Obadiah — Book Overview
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, a single, tightly-packed chapter. It is a concentrated dose of divine judgment, a rifle shot aimed directly at the heart of a proud and treacherous nation. It separates bone from marrow, and it separates two very different ways in which God destroys His enemies. The first way is what we might call the old school method, the one that leaves a smoking crater. But the New Covenant reveals a far more glorious method of destruction, a conquest that is at the same time a rescue. The book of Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, but it packs a punch like a heavyweight. It is a book about two brothers, Jacob and Esau, and the nations that descended from them, Israel and Edom.
This overview explores the whole book. Read the explanations sampled in this summary: