The World English Bible (WEB): Obadiah
Book 31 Obadiah 001:001 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle. 001:002 Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised. 001:003 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' 001:004 Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says Yahweh. 001:005 "If thieves came to you, if robbers by night--oh, what disaster awaits you--wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes? 001:006 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out! 001:007 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you.
V.--THEORY OF TRANSMIGRATION
I. REINCARNATION
The visible phenomena of the universe are bound by the universal law
of cause and effect. The effect is visible or perceptible, while the
cause is invisible or imperceptible. The falling of an apple from a
tree is the effect of a certain invisible force called gravitation.
Although the force cannot be perceived by the senses, its expression
is visible. All perceptible phenomena are but the various expressions
of different forces which act as invisible agents upon the subtle and
imperceptible forms of matter. These invisible agents or forces
together with the imperceptible particles of matter make up the subtle
states of the phenomenal universe. When a subtle force becomes
objectified, it appears as a gross object. Therefore, we can say,
that every gross form is an expression of some subtle force acting
upon the subtle particles of matter. The minute particles of hydrogen
and oxygen when combined by chemical force, appear in the gross form
of water. Water can never be separated from hydrogen and oxygen, which
are its subtle component parts. Its existence depends upon that of its
component parts, or in other words, upon its subtle form. If the
Book 31 Obadiah 001:001 The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle. 001:002 Behold, I have made you small among the nations. You are greatly despised. 001:003 The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, 'Who will bring me down to the ground?' 001:004 Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there," says Yahweh. 001:005 "If thieves came to you, if robbers by night--oh, what disaster awaits you--wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes? 001:006 How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out! 001:007 All the men of your alliance have brought you on your way, even to the border. The men who were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you.