Question: Who was Obadiah and what was his prophecy about?
The dating is approx. 472 or 482 BC.
The prophecy concerns “Edom” (Jordon).
The apparent timing is when they (Edom, Jordon and Esau) are dealt with by the returned Messiah of Israel.
The Israel of today has yet to meet Messiah Christ Jesus, and will do when the stage of Zech. 12:10 is reached! At that stage, they will become “a Kingdom of priests unto God”, (Ex.19:6; Rev.1:6; 5:10 & 20:6).
Edom (Esau), has also to “catch up”; to the point that they will be at peace with Israel, with the same reality that applies to Israel!
That will not be possible until Christ Jesus Himself makes a special visit to Edom/Jordon at His 2nd Advent, which is a decisive visit! It will settle once and for all time, the “controversy of Jerusalem/Zion!” (Isa.34:5–8 & Isa.63).
After these events, Esau and Jacob (Israel and the PA) will be at peace with each other for the first time since their original birth; and all the problems of Jerusalem will disappear!
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