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Pamphlet 1689 Habakkuk kc 5-1

Our loving Father is not really all that concerned
about these flesh bodies we are housed in temporarily,
but rather with the souls of all His children because He loves them all.

One of the "comforting" things we learned in our study of the book just preceding Habakkuk,
the Book of Nahum (comfort), is that "God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth, and is furious",
i.e. with those who take advantage of and harm His children who love and serve Him.

Furthermore, we learned that He shall NOT permit the wicked to "get away with their evil deeds" forever,
for unless they repent they will surely get exactly what they have coming to them...
when He is ready to pour out His cup of wrath upon the ungodly.

Nahum 1:2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for his enemies.
The pouring out of the cup of God's wrath is reserved strictly for His enemies,
not His children who love Him.

That only makes good sense when you think about it.

You certainly would not be angry with your children if some stranger took them captive and harmed them
or took advantage of them, would you?

Of course not, you would be angry, even furious,
with the person or persons who took them and harmed them.

[3] The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
"Walk softly and carry a Big Stick" is a gross understatement when it comes to our Father,
for though He is longsuffering (2 Pet. 3:6) and slow to anger
He has ALL elements both physical and spiritual at His disposal to chastise
(and/or destroy if so be the case) those who deservedly have it coming to them.

What we are learning here in the Book of Habakkuk, through the tender embracing of our Father,
is that the pouring out of His wrath is a necessary part of His plan,
i.e. He has purposed it, and He has a good and positive reason for doing so!

You see, it is by this means, His wondrous work that He shall work in these last days,
that many people shall come to know that He alone is the LORD God.

Remember the purpose for the pouring out of the vials (plagues) upon Egypt...
"And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt,
and bring out the children of Israel from among them" (Exodus 7:5).

Our loving Father is not really all that concerned about these flesh bodies we are housed in temporarily,
but rather with the souls of all His children because He loves them all.

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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