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July 23, 2019: Day 87 – Habakkuk 2
So the prophet asked God a question in chapter 1, where are you when things are really going bad, and now we find in chapter 2 that he is waiting for an answer. The depiction we get is that of a sentinel on a tower waiting for the word of the Lord which he expects to come which will answer that question. Right away in vs.2 we see that the Lord answers the prophet. Look at vs.4 and we find a Scripture which is taken up in Romans 1:17, Galatians 3:11 and Hebrews 10:38-39. Go ahead and look them up and read them. What we read is that the righteous will live by faith.
So the answer God gives is wrapped up in taunts to the wealthy. Those nations who are ravaging the Israelites will meet their doom. The enemy nations which are causing so much grief to the prophet and his people will meet their demise at the hands of those that they have persecuted. Basically the question of where are you when it hurts is answered with vs.3, if revenge tarries, wait for it, it will surely come, it will not delay. Wait, but it is delaying which is why I'm calling out to you. I don't feel like you are doing anything, I'm getting impatient. The answer: wait for the Lord. Look at Psalm 27 and you can see a similar theme. Actually if you look at Psalm 27:13-14 you hear the author convinced that we will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. So that would be here and now. If we would just wait for the Lord. These two themes go well together.
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