This week, we’re looking at familiar truths from these minor prophets. And today we find ourselves looking at the book of Obadiah.

Obadiah, unlike Joel and Amos, he is not raised up of God to go to his people. Instead, Obadiah is sent to a nation called the Edomites. Now the Edomites, they are not given a chance to repent from their wickedness, and the destruction that is laid forth for them is bound to happen. God gives them no chance to repent. This is because the Edomites have been in constant conflict throughout their history with his people, with the Israelites.

Well, what’s interesting about this is that the Edomites are descendants of Esau. I can’t help but imagine how things might have been different if way back in the beginning with Jacob and Esau. They would have just gotten along, if they would have just had the brotherly love that they were supposed to have. I wonder if we would even find the need for Obadiah to send this judgment toward the Edomites.

The familiar truth I’d like for us to take away from the book of Obadiah is this: Could we walk today having love toward our brethren, toward our families? But even as Jesus commands in the New Testament, we ought to love our enemies as well. In Ephesians chapter 5, verse number 2, the Bible says, “and walk in love even as Christ had also loved us.” We’ve been shown so much love and so much mercy by the one who created us. If we would walk today with the kind of love that Christ has showed us, just imagine the impact that we could have. Hopefully this familiar truth will be a blessing to you today.

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Emory Fuller, GSBC Activities Director

Emory Fuller is a faculty member for Golden State Baptist College, heading up all of the activities and much of the intramural sports. His wife, Jein, serves alongside him in the church Media Department.