The book of Obadiah is the shortest (21 verses) of the prophetic books, half of which is a doublet of a passage in Jeremiah 49 seems to relate to the Edomite invasion after the destruction of Jerusalem and should be dated in the 5th century. It is generally agreed that the prophecy of Obadiah functions on two levels, the one immediate (the punishment of Edom) the other remote (the triumph of Israel on the day of Yahweh)

OBADIAH - (1) Title and prologue - Sentence pronounced on Edom - The annihilation of Edom - The guilt of Edom - The day of Yahweh. Israel revenged on Edom - The new Israel - In summary : A book prophesying the total destruction of Edom.

Jonah, unlike the other prophetic books, this short work is entirely narrative. It tells the story of a disobedient prophet who first struggles to evade his divine mission and then complains to God that his mission has, against his expectations, been successful. And, though God is indeed master of nature, the successive prodigies here narrated read like a succession of practical jokes played by God on his prophet: the sudden storm, the choice of Jonah by lot, the great fish, the plant growing in a night and withering in an hour; while the whole story is told with undisguised irony quite alien to the writing of history.

JONAH - (1) Jonah rebels against his mission - Jonah is saved - The conversion of Nineveh and God's pardon - The grievance of the prophet and God's answer - Chapter 1 to 4 -

In summary : A parable, written in the 4th century but set in the remote past. It is written with a great freedom of imagination and teaches a clear lessons of God's mercy, his power and his universality. A reluctant prophet who led Nineveh to repentance.

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Sunday, May 24, 2009

I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!

I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.

HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -