God Sees Our Actions - Obadiah

 Obadiah 1:10 (ESV Strong's)

10 Because of the violence done to your brother Jacob,

shame shall cover you,

and you shall be cut off forever.

God Sees Our Actions

A truth in the Word of God is that God sees man’s activities.  Not only does the above verse give us this truth, note:

Proverbs 16:2 (ESV Strong's)

2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes,

but the LORD weighs the spirit.

Hebrews 4:13 (ESV Strong's)

13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

The prophecy of Obadiah is the Word of God against Edom.  When Israel was being taken captive by the Babylonians, the Edomites captured those Israels fleeing the Babylonians and turned them over to them.   This history of ill treatment steams all the way back to when Esau (the father of the Edomites) sold his birthright to His brother Jacob (who’s name would later be changed to Israel).  Esau deposed his brother for that.  When Israel came out of the Egypt, Edom would not let the nation simply pass through their land (Numbers 20:14-23).   God sees all this mistreatment of his people.   God judges this mistreatment.  In our world today we can often get down and out because of how God’s people are treated.   But, we can rejoice that God knows.  God is watching.  God will judge those who mistreat His people.   The book of Obadiah was written for us to learn that truth and lean upon it in times of struggle.   God is watching and will, at some point, destroy those who attempt to destroy and harm His people:

Revelation 11:16-18 (ESV Strong's)

16 And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,

“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty,

who is and who was,

for you have taken your great power

and begun to reign.

18 The nations raged,

but your wrath came,

and the time for the dead to be judged,

and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints,

and those who fear your name,

both small and great,

and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”