Joel & Obadiah: Disaster and Deliverance (Focus on the Bible) cover_type:Paperback The Apostle John's first epistle

The Apostle John's first epistle has brought conviction

reading him with careful and prayerful thought

Robert Shaw (1795-1863) was a Scottish Presbyterian theologian and minister at Whitburn (halfway between Edinburgh and Glasgow)

Michael Reeves

but also a theologian of redemptive history

Joel & Obadiah: Disaster and Deliverance (Focus on the Bible) cover_type:Paperback The Apostle John's first epistle"Disaster and Deliverance," these two words sum up something of the message of both Joel and Obadiah. In Joel, the prophet begins by announcing a disaster in terms of a locust invasion, which has affected Judah. This, however, is but the pretext for warning of an even greater disaster on the horizon for Judah. Nevertheless, the prophet holds out the prospect of deliverance. In the case of Obadiah, the focus is on Edom. Edom's pride and longstanding