Tag - Gloating

No Gloating

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Obadiah 1:12a You should not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune. O-bservation: The Prophet Obadiah was speaking directly to the people of Edom. These people were descendants of Esau and they were located in the south part of Jordan. They were gloating over the demise of Judah, and God said through His prophet, "No Gloating!" A-pplication: The entirety of this chapter is about the coming destruction of Edom. By the first century AD it would have been difficult to even find if any Edomites remained, though some historians believe today's Palestinians might be...

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No Gloating

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Obadiah 1:12a You should not gloat over your brother in the day of his misfortune. O-bservation: The history of this passage has to do with Nebuchadnezzar's invasion and destruction of Judah (referred to here as Jacob). While Judah and all of Israel were going down, the Edomites (modern day Jordan and the descendants of Esau) stood by and watched and made fun of and even entered into the pilfering of their brothers’ nation. God said, "You shouldn't have done that." And in vs. 18, the Prophet Obadiah said, "The same will happen to you!" A-pplication: Israel...

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