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 And if you have a Bible, I invite you to open to the book of Obadiah.

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 Maybe a little bit of a head-scratcher.

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 Obadiah, where is that thing at?

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 It's in the Old Testament towards the back end of it.

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 So maybe the way to do it is to find Matthew and start going back to the left a little bit.

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 It's right after the book of Amos, right before the book of Jonah.

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 I think it's on 918 if you have one of the hardback ESV Bibles from the pew.

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 As you're finding this, I want to invite you to kind of take a journey back in time together this morning.

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 Time of the people of Israel, God's people, who have just experienced the unthinkable.

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 An extraordinary army of a foreign superpower has arrived at their doorstep.

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 They've made it to the nation's capital.

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 They've torn down the gates of Jerusalem and ripped apart the walls.

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 They've neutralized and captured and killed the mighty men of the city and the country.

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 They're looting the treasury and all the valuable assets and the gold and silver and resources of God's people.

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 Their house of worship is being burned to the ground.

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 The temple of the living God.

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 All the people of any value whatsoever, the nobility, the skilled craftsmen, the mighty warriors,

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 are enslaved and deported to a foreign land.

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 And all the poor who are left looking around at a nation in utter ruin.

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 Jeremiah describes a scene in the book of Lamentations talking about weeping and wailing

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 and Judah being carried into exile and the empty streets.

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 But once flourishing nation now left a ghost town.

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 There's no one to attend the festivals and the celebrations that God ordained for his people.

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 We're talking, of course, about the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.

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 When the armies of the foreign superpower Babylon came in, overthrew and destroyed the people of Israel,

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 they devastated the nation.

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 And we know that as we read the Bible, this was part of God's plan.

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 He kept sending prophet after prophet, telling his people, repent, repent, repent.

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 And finally, the day came when God judged his own people for their sins.

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 The prophet Jeremiah continues in the book of Lamentation that Jerusalem remembers in the days of her affliction

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 and wandering all the precious things that were hers from days of old.

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 They think back in the midst of this rubble and they remember the height of the monarchy where David is just conquering foes left and right.

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 And his son Solomon has wisdom that causes foreign nations to come just to get a glimpse,

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 to hear a word of the king.

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 And the wealth that Israel is acquiring and the beautiful temple of God,

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 just a couple hundred years earlier, filled with his glory for the good of his people.

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 And you think back farther and you remember that God had this mighty victory over Egypt

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 when he freed his people from bondage to this foreign nation.

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 And as they left, they plundered the Egyptians, taking all their wealth and their riches with them.

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 And now, all of Israel's national pride, all of their hopes and dreams of a bright future,

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 are lying in the rubble of a decimated city in the midst of a conquered people.

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 Imagine what thoughts would be going through your mind on that day.

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 Where is God?

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 Where is our hope?

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 Where do we go from here?

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 It's into this context of carnage that the prophet Obadiah speaks.

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 And it's not a word of hopelessness and despair.

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 It is a word from the sovereign Lord of the universe,

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 full of power and promise and coming judgment.

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 It's a word not just for those people of Israel who laid in ruins,

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 but for God's people today.

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 So we're going to look at Obadiah together.

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 The first 15 verses today will be our task.

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 And the text, to give you an idea of where we're headed,

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 the text is set up in the following way.

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 Verse 1 provides a formal introduction.

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 It says who's writing, who he's writing on behalf of, and who he's writing to.

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 We'll spend a lot of time there because we've got to get the context of

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 who's being written to and what's going on and why is God writing to this person.

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 And then, following this formal introduction, verses 12 to 15,

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 we see kind of a sentencing hearing in a court of law.

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 There's a defendant who's been convicted of crimes

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 and now is just awaiting the judgment, the punishment.

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 Verses 2 to 9, we see the judgment.

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 God is the judge.

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 Edom is the criminal.

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 And then in verses 10 to 15, we see the crimes that Edom has committed

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 and being judged for.

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 By the end,

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 when we arrive together at verse 15,

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 we'll see clearly the main thing that God is telling us in this text.

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 So let's jump in.

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 Verse 1.

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 The vision of Obadiah.

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 Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom.

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 We have heard a report from the Lord

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 and a messenger has been sent among the nations.

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 First thing we see,

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 the formal title,

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 the vision of Obadiah.

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 When we see this word vision,

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 what we need to be thinking is

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 that Obadiah has been given a special prophetic insight

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 into a future event.

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 God has given him clarity

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 regarding the judgment of Edom.

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 But who is this Obadiah guy anyway?

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 Well, he's a prophet, of course,

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 of Yahweh, the one true God.

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 And I believe that he lived

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 during and after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC.

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 The tricky thing with that is

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 Obadiah is a common name,

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 shows up all over the Bible,

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 and it's hard to really nail down specifically

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 where this guy was.

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 Did another passage somewhere else

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 reference his name?

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 Or is this the only record we have

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 of Obadiah,

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 the prophet?

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 I think this is the only place

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 we have record of him.

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 But what we can tell

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 just by reading this book

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 and understanding a little bit of the context,

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 Obadiah is a faithful Jewish man.

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 He's God-fearing.

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 He loves the Lord.

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 And he has a clear and profound grasp

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 of Old Testament theology

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 and who God is.

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 And most importantly,

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 he speaks authoritatively for God.

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 That's the next thing we see in verse 1.

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 Thus says the Lord God.

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 It's this combo of two names of God,

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 Adonai and Yahweh.

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 And the combination Lord God

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 tells us that this is speaking

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 of God's supreme authority

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 and sovereign power.

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 God calls the shots.

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 He's the boss.

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 No one can oppose him in the end.

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 And in this case,

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 this statement,

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 the Lord God,

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 which is uniquely true of our God,

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 the God of the Scriptures,

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 he is the Lord God

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 and there is no other.

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 In this case,

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 our sovereign king

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 is speaking a message of judgment

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 concerning Edom.

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 Concerning Edom.

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 And we see a name like Edom.

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 I don't know about you.

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 I start scratching my head.

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 I don't know who this guy is.

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 I'm not like a super history guy

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 of the Bible.

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 So I got to start doing some legwork

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 and figuring out who this guy is.

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 But it's important, right?

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 Because the whole thing is for him.

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 So we better do some work.

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 We need to go all the way back

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 to the time of Abraham,

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 Isaac, and Jacob.

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 Abraham, of course,

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 was promised to be the father

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 of many nations.

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 God promised him a descendant

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 even though he was old

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 and his wife had no children.

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 Isaac is born,

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 the child of promise

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 through whom God said

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 he would bless the nations.

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 This same Isaac

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 marries a lady named Rebecca.

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 Rebecca becomes pregnant

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 after years of trying

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 and she's pregnant

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 with twin boys.

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 During the hard pregnancy,

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 she asks the Lord

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 what's going on

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 and God answers her.

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 In Genesis 25, verse 23,

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 he writes this,

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 two nations are in your womb

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 and two peoples from within you

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 shall be divided.

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 The one shall be stronger

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 than the other

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 and the older

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 shall serve the younger.

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 Of course, God is referring

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 to Esau and Jacob,

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 the twin children

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 of Isaac and Rebecca.

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 Well, one day,

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 after a long day

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 in the fields hunting for food,

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 Esau comes in

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 starving

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 and sees his brother Jacob

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 cooking stew

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 and he says,

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 give me some of that red stuff.

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 Well, red

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 sounds in Hebrew

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 like the name

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 Edom.

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 And here we have our answer

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 as to where this guy

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 originates from.

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 Esau,

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 the son of Isaac and Rebecca,

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 is Edom.

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 Same guy.

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 Jacob ends up

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 giving him the soup

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 for a little exchange.

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 It's just the cost

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 of his birthright.

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 Then later on,

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 we know Jacob steals

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 his older brother's blessing

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 through treachery

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 and trickery.

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 It's no wonder

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 that Jacob's name

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 means he cheats.

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 Of course,

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 after Jacob steals

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 the blessing,

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 Esau's mad,

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 says,

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 I'm going to kill

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 my brother.

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 So,

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 Jacob flees.

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 When he is gone

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 in a foreign land,

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 Genesis 32 tells us

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 he wrestles with God

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 and God gives him

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 the new name,

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 Israel.

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 So,

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 now we've got

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 Esau and Jacob

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 becoming Edom

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 and Israel.

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 And God's promise

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 proves true.

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 These two nations

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 are at odds

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 with each other

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 from the womb

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 and continue to be

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 at odds.

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 Israel wandering

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 in the wilderness

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 asks their brother

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 Edom for safe passage

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 through their land

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 and Edom says,

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 no.

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 They refuse

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 Israel passage.

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 Numbers,

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 chapter 20,

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 verse 14.

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 And later on,

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 we see the great

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 king David

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 kills 18,000

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 Edomites

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 in the Valley of Salt

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 and sets up

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 military outposts

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 throughout Edom's land,

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 2 Samuel 8.

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 Hadad,

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 the Edomite,

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 becomes an adversary

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 of King Solomon

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 in judgment

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 for Solomon's refusal

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 to abide by the word

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 of the Lord,

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 1 Kings 11.

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 And then,

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 in 2 Chronicles 28,

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 we see that the Edomites

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 again invade,

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 defeat,

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 and carry off

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 the people of Judah.

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 Long track record

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 of conflict,

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 violence,

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 and bloodshed,

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 and thievery,

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 and deception.

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 Two brothers

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 rarely at peace,

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 just like God promised.

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 But Edom's treatment

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 of Israel,

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 God's own people

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 demanded judgment.

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 They weren't just

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 unrepentant,

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 it kept growing worse.

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 And that is why

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 we're here today

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 in the book of Edom,

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 ready to hear

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 the courtroom decree

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 of Yahweh

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 concerning Edom.

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 Now, let's look

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 at these verses

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 together.

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 What we're going

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 to read

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 is that we're seeing

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 a sentencing.

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 And again,

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 the Lord is the judge,

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 Edom is being judged

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 and receiving

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 the sentence.

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 So I'll start back

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 at verse 1,

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 and I'll read

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 down through 15.

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 The vision of Obadiah.

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 Thus says the Lord God

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 concerning Edom.

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 We have heard

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 a report from the Lord

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 and a messenger

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 has been sent

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 among the nations.

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 Rise up!

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 Let us rise up

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 against her

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 for battle.

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 Behold,

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 I will make you

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 small among the nations.

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 You shall be

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 utterly despised.

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 The pride of your heart

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 has deceived you,

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 you who live

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 in the clefts

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 of the rock

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 and your lofty dwelling,

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 who say in your heart,

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 who can bring me

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 down to the ground.

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 Though you soar

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 aloft like the eagle,

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 though your nest

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 is set

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 among the stars,

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 from there

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 I will bring you down,

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 declares the Lord.

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 If thieves came to you,

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 if plunderers by night,

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 how you've been destroyed.

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 Would they not steal

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 only enough for themselves?

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 If grape gatherers

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 came to you,

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 would they not leave

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 gleanings?

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 How Esau has been pillaged,

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 his treasures sought out.

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 All your allies

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 have driven you

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 to your border.

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 Those at peace with you

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 have deceived you.

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 They have prevailed

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 against you.

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 Those who eat your bread

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 have set a trap

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 beneath you.

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 He has no understanding.

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 Will I not

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 on that day,

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 declares the Lord,

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 destroy the wise men

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 out of Edom

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 and understanding

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 out of Mount Esau,

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 and your mighty men

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 shall be dismayed,

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 O Taman,

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 so that every man

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 from Mount Esau

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 will be cut off

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 by slaughter.

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 Because of the violence

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 done to your brother Jacob,

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 shame shall cover you,

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 and you shall be

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 cut off forever

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 on the day

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 that you stood aloof,

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 on the day

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 that strangers

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 carried off his wealth

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 and foreigners

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 entered his gates

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 and cast lots

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 for Jerusalem.

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 You were like

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 one of them.

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 But do not gloat

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 over the day

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 of your brother

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 in the day

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 of his misfortune.

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 Do not rejoice

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 over the people

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 of Judah

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 in the day

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 of their ruin.

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 Do not boast

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 in the day

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 of distress.

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 Do not enter

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 the gate

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 of my people

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 in the day

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 of their calamity.

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 Do not gloat

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 over his disaster

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 in the day

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 of his calamity.

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 Do not loot

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 his wealth

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 in the day

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 of his calamity.

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 Do not stand

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 at the crossroads

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 to cut off

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 his fugitives.

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 Do not hand over

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 his survivors

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 in the day

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 of distress.

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 For the day

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 of the Lord

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 is near

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 upon all

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 the nations.

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 As you have done

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 it shall be done

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 to you.

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 Your deeds

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 shall return

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 on your own

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 head.

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 So two parts

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 in this

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 scary

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 word of God.

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 First part

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 is the judgment

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 that we see

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 in verses

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 two to nine.

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 Essentially

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 these verses

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 tell us

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 that Edom's

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 judgment

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 is both

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 certain

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 and near

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 at hand.

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 In verse

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 two we see

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 that the Lord

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 cuts right

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 to the chase.

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 He brings

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 immediate

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 and swift

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 statement

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 behold.

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 It's like

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 saying see

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 look this is

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 really urgent

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 what I'm about

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 to say.

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 I will make

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 you small

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 among the

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 nations.

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 You should

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 be utterly

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 despised.

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 This

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 small among

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 the nations

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 is insignificant.

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 He's just

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 going to weaken

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 them to the

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 point that

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 everybody looks

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 on and goes

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 whatever.

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 It's scary

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 and in

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 fact it's

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 already

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 happening

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 because if

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 you remember

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 from the

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 end of

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 verse one

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 there's this

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 messenger of

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 God who

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 goes out

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 among the

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 nations and

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 says hey

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 rise up

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 guys.

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 Time for

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 action.

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 And they

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 all agree

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 collectively

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 agree let's

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 go get

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 Edom.

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 God's

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 already at

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 work judging

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 this people

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 even before

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 the final

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 judgment

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 comes.

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 There's an

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 immediate sense

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 as to why

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 God would

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 be so

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 upset when

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 we look at

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 verse three.

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 The pride

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 of your

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 heart has

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 deceived you.

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 See Edom

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 was this

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 very high

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 well guarded

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 secure

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 almost

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 impenetrable

00:18:20.299 --> 00:18:21.140
 nation in

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 the mountains

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 southeast of

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 Israel.

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 And they

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 knew it.

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 They were

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 very well

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.600
 aware that

00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.259
 nobody could

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 touch them.

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 They looked

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 down on their

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 neighbors and

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 even if

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 somebody wanted

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 to get from

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 south to

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 north or

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.500
 north to

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.880
 south they

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 had to ask

00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:38.300
 Edom permission

00:18:38.300 --> 00:18:39.140
 to go

00:18:39.140 --> 00:18:39.460
 through.

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 And it was

00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:41.980
 Edom's choice

00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:42.600
 whether or not

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.320
 they would let

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 people pass.

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 Just as in

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 numbers they

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 said no to

00:18:46.820 --> 00:18:47.200
 their own

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 brother.

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 And this

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.800
 lofty hearted

00:18:51.800 --> 00:18:52.880
 thinking of

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:54.779
 Edom shows

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 up strongly

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:57.600
 and emphatically

00:18:57.600 --> 00:18:58.580
 at the question

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.340
 they ask at the

00:18:59.340 --> 00:18:59.740
 end of verse

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 three.

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 Who is going

00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:00.960
 to bring

00:19:00.960 --> 00:19:00.980
 to bring

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:01.460
 me down?

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.580
 Who can

00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:03.100
 do that?

00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:03.960
 We're

00:19:03.960 --> 00:19:04.380
 awesome.

00:19:06.560 --> 00:19:07.120
 And notice

00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.660
 what the

00:19:07.660 --> 00:19:08.200
 Lord says

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.600
 in verse

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:08.920
 four.

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 You might

00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.039
 very well

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.700
 be soaring

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:12.180
 like an

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.299
 eagle from

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.940
 the perspective

00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.560
 of man.

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 Majestic

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.620
 and carefree

00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:18.160
 and just

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:19.320
 dominant over

00:19:19.320 --> 00:19:20.580
 the landscape.

00:19:22.420 --> 00:19:23.299
 Even if you

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.620
 were there,

00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.279
 even if your

00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.039
 nest was among

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.799
 the stars,

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.680
 from there

00:19:27.680 --> 00:19:29.440
 I will

00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.599
 bring you

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.419
 down,

00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.659
 declares

00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:33.879
 the Lord.

00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:36.940
 Who can

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.299
 bring me

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.579
 down?

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.500
 The knower

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.059
 of hearts

00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:39.740
 who knows

00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.859
 this arrogant

00:19:40.859 --> 00:19:41.460
 Edom

00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.299
 says,

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:44.259
 I will.

00:19:45.940 --> 00:19:46.740
 Your time

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.180
 is up.

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.700
 I will.

00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.500
 And when we

00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:50.159
 see this little

00:19:50.159 --> 00:19:50.839
 tag ending,

00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.759
 declares the

00:19:51.759 --> 00:19:52.059
 Lord,

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.200
 Lord,

00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.480
 we should

00:19:54.480 --> 00:19:55.659
 think similarly

00:19:55.659 --> 00:19:56.200
 to the way

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:57.220
 Jesus introduces

00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.659
 statements

00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.339
 sometimes like,

00:19:58.940 --> 00:19:59.179
 truly,

00:19:59.379 --> 00:20:00.000
 truly I say

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.359
 to you,

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:00.980
 it's kind

00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.379
 of the same

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.599
 thing,

00:20:01.700 --> 00:20:02.679
 this weightiness,

00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.039
 this emphasis

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:05.099
 that the one

00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.960
 speaking has

00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:06.659
 this special

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:07.059
 kind of

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:07.659
 authority and

00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:07.919
 we should

00:20:07.919 --> 00:20:08.940
 really pay

00:20:08.940 --> 00:20:09.700
 attention to

00:20:09.700 --> 00:20:10.259
 what he's

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:10.599
 saying.

00:20:12.339 --> 00:20:12.659
 Edom,

00:20:12.940 --> 00:20:13.539
 God has

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.960
 seen your

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.579
 pride and

00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:14.879
 he's going

00:20:14.879 --> 00:20:15.159
 to bring

00:20:15.159 --> 00:20:15.659
 you down.

00:20:17.899 --> 00:20:18.659
 Bank on

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 it.

00:20:18.859 --> 00:20:22.539
 As we

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.979
 move into

00:20:22.979 --> 00:20:23.599
 verses 5

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.019
 to 7,

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:24.719
 God kind

00:20:24.719 --> 00:20:25.699
 of leaves

00:20:25.699 --> 00:20:26.279
 the scene

00:20:26.279 --> 00:20:26.919
 sort of

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 and we

00:20:27.479 --> 00:20:27.959
 start seeing

00:20:27.959 --> 00:20:28.319
 how the

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:29.399
 human agents

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:29.899
 are going

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.619
 to carry

00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.339
 out this

00:20:31.339 --> 00:20:31.939
 judgment

00:20:31.939 --> 00:20:32.719
 upon

00:20:32.719 --> 00:20:33.579
 Edom.

00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.179
 It starts

00:20:35.179 --> 00:20:35.559
 in verse

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 5 with

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 this really

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 sort of

00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.939
 gruesome

00:20:39.939 --> 00:20:41.279
 word picture

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:42.099
 of thieves

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.639
 coming by

00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.179
 night and

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.979
 plunderers

00:20:43.979 --> 00:20:45.959
 and the

00:20:45.959 --> 00:20:46.299
 question,

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.979
 would they

00:20:46.979 --> 00:20:47.459
 not only

00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:47.979
 steal what

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:48.259
 they can

00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:48.900
 carry off?

00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:50.299
 If thieves

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.660
 come, they

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.000
 have to be

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.539
 strategic,

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:51.880
 right?

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.240
 They got to

00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:52.700
 go after the

00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.700
 valuable things.

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 And grape

00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.180
 gatherers,

00:20:56.339 --> 00:20:56.700
 the end of

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:57.700
 five, if

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.279
 they came,

00:20:58.360 --> 00:20:58.559
 would they

00:20:58.559 --> 00:20:58.980
 not leave

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.660
 gleanings?

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 We just

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.740
 saw on

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.099
 Ruth,

00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.779
 right, how

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.599
 gleanings

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:02.980
 were left

00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.259
 for the

00:21:03.259 --> 00:21:04.380
 poor and

00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:04.839
 the helpless

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.200
 and the

00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:05.680
 vulnerable.

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.660
 And in

00:21:07.660 --> 00:21:08.140
 verse 6,

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:08.720
 God says

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:10.120
 how Esau

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.420
 has been

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.960
 pillaged.

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 You will

00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:12.640
 not have a

00:21:12.640 --> 00:21:13.120
 grape on

00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.559
 the ground.

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 You will

00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:15.940
 not have

00:21:15.940 --> 00:21:16.559
 anything in

00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:17.259
 your cupboards.

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.559
 My judgment

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.720
 is total

00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:21.360
 against you.

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.819
 Verse 7

00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.380
 shows how

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.759
 it's their

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.539
 own allies,

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.039
 their friends,

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.420
 those that

00:21:30.420 --> 00:21:31.400
 they've broken

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.279
 bread together

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.700
 with at

00:21:32.700 --> 00:21:33.539
 table for

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.940
 dinner,

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.079
 totally at

00:21:35.079 --> 00:21:35.620
 ease because

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.019
 you know

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.640
 there's peace

00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:37.240
 between you.

00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.720
 It's their

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.500
 allies that

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.059
 God will

00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.660
 turn against

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.160
 them to

00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:40.940
 bring judgment

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.799
 upon their

00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.299
 heads.

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:43.700
 God

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.299
 is

00:21:44.299 --> 00:21:45.180
 clueless.

00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.980
 In the

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.200
 end of

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.700
 verse 7,

00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.159
 we see

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.700
 Edom has

00:21:47.700 --> 00:21:48.359
 no idea

00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.980
 what's

00:21:48.980 --> 00:21:49.299
 coming.

00:21:50.099 --> 00:21:50.299
 He's

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:51.079
 clueless.

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.579
 It's like

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:51.839
 when the

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.299
 Bible says

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.559
 that the

00:21:52.559 --> 00:21:52.819
 day of

00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.059
 the Lord

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:53.799
 comes like

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:54.200
 a thief

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.440
 in the

00:21:54.440 --> 00:21:54.680
 night.

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:55.680
 Edom is

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.500
 unprepared,

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.720
 unexpecting.

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.440
 It's

00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.000
 tragic.

00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:00.319
 It's

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.899
 terrible.

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:01.940
 And we

00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.399
 see as

00:22:02.399 --> 00:22:02.879
 much back

00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:03.220
 in verse

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.559
 5.

00:22:03.639 --> 00:22:04.019
 I skipped

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.480
 over this

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:05.099
 little phrase,

00:22:05.419 --> 00:22:05.980
 how you

00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:06.339
 have been

00:22:06.339 --> 00:22:06.899
 destroyed.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:09.080
 The prophet

00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:10.140
 inserts this

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:11.320
 not to

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:11.840
 gloat,

00:22:12.480 --> 00:22:12.960
 not to

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.080
 say yay

00:22:14.080 --> 00:22:14.800
 and cheer,

00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:16.700
 but a

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.300
 shock

00:22:17.300 --> 00:22:18.620
 over the

00:22:18.620 --> 00:22:18.900
 total

00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.780
 devastation

00:22:19.780 --> 00:22:20.640
 that Edom

00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:21.060
 faces.

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.900
 Same thing

00:22:22.900 --> 00:22:23.480
 in verse 6,

00:22:23.580 --> 00:22:24.540
 how Esau

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:24.920
 has been

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.660
 pillaged.

00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.800
 He's on the

00:22:26.800 --> 00:22:27.240
 verge of

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.960
 tears over

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.920
 this reality.

00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.780
 It's horrible.

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:30.900
 And even

00:22:30.900 --> 00:22:31.440
 though Edom

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:31.900
 deserves

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.400
 judgment,

00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.720
 it's not

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.220
 pretty.

00:22:34.800 --> 00:22:35.240
 It's not

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.600
 something to

00:22:36.599 --> 00:22:37.039
 rejoice

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:37.559
 over.

00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:38.639
 That's

00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.039
 important

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.599
 because we'll

00:22:39.599 --> 00:22:40.139
 see Edom

00:22:40.139 --> 00:22:40.480
 do the

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:40.879
 opposite

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.659
 in a bit.

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.599
 God

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:47.199
 cared about

00:22:47.199 --> 00:22:47.559
 Edom.

00:22:48.919 --> 00:22:49.719
 He cared

00:22:49.719 --> 00:22:50.059
 about the

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.559
 people that

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:50.939
 he said,

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.899
 time's up,

00:22:52.139 --> 00:22:52.599
 judgment's

00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:52.939
 coming.

00:22:53.159 --> 00:22:53.579
 He cared

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.139
 a lot

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:55.079
 about

00:22:55.079 --> 00:22:55.759
 Edom.

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:56.980
 In fact,

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.279
 in a

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.659
 different

00:22:57.659 --> 00:22:58.119
 narrative

00:22:58.119 --> 00:22:59.259
 of the

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.799
 Israelite

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.240
 wandering

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.500
 in the

00:23:01.500 --> 00:23:01.819
 wilderness

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.359
 when Edom

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.859
 said no,

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.539
 in Deuteronomy

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:03.939
 2,

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.619
 we see a

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:04.899
 little bit

00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:05.679
 more information.

00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:07.259
 God tells

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.579
 them,

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.359
 you're about

00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:08.919
 to go into

00:23:08.919 --> 00:23:09.539
 the land

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:10.319
 of your

00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.699
 brother.

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.480
 You're not

00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:12.839
 to take

00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.480
 advantage of

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:13.719
 them.

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.299
 You're not

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:14.779
 to look at

00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:15.399
 their land

00:23:15.399 --> 00:23:16.179
 and start

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.359
 going,

00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.500
 oh,

00:23:16.519 --> 00:23:16.859
 that's kind

00:23:16.859 --> 00:23:17.159
 of nice.

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.480
 I want

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:17.799
 that.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.079
 I've given

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.599
 it to them

00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:19.879
 as a

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.279
 possession.

00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.939
 God cares

00:23:21.939 --> 00:23:23.539
 about Edom

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:25.419
 very much.

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.099
 He is not

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.539
 here just

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.039
 looking to

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.439
 kind of

00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:28.099
 pummel

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.879
 another group

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.500
 of people

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.639
 for wrongdoing.

00:23:30.939 --> 00:23:31.480
 That's not

00:23:31.480 --> 00:23:32.059
 our God.

00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:32.099
 God.

00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:34.339
 He's a

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.579
 God of

00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.819
 mercy and

00:23:35.819 --> 00:23:36.319
 patience,

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.720
 a God

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.299
 slow to

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:37.740
 anger and

00:23:37.740 --> 00:23:38.659
 abounding in

00:23:38.659 --> 00:23:39.539
 steadfast love

00:23:39.539 --> 00:23:40.539
 and faithfulness.

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.019
 Yet a

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.480
 God who

00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:42.940
 does not

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.279
 leave the

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.819
 guilty go

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.519
 unpunished.

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.779
 And time

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.200
 was up.

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.639
 Edom had

00:23:46.639 --> 00:23:47.039
 had their

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.940
 chances and

00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:49.200
 they had

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.740
 failed to

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.099
 repent.

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.339
 Verses

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:52.679
 8 and

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:52.940
 9,

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:53.339
 we see

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.440
 that the

00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:55.000
 Lord God

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.319
 kind of

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.000
 comes back

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.679
 onto the

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:59.379
 scene and

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.859
 asks this

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.220
 question,

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.960
 will I not

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.440
 on that

00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:01.779
 day,

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:03.460
 declares

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.980
 the Lord.

00:24:04.740 --> 00:24:05.259
 There's that

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.779
 certainty

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.279
 again.

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.559
 Will I not

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.099
 destroy the

00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.619
 wise men

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:10.359
 in understanding,

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.980
 terrifying the

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.740
 armies and

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.259
 making sure

00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:13.919
 that no

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:15.079
 person escapes

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.519
 from the

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.839
 slaughter.

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.980
 God will

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.519
 destroy the

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:19.919
 wisdom,

00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.279
 all of the

00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.779
 wise,

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.799
 will send

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.279
 the army

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.980
 into complete

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.460
 terror,

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.659
 and the

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.159
 end will be

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:28.019
 the destruction

00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.799
 of this

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.200
 people.

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.299
 By 312

00:24:31.299 --> 00:24:31.700
 BC,

00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:32.799
 this came

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.180
 true.

00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:33.819
 The

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:34.539
 Nabataeans

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.160
 came in

00:24:35.160 --> 00:24:36.740
 and Edom

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.100
 was no

00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.420
 more.

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:42.140
 Well,

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.600
 maybe you're

00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:42.900
 thinking,

00:24:43.100 --> 00:24:43.819
 this sounds

00:24:43.819 --> 00:24:44.500
 pretty harsh.

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:47.039
 Every person

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.880
 cut off by

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.259
 slaughter?

00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.620
 Not to

00:24:50.620 --> 00:24:51.200
 mention that

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.960
 the God

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.640
 who is saying

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.360
 this message

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:54.180
 has just

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.000
 turned his

00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:55.900
 judgment upon

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.640
 his own

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.500
 people,

00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:59.599
 plundered

00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.500
 and devastated

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:01.680
 their land

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.039
 and his

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.319
 own

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:02.799
 temple,

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.200
 his own

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.859
 house.

00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.519
 And we

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.980
 could go

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.519
 on and

00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.420
 on in the

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.299
 history of

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.900
 the Bible

00:25:09.900 --> 00:25:10.480
 and find

00:25:10.480 --> 00:25:11.619
 examples of

00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:12.140
 this same

00:25:12.140 --> 00:25:12.559
 type of

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.779
 thing.

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.099
 Both

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.839
 individuals

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:15.059
 and whole

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.519
 nations

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.160
 brought under

00:25:16.160 --> 00:25:16.660
 the judgment

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.160
 of God

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.720
 and not

00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:18.180
 spared.

00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:21.620
 Can we

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.480
 just admit

00:25:22.480 --> 00:25:23.080
 it seems

00:25:23.080 --> 00:25:23.620
 harsh?

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.420
 Maybe a

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.120
 bit hasty?

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.640
 Is God

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.259
 just being

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.799
 extreme

00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:30.299
 here?

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.720
 Let's move

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.080
 into the

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.779
 second part

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.259
 of our

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.860
 text and

00:25:35.860 --> 00:25:36.259
 we'll come

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.580
 back to

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:36.860
 that.

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.860
 So just

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.279
 keep that

00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:38.900
 question there

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.140
 though.

00:25:41.580 --> 00:25:42.340
 Moving on

00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.779
 into verse

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:45.400
 10 through

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:46.120
 15, we

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.680
 see that now

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.259
 God is going

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:48.100
 to announce

00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.740
 the formal

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.480
 charges

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.439
 against

00:25:50.439 --> 00:25:51.339
 Edom,

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.240
 Esau.

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.480
 Because of

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.159
 the violence

00:25:56.159 --> 00:25:56.619
 done to

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.059
 your brother

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.559
 Jacob,

00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:59.019
 shame shall

00:25:59.019 --> 00:25:59.740
 cover you

00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.639
 and you

00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:00.939
 shall be

00:26:00.939 --> 00:26:01.439
 cut off

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:01.819
 forever.

00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:02.439
 There's that

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:03.079
 cut off

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.299
 language again

00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:04.980
 we just saw

00:26:04.980 --> 00:26:05.339
 in verse

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.759
 9.

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.079
 Now this

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.639
 violence

00:26:07.639 --> 00:26:08.259
 against

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.259
 Jacob,

00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.599
 kind of

00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:11.099
 this general

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:11.500
 summary,

00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:12.139
 okay God

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.679
 violence,

00:26:12.819 --> 00:26:13.139
 get it,

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.839
 murder maybe,

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:16.039
 but where's

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.619
 the details?

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.559
 We need

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.220
 more evidence

00:26:18.220 --> 00:26:18.779
 here for

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.539
 this charge

00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.079
 and God

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.679
 will provide

00:26:20.679 --> 00:26:21.039
 that.

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.460
 But notice

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:23.359
 in verse

00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:23.759
 10,

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.519
 the violence

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.259
 done to

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:28.460
 your

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.579
 brother

00:26:29.579 --> 00:26:30.619
 Jacob.

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.059
 That's

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.519
 important.

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.500
 It's really,

00:26:34.899 --> 00:26:35.399
 really important.

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.399
 See that's

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:37.139
 why throughout

00:26:37.139 --> 00:26:37.899
 this whole

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.539
 prophetic

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.259
 oracle,

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.519
 Obadiah has

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:40.879
 kind of been

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.720
 interchanging

00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.480
 Edom and

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.839
 Esau,

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.500
 Edom and

00:26:43.500 --> 00:26:43.859
 Esau,

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.559
 because what

00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.240
 he's really

00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:46.579
 concerned with

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.500
 is the

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.159
 magnitude

00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.799
 of the

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.379
 crimes.

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:50.799
 These weren't

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:51.279
 people who

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.699
 didn't know

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.139
 each other

00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.459
 and just

00:26:52.459 --> 00:26:52.699
 kind of

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.000
 got in

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.399
 some little

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.839
 fight.

00:26:54.459 --> 00:26:54.759
 These are

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.679
 brothers.

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.339
 Brothers.

00:27:03.179 --> 00:27:04.079
 It's horrible.

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.479
 In verse

00:27:04.479 --> 00:27:05.379
 11, we see

00:27:05.379 --> 00:27:06.719
 that strangers

00:27:06.719 --> 00:27:07.439
 came in,

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.539
 foreigners

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.659
 came in

00:27:09.659 --> 00:27:10.460
 and carried

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.399
 out the

00:27:11.399 --> 00:27:11.839
 wealth

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:13.559
 and the

00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.059
 nobility

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:16.159
 of Israel.

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.680
 And then

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.000
 at the end

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.240
 of that

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.680
 verse, we

00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:19.619
 see God

00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:20.079
 say to

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.399
 Edom,

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.480
 you were

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.960
 just like

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.240
 one of

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.460
 them.

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:22.819
 You

00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.139
 treated

00:27:23.139 --> 00:27:23.680
 your own

00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.359
 brother as

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:24.619
 if he

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.139
 was a

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:25.599
 complete

00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:26.279
 stranger.

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.159
 It's one

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.519
 thing to

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.799
 conquer

00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.319
 strangers,

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.759
 but another

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.519
 thing entirely

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.960
 to come

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.460
 after your

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.059
 own kin.

00:27:37.159 --> 00:27:38.139
 Verse 11,

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.079
 if you

00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.399
 look, you

00:27:39.399 --> 00:27:39.740
 see this,

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.079
 on that

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.379
 day when

00:27:40.379 --> 00:27:40.980
 you stood

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.599
 aloof,

00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:43.899
 there's

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.399
 reason to

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.960
 think that

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:46.200
 what Edom

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.700
 is actually

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.279
 doing here

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.740
 is kind of

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.559
 looking upon

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.259
 the destruction

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.819
 to be

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.180
 entertained

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.839
 by it.

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:54.500
 It's like

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.819
 they've got

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.359
 their favorite

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.379
 lounge pants,

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:57.399
 they've popped

00:27:57.399 --> 00:27:58.119
 the popcorn,

00:27:58.259 --> 00:27:58.819
 the butter's

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.220
 on it,

00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.779
 and the salt

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.659
 is just

00:28:00.659 --> 00:28:01.440
 coating the

00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:01.700
 butter,

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.099
 and it's

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.440
 just so

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:02.799
 delicious,

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.359
 and then

00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:03.700
 they're just,

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.059
 this is

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.639
 amazing.

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.319
 I'm loving

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.859
 what I'm

00:28:06.859 --> 00:28:07.500
 seeing here.

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.440
 Woohoo!

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:10.839
 They're

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.480
 amused

00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.259
 by their

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.639
 brother's

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.159
 destruction.

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.539
 Do you

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.059
 notice the

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.700
 on the

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:19.980
 day,

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:21.619
 twice in

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.960
 verse 11?

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.859
 See at

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.279
 first,

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.839
 back in

00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.379
 verse 8,

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.799
 when the

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.159
 Lord says,

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.539
 will I

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.099
 not on

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:29.859
 that day

00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:31.519
 destroy the

00:28:31.519 --> 00:28:32.099
 wise men?

00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:32.899
 And now,

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:34.180
 verse 11,

00:28:34.339 --> 00:28:34.839
 on the day

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.159
 that you

00:28:35.159 --> 00:28:35.799
 stood aloof.

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.819
 Verse 15,

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.359
 it changes

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.899
 from that

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.319
 day to

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.839
 the day

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.460
 of the

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.939
 Lord.

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.419
 Obadiah

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.079
 uses this

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.799
 concept of

00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.319
 day to

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.339
 connect this

00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:47.439
 whole oracle

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:48.079
 together.

00:28:48.419 --> 00:28:49.299
 There's three

00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.659
 distinct days

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:51.200
 that he's

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.919
 talking about.

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.460
 The first

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:53.819
 day in

00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.299
 verse 8

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:55.079
 is the

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.659
 day of

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.059
 Edom,

00:28:57.700 --> 00:28:58.460
 the near

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.200
 future day

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.639
 when God

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.279
 will completely

00:29:00.279 --> 00:29:00.899
 judge the

00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:02.019
 people of

00:29:02.019 --> 00:29:02.299
 Edom.

00:29:02.299 --> 00:29:04.240
 then in

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:04.819
 verses 11

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.419
 to 14,

00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:05.899
 the day

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.440
 he's talking

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.859
 about is

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.200
 the day

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.919
 that Israel

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.539
 had just

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:09.220
 experienced

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.619
 when Babylon

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.319
 came in

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.240
 and destroyed

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.940
 their land,

00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:14.619
 exiled their

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.019
 people.

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.059
 And then

00:29:16.059 --> 00:29:16.899
 verse 15,

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.740
 the day

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.019
 of the

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.500
 Lord is

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.240
 the uncertain

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.059
 future day

00:29:21.059 --> 00:29:21.480
 when the

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.759
 Son of

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:21.980
 Man,

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.799
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:23.460
 comes in

00:29:23.460 --> 00:29:24.000
 the clouds

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.799
 with his

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:25.759
 angels and

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.279
 judges the

00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.319
 nations once

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.619
 and for

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:27.859
 all.

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.299
 Those are

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:29.680
 the three

00:29:29.680 --> 00:29:30.379
 days that

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.460
 Obadiah is

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.279
 talking about,

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.340
 all having

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:34.860
 to do with

00:29:34.860 --> 00:29:35.960
 sin purging

00:29:35.960 --> 00:29:36.759
 judgment.

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.660
 This day

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.440
 reference now

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.059
 that we see

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.500
 in verse 11

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.559
 continues into

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.200
 verses 12

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:45.120
 to 14 and

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.759
 it just is

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.259
 like this

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:47.180
 hammer on

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.740
 an anvil,

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.600
 just over

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.279
 and over

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.059
 and over.

00:29:51.460 --> 00:29:51.920
 It's used

00:29:51.920 --> 00:29:52.500
 in a series

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:53.019
 of eight

00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.579
 commands

00:29:53.579 --> 00:29:54.360
 directed at

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:54.680
 Edom.

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.279
 The ESV

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.019
 translates them

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.920
 do not,

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.600
 do not,

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.259
 do not.

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.600
 Maybe if

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:00.920
 you're in

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.539
 KJV

00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:02.400
 or other

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.940
 translations

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.300
 you might

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:03.500
 see,

00:30:03.680 --> 00:30:04.100
 you should

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.779
 not have

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.259
 or you

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.640
 shouldn't

00:30:05.640 --> 00:30:06.320
 not have.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.980
 What's

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.380
 going on?

00:30:09.460 --> 00:30:09.800
 That's like

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.500
 one sounds

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.400
 future,

00:30:11.580 --> 00:30:11.920
 one sounds

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.519
 past.

00:30:13.060 --> 00:30:13.380
 Here's what

00:30:13.380 --> 00:30:13.960
 I think

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:15.160
 Obadiah is

00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:15.519
 doing.

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.539
 He's using

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:18.300
 these commands

00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.840
 to continue

00:30:19.840 --> 00:30:20.800
 expressing

00:30:20.800 --> 00:30:21.539
 sort of

00:30:21.539 --> 00:30:22.880
 the formal

00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.640
 charges

00:30:23.640 --> 00:30:24.180
 against

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.539
 Edom.

00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.420
 So the

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:26.000
 do nots,

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.500
 do nots,

00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:27.200
 do nots are

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.720
 still what

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.140
 Edom has

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:28.720
 already done.

00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:31.779
 And

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.319
 writing them

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:32.720
 in the way

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:32.960
 that he

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.220
 has

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.900
 emphasizes

00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:34.559
 the depth

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:34.880
 of the

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.180
 criminal

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.779
 activity.

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.579
 These

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.920
 things are

00:30:36.920 --> 00:30:37.720
 no-brainers.

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.839
 They knew

00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.160
 better.

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.660
 This is like

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.100
 God saying

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.620
 do not,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.079
 do not,

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:43.559
 do not,

00:30:43.759 --> 00:30:44.519
 saying shame

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.920
 on you.

00:30:45.600 --> 00:30:46.259
 You knew

00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:47.259
 that that was

00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:47.960
 wrong the

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.400
 whole time

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.880
 you did it.

00:30:49.620 --> 00:30:50.059
 You didn't

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.420
 care.

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:51.920
 In fact,

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.259
 you took

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.000
 great joy.

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:58.220
 notice if

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.880
 you look

00:30:58.880 --> 00:30:59.660
 closely through

00:30:59.660 --> 00:31:00.200
 the list of

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.660
 those eight

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.299
 charges in

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.880
 verses 12

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.400
 to 14,

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.599
 they start

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.119
 in the

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:05.240
 heart and

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.559
 they just

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.619
 keep expanding

00:31:06.619 --> 00:31:07.380
 and expanding

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.119
 and expanding

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:09.380
 until finally

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:11.180
 Edom has

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.720
 turned into

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.579
 bounty hunters,

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:13.359
 turning their

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:13.960
 own brothers

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.940
 over to

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.519
 captors

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:17.539
 because of

00:31:17.539 --> 00:31:18.000
 a heart of

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.579
 pride.

00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.339
 It's scary

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.960
 how far

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.619
 pride will

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:22.980
 go.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.420
 in the

00:31:23.420 --> 00:31:24.579
 lives of

00:31:24.579 --> 00:31:25.160
 the nations

00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.920
 in our

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.539
 own lives.

00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.859
 Notice

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.279
 in verse

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.119
 13 that

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:34.900
 after God

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:36.019
 saying your

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.940
 brother and

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.799
 his misfortune

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:38.619
 and then 13

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.259
 he says do

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:39.900
 not enter the

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:41.000
 gate of my

00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.920
 people.

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:43.920
 Now God

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.720
 is personally

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.420
 offended

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:47.960
 because

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.980
 Edom has

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:50.940
 now done

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:52.359
 harm to

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:53.939
 his chosen

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:55.419
 the ones

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.240
 he particularly

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.639
 loves in

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:57.939
 all the

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:58.259
 earth.

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.659
 These are

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.779
 horrible crimes

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.319
 against

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.179
 God's

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.799
 people.

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.559
 Edom's

00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:05.899
 own

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.419
 brother.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:09.559
 Just to

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:10.259
 point out

00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:11.059
 this nerdy

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.619
 thing that I

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.079
 found this

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.519
 week from

00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.240
 verse 13.

00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:14.240
 If you look

00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:14.700
 and you see

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.200
 this word

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:15.900
 repeated three

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:17.059
 times calamity

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:19.000
 in the day

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.299
 of their

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.839
 calamity

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.319
 in the day

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.720
 of his

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.420
 calamity

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.519
 in the day

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.839
 of his

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.460
 calamity

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.599
 maybe in

00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:25.480
 a different

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.319
 Bible it

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:26.599
 might say

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.440
 distress or

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.940
 destruction.

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.460
 In Hebrew

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.980
 this word

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.640
 sounds a lot

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:32.019
 like

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.980
 Edom.

00:32:34.880 --> 00:32:35.339
 So if we

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:36.740
 reword

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:38.120
 verse 13

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:39.899
 listen to

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:40.139
 it.

00:32:40.859 --> 00:32:41.179
 Do not

00:32:41.179 --> 00:32:41.699
 enter the

00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.179
 gate of

00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:42.799
 my people

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.239
 in the

00:32:43.239 --> 00:32:43.759
 day of

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.079
 their

00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:45.000
 Edom.

00:32:45.979 --> 00:32:46.559
 Do not

00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:47.139
 gloat over

00:32:47.139 --> 00:32:47.899
 his disaster

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.419
 in the day

00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.899
 of his

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.239
 Edo.

00:32:50.179 --> 00:32:50.899
 Do not

00:32:50.899 --> 00:32:51.419
 loot his

00:32:51.419 --> 00:32:51.939
 wealth in

00:32:51.939 --> 00:32:52.239
 the day

00:32:52.239 --> 00:32:52.739
 of his

00:32:52.739 --> 00:32:53.439
 Edo.

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.019
 It's like

00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.279
 this

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.839
 tolling

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.759
 bell

00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.639
 clanging

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.559
 away

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.439
 promising

00:32:59.439 --> 00:33:00.339
 Edom

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:01.179
 full

00:33:01.179 --> 00:33:01.979
 total

00:33:01.979 --> 00:33:02.619
 retribution

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.059
 for the

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.559
 wrongs

00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.239
 he committed.

00:33:04.240 --> 00:33:06.500
 it's just

00:33:06.500 --> 00:33:06.859
 one of the

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.259
 ways that

00:33:07.259 --> 00:33:07.480
 Hebrew

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:08.180
 poetry is

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.339
 just

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:08.980
 beautiful

00:33:08.980 --> 00:33:09.220
 at

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.680
 conveying

00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:09.920
 the

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.240
 meaning

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.480
 God

00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:11.880
 wants

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.160
 us

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.339
 to

00:33:12.339 --> 00:33:12.599
 know.

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:14.599
 And now

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.099
 we arrive

00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:15.460
 at verse

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.000
 15.

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.759
 And we

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.259
 see this

00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.579
 for the

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:21.940
 day of

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.460
 the Lord

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.620
 is near

00:33:23.620 --> 00:33:24.140
 upon all

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:24.299
 the

00:33:24.299 --> 00:33:24.720
 nations

00:33:24.720 --> 00:33:27.440
 and we

00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:27.880
 see

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:28.960
 why

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:29.740
 this

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.420
 is in

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:30.740
 our

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.099
 Bible.

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.279
 It's not

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:33.579
 so we

00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:33.900
 would kind

00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.160
 of look

00:33:34.160 --> 00:33:34.640
 back at

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:34.940
 Edom

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:35.259
 and just

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.500
 go

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.080
 poor

00:33:36.080 --> 00:33:36.840
 fellows

00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:38.300
 they met

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:38.820
 their end

00:33:38.820 --> 00:33:39.360
 because

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:39.759
 God's

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:40.120
 holy.

00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:41.759
 We see

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:41.940
 that

00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.400
 Edom's

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.740
 judgment

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:43.320
 is just

00:33:43.320 --> 00:33:43.860
 one of

00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:45.100
 a multitude

00:33:45.100 --> 00:33:46.259
 of signposts

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.100
 that warns

00:33:47.100 --> 00:33:48.220
 every person

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.759
 everywhere

00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:49.580
 today and

00:33:49.580 --> 00:33:50.200
 every day

00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.019
 judgment

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.100
 is coming

00:33:52.100 --> 00:33:54.180
 judgment

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:55.200
 is near

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.940
 near upon

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.420
 all the

00:33:57.420 --> 00:33:58.220
 nations.

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.200
 Edom

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.500
 is an

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.140
 example to

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:03.820
 us all

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:05.679
 judgment

00:34:05.679 --> 00:34:06.319
 is coming.

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:06.740
 It's a

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:07.259
 severe

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.619
 yet

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.199
 merciful

00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.039
 warning

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.739
 to

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.099
 repent.

00:34:14.779 --> 00:34:15.599
 This

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.139
 text this

00:34:16.139 --> 00:34:16.420
 morning

00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:17.679
 claims

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.179
 this

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:21.539
 the Lord

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.879
 will judge

00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:23.519
 all the

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:24.000
 nations

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.159
 according

00:34:25.159 --> 00:34:25.819
 to his

00:34:25.819 --> 00:34:26.359
 righteousness.

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.039
 The

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.659
 Lord will

00:34:29.659 --> 00:34:30.139
 judge

00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:30.799
 all

00:34:30.799 --> 00:34:31.440
 the

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.019
 nations

00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.139
 according

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:33.599
 to his

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.059
 righteousness.

00:34:38.659 --> 00:34:39.739
 So what?

00:34:39.739 --> 00:34:39.839
 God,

00:34:40.439 --> 00:34:42.659
 why in

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.979
 this

00:34:42.979 --> 00:34:43.939
 warm

00:34:43.939 --> 00:34:44.559
 sanctuary

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.459
 2,500

00:34:45.459 --> 00:34:46.039
 years

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.399
 later

00:34:46.399 --> 00:34:46.919
 does that

00:34:46.919 --> 00:34:47.219
 matter

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:47.619
 to you

00:34:47.619 --> 00:34:47.859
 and me

00:34:47.859 --> 00:34:48.239
 in Christ

00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:48.500
 the King

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:48.839
 Church?

00:34:51.979 --> 00:34:52.559
 Let me

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.179
 just give us

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.679
 a few

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.459
 reasons

00:34:54.459 --> 00:34:55.179
 as we

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.739
 close.

00:34:55.739 --> 00:35:00.399
 it matters

00:35:00.399 --> 00:35:00.839
 that the

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:01.259
 Lord will

00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:01.859
 judge all

00:35:01.859 --> 00:35:02.379
 the nations

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.919
 according to

00:35:02.919 --> 00:35:03.099
 his

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.659
 righteousness

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:06.019
 because I

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.399
 think you

00:35:06.399 --> 00:35:06.679
 and I

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:06.919
 if we're

00:35:06.919 --> 00:35:07.559
 honest we

00:35:07.559 --> 00:35:08.359
 have trouble

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:08.739
 with the

00:35:08.739 --> 00:35:09.199
 idea of

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.579
 judgment.

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.879
 It makes

00:35:11.879 --> 00:35:12.259
 us a little

00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:13.059
 squeamish,

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:14.719
 fearful that

00:35:14.719 --> 00:35:15.099
 we might

00:35:15.099 --> 00:35:15.599
 offend

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:17.059
 people who

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.799
 God loves.

00:35:18.379 --> 00:35:18.699
 When we

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.239
 start talking

00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:20.239
 about wrath

00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:20.839
 and hell

00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.879
 and judgment

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:23.179
 we seem

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.819
 like we're

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.199
 afraid we

00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:24.579
 might come

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.119
 across as

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.919
 holier than

00:35:25.919 --> 00:35:26.219
 thou.

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.039
 Big headed,

00:35:29.279 --> 00:35:29.619
 proud,

00:35:29.879 --> 00:35:30.719
 self-righteous,

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.219
 legalistic,

00:35:33.879 --> 00:35:34.259
 bigoted,

00:35:34.439 --> 00:35:35.279
 hate mongers.

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.659
 We have

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:38.279
 trouble with

00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.639
 the idea

00:35:38.639 --> 00:35:39.159
 of judgment.

00:35:39.359 --> 00:35:40.019
 It's not

00:35:40.019 --> 00:35:40.599
 what we

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:40.980
 want to

00:35:40.980 --> 00:35:41.199
 hear.

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.859
 God is

00:35:41.859 --> 00:35:42.139
 love,

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.359
 right?

00:35:42.399 --> 00:35:42.719
 Let's just

00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:43.119
 talk about

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.659
 his love

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.219
 day after

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.699
 day after

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.059
 day.

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.439
 It's so

00:35:45.439 --> 00:35:45.879
 beautiful.

00:35:46.439 --> 00:35:46.699
 And of

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.279
 course God

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:47.839
 is love.

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.199
 We never

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.739
 forget that

00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:50.079
 he's love

00:35:50.079 --> 00:35:50.339
 and we

00:35:50.339 --> 00:35:50.939
 never cease

00:35:50.939 --> 00:35:51.279
 to tell

00:35:51.279 --> 00:35:51.759
 people that

00:35:51.759 --> 00:35:52.039
 he is

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.439
 love.

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:54.340
 There's

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:54.639
 another

00:35:54.639 --> 00:35:55.240
 reason why

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:55.880
 this matters

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.460
 that the

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.880
 Lord will

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.519
 judge all

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:57.940
 nations

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:58.519
 according to

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.200
 his righteousness

00:35:59.200 --> 00:36:00.740
 and it's

00:36:00.740 --> 00:36:01.559
 because judgment

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.200
 reveals an

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:02.880
 essential

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:04.000
 character of

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:05.039
 our God,

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.360
 the God

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.619
 that we

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.039
 want the

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.679
 nations to

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.059
 know.

00:36:11.000 --> 00:36:11.780
 Our Lord

00:36:11.780 --> 00:36:12.519
 wants us

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.000
 and all the

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.380
 world to

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.659
 know that

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:13.960
 he is

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.619
 righteous

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:16.480
 and holy

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:19.179
 and not

00:36:19.179 --> 00:36:19.639
 just to have

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.139
 that thought

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:20.400
 kind of

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:20.980
 hanging in

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.860
 our systematic

00:36:21.860 --> 00:36:22.740
 theology

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.800
 brains like

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.019
 Wayne

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.620
 Grudem's

00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.000
 book on

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.460
 a shelf.

00:36:26.700 --> 00:36:27.320
 That's not

00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:27.800
 why God

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.240
 wants us

00:36:28.240 --> 00:36:28.559
 to know

00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:28.880
 that he

00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:29.480
 is righteous.

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.240
 He wants

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:31.820
 that reality

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.539
 to operate

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:33.059
 in our

00:36:33.059 --> 00:36:33.720
 lives,

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.640
 to function

00:36:35.640 --> 00:36:36.039
 in our

00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.539
 minds and

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:36.820
 in our

00:36:36.820 --> 00:36:37.180
 hearts and

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:37.420
 the way

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.820
 we live

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.400
 our lives

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.059
 before the

00:36:39.059 --> 00:36:39.460
 world.

00:36:41.120 --> 00:36:41.800
 We know

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:42.460
 a righteous

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.460
 God.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.539
 It's

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.039
 important

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:52.279
 God's

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:53.380
 God's

00:36:53.380 --> 00:36:53.679
 righteous

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:53.920
 good.

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.380
 He's going to

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.420
 get that guy.

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.320
 A third

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.119
 reason why

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.760
 this matters

00:36:56.760 --> 00:36:57.400
 to us

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.720
 today.

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.260
 It's because

00:36:58.260 --> 00:36:59.079
 judgment

00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.300
 can either

00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:00.659
 make us

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.039
 squirm

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.680
 in discomfort

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:03.519
 or we

00:37:03.519 --> 00:37:03.920
 can become

00:37:03.920 --> 00:37:04.539
 hard-hearted,

00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:04.860
 right?

00:37:04.980 --> 00:37:05.579
 We can just

00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.599
 remove compassion

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:06.900
 from the

00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.180
 equation,

00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:07.440
 well,

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.360
 God's going

00:37:08.360 --> 00:37:08.579
 to get

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:08.780
 you,

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.079
 man.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:09.760
 Peace

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:10.039
 out.

00:37:10.380 --> 00:37:10.659
 And we

00:37:10.659 --> 00:37:11.079
 leave.

00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:12.159
 And we

00:37:12.159 --> 00:37:12.539
 condemn

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.980
 people.

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.320
 We lack

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.940
 compassion

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.240
 of our

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.840
 Lord Jesus.

00:37:16.940 --> 00:37:17.099
 Oh,

00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:17.420
 God's

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:17.720
 righteous

00:37:17.720 --> 00:37:18.079
 good.

00:37:18.159 --> 00:37:18.420
 He's going

00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:18.639
 to get

00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:19.059
 that guy,

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.680
 that creep.

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.500
 That's not

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:21.920
 who God

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:22.340
 is and

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.659
 that's not

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:22.920
 who his

00:37:22.920 --> 00:37:23.400
 people are

00:37:23.400 --> 00:37:23.680
 to be

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.079
 either.

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:28.299
 We know

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.259
 as Christians,

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.059
 as God's

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.519
 people who

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.119
 have his

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:31.359
 word,

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.000
 that God

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.019
 has determined

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.679
 to reveal

00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.480
 his righteousness

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.460
 two ways.

00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:38.379
 One,

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:38.599
 through

00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.059
 judgment

00:37:39.059 --> 00:37:40.879
 that will

00:37:40.879 --> 00:37:41.559
 be full

00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:42.359
 and finally

00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:42.980
 meted out

00:37:42.980 --> 00:37:43.480
 when Jesus

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.299
 comes back.

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.319
 That's

00:37:46.319 --> 00:37:46.759
 way number

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.119
 one.

00:37:47.699 --> 00:37:48.159
 Way number

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:50.199
 two is

00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:50.859
 by crushing

00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.859
 his son

00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:53.659
 for us.

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:54.359
 God

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.659
 there's

00:37:55.659 --> 00:37:55.819
 your

00:37:55.819 --> 00:37:56.519
 options

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:57.399
 world.

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.679
 As

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.199
 Obadiah

00:37:59.199 --> 00:37:59.659
 writes this,

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:00.079
 he says,

00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:01.579
 judgment

00:38:01.579 --> 00:38:02.199
 is coming

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:02.799
 upon all

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.319
 the nations

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.699
 and there

00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.139
 is no

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.539
 one who

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.799
 will be

00:38:04.799 --> 00:38:05.139
 spared.

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.359
 There

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.739
 is not

00:38:05.739 --> 00:38:06.219
 one who

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:06.679
 will stand

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:06.980
 in the

00:38:06.980 --> 00:38:07.359
 judgment.

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:07.819
 None

00:38:07.819 --> 00:38:08.019
 is

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.419
 righteous,

00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:08.799
 no,

00:38:08.879 --> 00:38:09.359
 not one.

00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:09.859
 No

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.339
 one seeks

00:38:10.339 --> 00:38:10.659
 God.

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.079
 No

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.259
 one

00:38:11.259 --> 00:38:11.879
 understands.

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:14.400
 God

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.860
 and then

00:38:14.860 --> 00:38:15.180
 Jesus

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:15.760
 shows up

00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.220
 and says,

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:16.660
 I give

00:38:16.660 --> 00:38:17.140
 my life

00:38:17.140 --> 00:38:17.420
 as a

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.700
 ransom

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.320
 for many.

00:38:23.360 --> 00:38:23.840
 That's

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.320
 righteous

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:25.260
 of God.

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.200
 You know

00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.400
 that,

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:27.579
 right,

00:38:27.660 --> 00:38:27.820
 friends?

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.800
 It was

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.480
 right and

00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:30.039
 just of

00:38:30.039 --> 00:38:30.420
 God to

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:30.840
 pour out

00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.220
 his wrath

00:38:31.220 --> 00:38:31.519
 on his

00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:32.019
 own son

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.400
 so that

00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:32.680
 sinners

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.160
 like us

00:38:33.160 --> 00:38:33.840
 might become

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.519
 the righteousness

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:35.320
 of God

00:38:35.320 --> 00:38:36.519
 welcomed

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.420
 into his

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:37.840
 family

00:38:37.840 --> 00:38:38.380
 forever.

00:38:39.300 --> 00:38:39.800
 God is

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.420
 righteous and

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.139
 we celebrate

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.559
 that.

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.340
 We love

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.800
 him for

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.079
 that.

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:44.820
 He's

00:38:44.820 --> 00:38:45.360
 wonderful

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.780
 because

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:46.039
 he's

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.400
 righteous.

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.639
 And

00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:51.960
 it's even

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.579
 more difficult,

00:38:52.820 --> 00:38:53.000
 right,

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:53.860
 when we

00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.420
 know that

00:38:54.420 --> 00:38:55.079
 the world

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:55.380
 and our

00:38:55.380 --> 00:38:56.000
 very neighbors

00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:56.380
 and some

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:56.659
 of our

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.740
 closest friends

00:38:57.740 --> 00:38:58.420
 and family,

00:38:58.680 --> 00:38:59.519
 they reject

00:38:59.519 --> 00:38:59.840
 the God

00:38:59.840 --> 00:39:00.280
 of the Bible

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.760
 because he's

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.420
 too mean.

00:39:01.700 --> 00:39:02.280
 He's cruel

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.980
 hearted.

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.599
 He's mean

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:04.920
 in the Old

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:05.300
 Testament.

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:05.840
 He's nice

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.200
 in the New

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.539
 Testament,

00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:06.980
 so who

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.380
 needs him

00:39:07.380 --> 00:39:07.740
 anyway?

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.200
 And so

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.680
 we shy

00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:10.400
 away from

00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:11.260
 telling people,

00:39:11.340 --> 00:39:11.440
 no,

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.639
 he's

00:39:11.639 --> 00:39:12.099
 righteous

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:12.579
 and he's

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:12.920
 loving

00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:13.519
 and he sent

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:14.160
 Jesus in

00:39:14.160 --> 00:39:14.880
 your place.

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:17.139
 We fear

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:17.880
 angering those

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.320
 we want to

00:39:18.320 --> 00:39:18.539
 save,

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:18.840
 so we

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.139
 kind of

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.599
 suppress and

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:21.200
 diminish the

00:39:21.200 --> 00:39:21.800
 righteousness of

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.200
 God and

00:39:22.200 --> 00:39:22.980
 kind of

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:24.559
 go after the

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.500
 warm and

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.240
 fuzzy things

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:26.720
 of him.

00:39:28.160 --> 00:39:28.720
 God never

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.559
 ceases to be

00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:30.019
 righteous.

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:31.079
 Obadiah says

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.539
 that the day

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:31.940
 of the Lord

00:39:31.940 --> 00:39:32.660
 is coming upon

00:39:32.660 --> 00:39:33.200
 all the

00:39:33.200 --> 00:39:34.400
 nations when

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.340
 God judges

00:39:35.340 --> 00:39:36.420
 everybody in

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:37.420
 his righteousness.

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:39.059
 It's so

00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:39.680
 clearly

00:39:39.679 --> 00:39:40.859
 peppered on

00:39:40.859 --> 00:39:41.319
 the pages

00:39:41.319 --> 00:39:41.719
 of our

00:39:41.719 --> 00:39:42.119
 Bibles.

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.659
 He wants

00:39:43.659 --> 00:39:43.980
 us to

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.579
 love his

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.139
 righteousness,

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.619
 friends.

00:39:45.699 --> 00:39:46.059
 He wants

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.279
 us to

00:39:46.279 --> 00:39:47.000
 be zealous

00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:47.619
 for it,

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.059
 be quick

00:39:49.059 --> 00:39:49.699
 to speak

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:50.079
 of it

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:51.079
 before others.

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.759
 He will

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.219
 judge all

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.599
 nations

00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:57.519
 according to

00:39:57.519 --> 00:39:58.259
 his righteousness.

00:39:59.559 --> 00:39:59.799
 So

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.259
 we ask,

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:00.579
 friends,

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.039
 do you

00:40:01.039 --> 00:40:01.519
 love

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.579
 his

00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.079
 righteousness?

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:06.679
 Do you

00:40:06.679 --> 00:40:07.219
 love it?

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.279
 If you

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:10.579
 love it,

00:40:10.639 --> 00:40:11.099
 is it

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:12.019
 operating in

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.380
 your life?

00:40:12.480 --> 00:40:13.079
 Is it

00:40:13.079 --> 00:40:14.519
 changing how

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.420
 you live?

00:40:16.900 --> 00:40:17.360
 Do you

00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:17.960
 hate sin

00:40:17.960 --> 00:40:18.360
 more?

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.840
 Because God

00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:20.460
 is righteous

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.699
 and God

00:40:21.699 --> 00:40:22.599
 himself hates

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:22.920
 sin?

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:25.460
 Are you

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.139
 longing for

00:40:26.139 --> 00:40:26.440
 the day?

00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:26.759
 Are you

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.579
 hungering and

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.179
 thirsting for

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:28.739
 the righteousness

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.480
 that one day

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:30.579
 will be satisfied

00:40:30.579 --> 00:40:31.279
 when Jesus

00:40:31.279 --> 00:40:31.840
 comes and

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.400
 brings us to

00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:32.800
 glory?

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.000
 Long all

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.360
 you want,

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.579
 Lord.

00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.119
 Long all

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.519
 you want,

00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:37.860
 friends.

00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:38.980
 You'll be

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.500
 satisfied.

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:41.119
 God is

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.840
 righteous and

00:40:41.840 --> 00:40:42.559
 he will one

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.099
 day reveal

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:43.820
 that to

00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.579
 all nations.

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:48.660
 We only

00:40:48.660 --> 00:40:49.220
 have to look

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.680
 at Edom.

00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:55.579
 Edom stands

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:55.920
 there.

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:57.599
 Fallen,

00:40:57.840 --> 00:40:58.300
 covered in

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.660
 shame,

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.360
 no more

00:40:59.360 --> 00:40:59.760
 people.

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.420
 We love

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.820
 God's

00:41:03.820 --> 00:41:04.360
 righteousness

00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:05.519
 and bravely

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.440
 and lovingly

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:08.099
 warn everybody.

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.700
 The day's

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:11.079
 coming.

00:41:14.280 --> 00:41:15.180
 And after

00:41:15.180 --> 00:41:15.700
 we get done

00:41:15.700 --> 00:41:16.220
 telling them

00:41:16.220 --> 00:41:16.519
 of the

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:16.960
 righteousness

00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:17.519
 of God,

00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:17.980
 we say,

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.960
 let me tell

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.280
 you about

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:19.940
 this sweet

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.720
 guy I know.

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.220
 His name's

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:23.099
 Jesus and

00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.760
 he gives you

00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.539
 his own

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:25.119
 righteousness

00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:26.320
 so that you

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.099
 can be spared

00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:27.840
 from judgment

00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:28.579
 forever.

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.659
 over and

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.000
 he's for

00:41:30.000 --> 00:41:30.460
 all the

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.819
 people

00:41:30.819 --> 00:41:31.619
 everywhere.

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:37.519
 The one

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:37.960
 who takes

00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:38.500
 our guilty

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.500
 sentence

00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:39.960
 upon

00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.579
 himself

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.340
 and gives

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.840
 us his

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.159
 own

00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:42.739
 righteousness

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:43.739
 forever.

00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.880
 Perfect

00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.860
 righteousness.

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:48.660
 The Lord

00:41:48.660 --> 00:41:49.180
 will judge

00:41:49.180 --> 00:41:49.640
 all the

00:41:49.640 --> 00:41:49.980
 nations

00:41:49.980 --> 00:41:50.579
 according to

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.760
 his

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.200
 righteousness

00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:52.039
 and thanks

00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.559
 be to

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.840
 God,

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.099
 friends,

00:41:53.180 --> 00:41:53.519
 we have

00:41:53.519 --> 00:41:54.260
 a refuge

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:55.059
 in Jesus

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.680
 Christ.

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.680
 We would

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.340
 not stand

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:58.720
 either.

00:42:00.360 --> 00:42:01.200
 We're among

00:42:01.200 --> 00:42:01.840
 the proud.

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:03.160
 We're among

00:42:03.160 --> 00:42:03.820
 the nations

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.220
 who will

00:42:04.220 --> 00:42:05.180
 stand at

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.760
 the judgment

00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:06.380
 and be

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:07.079
 cast out.

00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:08.340
 But for

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.280
 Christ,

00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:11.500
 only

00:42:11.500 --> 00:42:12.360
 him,

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:16.320
 flee to

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:16.559
 him.

00:42:17.240 --> 00:42:17.660
 He's your

00:42:17.660 --> 00:42:18.120
 refuge.

00:42:19.120 --> 00:42:19.559
 Day

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.400
 after day

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.059
 after day

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:21.500
 flee to

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:21.720
 him.

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.620
 You have

00:42:22.620 --> 00:42:22.880
 no

00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:23.280
 righteousness

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.720
 of your

00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:23.920
 own.

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.220
 It's

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.500
 filthy

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:24.860
 rags,

00:42:25.059 --> 00:42:25.539
 but Jesus

00:42:25.539 --> 00:42:26.660
 is your

00:42:26.660 --> 00:42:27.400
 righteousness.

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.820
 And when

00:42:28.820 --> 00:42:29.420
 God comes

00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.920
 back to

00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:30.380
 judge the

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.760
 nations,

00:42:31.680 --> 00:42:32.140
 you'll be

00:42:32.140 --> 00:42:32.599
 safe in

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.840
 him.

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.760
 Friends,

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.880
 we're now

00:42:39.880 --> 00:42:40.320
 going to

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:40.960
 gather at

00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:41.660
 the Lord's

00:42:41.660 --> 00:42:42.000
 table.

00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:45.860
 reflect on

00:42:45.860 --> 00:42:46.380
 the crushed

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:46.840
 body,

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.940
 shed blood

00:42:48.940 --> 00:42:49.300
 of our

00:42:49.300 --> 00:42:49.820
 Lord Jesus.

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.599
 We're going

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.160
 to unite

00:42:52.160 --> 00:42:53.059
 together and

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:53.880
 marveling at

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.360
 what he has

00:42:54.360 --> 00:42:54.900
 done for

00:42:54.900 --> 00:42:55.500
 unrighteous

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:56.079
 sinners like

00:42:56.079 --> 00:42:56.539
 us to

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.920
 make us

00:42:56.920 --> 00:42:57.260
 righteous.

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:59.039
 And then

00:42:59.039 --> 00:42:59.320
 we're going

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.039
 to sing as

00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:00.440
 we go,

00:43:00.860 --> 00:43:01.320
 nothing but

00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.740
 the blood.

00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:03.240
 So let's

00:43:03.240 --> 00:43:03.800
 pray together

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.400
 as the

00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:04.780
 communion

00:43:04.780 --> 00:43:05.740
 servers come

00:43:05.740 --> 00:43:06.420
 forward today.

00:43:09.620 --> 00:43:10.099
 God,

00:43:10.160 --> 00:43:10.640
 help us to

00:43:10.640 --> 00:43:11.340
 be lovers of

00:43:11.340 --> 00:43:11.500
 your

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.000
 righteousness.

00:43:12.360 --> 00:43:14.860
 thank you

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.180
 for this

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.700
 warning in

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:16.280
 Obadiah,

00:43:16.380 --> 00:43:16.599
 and I

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.099
 pray that

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.480
 you would

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.960
 make us

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:18.599
 messengers

00:43:18.599 --> 00:43:19.180
 who go

00:43:19.180 --> 00:43:19.800
 out and

00:43:19.800 --> 00:43:20.160
 say,

00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:21.220
 the day

00:43:21.220 --> 00:43:21.800
 is coming,

00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.820
 Jesus is

00:43:22.820 --> 00:43:23.340
 your hope,

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.800
 repent now.

00:43:26.099 --> 00:43:26.860
 We love

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.140
 you,

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:27.920
 give you

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.420
 thanks and

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.000
 praise in

00:43:29.000 --> 00:43:29.680
 Jesus' name.

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.640
 Amen.

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:30.780
 Amen.

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:30.820
 Amen.

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:30.840
 Amen.

00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:30.860
 Amen.

00:43:30.860 --> 00:43:30.880
 Amen.

00:43:30.880 --> 00:43:30.900
 Amen.

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:30.940
 Amen.

00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.940
 Amen.

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:34.820
 Amen.

00:43:34.820 --> 00:43:34.860
 Amen.

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:34.920
 Amen.

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:36.820
 Amen.

00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:36.860
 Amen.

00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:36.880
 Amen.

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:38.880
 Amen.

00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:38.900
 Amen.

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:38.940
 Amen.

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:38.960
 Amen.

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.480
 Amen.

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:39.500
 Amen.

00:43:39.500 --> 00:43:40.019
 Amen.

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:40.579
 Amen.

00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:40.860
 Amen.

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:40.880
 Amen.

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.360
 Amen.