Obadiah

Joseph Smith taught that baptisms for the dead fulfilled the words of Obadiah wherein he referred to saviors on Mount Zion. (Ensign, December 1981)

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Do you see a trend here? I’m going from short chapter to shorter to shortest. I have found, though, that instead of going from easy to easier to easiest, it is the complete opposite of that.

I believe that Obadiah is prophesying of the punishment of someone (Edom?) for something bad they did. (Vague, huh?) Anyway, he talks of Edom’s pride, how they rejoiced when Judah was destroyed, stole stuff, and prevented Judah’s escape. Obadiah says that “as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee” (vs. 15). He then goes on to say that “upon Mount Zion shall be deliverance” (vs.17). The last verse of the book discusses saviours upon Mount Zion, which the Bible Dictionary refers to as the “doctrine of salvation for the dead.” In D&C 128:14-15, it discusses the ordinances for the dead and how we can’t be saved without them, and they can’t be saved without us.

I believe in the saving ordinances of the dead. Obadiah is proof that it’s always been part of the gospel.

Up next: Habakkuk