Edom

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Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63

Isaiah 63 – At the beginning of Isaiah 63 we find a familiar theme in Scripture. There is someone with blood-stained clothes who is robed in splendor…

Isaiah 21

Isaiah 21

Isaiah 21 – A shared truth sticks out over the past few chapters of Isaiah. All the main players surrounding Judah (Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, and Ethiopia) are under…

Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15

Isaiah 15 – Burdens are tough as a bystander watching someone who has made poor choices reap what they’ve sown.  This is particularly true when our hearts are sensitive…

2 Kings 3

2 Kings 3

2 Kings 3 – Israel and Judah had some of the best land. The neighboring Moabites envied such ground and often would attack both nations…

1 Kings 19

1 Kings 19

1 Kings 19 – “Elijah failed in the very point at which he was strongest, and that is where most men fail. In Scripture, it is the…

1 Kings 3

1 Kings 3

1 Kings 3 – “But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will…

Genesis 36

Genesis 36

Genesis 36 – After the passing of their father Isaac, Esau and Jacob separated. What follows is the lineage of Esau known as the Edomites…

Genesis 25

Genesis 25

Genesis 25 – Genesis 25 reveals the death of Abraham, the barrenness of Rebekah, finally getting pregnant, carrying twins who would be…

Malachi 1

Malachi 1

Malachi 1 – Malachi is the last of the prophets in the Old Testament. In fact, when his voice ceased, over 400 years passed before God spoke…

Zechariah 6

Zechariah 6

Zechariah 6 – The horse’s hooves hit the ground hard, riding with all their might.  Saddled behind were chariots holding four spirits going out…

Obadiah 1

Obadiah 1

Obadiah 1 – The shortest book of the Old Testament, Obadiah’s words go out against Edom, blood relatives of Israel from Esau…

Psalm 108

Psalm 108

Psalm 108 – Do you pray for rescue or victory? Right?!?!  Just think a moment on this question.  It’s quite telling as to where our mindset is when it…

Psalms 24

Psalm 24

Psalm 24 – It speaks toward the greatness of God.  Everything in creation is His.  No man can stand before the eternal Creator on his own.  Psalm 24 is…

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 2 – Even in the desert, the place Israel’s rebellion had led them, God still looked out for His people. This is quite a statement.  It’s actually astounding…

Ezekiel 35

Ezekiel 35

Ezekiel 35 – Edom was near Israel and also blood relation. Having come from Esau, the brother of Jacob, although a foreign nation, as cousins they had things in…

Ezekiel 25

Ezekiel 25

Ezekiel 25 – For the next 7 chapters, Ezekiel will bring forth messages to Judah’s surrounding nations of judgment.  Some lengthy and some just a few sentences, God speaks…

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4

Lamentations 4 – With graphic detail, Jeremiah describes all the ways in which his people suffered during the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem. Those who survived the siege lived under…

Jeremiah 49

Jeremiah 49

Jeremiah 49 – God will have the last say. Sometimes we get so caught up in the tragedy of some event or injustice that takes place with no consequences…

Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48

Jeremiah 48 – Complacency – a feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder…

Jeremiah 41

Jeremiah 41

Jeremiah 41 – People suffer when another individual sins.  The ripple effect is far-reaching.  Often we don’t think along these lines due to our own waywardness, but the ramifications…