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Devotional: June 15th

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Obadiah 1:1-11

The short prophecy of Obadiah is entirely devoted to Edom. This nation was Israel’s most relentless adversary and at the same time their closest relative. Were they not descended from Esau, Jacob’s twin brother? Now this bond of relationship ought to have spoken to Edom’s conscience. The LORD reminds him of it: it is to his brother that he has done violence (v. 10).

In their rocky lair of Mount Seir, Edom lived by robbery. They believed they were safe from all reprisals; nothing could equal their arrogance. "Thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD" (v. 4). Sooner or later human pride meets with a veto from the Almighty in a spectacular overthrow (2 Corinthians 10:4-5), a brutal awakening from the old dream cherished by man right from his early history: to reach up to heaven (Babel: Genesis 11:4) and thus to make himself equal with God (Philippians 2:6). In the modern setting, people make enormous efforts to explore the universe and to set their "nest among the stars". "Thence will I bring thee down," answers the Lord.

Dear friends, let us not allow ourselves to be dazzled by human greatness or by the success of science and technology. Let us not forget that this world is under judgment and that God will call it to account for the place it gave, on the cross, to the Lord Jesus.

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