How do Christians understand the vision of Obadiah? Is this an end time prophecy? If so who is Edom today? If they believe this was already fulfilled in the past and Edom no longer exists then why do we not see that the kingdom has already been established as the vision concludes?

I am very keen in space exploration, and have an ambition to be a pioneer in that field. However, I was thrown off-guard by this verse that I found, which appears to be *forbidding* space travel. > **Obadiah 1:4 (NIV)** (emphasis mine) > > Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, **from there I will bring you down**," declares the LORD Nest would relate to dwelling place, and a nest among the stars sounds very much like a space colony. The phrase "soar like eagles" could be referring to spacecraft, which have fixed wing/no wing at all, very much like a soaring bird. So in short, this verse appears to indicate that God really does not want us to explore His creation, and traverse the the universe and colonize space, but I am not sure. What is the correct interpretation of the verse from Obadiah? ---------- P.S. I have edited the question and reworded to make it more specific, please consider removing the downvotes.

Pretty straightforward question - In 1 Kings 18, Elijah speaks with a servant of the Lord named Obadiah. Is that the same guy wrote the book of the same name?

I am writing a short story based on 1 Kings 18, and I was wondering if the servant mention in verses 43 and onwards is Obadiah or not. In verse 9, Obadiah refers to himself as Elijah's servant. >9 ‘What have I done wrong,’ asked Obadiah, ‘that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be put to death? The servant that Elijah is with later on, however, wasn't named. >43 ‘Go and look toward the sea,’ he told his servant. Are they one and the same, or two different people?