OUR FATHER WHO PUNISHES HIS PEOPLE BUT DEFENDS THEM FROM OPPORTUNISTIC NEIGHBOURS

The book of Obadiah chapter 1 verse 13 says this;

You should not march through the gates of my people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over them in their calamity in the day of their disaster, nor seize their wealth in the day of their disaster.

This verse, giving some reasons why Edom was suffering under the judgement of God, advises the neighbours of Judah not gloat over God's people as they were being struck by catastrophes of the judgement of God.

Taking advantage of the people of God while their Lord dealt with them to punish them, invites severe repercussions to anyone who would march triumphantly into their cities and ransack their wealth.

When the Lord punishes His people, it is not a license for neighboring societies to take advantage of the season of weakness in order to gain control over them and take what they have.

In the present milieu, even as the kingdom of darkness had sensed weakness in the people of God during a season where the Lord was straightening out His people, they plotted to opportunistically grab at the levers of global power but they miscalculated the nature of the lull in the influence of God's people and will now face spiritual consequences for their ill-advised power grab.

Amen.

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