The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the cleIs of the rock, in your loIy dwelling, who say in your heart, “Who will bring me down to the ground?” Though you soar aloI like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, from there I will bring you down, declares the Lord. Obadiah 3-4
Pride, arrogance, looking to our own strength – “Look at what I’ve done!” The message of Obadiah is that the Edomites would be exterminated. Because of their unrepentant stubbornness against Israel.
As sure as the Word of God was about the judgment on Edom, so certain is the doom that awaits all who reject the forgiveness and mercy to be found only in Jesus Christ. The same Bible that predicted the devastation of Edom, who rejected God’s offer of forgiveness, is the same Bible that promises the destruction of those who reject Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Abortion, genocide, racial injustice, acts of terrorism, and many other species of violence make us cry out for justice. But God will bring closure and comfort in his time.