"Taking Aim" -2

"Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the King's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee." (Psalms 45:5) Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, but it still delivers a big message; although at it's heart the message is against the enemies of Jacob, those being the Edomites, it's general purpose was to bring encouragement to the Israelites. In this regard, I would to think that this verse speaks about the complete and utter destruction by which Jesus will destroy all that hinders His bride; not just removing that which comes against us, but taking away the memory and all the pain that was associated with it, once and for all. After the fall of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 the Edomites passed from the pages of history; the Herods of the New Testament were part of that passing remnant. God has a way of cleaning things up, far more than man could ever do himself. If you really want to let Him, He can get you free from anything that might have a hold upon your life, but you need to let go and let God do the work. Which brings me to the second part of this verse, "whereby the people fall under Thee"; because there are a couple different ways that we can view the "people", and several different ways to look at "fall". We could place this meaning to line up with the fall of Edom, and how God took them totally out of the picture; or we could, if we wanting to look for something more promising, say that fall more represents a spirit of humility; whereby His people are utterly amazed and fall at His feet, giving up all notions of having anything to do with anything, because of all that He has done...
"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To Whom coming, as a Living Stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ." (1 Peter 2:1-5)