SusanB
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Link to Chapter 17: http://jehovah-is-king.com/habakkuk/
I think we are all asking the same question that Habakkuk asked, HOW LONG. In my case, many years ago my realization was that humanity, without question, was on a path to complete annihilation and that realization was the impetus to searching for the truth about God. This is why this line of reasoning resonates with me and has the “ring of truth”. Here is how Robert King begins Chapter 17:
”The vision of Habakkuk opens with a series of questions the prophet directs to God, asking: “How long, O Jehovah, must I cry for help, but you do not hear? How long must I ask for help from violence, but you do not intervene? Why do you make me witness wrongdoing? And why do you tolerate oppression? Why are destruction and violence before me? And why do quarreling and conflict abound?”
Since Adam and Eve’s rebellion and expulsion from the paradise of peace and pleasure, trouble of all kinds— including quarreling, violence, strife, despoiling, and other forms of hurtfulness—have marked mankind’s futile existence outside of Eden. And now that numerous nations and despots possess weapons with the potential to cause destruction and death on a scale that staggers the imagination, the issue of divine intervention becomes all the more urgent.
Realistically, without taking God’s eventual intervention into consideration, there is valid basis to believe the human race will not survive. Although most people prefer not to think about such an unpleasant outcome for the world, the message of the prophets is that this present wicked civilization is eventually going to be squarely confronted with the unthinkable!”
I think we are all asking the same question that Habakkuk asked, HOW LONG. In my case, many years ago my realization was that humanity, without question, was on a path to complete annihilation and that realization was the impetus to searching for the truth about God. This is why this line of reasoning resonates with me and has the “ring of truth”. Here is how Robert King begins Chapter 17:
”The vision of Habakkuk opens with a series of questions the prophet directs to God, asking: “How long, O Jehovah, must I cry for help, but you do not hear? How long must I ask for help from violence, but you do not intervene? Why do you make me witness wrongdoing? And why do you tolerate oppression? Why are destruction and violence before me? And why do quarreling and conflict abound?”
Since Adam and Eve’s rebellion and expulsion from the paradise of peace and pleasure, trouble of all kinds— including quarreling, violence, strife, despoiling, and other forms of hurtfulness—have marked mankind’s futile existence outside of Eden. And now that numerous nations and despots possess weapons with the potential to cause destruction and death on a scale that staggers the imagination, the issue of divine intervention becomes all the more urgent.
Realistically, without taking God’s eventual intervention into consideration, there is valid basis to believe the human race will not survive. Although most people prefer not to think about such an unpleasant outcome for the world, the message of the prophets is that this present wicked civilization is eventually going to be squarely confronted with the unthinkable!”
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