TODAY: a War is About to be
Fought Involving Ancient Nations
Psalm 83 describes this war…
DAMASCUS
Jerusalem
Psalm 83:1-5
Ten People Groups
Surrounding Israel call
for Israel’s destruction
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
LORD made a covenant with Abram,
saying: "To your descendants I have given
this land, from the river of Egypt to the
great river, the River 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
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Basemath
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Sheba
Dedan
How was the Land to be
divided among
Abraham’s descendants?
God’s Two-State Solution
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Sheba
land didDedan
Medan
What
God give to the
Arabs
and
Midian
Palestinians?
Ishbak
Shuah
Abraham’s Descendants
Lot
Gen
25:17
NKJV
Sarah
Hagar
Keturah
These were the
Isaac
Ishmael
Zimran
Moab
years
of
the
life
of
Nebajoth
Esau
Ammon
Ishmael: …he
died,
Kedar
Jacob
Jokshan
Adbeel
and was gathered
Reuben
Sheba
Mibsam
Simeon
to his people.
Dedan
Levi
Mishma
Medan
Judah
{18} (They dwelt
Dumah
Issachar
from Havilah as far
Massa
Zebulun
Midian
Dan
Hadar
as
Shur,
which
is
Naphtali
Tema
east of Egypt as
Gad
Asher
Ishbak
Jetur
you
go toward
Joseph
Haphish
Benjamin
Assyria.)
Kedemah
Shuah
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Nebajoth
Gen 25:6 NKJV But Ammon
Kedar
Jokshan
Adbeel
Abraham gave
gifts to the
Sheba
Mibsam
sons of the concubines
Dedan
Mishma
Medan
which Abraham had; and
Dumah
while he was still living he
Massa
Midian
sent them eastward,
away
Hadar
from Isaac his son, to the
Tema
Ishbak
Jetur
country of the
east.
Haphish
Kedemah
Shuah
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Sheba
Dedan
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Sheba
Dedan
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Sheba
Dedan
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Sheba
Dedan
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE EDOMITES?
Esau
Adah
Basemath*
Eliphaz
Oholibama
Reuel
Teman
Nahath
Omar
Zerah
Zepho
Shammah
Gatam
Mizzah
Jeush
Jalam
Korah
Kenaz
Amalek
*a.k.a. Mahalath, Ishmael’s daughter
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
The future
invasion
into
They interIsrael
byof
The
“Tents”
married
and
Psalm
83’s
Edom
and
the
They
were
assimilated
They
also
They
are
Where
are
confederacy,
Ishmaelites
betrayed
into the by
live in
the
attempting
these
people
led
byArab
the
described
in
their
region.
West
Bank,
to
form
a
They
also
call
groups
…and
“tents
of
Psalm
83Edom
are
brothers,
and
Palestinian
themselves
today?
they
live
and
Ishmael”
also
known
scattered
Today
in
Jordan.
State.
Muslims
in
takes
place
today
as
throughout
theyGaza.
call
…and
they
before
the
Palestinian
the
region,
themselves
hate
Israel!
day
offorced
the
LORD!
Refugees!
and
to
Palestinians!
live in tents!
United Nations Relief and Works Age
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 by Israel,
not 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 by Israel,
not 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 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 83:4 …"Come, and let us cut them
off from being a nation, That the name of
Israel may be remembered no more."
{5} For they have consulted together with
one consent; They form a confederacy
against You:
{6} The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites;
Moab and the Hagrites;
{7} Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia
with the inhabitants of Tyre;
{8} Assyria also has joined with them; They
have helped the children of Lot.
Abraham’s Descendants
Sarah
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Issachar
Zebulun
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Joseph
Benjamin
Hagar
Keturah
Ishmael
Nebajoth
Kedar
Adbeel
Mibsam
Mishma
Dumah
Massa
Hadar
Tema
Jetur
Haphish
Kedemah
Lot
Zimran
Moab
Ammon
Jokshan
Medan
Sheba
Dedan
Philistia
Gebal
Ishbak Tyre
Shuah Assyria
Midian
DAMASCUS
Jerusalem
Psalm 83
(on a modern map)
God Curses Ten
People Groups
Surrounding Israel
(Gen. 12:3a)
ASSYRIA
DAMASCUS
Jerusalem
BABYLON
Ezekiel 25-32
(on a modern map)
God Curses Seven
People Groups
Surrounding Israel
(Gen. 12:3a)
ASSYRIA
Isaiah 14:24-27
ARAM
DAMASCUS
Isaiah 17
Jerusalem
MOAB
Isa 15-16
EGYPT
Isa 18-20
EDOM
Isa 21:11-12
ARABIA - Ishmael
Isa 21:13-17
BABYLON
Isaiah 13-14
21:1-10
Isaiah 13-23
God Curses Nine nations
Gen. 12:3a
DAMASCUS
Isaiah 17
BABYLON
Jerusalem
Isaiah 13-14
- Arabia
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].
Obadiah
19-20
(on a modern map)
State of Israel =
Palestinians =
Aftermath
of
Psalm 83
Battle
Obadiah 19-20
State of Israel =
Palestinians =
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.
Outer Ring
of Nations
Ezekiel 38-39
Inner Ring
of Nations
Identified
in
Psalm 83
+
Isaiah 17
Gaza
Israel Destroy’s Edom, not 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."
Obadiah
1:19-20
(on a modern map)
State of Israel =
Palestinians =
Obadiah
1:19-20
(on a modern map)
State of Israel =
Palestinians =