The Kingdom Shall Be the Lord's | Pride Will Bring You Down (Part 3) | Obadiah 1:15–21
2026-05-31
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Good morning. We are glad to be able to gather to worship together this morning. We are thankful that God has brought us here. We are thankful for his goodness and for his grace. We're thankful for each other. And so we are glad to gather for a week together this morning. Thank you for popping as frequently. So as we gather, if you didn't get a chance, there are bulletins. In the back inside there is an order of service and an outline for our message this morning if you want to follow along that way. Later on in the service, we'll have a time of prayer, and you're welcome to share your prayer requests then. If you don't feel comfortable necessarily speaking your prayer requests out, we have some prayer cards in the little box in the back table by the bulletins.

You're welcome to write your prayer requests down there and share them with us that way. So we're going to begin with a word of prayer, and then we're going to read some Scripture together and sing. Father in heaven, I thank you so much for the grace that you have poured out upon us. Remind us this morning as we gather to worship that you are in control of all things, that you know all things, and that even in those moments in life where it feels like everything is a struggle and everything is big and hard and difficult, that you are still speaking, that you are at work, and that you are ultimately our salvation. Help us in those moments when life is going well and smoothly and seemingly with ease that you would remind us that all good things come from you and belong to you.

Make us thankful. Help us as we gather for worship this morning. May your spirit be at work in our lives. We thank you so much for Jesus. It's in his name we pray. Amen. We're going to start by reading some Scripture together and then by singing a couple songs, all intended to direct us to the fact that God is great, that he's in control, that he's working in all things. And as we move through our service, we'll ultimately see that. The book of Obed leading us to Bethlehem and to Jesus and then to Calvary. So let's go ahead and stand. We're going to read from Isaiah chapter 46 verses 9 and 10, and then we're going to do it immediately saying, you've already won. So if you would, read together with me. Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other.

I am God, and there is none like me. declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose. This is the Word of the Lord.

This peace that outlaws darkness Hope that's in the blood This future grace that's mine today That Jesus Christ has won So I can face tomorrow For tomorrow's in your hands All I need you will provide Just like you always have I'm fighting a battle You've already won No matter what comes my way I will overcome Don't know what you're doing But I know what you've done I'm fighting a battle You've already won There's mercy in the waiting Man I fought today When it's gone I'll know you're not You are my hope and slave When the sea is raiding Your spirit is my help He'll fix my eyes on Jesus Christ I'll say that it is well Oh, I know that it is well I'm fighting a battle You've already won No matter what comes my way I will overcome Don't know what you're doing But I know what you've done I'm fighting a battle You've already won

I know how the story ends, we will be with you again, you're my savior, my defense, no more fear in life, boy. We'll be right back. No more fit in life or death I know how the story ends I'm fighting a battle You've already won No matter what comes my way I will overcome Don't know what you're doing But I know what you've done I'm fighting a battle You've already won I'm fighting a battle You've already won

God bless you. that is plentiful where your streams of abundance flow blessed be your name blessed be your name when I'm found in the desert place though I walk through the wilderness blessed be your name Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to praise When the darkness closes in Lord Still I will say Blessed be your name Blessed be the name of the Lord Blessed be your glorious name Blessed be your name When the sun is shining down on me When the world's old as it should be Blessed be your name Blessed be your name On the road marked with suffering Lord, there is pain in the offering Blessed be your name Every blessing you pour out I'll turn back to grace When the darkness closes in, Lord Still I will say Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your name.

Blessed be the name of the Lord, blessed be your glorious name. You give and take away, you give and take away, my heart will choose to say. Lord, blessed be your name. You give and take away. My heart will choose to say, Lord, blessed be your name. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your name. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your glorious name. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be your name. Blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be the glorious name.

over the past several weeks we've been in the book of Obadiah we've been taking a look at pride what it looks like and how it is opposed and what it ultimately leads to so as we come to our time of confession this morning i want us to consider pride because i think pride has two sides, one side, says that I can do it, I can take care of it, I've gotten these things for myself, as we see in Obadiah, the very first verses, pride says, well, who can bring me down looking at our accomplishments, there's another side of pride, that I think Obadiah addresses, and we'll see a little bit of this morning, and that is, sometimes we look at our problems and look at our brokenness and we say well my problems they're so big and they're so

great and they're so heavy nobody can lift them and both of these are focused on ourselves what i've done or the fact that i have broken things so greatly nobody can ultimately fix them And so the ultimate solution to addressing both our pride in what we've done and in our discouragement view of ourself as having so much great brokenness is to ultimately see God's greatness again. The 106th Psalm is a psalm of giving thanks to the Lord, and it's interesting because it begins out that way. Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord. And the most of the psalm is just a list of all of the things that Israel has done for God. And at the heart of that book are these words. If you would, read them with me from the 106th psalm.

They forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt. wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. And in the midst of this psalm of thanksgiving, most of the psalm is centered around this. It's a lady from God, God, and their Savior. Right, it happens in our pride where we say, look what I have done. It also happens often in our despair where we say, there's no one there. So let's pray together.

As Father in heaven, we ask that you would forgive us, that you would fix our eyes on you, that in both the times where there is plenty of water and goodness, we bless your name in the times when it's dark and stormy and cold. In the book of Lamentations, it's written about the same time period as Obadiah, this picture of destruction and lamentation over God's city. And in the midst of God's judgment on pride, Jeremiah writes these words, the steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. And in the midst even of correction of those areas where we've fixed our eyes on ourselves, We find that God is so good, that his goodness doesn't cease, his love doesn't go away, his mercy has never come to him again. He's great. We prepare to come to the table and we're going to sing, man of sorrows.

His own betrays. The sin of men and wrath of God has been on Jesus' name. Silent as He stood accused, Beaten, mocked, and scored Bowing to the Father's will He took a crown of thorns Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation Where your love poured out over me Now my soul cries out, hallelujah Praise and honor unto thee Send of heaven, God's own Son To purchase every deed And reconcile the very ones Who nailed him to that tree Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation Where your love poured out Now my soul cries out, Hallelujah, praise and honor unto Thee.

Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full, by the precious blood that my Jesus spilled. Now the curse of sin has no hold on me, the Son sets free, oh it's free indeed. Now my debt is paid, it is paid in full By the precious blood that my Jesus filled Now the curse of sin has no hold on me Who the Son sets free, who is free indeed Oh, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, praise and honor unto thee.

See, the stone is rolled away. Behold the empty tomb. Hallelujah, God be praised. He's risen from the grave. Oh, that rugged cross, my salvation, where your love poured out over me. Now my soul cries out, hallelujah, praise and honor to Thee. Praise and honor to Thee.

passage because it ultimately confronts that idea that we are the center of all things and Paul will write this have this mind among yourselves which is yours in Christ Jesus who though he was in the form of God and not counting quality with God a thing to be grasped but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant being born in the likeness of men and being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death, even death and cross. Therefore, God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, the glory of God the Father. We live in a world, and as we've talked about repeatedly in Obadiah,

where we are very much seeking to build up our kingdoms. That's what you see as we walk through those 21 verses in Obadiah, carving cities out of the mountains, seeking safety and superiority in what we are able to make in the reality that we are faced with. That God ultimately brings those self-sufficient kingdoms down. So this morning, as we come to the table, I want us to be protected. To the king, who stepped down, picked up sin that was not his, that he did not deserve, walked up a hill, died on a cross in our place. And this bread that we are about to eat together, Jesus says, this is my body. He says it is given for us. Not taken, not conquered, but deliberately given for us. And this cup that we're about to drink, the blood of the new cup,

not earned by our goodness or by our goodness, but it has been given to us by his thanksgiving. And ultimately what Obadiah is pointing to is not just that Edom is going to face judgment for their pride and that Israel will be restored. There is coming a king who cannot be brought down, but he comes down. And he takes all of our brokenness and brings us to the mountain where he stands. Because every time you take this bread and this cup, we're not building our own kingdom. We're receiving the kingdom given by us. Father in heaven, strengthen our weakness, humble our pride, In our sorrowful hearts, the joys, even the tears of the goodness that we poured out in our hearts. We will wait within the depths of the gifts of joy that is now in the presence of the Spirit. Thank you. Take the bread. I'm going to sing.

Christ alone, Christ alone, what is our only confidence that our souls to him belong? Who holds our days within his hand? What comes apart from his command? And what will keep us to the end? The love of Christ in which we stand. Oh, sing hallelujah. Our hope is eternal. Oh, sing hallelujah. Now and ever we confess. Christ, I hope in my eyes The truth can cause a troubled soul God is good, God is good Where is His grace and goodness grown In our great Redeemer's love Who holds our faith when fears arise Who stands above the stormy trial Who sings the waves that bring us Unto the shore of the rock of Christ Oh, sing hallelujah My hope stays eternal Hallelujah, now and then we confess Christ, I will be alive And through the grave, what will we sing?

Christ, He lives, Christ, He lives And what reward will heaven bring Everlasting life with him There we will rise to meet the Lord Then sin and death will be destroyed And we will feast in endless joy When Christ is ours forevermore We'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah, all your saints eternal, we'll sing hallelujah. All the strings eternal, oh, sing high. All the strings eternal, oh, sing high. All the weak and friends, Christ our hope and love and love. All the weak and friends, Christ our hope and love and love. We are going to move into our time of prayer. The kids can be dismissed. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

We are wrapping up the book of Obadiah this morning. 21 verses and 441, 44 words in Hebrew, a short book, really confronting our pride. showing us what pride looks like, showing us where pride leads us, and then ultimately we see God's opposition to pride. And then that's where we end up this morning. We end up with that last verse, that the kingdom shall be the Lord's. And so what we'll see that in the midst of the darkness, sometimes brought upon us by our pride, And Israel faced judgment by Babylon or sometimes judgment that is brought because of others' pride. And Edom, in their pride, starts attacking God's people. That regardless of where the darkness comes from, there is good news and there is hope. So that's where we're going this morning, into some good news and a hope with a reminder that the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

Where we're going next, and throughout the summer, we're going to sort of walk through Scripture, taking a look at what it means to be refreshed, restored, and then ultimately renewed by God, His people, and His Word. And so when we talk about being refreshed, we're thinking about those times where we're tired, and we get a breath of fresh air or a cold drink, and we are renewed with more energy. When we talk about restored, we're going to be talking about those places in our life that are broken, often through our sin and our rebellion against God and how God comes and how God restores. And we look at those in the future where we find this promise of renewal. So that's where we're going to be for about 10 weeks this summer. And we'll have kind of a list of that series for you next week.

We're also going to do some different things throughout the summer. The first one is not this Wednesday, but next Wednesday. We're going to have a church cookout here Wednesday night. We're going to invite the neighborhood. So the commentary will have some fellowship. And we're going to do some more kind of outreach events in a couple weeks. On a Friday, we're going to do, maybe you've heard of cars and coffee. We drink coffee and you bring your car. We're going to do bikes and ice cream. So invite all the neighborhood kids and maybe parents, come bring your bikes. We'll have some air and some wrenches. So let's go ahead and dive into the book of Obadiah. In my Bible, I think it's like page 1275. I don't know what it is for you, but it's kind of hard to find.

It's really, really short. So we're going to pray and dive right in. Father in heaven, thank you for your word that encourages us, that convicts us. Help us this morning as we consider so much of the brokenness that we face and that we see in this world that you would deeply remind us that your truth upholds us, and that even when we can't see it, you are at work. You see, you speak, you refine us, you save us, and ultimately correct us. In Jesus' name you pray. Amen. So it's easy, I think, when things are going well, to be joyful and to be cheerful. And then another thing, when things start to go wrong for us, and I don't know how you respond when things go wrong. My tendency oftentimes is to resort to humor.

I think that's because I would rather laugh than cry. And so if I can try to make myself laugh, then I don't cry. And so I tend to resort to humor, and sometimes that's okay, and then sometimes that is the absolute wrong move to try to make a joke in the midst of suffering. And then there's other times where maybe we try to bring in some comparison or some optimism. So we say, well, it could be worse, and I always find that every time I'm in a bad situation and I say, well, I mean, it could be worse, it immediately gets worse, right? You're stranded on the side of the road, you go, oh, man, at least it's not raining, and immediately just, and it starts raining. Or we begin to compare ourselves to others.

Maybe we, in optimism, say, well, how hard can this be? And it really turns out that it's a great life. And then sometimes we stand in the midst of dark times in defiance saying, this moment won't break me, I will stand up and I will keep going. And sort of the quiet version of defiance is stubborn. I'm not going to stop. I'm going to put my head down on one foot in front of another, and I'm going to keep going and keep going. None of those responses ultimately are bad. Sometimes we have to laugh, just even if it's to keep from crying. Sometimes, Harrison helps us realize that really things aren't as bad as they seem. Sometimes we have to stand up and face problems defiantly, think, I'm not going to stop. Sometimes we stubbornly have to put our heads down and keep going.

The problem comes when the short term comes, long term. When it's not funny, when we can't face it anymore, we don't have the energy to stubbornly keep going, we can't distract, we can't hide, and that's where we find ourselves in the book of Obadiah. God's people are in the midst of a deep darkness, and it seems to be never-ending. And if you're walking through the situation in the book of Obadiah, spiritually the temple is gone. It's been burned to the ground. And it's a little different than a church being burned down because the temple in Jerusalem is where you go to meet with God. It was symbolic of his presence. It was where you went for forgiveness and restoration and for renewal. And so if the temple is gone, it seems to God's people as if God is gone.

Politically, the throne is empty. And if you read in Kings, it's a pretty tragic story. The king watches his son to be murdered, and they put out his eyes. The last thing he sees are his sons being killed and taken in a captive decline in Babylon. Relationally, relationally, the northern tribes, the ten tribes are gone. And they've been gone for more than a century. And not only are they gone, but they've been dispersed among the Gentiles. And it seems like they have just disappeared from the face of the earth. And Edom, a brother of Jacob, descended from the brother of Jacob, Esau, has now began to take advantage of his brother. Not just in the sense of the ability to take advantage of my brother, but literally, nations are great. Spiritually, politically, the land has been scarred by battle.

There's been enemy troops. There is nothing left, it seems, for God's people. so what happens when they find themselves in the darkness what happens when we find ourselves in the same place and there's times, maybe you haven't experienced it yet but it's likely at some point in this life you will the feeling where the darkness doesn't feel temporary where it feels like you can't keep going where it feels like everything is a struggle and everything is broken we do not want you to be unaware brothers of the affliction we experienced in Asia, for we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt like we had received the sentence of death, and life sometimes feels like that way. And so what do we do in those moments? Look at what Paul did.

That was to make us rely not on ourselves, but on God, who raised us from the dead. He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope. That's what I want us to see this morning in this last section of the world. As it's dark spiritually, politically, the land is scarred by battle. Those who are supposed to be near you have been taken away. Those who are supposed to have been your brothers in terms of nations have attacked you. I want us to see this on him. and he will deliver us to him. And so to do that, I want us to first of all see in the book of Obadiah that there is God's truth in the midst of darkness. And what I want to do is just very briefly look at three prophets,

one before Obadiah, then Obadiah, and then one who is after Obadiah. And I want us to see three truths in the first truth. Remember, God is not surprised. Maybe you've heard it said that no plan survives contact with the enemy. I found that to be true, especially when the plan is a family road trip and the enemy is the family, right? You're trying to get everybody in the car. You're trying to get everybody moving. Everybody's packed. Got to make sure you have everything you need. And all of a sudden, it seems like the schedule changes, the plan changes, And nothing is working out in the way that it should. And even though this has happened to us a million times, I still am always surprised. And sometimes in the midst of our struggle, it can be hard.

That God is somehow surprised by our struggles, or that he wasn't ready, or maybe he didn't care enough, or he isn't strong enough. And I want you to understand that God is not surprised in those moments that for us, we feel like everything is falling apart. and Amos written before the northern king more than a century before we get to Obadiah listen to what Amos says in that day I will raise up the roof of David that is fallen and I will repair its breaches and I will raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old that they may possess the remnants of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name declares Where's the Lord who does this? Right before there's even a thought of Babylon coming, before Assyria has taken the northern kingdom,

before Edom has turned and stood at the crossroads and blocked the captives, which we find in Obadiah, God says there is coming a day when I'm going to put it all back right, and that includes judgment on the nation of Edom. But in our darkest moments, God is not a surprise. He's already told us how we can handle it. Secondly, God is not a king. Remember the brokenness of Jerusalem? The temple is destroyed. The king of God is set up as taken. Northern tribes are gone. Edom is plundering wealth and people. And sometimes in the midst of that darkness, it can feel like every measure of victory or success has been taken away, and it's easy to lose hope. And I want you to see one of the wonders of the book of Obadiah. It's an easy book that's short.

It's about a place that's far away that we don't think about. It's far away in geography and in history. And in the midst of one of the darkest moments of God's life. And it's a message of judgment against Edom, but it's not sent to Edom. It's given to those who are in Judah, survivors of Israel, against those who are attacking God's people. And that's all for the hope and the rest of the world. One of the things that the meaning of God is set upon us. Right? It's proper to God's people from God. But in Mount Zion, there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy, and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. There is a mountain, and then on it is restoration. As a prophet comes later, Joel. Likely Joel is quoting from Obadiah.

The second witness, the fact that God saves and shall come to the past, that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Renounce, I ain't interested in those who escape as the Lord has saved. And among the survivors shall be saved. He's commentating and quoting from the book of Isaiah, reminding the people, even after the darkness maybe grows a little bit darker, that God is still in control and that God saves. And what's remarkable about this passage from the book of Joel is that right before that comes this wonderful book, that God is going to pour out his spirit on all flesh, and sons and daughters are going to prophesy, and it comes to Mount Zion, a place of escape. And what's interesting is that they turn to God's next chapter.

Peter quotes from this section of Joel as he explained to God pouring out his spirit. You think, you know, God is not surprised, he's not defeated, and he is faithful in his work, not just here, but in future generations. And one of the reasons I want us to understand it is because it's easy to sort of stand in the middle and look back and say, I see what God has done there, I know what God will do in the future, but right now it feels like I'm all alone. If you remember in John chapter 11, a man by the name of Lazarus has died. And his family is sent for Jesus. And Jesus shows up. And his sister Mary says, Lord, if you would only have been here, my brother would not have died. Jesus begins to speak about resurrection.

And Mark says, oh, yes, I know. I believe in the resurrection. That in that day far ahead, there will be resurrection. And you remember Jesus' response to her, I am the resurrection. And we're a lot. We're a lot like Martha. We saw the God in the past. We looked at the future. One of the reminders of Isaiah and Joel and of John chapter 11. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. It's that God is working out. There's someone there or someone there. In these moments where it's dark and it's difficult, God is in the world. When we are struggling, what about right now? Some of you have probably been there, and some of you have probably hiked this, but near Pompoc, right there is the canal trail that runs, and in order to bring the boats through in a more efficient manner on the canal,

instead of following the river, they cut through a mountain, and so there's this long tunnel a little over 3,000 feet. And one of the interesting things that always sort of catches me by surprise and we're walking through the tunnel on the little path and there's some drops of water and there's a little bit of mud and you walk and you walk and you walk and it feels like you've walked forever and the light at the end of the tunnel just seems to be about the same size. And then you turn and look back over your shoulder thinking, man, I must not have come very far. And the light behind you seems like it's really, really far away. And there's a moment kind of in the middle where it feels like you're not getting any closer to the light.

We are getting farther and farther away from the light. And many times in life, I feel like that's kind of where we feel like we're at all. That, yes, God has done many wonderful things in the past, and he's going to do many wonderful things in the future, but here I am, and I'm walking. And I'm not getting any closer to the light, but I am getting farther and farther away from the top of this world. And if we're really, really discouraged, I made this as a joke one time in the midst of a dark moment. It's like, oh, the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be a train, right? It feels like nothing good. God is at work in the darkness. You think, oh, God, it's virtual, but in the darkness, God, it seems.

The day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done it shall be done to you. Your deeds shall return on your own head. For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations shall drink continually. They shall drink and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been. But they shall see what is happening. But I'm not removed, I'm not far away. He's given the details. Here's your conviction in the passage that precedes us. Here's all the rules that you have broken. The things I said not to do, you've done anyway. And sometimes it's difficult to think about darkness. It feels like nobody can see this. What you have done, it will be done to you. But in Mount Zion, there shall be those who escape, and it shall be holy,

and the house of Jacob shall possess their own possessions. We said it a few moments ago, but it's worth saying again for ourselves that when we are convinced that God puts light so far away behind us, it's God saying, I see what they have done, and I am talking to people about it, and they are inside. The house of Jacob shall be afire, and the house of Joseph aflame, and the house of Esau stubble, and they shall burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor for the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken to them. I think for us it's difficult. To Jacob and Esau both were fired, but in the lives of the people of the house of Jacob, the Israelites, the fire is from fire. Like gold going into the fire and melting and the impurities being removed. And Esau and Jacob are both fired, but Jacob is being blind, and Esau is scuffled, and it's deep.

The northern and southern kingdom, it's not God abandoning, but God at work to purify sin and refine his people. In the midst of our struggle, it's not easy and it's not always what we want. God doesn't receive, he doesn't receive. God doesn't receive. Thank you so much. Hear how God serves us. Those of the Negev shall possess Mount Esau, and those of Shephelah shall possess the land of the Philistines. They shall possess the land of Ephraim, and the land of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead, and the exiles of the host of the people of Israel shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath. And the exiles of Jerusalem, who are in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the Negev. You hear that great geography lesson. And on a place I don't live, I don't necessarily want to live,

and I don't really need all of this geographical information. And it's really easy to dismiss all of these places. This isn't just a list of regions, mountains, and cities. What it is is a compass showing, literally north, south, east, west, but beyond the borders of Israel. There's a time when in the darkness God brings his truth to bear and he sees and he speaks and he refines, but he's also at work saving. And what we see here is that God is promising salvation and resurrection, that in the midst of that darkness, God sees us, find us, find us, find us. I want to leave the book of Obadiah this way. You see darkness is bigger. You see that darkness there is this promise that we can be in vain. Now, away from the book of Obadiah, but not unconnected from the book of Obadiah.

And I want to introduce us about 600 years later to two specific kings. The first king is King Herod. He's been placed on the throne of Jerusalem in Judah. The throne that rightfully belongs to David. And so he rules over God's people. But here's the real kicker that he's an idoneean. That's just a descendant of Esau. 600 years after Obadiah, there is now sitting on the throne of David in God's voice. He can't be the one.

You know what makes these words? It's 40 years before Christ. The Roman Senate declares this man here, the king of the Jews. Not by birth or covenant or by a prophet coming and anointing him, but by a Roman political body saying, the man who rules now in Jerusalem is Edomite, sitting on the throne of David in God's holy city, in fact, actually reconstructing the temple, is now king of the Jews. And Herod does almost exactly what you see in the book of Edom, or in the book of Obadiah about Edom. He builds the maritime port of Caesarea, the temple in Jerusalem, a fortress called Masada out in the desert, sort of a place for a last stand. South of Jerusalem. And maybe you've seen enough movies where the supervillain to put his base inside of a volcano, right?

Herod the Great comes, knocks the top off a hill, makes it look like a volcano, builds a city there and a fortress three and a half miles away from this mountain. And he has constructed himself, right? Takes a little hill, turns it into a big hill that looks like a volcano. Three and a half miles north of this, Deep in the shadow of this king, almost in the shadow of this mountain, there's a second king. Rather than me describe this, I can't hear what Scripture has to say about the second king. Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem, three and a half miles from Herod's volcano there. Now, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea in the days of Herod the king, Behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he who has been born king of the Jews?

For we saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship again. So there is another king of the Jews, not appointed by a political body, but he was born as a political, powerful nation in the world, the empire of Romans. How dare there be another one who is not appointed by his authority. By being the son of David, the son of Abraham, By divine appointment, the angel's word to Mary, the star that declares his presence. And so what does Herod, the Edomite, do? He does exactly what you see in God's judgment of Obadiah. And all in that reason, I'm going to stand at the crossroads to cut off the speech. It's literally history repeating itself. The first king heard the great dives. The second king of Jesus. The true king of Jesus.

The first of eternal power and greatness. The first king of Nazareth. Remember that Obadiah map we just talked about with all of those cities and those places? What Jesus does next is he goes. In his ministry to Zarephath, the territory there, he sits in Samaria, he crosses into Gilead. And let me show you something that is both wild and wonderful. In Mark, the Gospel of Mark, listen to this. Jesus withdrew his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea. and from beyond the Jordan, and from Tyre and Sidon. And when the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. That's literally the map you find at the end of Obadiah, all those cities. And all of these people, Jesus has gone there, but they're coming to him.

And notice this, right in the middle. And they're coming from Ida, even the Edomites are coming to hear this king of the Jews. He welcomes those who are, but this king doesn't build fortresses. It's not like here in the Great Archive. In fact, he doesn't even... ...cross the fortresses. He says, do you not think that I can build my father? He's not a king. He's welcomes you. How that must be Scripture to be built in us. So, I think there's questions. I don't know what this is now. I don't know why. I think there's a place called a lot. I think there's a place called a lot. I think there's a place called a lot.

And I think there's a place called a lot. And what we have done, the sin and wrong that we should have done, It shall be returned in our own head on judgment. That cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree. That judgment in Obadiah, it shall be done to you. Your deeds shall return on your own head. Jesus, at the cross, takes that punishment. All we let you do is the punishment. All we let you do is turn to the cross.

But you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, to the heavenly Jerusalem, to the innumerable angels and festal gathering, to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of the living. You might come, someday you will find this, you might get there. But you have come that in Christ there is a mountain that is far better and greater than anything that anyone has ever built. And it is secured by the blood of Christ. And if you remember the word, the blood of Abel. Jesus is killed by his brother King. When his blood cries out from the ground, he cries out from the ground.

Not the empire, not those who said, who will bring me down, not mine, not yours, but the Lord's. Is it the mountain of our achievement or of our pride or is it of the mountain?

The cross reaches him. Up in the back of Jesus' name, Obediah is lost. According to Obadiah, you find the following Jesus in the gospel. You're standing in the mountain of your own selves. You're standing in the mountain of your own selves. You're standing in the mountain of your own selves.

You're in that tunnel of your own selves. Father in heaven, we thank you for your love. We're going to stand and we're going to sing his glory and my good.

I have seen my Father's glory, revealed in Jesus Christ, and the more that I behold him, the more he satisfies, when I gaze upon his beauty, when I see him as I should, then my eyes are lifted upward. For His glory, my God. There is hope in every trial. For I can turn my heart to glory. And help me bear the thorn. So in faith I follow Jesus. On the road not understood. For I know that He is working, for His glory am I good. To our God be the glory, to our God be the grace, He alone. The name of the world, all names I will boast ever only in the Lord My God, for I know His glory is my good See the open arms of Jesus Upon the cross that day Thank you.

The name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names, I will boast ever only in the Lord, my God, for I know His glory is the name above all names. Would I gladly be made nothing For Christ will be made more Would I seek the only King That far outweighs them all I will stand before my Father Where the faithful saints have stood Praise Him for His glory in my good And with joy my heart shall praise Him For His glory in my good To our God be the glory To our God be the rest here on The name above all names

I will boast ever only in the Lord my God For I know His glory is my good To our God be the glory To our God is He alone The name above all names God will never hold me in the Lord my God For I know His glory is my good Yes, I know His glory is my good

We are so thankful that you are here with us this morning. We'll be back next Sunday taking a look at what it means to be refreshed by God's goodness and God's glory. Not this Wednesday, but the following Wednesday. We'll be here having a cookout. I invite you to come, invite a friend, come and have some food and share some fellowship with us. We're going to go ahead and have a word of prayer, and then we're going to read a verse from the book of Revelation. And we will say, God's word, Father, help us to see your glory. Help us to see your heart and have a word in our lives.

Help us find it. The book of Revelation, as the seventh seal, or seventh and final trumpet in John's vision, is sounded into a church in John's day who is facing deep persecution. They were fighting in the darkness to hear these words in Revelation chapter 11. The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. It's a reminder to us before we were, before we were here, God is. And he is purposeful, he is working, and he is faithful. And when we wake up in the morning, God is purposeful, working, faithful. Whether it's in the darkness or in the light or in the tunnel or mountains or the valleys, I encourage you to go with the confidence of people who know how the story ends, that the kingdom of our Lord, on this Christ, shall reign forever. Seek the thoughts all of you.

one second you probably know it well praise God from whom all blessings flow Praise Him, all creatures here below Praise Him, above ye heavenly hosts Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Thank you. Thank you.