroyed. 53 00:03:07,049 --> 00:03:09,289 And Israel will will be delivered. 54 00:03:09,529 --> 00:03:12,329 And God's kingdom will be victorious. 55 00:03:13,209 --> 00:03:17,489 So again we understand and know that Edom, the Edomites are 56 00:03:17,489 --> 00:03:18,649 descendants of Esau. 57 00:03:19,129 --> 00:03:21,449 We see this in Genesis 36:1. 58 00:03:22,329 --> 00:03:25,529 Esau was the twin brother of Jacob. 59 00:03:25,929 --> 00:03:29,929 So you have Jacob and Esau, the twins again. 60 00:03:29,929 --> 00:03:34,809 Despite being related, the Israelites and the Edomites throughout 61 00:03:34,809 --> 00:03:37,369 history have lived in constant conflict. 62 00:03:37,969 --> 00:03:42,129 So you see that throughout the Old Testament them in constant conflict. 63 00:03:42,609 --> 00:03:44,489 In Genesis 25 and we really did. 64 00:03:44,489 --> 00:03:47,089 We covered some of this, but we didn't cover in detail. 65 00:03:47,249 --> 00:03:55,169 I want to Tonight, in Genesis 25, verses 22 through 23, when Rebekah 66 00:03:55,249 --> 00:03:59,769 is pregnant with Jacob and Esau, it speaks about here that the 67 00:03:59,769 --> 00:04:01,569 children struggled together within her. 68 00:04:02,369 --> 00:04:03,649 So within her, these. 69 00:04:03,909 --> 00:04:05,749 These twins were struggling in her womb. 70 00:04:06,309 --> 00:04:09,349 And so much so that she had the question of what is going on? 71 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:14,989 And she asked God, she says, what's going to become of the twins 72 00:04:14,989 --> 00:04:15,669 in my womb? 73 00:04:15,669 --> 00:04:17,989 And she said what God said to her. 74 00:04:18,389 --> 00:04:21,349 The older will serve the younger. 75 00:04:23,349 --> 00:04:26,229 And the promise that was given. 76 00:04:26,469 --> 00:04:28,469 And Isaac and Rebekah knew this. 77 00:04:28,789 --> 00:04:33,989 The promise of the Messiah, that lineage of the Messiah that 78 00:04:33,989 --> 00:04:37,629 came through Abraham and now through Isaac would not go through 79 00:04:37,629 --> 00:04:40,469 Esau, but would go through Jacob. 80 00:04:41,349 --> 00:04:43,149 And I do want you to understand it. 81 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:45,749 We touched on it very briefly during one of the messages. 82 00:04:46,069 --> 00:04:52,229 But understand that Isaac and Rebekah were told of God, that Jacob 83 00:04:52,229 --> 00:04:56,069 was to be in that line of the Messiah. 84 00:04:56,229 --> 00:05:00,509 They understood that God spoke in the past. 85 00:05:00,509 --> 00:05:01,829 He spoke through prophets. 86 00:05:01,829 --> 00:05:03,229 He spoke through visions. 87 00:05:03,709 --> 00:05:06,749 And we know that Hebrews says that, you know, God, whose sundry 88 00:05:06,749 --> 00:05:09,869 time, in diverse manner, spake in time past unto the fathers by 89 00:05:09,869 --> 00:05:12,789 the prophets, but these last days, he's spoken to us by his son. 90 00:05:12,789 --> 00:05:13,989 He now speaks through his Word. 91 00:05:13,989 --> 00:05:14,509 Amen. 92 00:05:15,549 --> 00:05:19,309 But then he spoke in visions and prophets, through the prophets. 93 00:05:19,789 --> 00:05:25,549 Like when Joseph received the dream about the sheaves bowing down 94 00:05:25,629 --> 00:05:29,979 to his sheave, or the sun, moon, the stars bowing down to him. 95 00:05:30,859 --> 00:05:33,499 That was God's word to Joseph. 96 00:05:33,899 --> 00:05:35,499 It was as if he had this. 97 00:05:36,939 --> 00:05:40,419 It was just as inspired when Joseph received those dreams as what 98 00:05:40,419 --> 00:05:41,339 you hold in your hand. 99 00:05:42,219 --> 00:05:44,138 Joseph, I believe, understood that. 100 00:05:44,539 --> 00:05:47,739 And when Joseph was thrown into prison, what kept Joseph going 101 00:05:47,739 --> 00:05:52,459 and what kept Joseph sane and what kept Joseph even leading in 102 00:05:52,459 --> 00:05:55,639 some those capacities he was put in is because he knew. 103 00:05:55,879 --> 00:05:59,719 He knew that one day his brothers would bow to him because 104 00:05:59,719 --> 00:06:00,439 God promised it. 105 00:06:00,439 --> 00:06:01,719 And God keeps his promises. 106 00:06:02,999 --> 00:06:05,479 So you say, well, how could Joseph go through all of that? 107 00:06:05,879 --> 00:06:08,519 He understood the promise of God. 108 00:06:09,559 --> 00:06:15,479 And so Rebecca and Jake, Rebekah and Isaac, they did know. 109 00:06:15,479 --> 00:06:18,519 And that should have cultivated, that should have been 110 00:06:18,519 --> 00:06:20,839 passed on to Jacob and Esau. 111 00:06:20,919 --> 00:06:21,179 But. 112 00:06:21,249 --> 00:06:22,249 But apparently it wasn't. 113 00:06:22,249 --> 00:06:23,489 In fact, we know it wasn't. 114 00:06:26,049 --> 00:06:29,769 Why didn't Rebekah and Isaac say, hey, we had a vision from God. 115 00:06:29,769 --> 00:06:33,809 And your mama was told that, listen, Esau, one day you're gonna 116 00:06:33,809 --> 00:06:37,368 serve your brother, and you might as well get used to it, right? 117 00:06:37,368 --> 00:06:38,289 That's what should have happened. 118 00:06:38,289 --> 00:06:38,609 Something. 119 00:06:38,609 --> 00:06:40,089 I'm not saying it could have happened like that. 120 00:06:40,089 --> 00:06:42,169 But there should have been explanation. 121 00:06:42,169 --> 00:06:45,609 There should have been the word of God told to their kids, this 122 00:06:45,609 --> 00:06:46,489 is the word of God. 123 00:06:46,489 --> 00:06:48,489 This is the inspiration of God. 124 00:06:48,489 --> 00:06:51,489 God told us this, but apparently that was not done. 125 00:06:51,949 --> 00:06:55,629 And then you have this rivalry between Jacob and Esau. 126 00:06:55,869 --> 00:06:59,069 We know that Jacob, as they were being born, reached out and 127 00:06:59,069 --> 00:07:00,509 grabbed the heel of Esau. 128 00:07:00,909 --> 00:07:03,869 And that's why they called him Jacob the Supplanter. 129 00:07:04,589 --> 00:07:05,629 The supplanter. 130 00:07:06,109 --> 00:07:09,349 From the very beginning, Jacob was trying to take over the position 131 00:07:09,349 --> 00:07:10,109 of his brother. 132 00:07:11,149 --> 00:07:14,669 And so there was this animosity between them, even in the 133 00:07:14,669 --> 00:07:15,709 womb, it seems. 134 00:07:16,349 --> 00:07:20,909 We know in Genesis chapter 25 that Jacob secures Esau's birthright 135 00:07:21,259 --> 00:07:21,419 in. 136 00:07:21,489 --> 00:07:24,849 Esau comes back from one of his hunts, and he is just. 137 00:07:25,489 --> 00:07:27,569 He's tired and he's wore out. 138 00:07:28,689 --> 00:07:31,569 If you read the account, he's saying, I'm gonna die. 139 00:07:31,969 --> 00:07:32,929 I'm gonna die. 140 00:07:33,249 --> 00:07:34,409 Give me something to eat. 141 00:07:34,409 --> 00:07:37,489 And Jacob says, I will if you gimme your birthright. 142 00:07:38,289 --> 00:07:39,969 Well, he says, I'm gonna die anyway. 143 00:07:39,969 --> 00:07:40,609 Might as well. 144 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,649 And he sold his birthright to his brother. 145 00:07:44,369 --> 00:07:47,089 The firstborn birthright was a big deal then. 146 00:07:47,169 --> 00:07:50,169 It meant you got twice as much as everybody else in the family. 147 00:07:50,169 --> 00:07:52,319 And there was other things that were blessings. 148 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:54,679 You would receive the first blessing from the father, from your 149 00:07:54,679 --> 00:07:54,999 dad. 150 00:07:54,999 --> 00:07:58,279 And I mean, it was a big, big, big deal to be the firstborn. 151 00:07:59,959 --> 00:08:04,519 In fact, we know it's a big deal because God set aside the firstborn. 152 00:08:05,239 --> 00:08:10,319 The firstborn of every family was set aside, and they had to pay 153 00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:13,879 a tax for the firstborn to the temple. 154 00:08:15,799 --> 00:08:16,599 As I think about. 155 00:08:17,239 --> 00:08:18,399 Of course, that was later down the road. 156 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:24,279 But we think about again, this animosity between these two siblings 157 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:31,959 after Jacob secures the birthright of his brother. 158 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:36,519 The Bible says that Esau disparaged his birthright. 159 00:08:38,599 --> 00:08:40,879 In Genesis 27, Jacob stole the. 160 00:08:40,879 --> 00:08:42,999 Stole Esau's blessing from his dad. 161 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:44,279 Remember that? 162 00:08:44,919 --> 00:08:51,449 Rebecca pulls Jacob aside and says, hey, Esau's out hunting, getting 163 00:08:51,449 --> 00:08:55,489 ready to come back and make some porridge, some stew for her 164 00:08:55,489 --> 00:08:55,729 dad. 165 00:08:55,729 --> 00:09:00,129 And he's going to bless him, give him the death blessing. 166 00:09:00,129 --> 00:09:03,329 I don't know what to call it, but the blessing right before the 167 00:09:03,329 --> 00:09:06,809 patriarch dies, he says, hey, we're going to do this. 168 00:09:07,449 --> 00:09:08,489 You cook up some. 169 00:09:08,889 --> 00:09:10,929 You know, you cook up some stew like he likes. 170 00:09:10,929 --> 00:09:13,289 And we're going to put animal skins on your. 171 00:09:13,289 --> 00:09:15,529 Because Esau was a hairy dude. 172 00:09:16,449 --> 00:09:19,329 He was a hairy man, apparently a little red too. 173 00:09:19,329 --> 00:09:21,409 So they put skins on Jacob. 174 00:09:21,409 --> 00:09:26,369 And so Jacob goes into his dad, who Isaac who was blind and 175 00:09:26,689 --> 00:09:27,489 tricks him. 176 00:09:28,769 --> 00:09:33,169 And Isaac receives the blessing of Esau from his dad. 177 00:09:35,649 --> 00:09:36,809 Most of you know the rest of the story. 178 00:09:36,809 --> 00:09:39,729 I know I'm preaching to the choir tonight, that Esau comes back, 179 00:09:39,729 --> 00:09:42,779 he finds out, and he says, I'm going to kill my brother. 180 00:09:43,579 --> 00:09:46,779 Rebecca says to Jacob, you better leave. 181 00:09:47,979 --> 00:09:49,979 It's still amazing to me. 182 00:09:50,299 --> 00:09:55,099 I remind you tonight that when that happened, that event happened 183 00:09:55,179 --> 00:10:02,059 In Genesis chapter 27, Jacob and Esau were 75 years old. 184 00:10:03,099 --> 00:10:03,779 We always think. 185 00:10:03,779 --> 00:10:06,379 I always thought of them as being young, young adults. 186 00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,779 They were 75 years old. 187 00:10:14,409 --> 00:10:16,849 That would be the equivalent, because they live longer than the 188 00:10:16,849 --> 00:10:18,889 equivalent of being about 45 or 50. 189 00:10:20,249 --> 00:10:21,769 It's amazing, isn't it? 190 00:10:23,689 --> 00:10:28,409 When Jacob returns 20 years later in Genesis 33, we find that 191 00:10:28,409 --> 00:10:31,689 Esau, he thinks Esau is still mad after 20 years. 192 00:10:31,689 --> 00:10:33,769 And he starts sending gifts to Esau. 193 00:10:33,849 --> 00:10:36,489 You know, first band of gifts, first wave of gifts. 194 00:10:37,019 --> 00:10:39,939 And when they finally meet, Esau grabs him, hugs him, kisses 195 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:42,139 him, apparently has forgiven him. 196 00:10:44,459 --> 00:10:47,139 But we know that his descendants did not feel that way. 197 00:10:47,139 --> 00:10:48,299 Esau's descendants. 198 00:10:48,779 --> 00:10:54,379 Esau's descendants must apparently been influenced by the 199 00:10:54,379 --> 00:10:56,099 story and by what happened to their dad. 200 00:10:56,099 --> 00:11:00,219 And there was animosity between the Edomites and the Israelites 201 00:11:00,779 --> 00:11:02,539 throughout their entire Old Testament history. 202 00:11:04,729 --> 00:11:09,649 Edom, according to numbers, chapter 20 would not allow Israel 203 00:11:09,649 --> 00:11:11,689 to pass through their land en route to Canaan. 204 00:11:11,689 --> 00:11:18,049 So when the Israelites left Egypt to go to Canaan, they asked, 205 00:11:18,049 --> 00:11:20,969 and you can go read about it, they asked to come through the land 206 00:11:20,969 --> 00:11:21,569 of Edom. 207 00:11:21,569 --> 00:11:25,129 And they said, no, can't come through our land. 208 00:11:26,569 --> 00:11:30,649 In First Kings, chapter 11, verse 14 through 25, Edom fought 209 00:11:30,649 --> 00:11:31,929 with King Solomon. 210 00:11:32,409 --> 00:11:35,269 If you go back and read 1st Kings 11, you ought to do that. 211 00:11:35,349 --> 00:11:38,349 You'll see that that's the chapter where God finally says to 212 00:11:38,349 --> 00:11:39,669 King Solomon, I'm done. 213 00:11:40,709 --> 00:11:41,349 I'm done. 214 00:11:41,749 --> 00:11:43,189 You're worshiping other gods. 215 00:11:43,189 --> 00:11:48,309 You've allowed your wives to spiritually annihilate you. 216 00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:54,309 The kingdom's going to be taken from you or from your son. 217 00:11:54,949 --> 00:11:59,029 And your son Rehoboam is only going to have one tribe. 218 00:11:59,509 --> 00:12:03,999 And the rest of the tribes I'm going to give to your servant, Jeroboam. 219 00:12:05,279 --> 00:12:11,559 And in that same chapter, God tells Solomon, and because of the 220 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:16,679 wickedness which you've done, the Edomites, the Edomites will be 221 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:23,039 a constant nagging enemy for you and your future descendants. 222 00:12:23,679 --> 00:12:24,399 And they were. 223 00:12:25,599 --> 00:12:27,719 And they were again. 224 00:12:27,719 --> 00:12:29,589 They were kin to each other. 225 00:12:30,469 --> 00:12:35,029 And yet this struggle between them continued. 226 00:12:35,269 --> 00:12:40,109 In fact, when David came to power, if you go read the story, 227 00:12:40,109 --> 00:12:43,229 you'll be reminded that God had said about the Edomites to be 228 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:43,789 wipe them out. 229 00:12:43,789 --> 00:12:48,149 And they wiped all the males out except one. 230 00:12:49,589 --> 00:12:51,189 And he fled to Egypt. 231 00:12:52,149 --> 00:12:56,819 Imagine that now all the male Edomites were killed in except one. 232 00:12:57,779 --> 00:13:02,499 And that one that was left when he found out Solomon died, came 233 00:13:02,499 --> 00:13:05,139 back to Samaria. 234 00:13:05,699 --> 00:13:07,139 The Bible says he ruled there. 235 00:13:07,139 --> 00:13:11,379 And he was the one who continually in his future generations 236 00:13:11,938 --> 00:13:15,299 who were a thorn in Israel's side. 237 00:13:15,699 --> 00:13:19,939 Again, God's punishment continually upon Solomon and his 238 00:13:19,939 --> 00:13:20,579 descendants. 239 00:13:20,739 --> 00:13:23,939 And then in second Chronicles, we won't go into these in two Chronicles 240 00:13:23,939 --> 00:13:26,539 a couple different places you find the Edomites rebelled against 241 00:13:26,539 --> 00:13:27,769 Jehoshaphat and Jehorah. 242 00:13:29,599 --> 00:13:32,919 I already mentioned to you that they dwelt in the southern edge 243 00:13:32,919 --> 00:13:36,559 of the Dead Sea, that city of Petra. 244 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:38,839 And we kind of described that city of Petra. 245 00:13:38,839 --> 00:13:43,119 Some of you who have watched the Indiana Jones movie and the Last 246 00:13:43,119 --> 00:13:47,759 Crusade I think is the one you see when they go down into Petra 247 00:13:48,159 --> 00:13:52,079 and it's a beautiful place to get to it. 248 00:13:52,239 --> 00:13:56,399 There's a canyon you have to go through that's about a mile long. 249 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:00,619 And some places, like I told you, you can actually touch e either 250 00:14:00,619 --> 00:14:02,299 side of the canyon with your hands. 251 00:14:02,299 --> 00:14:04,219 It's how narrow it is in some places. 252 00:14:04,459 --> 00:14:05,419 It is beautiful. 253 00:14:05,899 --> 00:14:09,579 I watched several videos on it and just the beauty is amazing. 254 00:14:09,659 --> 00:14:13,339 There are over a thousand different buildings and sepulchers 255 00:14:13,339 --> 00:14:14,539 carved into the walls. 256 00:14:14,779 --> 00:14:17,659 That beautiful temple you see in the Indiana Jones movie. 257 00:14:17,979 --> 00:14:21,339 There's more than that, there's many others, even one bigger 258 00:14:21,339 --> 00:14:21,739 than that. 259 00:14:22,219 --> 00:14:27,539 It's amazing what they did, the Edomites and others, and they 260 00:14:27,539 --> 00:14:29,299 felt like that was going to protect them. 261 00:14:29,459 --> 00:14:32,899 Once you go through that mile long canyon, you come into an area 262 00:14:32,899 --> 00:14:36,819 of about a mile long and about, almost a mile wide of open 263 00:14:36,899 --> 00:14:44,419 area that's surrounded by this cavernous walls that in that day 264 00:14:44,419 --> 00:14:48,019 there would be no way to get down and there'd be no way to get 265 00:14:48,019 --> 00:14:49,379 down to the people below. 266 00:14:50,739 --> 00:14:54,489 Today we could use like the parachute things they jump off buildings 267 00:14:54,489 --> 00:14:54,649 with. 268 00:14:54,649 --> 00:14:55,729 That would be awesome, wouldn't it? 269 00:14:58,129 --> 00:15:00,809 Anyway, but back then they couldn't. 270 00:15:00,809 --> 00:15:05,409 So they felt as they, you know, they were proud that they lived 271 00:15:05,409 --> 00:15:07,889 in these caves, these sepulchers. 272 00:15:07,889 --> 00:15:11,449 So there was also dwellings in the valley there, that mile Long 273 00:15:11,449 --> 00:15:13,489 Valley, 3/4 of a mile wide. 274 00:15:14,289 --> 00:15:16,129 But they felt like nobody could touch them. 275 00:15:16,929 --> 00:15:18,609 They felt like they were indestructible. 276 00:15:22,009 --> 00:15:27,289 They lived in their houses and palaces and carved in the walls almost 277 00:15:27,289 --> 00:15:29,049 inaccessible by anyone else. 278 00:15:29,609 --> 00:15:31,689 And they were prideful of it. 279 00:15:32,409 --> 00:15:36,729 They thought they were safe, that no one could defeat them because 280 00:15:36,729 --> 00:15:37,849 they couldn't get to them. 281 00:15:40,249 --> 00:15:43,449 And Edom got into a power struggle with God. 282 00:15:43,769 --> 00:15:44,569 That's not good. 283 00:15:46,959 --> 00:15:50,079 It's not good to get into a power struggle with Jehovah God, 284 00:15:51,279 --> 00:15:52,559 the God of all creation. 285 00:15:53,759 --> 00:15:55,519 They should have accepted God's choice. 286 00:15:56,559 --> 00:15:59,519 Again, Esau should have accepted God's choice. 287 00:16:00,239 --> 00:16:01,919 And I could even go back to Rebecca. 288 00:16:01,919 --> 00:16:03,919 And Isaac should have accepted God's choice. 289 00:16:05,999 --> 00:16:07,759 And maybe this would not have been the case. 290 00:16:08,719 --> 00:16:12,159 This animosity and just pride. 291 00:16:13,599 --> 00:16:16,639 And so in Deuteronomy 23, verse 7, I want to point this verse 292 00:16:16,639 --> 00:16:16,959 out. 293 00:16:17,519 --> 00:16:20,079 God told Moses, he said this. 294 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:25,439 He said, thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother. 295 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:33,959 So there was actually a law for the Jew that they were not supposed 296 00:16:33,959 --> 00:16:35,839 to despise the Edomites. 297 00:16:36,489 --> 00:16:38,889 But that certainly wasn't the case on the other end. 298 00:16:39,289 --> 00:16:44,009 Edomites despised the Jews, hated the Jews. 299 00:16:44,649 --> 00:16:46,569 And that's proven out by their actions. 300 00:16:48,009 --> 00:16:50,289 Because their pride and cruelty to Israel. 301 00:16:50,289 --> 00:16:52,649 God decreed a total destruction of edom. 302 00:16:52,649 --> 00:16:58,569 That's verses 3, 4 and 10, all three verses in Obadiah that make 303 00:16:58,569 --> 00:17:01,049 that prediction. 304 00:17:01,129 --> 00:17:02,489 They are going to be destroyed. 305 00:17:03,159 --> 00:17:06,679 And Nebuchadnezzar, five years after the destruction of Jerusalem. 306 00:17:06,679 --> 00:17:08,879 So remember now, Nebuchadnezzar comes. 307 00:17:08,879 --> 00:17:09,519 Babylon. 308 00:17:09,519 --> 00:17:12,359 Babylon comes to Jerusalem in the first deportation. 309 00:17:12,439 --> 00:17:15,479 They take Daniel and the princess and all those about 2000, 310 00:17:15,639 --> 00:17:16,599 they take them away. 311 00:17:17,719 --> 00:17:23,079 That's in 606 BC they come a second time in 597 BC and they take 312 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:24,039 more people away. 313 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,239 Then they come in 586 B.C. 314 00:17:27,319 --> 00:17:30,359 and they take the last and they destroy the city. 315 00:17:31,199 --> 00:17:33,839 Obliterated, not one stone left on top of another. 316 00:17:34,639 --> 00:17:38,479 Burn it to the ground, burnt the walls, everything destroyed. 317 00:17:40,239 --> 00:17:43,999 Five years after that, Nebuchadnezzar is going down into 318 00:17:43,999 --> 00:17:46,479 Egypt now, Egypt. 319 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,799 Because brother Sam Davison, when he was here, he alluded to this 320 00:17:49,799 --> 00:17:50,239 a lot. 321 00:17:50,479 --> 00:17:54,399 Egypt was supposed to be the Jew's savior. 322 00:17:55,439 --> 00:17:59,539 They thought this whole time that, well, Egypt will come and help 323 00:17:59,539 --> 00:17:59,739 us. 324 00:17:59,739 --> 00:18:01,499 Egypt is our ally. 325 00:18:01,499 --> 00:18:03,819 They're going to come help us and save us from Nebuchadnezzar. 326 00:18:03,819 --> 00:18:05,699 Well, that never happened. 327 00:18:05,699 --> 00:18:07,499 And so Jerusalem was destroyed. 328 00:18:08,139 --> 00:18:11,659 And five years later, Nebuchadnezzar is making his way 329 00:18:11,659 --> 00:18:13,539 down to Egypt to destroy Egypt. 330 00:18:13,539 --> 00:18:14,979 And he does destroy Egypt. 331 00:18:14,979 --> 00:18:15,499 He does. 332 00:18:15,899 --> 00:18:21,019 He captures and conquers Egypt on his way down there. 333 00:18:21,019 --> 00:18:21,899 Guess where he goes? 334 00:18:22,539 --> 00:18:24,219 Well, the path is right there. 335 00:18:24,299 --> 00:18:25,419 It goes through Petra. 336 00:18:26,699 --> 00:18:32,499 And the Edomites, who thought they were safe, were defeated by 337 00:18:32,499 --> 00:18:38,059 the Babylonians, just like everyone else in the then Known world. 338 00:18:40,779 --> 00:18:46,619 From there, they moved up south of Jerusalem on the edge of 339 00:18:46,619 --> 00:18:47,339 Judea. 340 00:18:49,419 --> 00:18:53,819 And their name was the idioms or idioms. 341 00:18:54,779 --> 00:18:57,899 And that's the kind of the name as you get closer to the New 342 00:18:57,899 --> 00:18:58,459 Testament. 343 00:18:58,699 --> 00:19:04,059 So we'll stop there with the history, but understand that it's 344 00:19:04,619 --> 00:19:06,859 Idumeans. 345 00:19:07,259 --> 00:19:09,019 I actually looked up how to pronounce it. 346 00:19:09,659 --> 00:19:11,259 The remnants settled in southern Israel. 347 00:19:11,259 --> 00:19:16,179 Maccabees also, again in AD 70, also obliterated the rest of 348 00:19:16,179 --> 00:19:17,899 the Edomite nation. 349 00:19:18,219 --> 00:19:20,419 All right, so what lessons do we learn? 350 00:19:20,419 --> 00:19:21,259 We covered these. 351 00:19:21,819 --> 00:19:23,259 Number one, God is sovereign. 352 00:19:24,729 --> 00:19:28,249 God could do anything he wants and we should accept his choices. 353 00:19:28,329 --> 00:19:30,409 Number two, pride is bad. 354 00:19:31,209 --> 00:19:32,329 Being humble is good. 355 00:19:33,129 --> 00:19:34,009 We learned that from. 356 00:19:34,089 --> 00:19:35,249 That's a good way to preach it. 357 00:19:35,249 --> 00:19:35,569 Yeah. 358 00:19:35,569 --> 00:19:36,329 Pride is bad. 359 00:19:36,569 --> 00:19:37,609 Being humble is good. 360 00:19:37,849 --> 00:19:40,329 Nebuchadnezzar again, Edom. 361 00:19:40,409 --> 00:19:41,369 So many examples. 362 00:19:41,689 --> 00:19:42,729 God hates pride. 363 00:19:43,209 --> 00:19:45,369 And then God's judgment will overcome. 364 00:19:45,529 --> 00:19:49,209 In other words, God will fulfill not only his promises of 365 00:19:49,689 --> 00:19:51,599 blessings, but his promises of judgment. 366 00:19:52,389 --> 00:19:54,069 And God's will will overcome. 367 00:19:54,309 --> 00:19:56,149 Number four, God protects his people. 368 00:19:56,309 --> 00:19:57,669 I'm thankful for that, aren't you? 369 00:19:58,149 --> 00:20:04,469 But in this case, in Obadiah, he protects Israel, his children, 370 00:20:05,189 --> 00:20:05,909 his people. 371 00:20:06,309 --> 00:20:10,629 And we know that he protects his grafted in people too. 372 00:20:11,669 --> 00:20:13,429 Spiritual children of Abraham. 373 00:20:13,749 --> 00:20:19,309 And God holds us accountable when we gloat our joy over the demise 374 00:20:19,309 --> 00:20:19,949 of our enemies. 375 00:20:19,949 --> 00:20:23,449 And that's what God is doing to the Edomites. 376 00:20:24,249 --> 00:20:28,089 And then tonight we think about Israel shall possess their 377 00:20:28,089 --> 00:20:28,649 possessions. 378 00:20:28,649 --> 00:20:30,249 Verse 17 through 21. 379 00:20:30,649 --> 00:20:32,649 Israel will possess their possessions. 380 00:20:33,049 --> 00:20:37,369 We have a contrast between Mount Zion and Mount Esau. 381 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:38,489 Mount Zion. 382 00:20:38,809 --> 00:20:40,169 God will rule and reign. 383 00:20:40,169 --> 00:20:41,849 Mount Esau will be defeated. 384 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:45,689 Deliverance is coming for Zion. 385 00:20:46,489 --> 00:20:51,449 And we see as it is in most of prophecy, that there's a near fulfillment 386 00:20:51,959 --> 00:20:53,799 and then a far reaching fulfillment. 387 00:20:53,879 --> 00:20:57,479 The near fulfillment of the prophecy is Nebuchadnezzar. 388 00:20:57,639 --> 00:21:02,359 The near fulfillment of the prophecy is the Maccabees and their 389 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:02,999 generals. 390 00:21:03,239 --> 00:21:05,639 And so that is the near fulfillment. 391 00:21:05,639 --> 00:21:08,239 The far fulfillment is Jesus Christ. 392 00:21:08,239 --> 00:21:12,279 When he returns at the second coming, which is the battle of Armageddon, 393 00:21:12,999 --> 00:21:17,639 which he when he defeats the armies of the Antichrist and those 394 00:21:17,639 --> 00:21:22,619 who have gathered there, he will set up his kingdom. 395 00:21:23,899 --> 00:21:26,219 And so that's the far reaching fulfillment. 396 00:21:26,219 --> 00:21:28,779 If you'll notice in verse 17, look at with me again. 397 00:21:29,099 --> 00:21:33,259 But upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance. 398 00:21:33,819 --> 00:21:37,579 Israel will go back to Jerusalem, will go back to Zion, 399 00:21:38,219 --> 00:21:39,739 will go back to Mount Zion. 400 00:21:40,619 --> 00:21:42,299 They will have their land again. 401 00:21:44,219 --> 00:21:46,369 And we know that that happened. 402 00:21:46,369 --> 00:21:50,209 They went back and rebuilt Jerusalem and was in the land again. 403 00:21:51,569 --> 00:21:53,089 So that's the near Fulfillment. 404 00:21:53,409 --> 00:21:55,089 And then he says, look at there again. 405 00:21:55,089 --> 00:21:56,689 It says, and there shall be holiness. 406 00:21:57,649 --> 00:21:58,849 And there shall be holiness. 407 00:22:00,049 --> 00:22:05,169 Well, again we think about the fulfillment of the temple being rebuilt, 408 00:22:05,409 --> 00:22:08,929 the return of temple worship under Ezra. 409 00:22:09,809 --> 00:22:11,649 Everybody know what I'm talking about now? 410 00:22:11,959 --> 00:22:16,879 All right, so after the deportation, after the captivity, 411 00:22:16,879 --> 00:22:19,879 70 years later, they returned under the Medo Persian empire. 412 00:22:20,279 --> 00:22:23,959 They began to observables the first wave that comes back. 413 00:22:24,199 --> 00:22:26,879 They began the foundation, they laid the foundation of the temple 414 00:22:26,879 --> 00:22:27,719 and then it sets. 415 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:31,559 And then several years later, I think it was 20, whatever it is, 416 00:22:31,719 --> 00:22:36,599 16, they rebuild the temple and they began temple worship again 417 00:22:37,489 --> 00:22:41,169 that they hadn't had in, you know, 70, 80 years or so. 418 00:22:42,289 --> 00:22:43,969 So the holiness has returned. 419 00:22:44,449 --> 00:22:48,129 The ability to worship, the ability to sacrifice. 420 00:22:48,449 --> 00:22:55,169 And to that again observe the holy days and all those things returns. 421 00:22:56,289 --> 00:22:57,329 There's so much here. 422 00:22:58,449 --> 00:23:03,579 One day, the far reaching fulfillment is one day Jesus Christ 423 00:23:03,579 --> 00:23:04,139 will return. 424 00:23:04,939 --> 00:23:08,299 One day the temple will be restored again. 425 00:23:09,499 --> 00:23:11,659 Israel will rebuild the temple again. 426 00:23:13,099 --> 00:23:15,499 Is it, is it going to happen before we're gone? 427 00:23:16,219 --> 00:23:18,339 There's some, there's actually some debate of that. 428 00:23:18,339 --> 00:23:21,539 We may, we, we may get the opportunity before the Rapture to 429 00:23:21,539 --> 00:23:26,139 see some, you know, semblance of whatever it may be. 430 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:28,739 Maybe it's just partial or halfway. 431 00:23:28,739 --> 00:23:31,499 But I can tell you when they already talk about rebuilding the 432 00:23:31,499 --> 00:23:34,519 temple, they, they've got all the instruments made, they got everything 433 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:35,279 they need to do it. 434 00:23:35,279 --> 00:23:39,879 They got all the ropes, they got everything made to do it, except 435 00:23:39,879 --> 00:23:41,159 the sight to put it on. 436 00:23:42,759 --> 00:23:44,199 If that ever happens. 437 00:23:45,959 --> 00:23:46,679 And it will. 438 00:23:47,079 --> 00:23:55,239 I don't mean if, I mean when that happens, look up, because yes, 439 00:23:55,239 --> 00:23:56,679 the trumpet's soon to sound. 440 00:23:59,329 --> 00:24:00,289 Holiness will return. 441 00:24:01,809 --> 00:24:03,769 He says there, he'll possess their possessions. 442 00:24:03,769 --> 00:24:05,609 That's speaking of the promised land. 443 00:24:05,609 --> 00:24:07,009 They will possess their possessions. 444 00:24:07,009 --> 00:24:07,729 It's theirs. 445 00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:09,889 The land is rightfully theirs. 446 00:24:10,689 --> 00:24:14,689 Given to them by God, not given to the Muslims. 447 00:24:15,089 --> 00:24:17,729 By the way, they should have half of Iran right now. 448 00:24:18,449 --> 00:24:19,249 I mean there's. 449 00:24:19,649 --> 00:24:22,649 The amount of land they have now is minuscule compared to what 450 00:24:22,649 --> 00:24:23,489 God really gave them. 451 00:24:27,819 --> 00:24:30,219 Again, we think about the possessing of the land as has a near 452 00:24:30,219 --> 00:24:31,539 fulfillment and a far fulfillment. 453 00:24:31,539 --> 00:24:35,579 The near fulfillment is they did return and they did rebuild the 454 00:24:35,579 --> 00:24:37,979 temple and they did rebuild the walls and they did rebuild the 455 00:24:38,219 --> 00:24:38,619 city. 456 00:24:40,299 --> 00:24:47,499 It was destroyed by Nero in 70 A.D. they were outside the land for 457 00:24:47,579 --> 00:24:49,179 1900 years. 458 00:24:49,679 --> 00:24:51,519 1900 years, imagine that. 459 00:24:52,399 --> 00:24:53,679 No place to call home. 460 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:59,199 Everybody, all nations hated them. 461 00:25:04,959 --> 00:25:05,799 Unbelievable. 462 00:25:05,799 --> 00:25:07,039 I'll talk about it in a moment. 463 00:25:08,319 --> 00:25:13,519 But the far fulfillment is again, one day Jesus will return. 464 00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:19,009 One day, ultimately Christ will sit on the throne and the entire 465 00:25:19,009 --> 00:25:20,169 land will be theirs. 466 00:25:21,129 --> 00:25:21,769 Verse 18. 467 00:25:21,769 --> 00:25:24,329 It speaks of the Edomites being wiped off the face of the earth. 468 00:25:25,049 --> 00:25:26,089 I'll just leave with that. 469 00:25:28,009 --> 00:25:32,529 And then the return of Israel to the nation and the land being 470 00:25:32,529 --> 00:25:33,289 divided up. 471 00:25:33,449 --> 00:25:34,489 One day that's going to happen. 472 00:25:34,489 --> 00:25:38,809 Verses 19 and 20, verses 21. 473 00:25:38,809 --> 00:25:39,689 Verse 21. 474 00:25:41,849 --> 00:25:45,649 And the Savior shall come up on Mount Zion to judge the Mount 475 00:25:45,649 --> 00:25:46,409 of Esau. 476 00:25:46,459 --> 00:25:52,849 And the kingdom shall be the Lord's again, I've already said it 477 00:25:52,849 --> 00:25:53,409 10 times. 478 00:25:53,409 --> 00:25:53,809 I know. 479 00:25:53,809 --> 00:25:56,209 But Jesus Christ will reign one day. 480 00:25:57,969 --> 00:26:02,689 Mount Zion was essentially recaptured by recaptured. 481 00:26:03,009 --> 00:26:06,769 They dwelt in the land under the Medo Persian empire. 482 00:26:08,929 --> 00:26:11,409 But the far reaching fulfillment is that Christ will rule 483 00:26:11,409 --> 00:26:11,969 and reign there. 484 00:26:12,859 --> 00:26:15,099 Notice it says the kingdom shall be the Lord's. 485 00:26:15,339 --> 00:26:17,579 By the way, his kingdom is an eternal kingdom. 486 00:26:18,859 --> 00:26:22,219 This word savior is the same word we think about when we think 487 00:26:22,219 --> 00:26:22,779 about judges. 488 00:26:22,779 --> 00:26:27,619 So it says, the Savior shall come up to Mount Zion to judge the 489 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:28,579 Mount of Esau. 490 00:26:28,579 --> 00:26:31,779 So when you think of this word, think of the word judge as 491 00:26:31,779 --> 00:26:33,259 in the Book of Judges. 492 00:26:33,979 --> 00:26:36,059 What were the judges in the Book of Judges? 493 00:26:36,859 --> 00:26:41,569 Were they men who wore the black, you know, gown and set behind, 494 00:26:42,449 --> 00:26:45,649 you know, a judgment and banged the gavel? 495 00:26:47,249 --> 00:26:50,249 To a certain degree, yes, they were judges, but more than that, 496 00:26:50,249 --> 00:26:51,329 they were deliverers. 497 00:26:52,449 --> 00:26:54,209 Think of Samson. 498 00:26:54,289 --> 00:26:55,089 You think of. 499 00:26:55,249 --> 00:26:55,809 And I could. 500 00:26:55,809 --> 00:27:00,809 We could go on and on of Barak and on and on, all the different 501 00:27:00,809 --> 00:27:02,449 judges of the children of Israel. 502 00:27:02,449 --> 00:27:04,449 Whenever the children of Israel would get right with God, 503 00:27:04,449 --> 00:27:05,769 he would send a deliverer. 504 00:27:05,769 --> 00:27:08,909 Gideon, he would send someone to deliver them. 505 00:27:08,909 --> 00:27:11,949 But the person who delivered them would also end up being a judge. 506 00:27:11,949 --> 00:27:15,949 He would help and constitute and help judge the nation. 507 00:27:16,429 --> 00:27:20,189 In fact, we talk about how bad Samson was, but for 20 years, the 508 00:27:20,189 --> 00:27:22,669 Bible says for 20 years he was a good judge. 509 00:27:24,269 --> 00:27:29,389 He fell off the wagon, let his appetite get to him. 510 00:27:30,669 --> 00:27:33,189 So that's what you got to think about in this verse when it 511 00:27:33,189 --> 00:27:37,209 speaks about this Savior or deliverers speaking about the A judge. 512 00:27:37,209 --> 00:27:41,169 Someone who will come and deliver them and then judge the nations. 513 00:27:41,169 --> 00:27:46,769 Someone who would deliver them and then set up governance again. 514 00:27:46,849 --> 00:27:49,249 Near fulfillment is Nebuchadnezzar. 515 00:27:49,569 --> 00:28:00,969 Near fulfillment is Maccabees, Edomites, destroyed again. 516 00:28:00,969 --> 00:28:06,109 They moved to the southern part of Israel called the Idumeans. 517 00:28:08,829 --> 00:28:12,029 I just vaguely remember as I'm reading that. 518 00:28:15,149 --> 00:28:17,389 Yeah, hang on, I will move on. 519 00:28:18,509 --> 00:28:23,509 The forerunner though, of this judge or Savior is they were forerunners. 520 00:28:23,509 --> 00:28:28,029 In other words, those who were judging, those who returned the name 521 00:28:28,029 --> 00:28:33,379 I was trying to pronounce Sunday, Antiochus Epiphanes and their 522 00:28:33,379 --> 00:28:34,059 deliverance. 523 00:28:34,139 --> 00:28:36,139 And they saved the Jews. 524 00:28:36,459 --> 00:28:40,659 All these things are forerunners of Jesus Christ, the 525 00:28:40,659 --> 00:28:48,699 Messiah, whose seat and throne is Mount Zion, whose kingdom there'll 526 00:28:48,699 --> 00:28:49,339 be no end. 527 00:28:49,659 --> 00:28:51,019 It's the kingdom of God. 528 00:28:52,139 --> 00:28:57,019 Mount Esau will ultimately be judged, ultimately be judged. 529 00:28:58,409 --> 00:29:02,889 And all nations will submit to the power of the ultimate kingdom, 530 00:29:03,049 --> 00:29:04,169 which is Jesus Christ. 531 00:29:04,169 --> 00:29:08,249 I'm going to turn to Revelation 11:15 if you want to go 532 00:29:08,249 --> 00:29:11,569 ahead and turn to Revelation, because I want you to turn there 533 00:29:11,569 --> 00:29:12,249 in a moment. 534 00:29:12,889 --> 00:29:15,689 Actually, no, we're going to turn to Romans here in a moment. 535 00:29:15,769 --> 00:29:36,059 Revelation chapter 11, Revelation 11:15 says, and the seventh 536 00:29:36,059 --> 00:29:39,098 angel sounded and there was a great voice in heaven saying, the 537 00:29:39,098 --> 00:29:42,659 kingdoms of this world are become what? 538 00:29:43,059 --> 00:29:46,739 The kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ. 539 00:29:47,139 --> 00:29:50,409 And he shall reign forever and ever. 540 00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:53,369 The kings of this world become the kingdoms of Christ. 541 00:29:54,169 --> 00:29:57,609 And he will reign forever and ever. 542 00:29:57,689 --> 00:30:00,889 All will submit to the power and the kingdom of God. 543 00:30:03,609 --> 00:30:07,929 We see in Obadiah the same that we see in all the prophets, 544 00:30:08,889 --> 00:30:13,129 as far as when they're prophesying, they speak of judgment. 545 00:30:13,289 --> 00:30:14,089 They speak of. 546 00:30:14,699 --> 00:30:18,699 Of God fulfilling the judgment that he promised he would do. 547 00:30:18,859 --> 00:30:22,819 But then also he gives them hope, a hope of the Messiah who will 548 00:30:22,819 --> 00:30:23,499 one day return. 549 00:30:24,299 --> 00:30:25,779 Every prophet does. 550 00:30:26,779 --> 00:30:30,059 Speaks about the judgment, speaks about their falling, speaks 551 00:30:30,059 --> 00:30:33,099 about their going after other gods and the judgment that God's 552 00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:35,299 going to give them, and whether it's the Edomites or the 553 00:30:35,299 --> 00:30:37,499 Jews or whomever they're prophesying against. 554 00:30:37,979 --> 00:30:43,829 And then he speaks of the hope, the everlasting hope, the hope 555 00:30:43,829 --> 00:30:48,709 that will one day come and deliver us, deliver the Jews from 556 00:30:48,709 --> 00:30:55,828 oppression, deliver all of us from worldly reign to a heavenly 557 00:30:55,828 --> 00:31:01,309 reign, one who sits on the throne, who is a just king, who will 558 00:31:01,309 --> 00:31:06,069 rule and reign rightly, who can never make a mistake. 559 00:31:07,579 --> 00:31:08,379 Imagine that. 560 00:31:11,179 --> 00:31:16,499 A king with no ulterior motives, looking forward to that 561 00:31:16,499 --> 00:31:16,779 day. 562 00:31:17,259 --> 00:31:18,859 So that's the final word of the prophet. 563 00:31:18,859 --> 00:31:22,939 God will judge the heathen, but Israel will be restored. 564 00:31:23,739 --> 00:31:24,779 That's the prophets. 565 00:31:24,779 --> 00:31:26,619 God will judge. 566 00:31:27,499 --> 00:31:30,379 God will judge the heathen, and Israel will be restored. 567 00:31:30,859 --> 00:31:32,699 The kingdom Israel will be restored. 568 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:37,319 The Davidic Covenant found in 2nd Samuel, chapter 7. 569 00:31:37,319 --> 00:31:41,119 When God is speaking to David, he tells David that his son Solomon 570 00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:46,959 one day will rule and reign, and of his lineage, of his children's 571 00:31:46,959 --> 00:31:47,239 children. 572 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:48,759 There will be no end. 573 00:31:49,079 --> 00:31:49,639 The throne. 574 00:31:49,639 --> 00:31:52,839 He says to David that your throne will be an everlasting throne. 575 00:31:54,199 --> 00:32:00,009 And that promise, that covenant is unconditional, right? 576 00:32:00,009 --> 00:32:03,329 Sometimes if you make a promise or a covenant, a covenant 577 00:32:03,329 --> 00:32:05,289 has two sides, my side and brother. 578 00:32:05,289 --> 00:32:08,849 Clark's side, we're to keep the covenant. 579 00:32:08,849 --> 00:32:11,489 But if he breaks his covenant, it means I can break mine. 580 00:32:11,569 --> 00:32:13,809 But God says these covenants are unconditional. 581 00:32:15,409 --> 00:32:21,209 I'm going to keep this promise no matter what Israel does, no matter 582 00:32:21,209 --> 00:32:22,289 what the people do. 583 00:32:23,169 --> 00:32:28,459 One day I will rule and reign forever and ever. 584 00:32:29,979 --> 00:32:36,699 Jesus Christ of the Messiah, of the lineage of David Davidic kingdom. 585 00:32:37,579 --> 00:32:38,979 How do we know this to be true? 586 00:32:38,979 --> 00:32:43,459 Well, we know it because Gabriel came to Mary in Luke chapter 587 00:32:43,459 --> 00:32:47,499 1, verses 30 through 33 and says to her that the baby that you're 588 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:51,659 about to have is the Messiah and his kingdom, there is no end. 589 00:32:54,329 --> 00:32:54,729 Boom. 590 00:32:55,049 --> 00:32:55,929 New Testament. 591 00:32:56,409 --> 00:32:57,049 Amen. 592 00:32:57,609 --> 00:33:03,289 So it makes it very clear there's no doubt that of the Messiah's 593 00:33:03,289 --> 00:33:04,489 kingdom there'll be no end. 594 00:33:05,049 --> 00:33:08,249 The Messiah is and was a Jew. 595 00:33:09,769 --> 00:33:12,649 Just reminding you that and people on the Internet. 596 00:33:15,689 --> 00:33:17,849 Crazy stuff out there. 597 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:19,759 People believe again. 598 00:33:20,239 --> 00:33:22,399 Review of the prophetic timetable. 599 00:33:22,559 --> 00:33:26,159 The next thing to happen on the prophetic timetable is the Rapture. 600 00:33:28,239 --> 00:33:29,119 The Rapture. 601 00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:30,719 Christ is soon to return. 602 00:33:32,159 --> 00:33:34,879 When the prophets prophesied, as I said Sunday night, they did 603 00:33:34,879 --> 00:33:35,999 not see the church age. 604 00:33:36,079 --> 00:33:38,719 They did not see the fullness of the times of the Gentiles. 605 00:33:38,879 --> 00:33:41,999 The times of the Gentiles began with the destruction of Jerusalem. 606 00:33:42,239 --> 00:33:45,809 And the times of the Gentiles will end at the battle of Armageddon. 607 00:33:46,039 --> 00:33:48,999 But the fullness of the times of the Gentiles is the time between 608 00:33:48,999 --> 00:33:53,399 Christ's death and the Rapture. 609 00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:56,599 The church age. 610 00:33:58,119 --> 00:33:59,279 I gave you that little chart. 611 00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:02,559 I'll pass it out again on Sunday night in the Book of Daniel 612 00:34:02,559 --> 00:34:03,719 because we're going to cover that again. 613 00:34:03,799 --> 00:34:06,919 You're going to hear this repeated several times over the next 614 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:07,479 few weeks. 615 00:34:10,599 --> 00:34:16,679 Christians, the church have not replaced Israel, but we've been 616 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:17,919 grafted into the tree. 617 00:34:18,559 --> 00:34:19,439 Praise the Lord. 618 00:34:20,399 --> 00:34:25,039 We've been grafted in Romans chapter 11, if you would. 619 00:34:25,279 --> 00:34:26,639 This will be the last verse you have. 620 00:34:26,639 --> 00:34:28,159 You turn to Romans 11. 621 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:31,439 Now remember what Romans 9, 10 and 11 are. 622 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:36,519 Romans, chapter 10 is about Israel's God's dealing with Israel 623 00:34:36,519 --> 00:34:37,039 in the past. 624 00:34:37,689 --> 00:34:41,049 Romans chapter 10 was God's dealing with the children of Israel 625 00:34:41,049 --> 00:34:41,689 in the present. 626 00:34:42,009 --> 00:34:43,929 By the way, look at chapter 10, verse 1. 627 00:34:44,329 --> 00:34:48,729 And this will kill a lot of the antisemitism that was around 628 00:34:48,809 --> 00:34:50,009 during the early church. 629 00:34:50,329 --> 00:34:53,089 During the early church, the early church fathers were all anti 630 00:34:53,089 --> 00:34:53,768 Semitic. 631 00:34:54,089 --> 00:34:58,489 Origen, Augustine, they were all anti Semitic. 632 00:34:58,489 --> 00:35:00,969 And I'll tell you why here in a moment. 633 00:35:01,609 --> 00:35:02,649 This is Paul's words. 634 00:35:02,649 --> 00:35:06,249 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer for God as they would 635 00:35:06,249 --> 00:35:06,929 my Israel. 636 00:35:06,929 --> 00:35:11,989 What might Be saved by the way, he said to go to the Jew first 637 00:35:12,549 --> 00:35:13,749 and also to the Greek. 638 00:35:14,309 --> 00:35:18,309 Why would Paul tell us to go to the Jews and give them the gospel 639 00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:21,269 if they were? 640 00:35:22,309 --> 00:35:23,909 I'm going to use the word trash. 641 00:35:25,109 --> 00:35:28,789 Like the Catholic Church treated the Jew for a thousand years. 642 00:35:30,389 --> 00:35:31,429 It's unbelievable. 643 00:35:34,319 --> 00:35:35,599 I was reading some of the history. 644 00:35:35,919 --> 00:35:40,959 Do you know that when Christopher Columbus left Spain that 645 00:35:41,039 --> 00:35:46,479 same day, it was like August 3rd, you know, 1492, right? 646 00:35:47,199 --> 00:35:51,599 That same day the proclamation was made in Spain that kicked all 647 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:52,799 the Jews out of Spain. 648 00:35:53,599 --> 00:35:56,959 150,000 Jews left the country of Spain. 649 00:35:59,129 --> 00:36:02,409 Kicked them out because they were Jews. 650 00:36:04,009 --> 00:36:06,249 Christians again have not replaced Israel. 651 00:36:07,449 --> 00:36:08,409 Look here with me. 652 00:36:08,409 --> 00:36:10,249 Romans, chapter 11, verse 25. 653 00:36:11,449 --> 00:36:15,289 So Romans 9 is God's dealing with the Jews in the past. 654 00:36:15,449 --> 00:36:18,169 Romans 10 Is God's dealing with the Jews in the present. 655 00:36:18,489 --> 00:36:21,689 And then Romans 11, Paul is speaking about how God's going to 656 00:36:21,689 --> 00:36:23,049 deal with Israel in the future. 657 00:36:23,609 --> 00:36:25,539 In the Future again. 658 00:36:25,539 --> 00:36:26,579 Verse 24. 659 00:36:27,699 --> 00:36:31,379 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree, which is wild by 660 00:36:31,379 --> 00:36:31,779 nature. 661 00:36:33,539 --> 00:36:34,139 I'm sorry. 662 00:36:34,139 --> 00:36:34,979 Verse 25. 663 00:36:35,299 --> 00:36:37,979 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this 664 00:36:37,979 --> 00:36:41,219 mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceit. 665 00:36:41,939 --> 00:36:45,219 That blindness is in part has happened to Israel. 666 00:36:46,579 --> 00:36:47,459 Blindness of what? 667 00:36:47,459 --> 00:36:48,499 Blindness of the Gospel. 668 00:36:49,699 --> 00:36:50,979 Paul makes that very clear. 669 00:36:53,089 --> 00:36:54,849 That Satan has blinded their eyes. 670 00:36:55,809 --> 00:36:56,489 Until what? 671 00:36:56,489 --> 00:37:00,769 Until the fullness of the Gentiles become in. 672 00:37:01,249 --> 00:37:02,209 When's that going to happen? 673 00:37:02,209 --> 00:37:02,929 The Rapture. 674 00:37:04,129 --> 00:37:04,729 The Rapture. 675 00:37:04,729 --> 00:37:07,249 When the Rapture happens and all the saved are gone. 676 00:37:07,249 --> 00:37:08,129 The church is gone. 677 00:37:09,809 --> 00:37:13,289 The Bible says here that the scales are going to fall off the 678 00:37:13,289 --> 00:37:14,129 eyes of the Jew. 679 00:37:16,929 --> 00:37:18,049 It's an amazing thought. 680 00:37:19,359 --> 00:37:22,279 And so all Israel shall be saved as written. 681 00:37:22,279 --> 00:37:24,559 There shall come out of Zion the deliverer. 682 00:37:24,559 --> 00:37:26,239 Notice this verse? 683 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:27,039 Sound familiar? 684 00:37:27,359 --> 00:37:31,359 There shall come out of Zion a deliverer and shall turn away ungodliness 685 00:37:31,599 --> 00:37:32,399 from Jacob. 686 00:37:32,399 --> 00:37:32,959 Holiness. 687 00:37:33,439 --> 00:37:34,039 Holiness. 688 00:37:34,039 --> 00:37:40,079 It's the same verse that we read in verse 17 of Obadiah holiness. 689 00:37:40,879 --> 00:37:44,239 One day the deliverer, the Savior is coming again. 690 00:37:46,189 --> 00:37:53,509 At the end of the Tribulation, he will land on top of Mount the 691 00:37:53,509 --> 00:37:54,189 Mount of Olives. 692 00:37:54,429 --> 00:37:57,629 The Bible says it will split in two and he'll defeat all the armies 693 00:37:57,709 --> 00:37:58,829 that are gathered there. 694 00:37:59,069 --> 00:38:01,549 And he will rule and reign forever and ever. 695 00:38:04,429 --> 00:38:07,709 I want to give just a little background of why. 696 00:38:10,029 --> 00:38:11,469 I'll use this as example then. 697 00:38:12,339 --> 00:38:20,499 So when the movie came out of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. 698 00:38:20,579 --> 00:38:23,619 Right here, the big one here recently, a few years back. 699 00:38:24,579 --> 00:38:27,698 Mel Gibson's movie, right? 700 00:38:27,698 --> 00:38:28,299 Mel Gibson. 701 00:38:28,299 --> 00:38:28,819 Who is it? 702 00:38:29,139 --> 00:38:30,139 The Passion of the Christ. 703 00:38:30,139 --> 00:38:30,499 Right. 704 00:38:31,379 --> 00:38:36,259 You'll remember just a short time after that that Mel Gibson was 705 00:38:36,259 --> 00:38:38,789 pulled over by a policeman. 706 00:38:38,789 --> 00:38:44,709 And there's actually audio of it, I believe, of him saying racist 707 00:38:44,709 --> 00:38:46,989 slurs pertaining to the Jews. 708 00:38:48,029 --> 00:38:49,909 That's not opinion, that's fact. 709 00:38:49,909 --> 00:38:50,669 He did that. 710 00:38:50,749 --> 00:38:54,189 Mel Gibson was disparaging to the Jew. 711 00:38:55,469 --> 00:39:01,149 Why would Mel Gibson, and I don't know him, I don't know if he, 712 00:39:01,149 --> 00:39:04,059 if he, he was drunk, he said some things he. 713 00:39:04,059 --> 00:39:06,219 Hopefully it was because he was drunk and he just said some things 714 00:39:06,219 --> 00:39:06,979 he shouldn't have said. 715 00:39:07,299 --> 00:39:09,459 But Mel Gibson's a Catholic. 716 00:39:10,499 --> 00:39:14,019 Why would he feel that way about the Jews? 717 00:39:14,419 --> 00:39:15,059 Here's it. 718 00:39:15,139 --> 00:39:15,859 This is it. 719 00:39:17,619 --> 00:39:22,339 They believe and are anti Semitic because they believe that 720 00:39:22,339 --> 00:39:25,859 the Jews killed Jesus. 721 00:39:27,219 --> 00:39:31,029 And because the Jews killed Jesus, we don't like them. 722 00:39:32,469 --> 00:39:34,829 And I'm making it very elementary here. 723 00:39:34,829 --> 00:39:38,389 There's a lot more to it, but that's basically the Catholic Church. 724 00:39:39,749 --> 00:39:42,949 Basically the Catholic Church felt the same way. 725 00:39:43,029 --> 00:39:44,669 And over and over and over again. 726 00:39:44,669 --> 00:39:47,909 All these little meetings the Catholic Church had early on, I'm 727 00:39:47,909 --> 00:39:52,829 Talking about in 400 A.D. and 500 A.D. nearly every meeting they 728 00:39:52,829 --> 00:39:56,349 had in one of their points, they would deal with the Jewish and 729 00:39:56,349 --> 00:39:59,029 again, very, very anti Semitic. 730 00:39:59,749 --> 00:40:05,549 So much so that they killed hundreds of thousands of Jews during 731 00:40:05,549 --> 00:40:09,189 the Dark Ages because they killed Jesus. 732 00:40:10,069 --> 00:40:12,709 Can I tell you, they didn't kill the Jews, didn't kill Jesus. 733 00:40:13,509 --> 00:40:14,789 He said, no man takes my life. 734 00:40:14,789 --> 00:40:15,509 I'll lay it down. 735 00:40:16,949 --> 00:40:18,309 No, they didn't kill Jesus. 736 00:40:19,109 --> 00:40:21,029 The Jews aren't responsible for killing Jesus. 737 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:24,479 Jesus laid down his life for us willingly. 738 00:40:25,519 --> 00:40:27,199 He could have called angels to carry him away. 739 00:40:27,199 --> 00:40:27,999 He said so. 740 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:32,399 He didn't have to, but he did so because he knew. 741 00:40:32,799 --> 00:40:36,479 I love the verse, that he again, he saw his seed. 742 00:40:36,479 --> 00:40:39,359 The Bible says Isaiah 53, he prolonged his days. 743 00:40:39,359 --> 00:40:40,079 What does that mean? 744 00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:41,519 It means he looked down through time. 745 00:40:41,519 --> 00:40:42,319 He saw me. 746 00:40:42,959 --> 00:40:44,719 He looked down through time, he saw you. 747 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:48,359 He saw every born again believer that would accept him as 748 00:40:48,359 --> 00:40:48,719 Savior. 749 00:40:49,099 --> 00:40:50,539 And he went to the cross for us. 750 00:40:51,979 --> 00:40:54,539 Willingly gave his life for us. 751 00:40:56,939 --> 00:40:59,179 Boy, we need to be all so careful. 752 00:40:59,499 --> 00:41:03,899 There's so much antisemitism going on and the church should never 753 00:41:03,899 --> 00:41:04,859 be a part of that. 754 00:41:05,659 --> 00:41:08,699 And the replacement theology is anti Semitic. 755 00:41:09,419 --> 00:41:10,459 It's full of it. 756 00:41:11,019 --> 00:41:12,539 Again, that belief that. 757 00:41:13,019 --> 00:41:17,749 By the way, I said something very seemingly harsh. 758 00:41:17,749 --> 00:41:21,109 Sunday I said those who believe in replacement theology are. 759 00:41:21,989 --> 00:41:22,909 It's heresy. 760 00:41:22,909 --> 00:41:24,709 And I'm going to stand by that. 761 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,869 Because what you're saying is when you say that the church has 762 00:41:27,869 --> 00:41:29,909 replaced Israel, you're calling God a liar. 763 00:41:30,469 --> 00:41:34,589 And if you're calling God a liar, then you are a heretic according 764 00:41:34,589 --> 00:41:35,269 to the Bible. 765 00:41:36,149 --> 00:41:40,069 So be very careful when you get sucked into some of these things 766 00:41:40,309 --> 00:41:42,589 and go read the history, man. 767 00:41:42,589 --> 00:41:45,309 I've given you just barely a little bit of it, man. 768 00:41:45,309 --> 00:41:48,109 There's so much history you can read about the early, what they 769 00:41:48,109 --> 00:41:52,789 call Church fathers and what they believed and so much anti Semitism 770 00:41:52,789 --> 00:41:57,829 going on because of their misunderstanding of the basic thing 771 00:41:58,309 --> 00:42:03,709 that Jesus Christ laid down his life for me, willingly gave his 772 00:42:03,709 --> 00:42:10,129 life for me, and that he has promised over and over and over again 773 00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:17,889 that a Jew one day will sit on the throne and he will reign forever 774 00:42:17,969 --> 00:42:19,009 and ever and ever. 775 00:42:20,049 --> 00:42:22,369 So all us other ethnicities better get over it. 776 00:42:24,209 --> 00:42:24,849 Amen. 777 00:42:25,649 --> 00:42:29,249 By the way, it's the reason for all millennialism and many other 778 00:42:29,249 --> 00:42:33,529 doctrines that are wrong is based upon this assumption that the 779 00:42:33,529 --> 00:42:36,419 Church has replaced Israel, man. 780 00:42:38,099 --> 00:42:38,499 Understand? 781 00:42:39,059 --> 00:42:41,299 God has said, I will judge. 782 00:42:42,739 --> 00:42:44,579 There will be holiness in Israel again. 783 00:42:45,299 --> 00:42:47,059 The temple will stand one day. 784 00:42:48,579 --> 00:42:52,459 And I'm just looking forward to the day that he returns and he 785 00:42:52,459 --> 00:42:53,459 rules forever and ever. 786 00:42:54,419 --> 00:43:03,389 No more trumps, no more Bidens, but a glorious and holy king 787 00:43:04,189 --> 00:43:09,149 who will reign justly fairly and do so forever and ever. 788 00:43:09,149 --> 00:43:10,149 What a kingdom that'll be. 789 00:43:10,149 --> 00:43:13,559 Let's all stand, have our invitation Hymn five.