Even people with no apparent interest in the Bible are recognizing that the true purpose of some of the policies we have seen are designed to reduce the human population. Bible prophecy doesn’t just explain the problem but it also gives us hope because we know that Jehovah has promised true justice. Here is a quote from Chapter 17 under the subheading ““SLAUGHTERING NATIONS WITHOUT COMPASSION”
”After Jehovah responded to Habakkuk’s initial question by introducing the prophet to the Chaldean executioner, Habakkuk was appalled at what he next envisioned involving the fear-inspiring Chaldean. That is why the prophet addressed himself to God again, imploring Jehovah to explain why he allows a treacherous tyrant to swallow down someone more righteous than he. At Habakkuk 1:14, the prophet continues his query, asking: “Why do you make man like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler?”
The answer is: Since Adam rebelled against Jehovah, leaving mankind without the direct oversight of our heavenly King, God has determined not to shield mankind from experiencing the inevitable horrific end result of rebellion. In the animal kingdom, the strongest or most cunning are considered most successful. According to the earthly, animalistic philosophical underpinnings of civilization, man is nothing more than a highly-intelligent, self-evolved animal. Such lack of spirituality has led men, originally made in the image of God, to view and treat each other in ways becoming of beasts. The ultimate end for this evil system is that entire nations are destined to be ensnared by the Chaldean, as if mere fish in a net. The 15th verse reads: “All of these he hauls up with a fishhook. He catches them in his dragnet, and he gathers them in his fishing net. That is why he rejoices greatly.”
……
Apparently, they will “succeed” in fully implementing their scheme to reduce humanity by a sizable percentage, which is why Habakkuk was inspired to write: “Woe to the one who makes evil gain for his house, so as to set his nest on the height, to escape the grasp of calamity! You have plotted shame against your house. By wiping out many peoples you sin against yourself.”
…
Verses 18-20 also depict the inglorious death of earth’s last genocidal tyrant in grisly terms, saying: “All other kings of the nations, yes, all of them, lie down in glory, each one in his own tomb. But you are discarded without a grave, like a detested sprout, clothed with the slain who were stabbed with the sword, who go down to the stones of a pit, like a carcass trampled underfoot. You will not join them in a grave, for you destroyed your own land, you killed your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never again be named.”
The Chaldean is condemned for killing his own people; however, the Scriptures do not indicate that King Nebuchadnezzar committed genocide against the people of Babylon themselves. In that respect the prophecy seems to foreshadow something else.
What?
….
From our standpoint in the 21st century, it is as if all the previous empires have lain down in decorated memorial tombs. For example, the British Museum in London houses many artifacts and treasures from ancient Assyria, Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece and Rome.
It is as if the Anglo king is the custodian of the treasures of his honored imperial predecessors. However, the last king leaves no such glorious legacy. It is as though he is left to rot like an animal carcass in the field for having perpetrated such an appallingly hideous, evil scheme.”
