Christ in Obadiah

Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament, and from start to finish it traces a single arc the whole of Scripture will repeat: the proud brought low, and the kingdom handed back to its rightful King. Edom’s sin is named in one cutting line - The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee… that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? (v. 3) - and the LORD answers the boast: Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest a…