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Minor Prophets, Part 3: Persian Period and Restoration

  1. Lesson One
    Obadiah
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Haggai
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Zechariah
    20 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Malachi
    18 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    OT Wrap-Up (Psalm 119)
    15 Activities
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    5 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment
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Obadiah warns the Edomites directly with his prophecy. Edom had established itself in the rock city of Petra. Obadiah compares them to an eagle nesting safely in the clefts of a rock. Because Edom was cruel to Israel, Obadiah prophesies a time when Edom will be thrown down and crushed by YHWH. Edom’s lands will be forfeited to Israel, who will be established by God in the security Edom once enjoyed in high places. 

“The pride of your heart has deceived you,
   you who live in the clefts of the rocks
    and make your home on the heights,
you who say to yourself,
    ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
Though you soar like the eagle
    and make your nest among the stars,
    from there I will bring you down,”
declares the LORD. 
Obadiah 1:3-4 NIV

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