Habakkuk 2:4 Part 4–Out With the Old And In With The New
In the previous posts in this series we have seen the prophet’s complaint about the injustice (violence) that Yahweh has allowed to take place within his home country of Judah. His fellow Judeans are abusing and misusing their kinsmen. To make matters worse, the Law covenant of Yahweh with Israel through Moses in not only powerless to stop it, the Law covenant is actually a tool to advance the injustice (Habakkuk 1:1-4
)! Then we looked at Yahweh’s response to Habakkuk’s complaint. His solution is to let loose the Babylonians upon the nations of the earth, and Judah is one of those nations (Habakkuk 1:5-11). Habakkuk stands in disbelief of the fact that Yahweh would let this happen to the Judeans. They are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Habakkuk and the Jews are more righteous than the Babylonians so how could they be God’s instrument of judgment upon the wicked Judeans (Habakkuk 1:12-2:1)? And we come to Yahweh’s answer in Habakkuk 2:2-20 Read more
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