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Pamphlet 1685 Habakkuk kc 4-2
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Pamphlet 1685 Habakkuk kc 4-2
We Christians in this final generation of the fig tree who have been given the privilege to go through the "dark hour", need to know and understand the depth and purpose of God's Plan, revealed right here in Habakkuk, if we are to endure unto the end when the abomination of desolation, the desolator spoken of by Daniel the prophet, comes and takes the world by storm (spiritually)! So God instructs Habakkuk to "write the vision (which He is about to reveal to him) and make it plain (clear and legible) upon the tables". The "tables" back then were box-wood tables covered with wax on which national affairs were engraved with an iron pen and then hung up in a public location, either at the temple or at the prophet's own houses, so that those who passed by might read them and spread the word.The vision is yet for an appointed time! Habakkuk 2:2
The vision is for our day!
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
So let us read it and run with it, for the vision is for our day!
Do you get the picture? The "vision" is for an "appointed time", even "The" appointed time, the time of the end when iniquity shall abound and the love of many shall wax cold. And because we know through faith and knowledge that the Word of God is true and accurate and that it shall come to pass exactly as it is written, we are energized and encouraged to remain patient and endure trials tribulation and carry on as His watchmen![3] For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Note: The two "tarry's" in this verse come from two different Hebrew words, mahahh and achar respectively, the first of which means "to question" or "hesitate". In other words, though one asks the question "How long?", the answer is that God's Word shall come to pass right on time according to His plan and His timetable, not according to man's. You see, God has His reason for what "appears" to be "tarrying" to men and His reason is because He loves ALL His children and wishes for as many who will to come to repentance.
We should never underestimate the wisdom and the beauty and perfection of our Father's plan! Again, He gives us His reason for using the wicked Chaldeans and shows us in this second chapter of Habakkuk the purpose of His judgments and why He is so patient. If you truly have eyes to see and ears to hear His words, you will find they will fill your heart with awe and joy (as it does Habbakuk's in chapter 3) in knowing how loving and wise our Father truly is. His "work that He works" (Hab. 1:5) in this final generation is truly wondrous indeed!2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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