Repent while you still can
Obadiah 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.
This is about Edom, Jacob's twin brother who sold his birthright for a bowl of beans. I have previously shared about Edom as a shadow or type of Hollywood, but here let's talk about them as a shadow and type of the Palestinians. It says they are made small among the heathen and certainly of all the groups around Israel the Palestinians are those that have been made small and they are also greatly despised. They have lived in "refugee camps" for decades and been involved in terrorism for decades. We are not talking about the 5 million who have left Israel that are simply Palestinian descent, we are talking about those who are "dwelling in the clefts of the rock". A cleft in the rock is a crack, it is like living in a hole in the wall.
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?
This sounds like October 7th, the behavior on that "raid" was so abhorrent as to be repulsive to all that heard. We can understand them wanting to take hostages, may not agree with the behavior, but it can at least be understood. But beheading babies? Apparently the things they did were even worse than that, don't even want to say them by name.
6 How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!
The hidden things of Gaza are their tunnels and they are being searched out by the IDF and destroyed.
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.
This current war with Israel has a very big confederacy. Hezbollah, Iran, Jordan, Yemen all appear to be with Hamas. But they are using Hamas, they want them to be "sacrificed" so they can accuse Israel of war crimes.
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?
The Palestinians in Gaza became fools. Why would you send your kids to a school that has a terrorist group operating in the basement? Why would they go to a park that is also housing rocket launchers? Why would you allow your hospital to be a terrorist headquarters or your ambulances to transport terrorists?
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.
This is what we are seeing every day now. Israel is going through the tunnels, catching the leaders and the key combatants and slaughtering them ("neutralizing them").
10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
They have tried to paint Israel as this oppressive monster, but the truth will come out and Hamas will be covered with shame forever.
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.
God does not forget, we need to repent of our sins. In 70AD Jerusalem was surrounded, destroyed, and scattered to the four winds. Apparently Esau behaved in this abominable way and so when Israel's punishment was over it was time to also deal with Esau for their despicable behavior.
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.
As you have done it will be done to you. Whenever you think you are being treated unrighteously or abusively the proper response is not to be self righteous but instead go before the Lord, ask Him to show you where you have been wrong and repent lest you treated anyone else the way you are now complaining that you are being treated.
17 But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
This is future tense. When you see this judgement carried out on Hamas and Gaza that we are now seeing know that this deliverance is coming.
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.
Stubble is little pieces of dried grass. You throw them into the fire, they will fly up and away in the smoke. That is a picture of what we are seeing happen to Gaza today. This is the key thing to remember, do not keep company with terrorists. Once you know who these people are that you are surrounded by it is time to cut your losses and leave while you still can.
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.