III. Edom: Graduate of Pride
A. An old problem of bitterness
1. The animosity between the Edomites and the Israelites is one of the oldest examples of discord in human relationships.
The conflict began with a struggle between Jacob and Esau in the womb of their mother Rebekah (Gen. 25:21-26). Years later, when Esau was hungry, he readily traded his birthright to Jacob for some red stew.
For that reason Esau was also called Edom (Gen. 25:30), which means red. Also, when Esau was born, his skin appeared red (Gen. 25:25). Later, Esau moved to the land of Seir (Gen. 36:8-9), the red sandstone area southeast of the Dead Sea. His descendants, the Edomites, displaced the Horites (Deut. 2:12, 22).
2. Edom refused to let the Israelites pass through their land when Israel was on the way to the Promised Land (Num. 20:14-21).
But God told Israel not to hate Edom since they were related (Deut. 23:7). However, hostility developed and continued for centuries (Ezek. 35:5). Saul (1 Sam. 14:47), David (2 Sam. 8:13-14), Joab (1 Kings 11:16), and Solomon (1 Kings 11:17-22) all had problems with the sons of Edom. Jehoshaphat of Judah and Joram of Israel joined with Edom in an attack against Moab (2 Kings 3).
Also, in Jehoshaphat’s reign, Edom joined the Ammonites and the Moabites in an attack against Judah, but the attack ended with the Ammonites and Moabites defeating the Edomites (2 Chron. 20:1-2, 10-11, 22-26).
From OTI-31 – Obadiah (961113WE) – https://youtu.be/PW3HCw0OGWA
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