Holy Treason (Obadiah 15, 21)
“The day of the Lord is near for all nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.... And the kingdom will be the Lord ’s." Obadiah 15, 21 TREASON: “the crime of betraying one's country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government.” Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, was penned by a no name prophet. His single message is so short you could read the entire thing in less than a minute. Like every other prophet of old his message is warns the world to dismiss God at your own risk: basically, “God sees what’s going on and before long His justice is going to set things right.” Usually this idea of the coming reckoning throughout Scripture is called “the Day of the Lord”, an event of cosmic, political, and spiritual upheaval where “everything that can be shaken will be shaken” where God’s unshakable Kingdom will ultimatel...