Obadiah 1:21

"And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's."

There were to be sure, primary, partial, and more immediate fulfillment's of this prophecy of the preeminence of Jerusalem which came to pass exactly as Obadiah promised. Perhaps, as Deane noted, "Zerubbabel and the valiant Maccabees, who severely punished the Edomites"[24] were, in a sense, "saviours" that rose up to restore the true religion, the reading of God's law, etc.; but all such persons were, at best, only types and forerunners of the blessed Messiah, "the true saviour which is Christ the Lord."[25]

"To judge the mount of Esau ..." An immediate fulfillment of that came when the Edomites were defeated, forced to accept circumcision, and required to read the law of Moses! but far more is meant. Today, in the times of the regeneration, Jesus Christ our Lord and his holy apostles upon twelve thrones are "judging the twelve tribes of the children of Israel" (Matthew 19:28). All mankind, as well as "Mount Esau" are accountable and responsible to that judgment!

"The kingdom shall be the Lord's (KJV) ..." No earthly achievement could ever fulfill this. Only the worldwide dominion of Jesus Christ could be meant by such a declaration. This is that "Shiloh" which was foreseen by Jacob, and the "scepter" that should never depart from Judah (Genesis 49:10). This is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead and the inaguration of the reign of Christ upon the throne of David (Acts 2:31-36). This is the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham that in his seed (Christ) "all the families of the earth should be blessed" (Genesis 12:3). Here is the "Anointed one" who would restore sight to the blind and release the captives from sin (Luke 4:18). Here is the glorious One of whom it was said, "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved!" Blessed be his name forever." Amen!