Old Testament

Obadiah

Babylon was one of the largest conquering empires of the ancient world. It defeated, enslaved, and relocated people from all over the Ancient Near East. One of the nations they conquered was ancient Israel, a small country that Babylon pillaged in a brutal process that took place over years.

Time Periods in the Bible: Why We Need the OT for the Epistles

Editor’s Note: For more information on this important topic, please see Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul by Richard Hays and Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament by Beale and Carson. In the previous article, we saw that the Gospels are ...