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Ep 038 (S2E19) The Ones - Part 1: Obadiah
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John
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Season 2
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Episode 19
References:
- Historical Context
- The Births of Esau and Jacob Gen 25:19-26
- Esau - Edom
- Jacob - Israel
- Moses and the people refused passage through Edom
- Numbers 20:14-21
- The Babylonian exile
- Ezekiel 35:1-14
- The Births of Esau and Jacob Gen 25:19-26
- Part One - vss. 1-14
- vss 2-9: announcement
- v 10: Close relatives - “brother Jacob”
- vss 12-14: “You should not haves”
- Transition - vs 15
- “All godless nations”
- ἔθνος - (eth'-nos) גּוֹי (go'-ee)
- Consider possible wordplay
- Edom - אֱדֹם
- Humanity (adam) - אָדָם
- “All godless nations”
- Part Two - vss. 16-21
- Consequences
- God’s plan
- Recall Phil 2:9-11
- “And the Lord himself will be king!”
- Application