Habakkuk has a second issue he wants to address with God. Habakkuk accepts God’s answer but is worried that there will be no end for the invaders. When Habakkuk complained about the sin he saw in Judah, God told him that He was handling it. He was raising up the Babylonian empire to judge Judah. […]
God answers Habakkuk’s cry regarding his “How long…” question. God doesn’t give him a timeframe but does tell him what He is doing about the issue. When Habakkuk made his first ‘complaint’ to God, he was speaking of the actions he saw going on in Judah at the time. He saw the rich oppressing the […]
Habakkuk asks a question that we have ALL probably asked at one time or another. “How long before You make right what is wrong?” I will start off with God is ALWAYS on time. He is never late and He is never early. HE knows the timing of ALL things. But as His child, who […]
Through Nahum, God calls Nineveh a “bloody city.” They are twice bloody; once for the way they acted towards others before the fall, and the devastation after the fall. Assyria was a brutal and cruel. It was notorious for its treatment of those it conquered; including taxing them to death. Assyria was NOT a ‘compassionate […]
God Himself will be contending with the city of Nineveh. HE is the Scatterer and will bring about the destruction of Nineveh through the hands of man. The Assyrians were a proud and mighty people. Their center was Nineveh. God had decreed an end to their bloody ways. God initially used them to bring about […]
