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What does the Bible teach about Russia?

Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament
and in fact only the first sixteen verses have to do with the destruction of Edom
for the last few verses (17-21) concern the restoration of Israel.

For that reason it is necessary that we understand from the beginning
that which was prophesied concerning Esau in order to lay the foundation
for understanding what would befall him in these last days
and more importantly WHY it would happen so!

Let us begin with a few verses from the Book of Romans in the New Testament
which is taken in part from Genesis chapter 25 concerning Jacob and Esau:

But you see,
God knew them both very well before He ever placed them in Rebecca's womb
for He created all His children 'ere the earth was ever formed.

For it is written that when He did build this beautiful jewel called earth for His children,
they sang and they shouted for joy (Job 38:6-7).

So when we read for instance that God said to Jeremiah
that had He predestined Him to be a prophet to the nations
before He even placed him in his mother's womb,
now you know why. Jeremiah 1:5
"Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations."

Paul also documents in Ephesians 1:4-5 that
God's elect were chosen before the foundation of this world (cosmos)
and predestined according to the good pleasure of His will,
which means according to His plan.

Now notice the next PROPHETIC verse in Romans 9 which is a direct quote from Gen. 2523:

Therefore, and this is important,
any attempt by Esau to gain advantage and to rule over Jacob
would be doomed to failure, would it not?

This was confirmed when in this earth age he actually sold his birthright
for a mere bowl of "red" pottage.

He would later become known as the "red nation"
showing the whole world what travesties and oppressions can be brought upon a people
when an attempt to cast out God is made
and the unholy systems of socialism and communism and atheism
are placed as a yoke of bondage upon them.

I speak of the 70 year yoke of bondage placed upon Esau
beginning with the Bolshevik Revolution and the murder of Tsar Nicholas and his wife Alexandria.

That bondage lasted until the collapse of the USSR (the Iron Curtain)
and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

You see, we also have the advantage of
"seeing these things come to pass"
in this final generation which gives us an even clearer understanding of the visions of the prophets.

The other important thing we need to know is that both Jacob and Esau
would become great nations, i.e. superpowers,
even at the time of the end,
and that they would be two "manner" of people
who would continue that "cold" struggle against one another,
though the false unstable peace of "iron mixed with miry clay"
would lead those unfamiliar with God's Word to believe otherwise.

Stay alert and be watchful!

We shall discover in verse ten of Obadiah that it is because of Esau's violence
against his brother Jacob that Edom shall be cut off forever.

In other words there shall soon never, ever,
exist another nation where red communism will be allowed to rule over people.

This prophecy of Obadiah is therefore not against the individual people of Russia
who even though Edom shall be destroyed,
they can become children of the kingdom of God through the salvation of our Lord.

It should also be established as background for our study of Obadiah
that it is written in the 38th and 39th chapters of the Book of Ezekiel
that the final great confederacy (army) that assembles itself
to come against the "unwalled cities" of this nation from the north (to do violence against)
will be headed by the chief prince Meshach,
that "chief" being "Rosh" in Hebrew or in other words the leader of Russia.

It is further written that it will be God Himself
who shall "smite the bow out of his left hand" and destroy that army (Ezek. 39:3).

In Obadiah we shall see what the "report from the LORD"
has to say regarding the land of Edom
and "see" what it was that Obadiah, the servant of Yahveh, saw.

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