Jun. 28, 2026

Obadiah 19-21

The Kingdom

1. The Expansion and Victory (vs. 19, 20)

A. The Promise to Return When They Just Left

Isaiah 27:12-13

B. Territory that Was Never Officially Taken in by Israel

Edom in the South

Amos 9:11-12

Philistine Cities of the East

Zaraphath to the North

Luke 4:26

Joshua 19:28-29

2. Jerusalem (v. 21)

A. Jerusalem’s Defeat

Lamentations 1:7

Nehemiah 1:1-3

B. Jerusalem’s Importance

The restoration of Ezra and Nehemiah’s day- 450 years before Jesus

The restoration of the Maccabees- 164 years before Jesus

C. The People of Israel

Nehemiah 2:10

Romans 10:9, 13

Romans 11:1-6

Romans 11:13-15

D. The Temptation to Spiritualize Israel

Acts 1:6-7

Romans 11:17-24

Romans 11:25-32

3. Do Not Lose Focus on the LORD (v. 21)

A. “Deliverers” will come

B. The Kingdom is the LORD’s

Mark 1:15

Isaiah 52:7

Matthew 6:33

John 3:3 

“Well, this is to receive Christ, Brother. This is to believe on Christ. This is to accept Christ. I don’t say now, you shouldn’t go out and you ever use the word accept, provided you know what it means. For it means to believe in and receive Christ as my Savior, but in to do it, it means an exclusive attachment to the person of Christ that makes His friends my friends, His enemies my enemies, His ways, my ways, His cross my cross, His Life my life, and His future my future. And if things should turn out in this country, that it should be dangerous to follow Jesus, my future is His future. And whatever they do to Jesus, I’ll go along; they’ll do it to me.” AW Tozer, “What Do We Mean by Accepting Christ?”

Reflection:

How do your receive Christ today?

Is He truly your Lord and Savior?

Follow UP in the Word through the Week…

Monday:

Read: Lamentations 1

What ways does this depiction of Jerusalem help you to understand how damaged and defeated the city was at the time of Obadiah? When you think of Jerusalem today, what is its significance in the world?

Tuesday:

Read: Romans 11

What does Paul say about his fellow Jews in this passage of Scripture? Where is your heart with the Jewish people today? Does it concern you that so many are opposed to them even outside of the state of Israel?

Wednesday:

Read: Mark 1:15

What does Jesus say about the kingdom in this short verse and how are we to respond?

Thursday:

Read: Isaiah 52:7

What does the prophet relate to us in this verse? What does this verse bring up to you?

Friday:

Read: Matthew 6:33

Who or what do you seek first?

Saturday:

Read: Obadiah

What aspect of Obadiah stands out to you after spending time with this prophet? God’s care to seek His people among the nations? God’s justice against Edom? God’s care in seeing each hurt against His people? God’s promises for the future of Israel and His people?