today: a war is about to be fought involving ancient nations psalm 83 describes this war…

TODAY: a War is About to be Fought Involving Ancient Nations

Psalm 83 describes this war…

DAMASCUS

Psalm 83:1-5Ten People Groups

Surrounding Israel call for Israel’s destruction

Jerusalem

Origin of Middle East

Conflict

BEGINS WITH:

God’s promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

•To give their descendants LAND

•To make them into a great NATION

•To BLESS all families on the earth

Genesis 15:18 NKJV "On the same day the "On the same day the LORD made a LORD made a covenantcovenant with Abram, with Abram, saying: "To your descendants I have saying: "To your descendants I have given given this landthis land, from the , from the river of Egypt river of Egypt to the to the great river, the great river, the River EuphratesRiver Euphrates;";"

Ishmael and Esau are angry for being left out of the promise to

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Moab and Ammon are influenced by the anger of Ishmael and Esau

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaacIsaac

Abraham

IshmaelIshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanSheba

Lot

AmmonMoab

NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

Reuben Reuben Simeon Simeon

Levi Levi Judah Judah

Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

JacobJacob

SarahSarah Hagar Keturah

Esau

Midian

DedanSheba

Kedar

Tema

BasemathIsaac

Jacob

Abraham

How was the Land to be divided among Abraham’s

descendants?

God’s Two-State Solution

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaacIsaac

Abraham

IshmaelIshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanSheba

Lot

AmmonMoab

NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

Reuben Reuben Simeon Simeon

Levi Levi Judah Judah

Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

JacobJacob

SarahSarahIsaac

Jacob

Hagar Keturah

Abraham

Esau

What land did God give to the

Arabs and Palestinians?

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

AmmonMoab

Esau NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

Gen 25:17 NKJV These were the years of the life of Ishmael: …he died, and was gathered to his people.

{18} (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.)

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelIshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

AmmonMoab

Esau NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

Keturah

Gen 25:6 NKJV But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of the concubines which Abraham had; and while he was still living he sent them eastward, away from Isaac his son, to the country of the east.

Hagar

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelIshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

AmmonMoab

Esau NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

KeturahHagar

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelZimran

Shuah

Ishbak

Midian

Medan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

AmmonMoab

Esau NebajothKedarAdbeelMibsamMishmaDumahMassaHadarTemaJeturHaphishKedemah

Tema

Kedar

KeturahHagar

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelZimran

Shuah

Ishbak

Midian

Medan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

NebajothKedarAdbeelMibsamMishmaDumahMassaHadarTemaJeturHaphishKedemah

Tema

Kedar

KeturahHagar

EsauEsau AmmonMoab

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelZimran

Shuah

Ishbak

Midian

Medan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

Jacob

Lot

NebajothKedarAdbeelMibsamMishmaDumahMassaHadarTemaJeturHaphishKedemah

Tema

Kedar

KeturahHagar

AmmonMoab

EsauEsau AmmonMoab

WHAT HAPPENED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE EDOMITES? TO THE EDOMITES?

AdahAdah OholibamaBasemath*

Eliphaz

Esau

JeushJeushReuelReuel

KorahKorah

Jalam

*a.k.a. Mahalath, Ishmael’s daughter

Teman

Omar

Zepho

Gatam

Kenaz

Amalek

Nahath

Zerah

Shammah

Mizzah

Map showing kingdom of Edom

(in red) at its largest extent,

c. 600 BC.

Area in dark red

shows the approximate boundary of classical-age

Idumea 100 BC – 135 AD

Where are these people

groups today?

…and they hate Israel!

They also live in the West Bank, and

in Jordan.

They inter-married and assimilated

into the region.

Today

they call themselves

Palestinians!

They are attempting

to form a Palestinian

State.

They also call themselves

Muslims

The “Tents” of Edom and the

Ishmaelites described in Psalm 83 are also known

today as Palestinian Refugees!

…and they

live in Gaza.

The future invasion into

Israel by Psalm 83’s

confederacy, led by the “tents of Edom

and Ishmael” takes

place before the day of the

LORD!

They were betrayed by their Arab brothers, scattered

throughout the region,

and forced to live in tents!

United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Esau’s Descendant’s Hate towards Israel is “Perpetual”

Ezekiel 35:5 NKJV "Because you [Edom] have had an ancient [perpetual] hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity…,

Because of that hate, war between the Edom and Israel is the result

…and Israel’s military

will defeat Edom

Edom is Destroyed Edom is Destroyed by Israelby Israel, , notnot the Nations the Nations

Ezekiel 25:14 NKJV ""I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD."

…when does this war take place?

Edom is Destroyed Edom is Destroyed by Israelby Israel, , notnot the Nations the Nations

Obadiah 15 NKJV "For the day of the LORD upon all the nations is near; As you have done, it shall be done to you; Your reprisal shall return upon your own head.

Obadiah 17 NKJV "But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, And there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.

{18} The house of Jacob [Israel] shall be a fire, And the house of Joseph [Israel] a flame; But the house of Esau shall be stubble; They [Israel] shall kindle them [Edom] and devour them [Edom], And no survivor shall remain of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken.

PSALM 83PSALM 83

Psalm 83:1 NKJV Do not keep silent, O God! Do not hold Your peace, And do not be still, O God!

{2} For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.

{3} They have taken crafty counsel against Your people, And consulted together against Your sheltered ones.

Psalm 83:4Psalm 83:4 … …"Come, and let us cut them "Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation, off from being a nation, That the name of That the name of Israel may be remembered no moreIsrael may be remembered no more." ."

{5} {5} For they have consulted together with For they have consulted together with one consent; They one consent; They form aform a confederacyconfederacy against You:against You:

{6} {6} The tents of The tents of EdomEdom and the and the IshmaelitesIshmaelites; ; MoabMoab and the and the HagritesHagrites; ;

{7} {7} GebalGebal, , AmmonAmmon, and , and AmalekAmalek; ; PhilistiaPhilistia with the inhabitants ofwith the inhabitants of Tyre Tyre; ;

{8} {8} AssyriaAssyria also has joined with them; They also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. have helped the children of Lot.

SarahSarah Hagar KeturahIsaacIsaac

Abraham’s Descendants

IshmaelIshmaelZimranZimran

ShuahShuah

IshbakIshbak

Midian

MedanMedan

Jokshan

DedanShebaReuben Reuben

Simeon Simeon Levi Levi

Judah Judah Issachar Issachar Zebulun Zebulun

Dan Dan Naphtali Naphtali

Gad Gad Asher Asher

Joseph Joseph BenjaminBenjamin

JacobJacob

Lot

AmmonMoab

Esau NebajothKedar

AdbeelAdbeel

MibsamMibsam

MishmaMishma

DumahDumah

MassaMassa

HadarHadar

TemaTema

JeturJetur

HaphishHaphish

KedemahKedemah

Esau AmmonMoab

HagarIshmael

PhilistiaGebalTyreAssyria

DAMASCUS

Psalm 83 (on a modern map)

God Curses Ten

People Groups Surrounding Israel

(Gen. 12:3a)

Jerusalem

BABYLON

ASSYRIA

DAMASCUS

Ezekiel 25-32 (on a modern map)

God Curses Seven

People Groups Surrounding Israel

(Gen. 12:3a)

Jerusalem

Jerusalem BABYLON Isaiah 13-14

21:1-10

ASSYRIA Isaiah

14:24-27

ARAM

DAMASCUS

Isaiah 17

MOAB Isa 15-16

Isa 21:11-12

EGYPT Isa 18-20 Isaiah 13-23

God Curses Nine nations Gen. 12:3a

ARABIA Isa 21:13-17

Isa 14:28-32

Isa 23

- Ishmael

EDOM

DAMASCUS

Jerusalem BABYLON Isaiah 13-14

- Arabia

Not mentioned in Psalm 83

DAMASCUS

Isaiah 17

What About Isaiah 17

(on a modern map)

What is the aftermath of Psalm 83 Battle?

Damascus is Completely Destroyed

Isa 17:1 NKJV The burden against Damascus. "Behold, Damascus will cease from being a city, And it will be a ruinous heap.

Isa 17:1 NIV An oracle concerning Damascus: "See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.

How is Damascus Destroyed?

Isa 17:13 NKJV The nations will rush like the rushing of many waters; But God will rebuke them and they will flee far away, and be chased like the chaff of the mountains before the wind, like a rolling thing before the whirlwind.

{14} Then behold, at eventide, trouble! And before the morning, he [Damascus] is no more. This is the portion of those who plunder us [Israel], And the lot of those who rob us.

What Becomes of the Surrounding Nations?

Obadiah 19 NKJV The South [Negev-Israel] shall possess the mountains of Esau [S. Jordan], And the Lowland [Israel] shall possess Philistia [Gaza Strip]. They [Israel] shall possess the fields of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria [West Bank]. Benjamin [Israel] shall possess Gilead [N. Jordan / Syria’s Golan Heights].

What Becomes of the Surrounding Nations?

Obadiah 20 NKJV And the captives of this host of the children of Israel [Jews in exile] shall possess the land of the Canaanites as far as Zarephath [Southern Lebanon]. The captives of Jerusalem [Jews in exile] who are in Sepharad [?] shall possess the cities of the South [S. Israel / Gaza / Sinai].

Palestinians =State of Israel =

Obadiah 19-20

(on a modern map)

Aftermath of

Psalm 83 Battle

Palestinians =State of Israel =

Obadiah 19-20

Aftermath of

Psalm 83 Battle

Obadiah 21 NKJV Then saviors shall come to Mount Zion [Jerusalem] to judge the mountains of Esau, And the kingdom shall be the Lord's.

Gaza

Inner Ring of Nations Identified

in Psalm 83

+Isaiah 17

Outer Ring of Nations Ezekiel 38-39

Israel Destroy’s Edom, Israel Destroy’s Edom, notnot the Nations the Nations

Ezekiel 25:14 NKJVEzekiel 25:14 NKJV ""I will lay My vengeance ""I will lay My vengeance on on EdomEdom by the hand of My people Israelby the hand of My people Israel, , that they may do in Edom according to My that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance," says the Lord shall know My vengeance," says the Lord GOD."GOD."

Palestinians =State of Israel =

Obadiah 1:19-20

(on a modern map)

Palestinians =State of Israel =

Obadiah 1:19-20

(on a modern map)