{"id":1350,"date":"2021-09-08T07:43:01","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T12:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2023-02-20T10:28:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:28:33","slug":"lesson-12-obadiah-edomites-destruction-foretold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/08\/lesson-12-obadiah-edomites-destruction-foretold\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 12: Obadiah: Edomites\u2019 Destruction Foretold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Romans 9:13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Verse Thought: <\/strong>Before beginning today\u2019s lesson, consider\ntoday\u2019s key verse. It is important to remember that this is God speaking. We\nmust remember that God hates sin and wickedness. See what we read about Jesus,\nGod\u2019s Son: \u201cThou hast loved righteousness, and hated\niniquity \u2026\u201d (Hebrews 1:9). See that in this verse righteousness<\/em> means \u201cdisposition or conduct in common life \u2014 i.e.:\njust, uprightness, good character, virtue\u201d and iniquity<\/em> means \u201csin, unrighteousness, lawlessness.\u201d If you are\nteaching a class, ask your students if they remember the twins Jacob and Esau\nfrom the Bible. Remember that Esau rejected what was right. As we look at this\nBible Lesson, we will better understand why God hated Esau. We will see how\nEsau, and his descendants, had rejected God and the things of God. For that\n(and because of his hatred toward Jacob and his descendants) God promised destruction\nto that people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emphasis:<\/strong> First, we are to make sure we have chosen a life pleasing\nto God (have Jesus in our heart). Afterward, we should learn to live as an\nambassador in this world, knowing we represent Jesus to the lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lesson Summary: <\/strong>Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament.\nIt is considered one of the older books of prophecy. No one is quite sure when\nit was written. There are no clues within the book to help us place it in\nhistory as many other books of prophecy have. However, we do know that it is a\nbook of warning. It warns us of what will happen to those who are against God\u2019s\npeople. It was written as a warning to those who persecuted the Israelites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God called Obadiah as an ambassador (a messenger representing God) to warn Edom of their pending doom. First, though, we will remember who the people of Edom were. They were descendants of Esau. Remember that he was the twin brother of Jacob. We will recall the events that transpired, causing them to become enemies, and will consider a few times that Israel had conflict with the Edomites. They were also a vocal adversary when Israel was threatened. They took pleasure in the troubles of Israel. Because of that, God would deal with them. We will read that another reason they would be destroyed was because of their pride; God would bring them down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we will read of the judgments that would fall upon Edom; and the recompense God would pay His people, the Israelites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q1 – Lesson 12 Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Y2Q1 – Lesson 12 Children’s Worksheets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are doing this with children, the following is a craft idea to go with this lesson:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made a book of Obadiah. Because it is the shortest book of the Bible, we glued a copy of the entire book of Obadiah inside of folded black construction paper (to look like a Bible). <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. \u2014Romans 9:13 Key Verse Thought: Before beginning today\u2019s lesson, consider today\u2019s key verse. It is important to remember that this is God speaking. We must remember that God hates sin and wickedness. See what we read about Jesus, God\u2019s Son: \u201cThou hast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[729],"tags":[776,98,96,775,67,746,753],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year-two-quarter-one","tag-edomites","tag-esau","tag-jacob","tag-lesson-12","tag-obadiah","tag-quarter-one","tag-year-two"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/2187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/biblicalpath.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}