Habakkuk was a prophet of God. He called on the Lord one day in despair because of all the wickedness and evil that was going on within his own nation, among his own people. He could not understand why God allowed this to go on, and he felt abandoned by God, as though God was turning a deaf ear to his pleas for help. So, God answered him that He was raising up a nation of people who were evil to come against his own people. God’s plan was to use this evil nation as a judgment on his people because of their sin.
And the following was Habakkuk’s response back to the Lord:
“Are you not from everlasting,
O Lord my God, my Holy One?
We shall not die.
O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment,
and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
You who are of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
why do you idly look at traitors
and remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
You make mankind like the fish of the sea,
like crawling things that have no ruler.
He brings all of them up with a hook;
he drags them out with his net;
he gathers them in his dragnet;
so he rejoices and is glad.
Therefore he sacrifices to his net
and makes offerings to his dragnet;
for by them he lives in luxury,
and his food is rich.
Is he then to keep on emptying his net
and mercilessly killing nations forever?” (Habakkuk 1:12-17 ESV)
This is not just a history lesson here. I hope you see that. And this isn’t speaking just about the time of Habakkuk, for in the next chapter we are told that this speaks of the end and it will not prove false. And this has many parallels over to the world we live in today. For the description that Habakkuk gave of his nation and of his people (vv. 1-4) mimics what I see in my nation (the USA) and among my own people today. So many who profess faith in Jesus Christ are living just like those who don’t profess Christ.
Now, let me say here that my nation (the USA) is presently in a political battle between what is promoted as the political right vs the political left. And voting day is November 5, 2024. And the Lord has planned for me to begin posting these writings from my study of Habakkuk on November 6th, the first day after the elections. I have a sense that the timing of this is of God and, that it should be at this particular time serves a specific purpose. And so I am just trusting the Lord that he will use this for his purposes.
I also need to say that the evil nation mentioned in Habakkuk 1, who God was going to bring against his people, in judgment against them, because of their wickedness, describes perfectly the government of the USA in concert with their political NATO allies and other UN nations. But most people in my nation, as far as I can tell, are blinded to that truth. But the US government and their allies have done to other nations what they are now plotting against their own people in the USA. So they are traitors to the US citizens.
But the US government and their political allies (or some of them) have been mercilessly conquering nation after nation after nation in the world, robbing them of their natural resources, killing their people, taking over their lands, and bringing them under the authority of “the international community” for some time now. They are modern-day “Babylon,” I believe, i.e. the woman who rides the beast and who does the bidding of the beast, a group of elite who rule the world and who are the de facto government of the USA.
I believe God has been promising judgment against his adulterous, idolatrous, rebellious, lukewarm, complacent, and unfaithful church for some time now, and as supported by the prophecies of old concerning these last days, and in particular in Revelation 2-3. Evil is reigning even within the church. The gospel of Jesus Christ is diluted to where it barely resembles the true gospel. Sin goes on unchecked. And “the house of prayer” has been turned into a theatre for purposes of entertaining the world.
Many church gatherings are following the gospel according to men over and above the word of God. Bible studies are being replaced by book studies written by mere humans and including human philosophies and deleting the true gospel message. “Churches” are being built by humanistic marketing schemes, and “the church” has been turned into another big business. And way too much money is being spent on aesthetics, buildings, furnishings, marketing tools, advertising, and the stage production (the show).
I also believe this judgment has already begun in nations across the globe and is now coming home to America’s home-front. Yet, God is still calling his people to repentance and to renewed faith in their God. And he is calling us to stand strong in our faith, and to not give way to fear and intimidation, but to keep on speaking the true words of the gospel of repentance and obedience to Christ Jesus and to his commands, so that many will come to genuine salvation and have eternal life with God before the end of time.
[Matt 7:21-23; Lu 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14; Rom 12:1-2; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Co 10:1-22; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; Gal 5:16-24; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:1-17; Titus 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-10; 1 Jn 2:3-6,15-17; 1 Jn 3:4-10; 1 Pet 2:24; Heb 3:1-19; Heb 4:1-13; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2]
Not Be Silent
An Original Work / December 3, 2012
Based off Psalm 30
O Lord my God, I’ll exalt You.
I called for help, and You healed me.
O Lord my God, You brought me from
the grave. You spared me from hell.
Sing to the Lord, you saints of His;
Praise His holy name today.
Weeping may remain for a night;
Joy at break of day. Our debt He did pay!
O Lord my God, I said, “I will
Ne’er be shaken.” Secure, I felt.
O Lord my God, You forgave me.
Confident I stand in You.
When I could not see Your face
I was dismayed. I called to You.
O Lord, You are my help. You were
merciful to me; By Your grace set free!
O Lord my God, I’m so thankful for
Salvation through my Jesus.
You turned wailing into dancing;
Clothed me with Your joy today,
That my heart may sing To You
and not be silent. Praise Your name.
O Lord my God, I will give You
thanks forevermore. My Lord, I adore!
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