18 Jacob will be a fire and Joseph a flame;Esau will be stubble, and they will set him on fire and destroy him. There will be no survivors from Esau.”The Lord has spoken.
We were talking at our small group about all of the history woven through the bible and how we would love to investigate and understand all of the interconnections and how prophesies have or have not yet played out. Today I found some explanations on the timing of this prophesies fulfillment, I find it all so interesting. If more people understood the accuracy of Gods word I would think they would find it difficult to deny him. This is probably another reason for us to be so into the word that we can easily and confidently share truth from the scripture. but boy does it take time, I have 30min wrapped up today in looking into one verse. it makes it feel like a mountain of knowledge to climb because there is just so much to learn.
here is an execerpt from the sight I was on Have a great weekend!--
http://www.gotquestions.org/prophecies-against-Edom.html
If the later date is correct, the prophecy of Obadiah regarding Edom’s doom is more dramatic. Babylon completed its invasion of Jerusalem under King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. In the fifth century B.C., a people called the Nabateans defeated the Edomites and forced them from the city of Petra. The interval between prediction and fulfillment would, therefore, have been very short.
Regardless of the exact date, the predictions against Edom have already been fulfilled. Edom was removed from its land in the fifth century B.C., and there are no survivors of Edom today. This fulfilled the prediction inObadiah 1:18: “They shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau.” Some first-century leaders, such as Herod the Great, still traced their ancestry to Edom, but all mention of Edomites fades after the Jewish Wars of that era. At the end of the 4th century, Jerome referenced the land of Idumea (Edom), but the people of the region had long since disappeared.
Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/prophecies-against-Edom.html#ixzz3EPxFtMT0
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thanks for spending the time, so my lazy butt wouldn't have to.
ReplyDeleteJust like so many things in the bible, I can't help but wonder if there is a duel meaning to this prophesy. There is the literal fulfillment that is in the reading you are talking about. The second.........stay with me here.
It talks a lot about the connection to Jacob and Esau.....which is a link in the chain of Isaac and Ishmael. Remember the sons of Abraham? There is a lot of people that believe Ishmael is the father of Islam......and Isaac obviously in the line of the Israelites and Christianity. Maybe?......Perhaps?........i dunno
i think thats right. we are just finishing the study of the patriarchs which matches what you are explaining.
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