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Pamphlet 1690 Habakkuk kc 5-2

Habakkuk wrote these words for those present at the "appointed time" (Hab. 2:3), the time of the end.

In our last study we began learning what dark and negative attributes qualify a person to be the recipient of the Wrath Of the Eternal (WOE). They are those same attributes that brought down the proud one, that wicked one, the son of perdition, Satan himself, in the first earth age. And although he has been sentenced to die, he will not actually perish until the lake of fire comes into being at the end of the Millennium. Meanwhile, at the end of this flesh age God instructs Michael to cast him out of heaven (Rev. 12:7-9) and he comes leading his "Chaldean army" and casts a net of deception upon the whole world ensnaring all those who do not have the seal of God in their foreheads (Rev. 9).

Woe to all those who follow in His footsteps!

Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
A "woe" expresses grief and distress and those who "extort a gain" (coveteth an evil covetousness), thereby building their own houses and nest eggs at the expense of others, shall indeed experience grief and distress. Woe to them! You see, there is no salvation or security in material possessions for the gods of gold and silver and science and technology are NOT God and therefore they cannot save! Yet after thousands of years of history on record, man continues to attempt to build his own stairway to heaven, his own tower of Babel, a tower which can only lead to confusion (Babel). Woe especially to him who robs from God's House, His temple, to build his own house! Our Father does not like it one bit!
[10] Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul.
Those who build their own houses at the expense of God's people, through robbery and extortion and by cutting them off from the truth of His Word, have committed the same sin Satan was sentenced to die for! That's right! It is written (Rev. 12:4) that Satan, the old dragon in the first earth age, drew 1/3 of God's children away from His mercy seat, the seat of truth and justice, i.e. His Word. Those who assist him in these last days with his casting forth of his worldwide web of deception can rest assured they will receive the same sentence if they continue to follow in his footsteps.

Note: The Hebrew word for "sin" in verse 10 is "chata" which means "to be led astray" or causatively "to lead astray". It was not just the iniquity found within Satan, but rather his "leading astray" of God's children (those 1/3) that caused him to be sentenced to death.

Ezekiel 28:16
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence [corruption], and thou hast sinned [chata]: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
The very "house" you build through "coveting an evil covetousness" shall turn on you and shall witness against you.
Habakkuk 2:11
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
In other words you make the court case real easy by providing your own incriminating evidence against yourself. All shall be revealed and made known and the wicked's own house shall be a witness against him.
[12]  Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Again, Habakkuk wrote these words for those present at the "appointed time" (Hab. 2:3), the time of the end when Babylon the great is set up, which comes forth from "that great city which reigneth over the kings of earth" (Rev. 17:18). That great city is Jerusalem which is littered with the blood of saints and "stablished" with iniquity and has become a "caldron of violence"! Woe to those kings and leaders and nations who commit fornication with her and stablish the New World Order through iniquitous measures.
[13] Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
This verse goes right to the very heart of our understanding of God's Plan for this final generation, "final" meaning that this flesh age ends right here in this final generation of the fig tree! All that the people toil for, i.e. all their works, along with their idolatrous worship of their false gods and Satan, the false-christ, will "go up in smoke", as in end in nothingness (which is what the word "vanity", aven, means in Hebrew), because the wrath of God shall end all their idolatrous ways. Here is how Dr. Moffat translates this verse:
"Has not the Lord of hosts ordained that "the toil of the nations ends in smoke", and peoples wear themselves out for nought": (Moffatt)
When the false messiah appears on the scene, the whole world with the exception of God's elect will believe that Jesus Christ has returned because Satan as the false-christ will have deceived them by his signs and miracles and wonders into believing He is God (2 Thes. 2). Therefore they will not be expecting the true Messiah when He comes at the sound of the 7th Trump. But when Jesus Christ does return the whole abominable thing is going to "go up in smoke" and the earth shall be filled with the knowledge and the glory of the LORD!
2 Peter 3:10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements [evil rudiments] shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
It is not the earth, the terra firma itself, that shall be burned up, but all that is evil, i.e. the evil, and vain, and empty works! You see, at the sound of the 7th Trump God will pour out that 7th Vial of His wrath and it will be all over, finis!
Rev. 16:17
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

Rev. 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

Jesus Christ will also destroy that great army headed by "the chief prince of Meshech" (leader of Russia) that comes against His people, the true house of Israel, from the north as per Ezekiel 38 & 39. And then... the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Habakkuk 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
The word "glory" in this verse is not "shekinah". The "glory" of the LORD in this case means the glory of His Victory! In other words, the nations shall be toiling "in the fire" but when Jesus Christ comes with His saints and destroys Babylon the Great, the purpose of which is so that all the world knows that He is the Great "I AM", the Glory of the LORD shall be made known in all the earth!

What a time to be living and serving God in these last days! Remember He stated in Hab. 1:5 that He is going to "work a work in your days", in this final generation, that you are literally going to have to see to believe because it will be so awesome that words alone cannot describe it! With all the technology and scientific wonders of our day, we have already seen more amazing things than any other generation in the history of mankind. Just think, we actually landed a man on the moon and he walked upon it. And when I hit the enter key on my computer this study will go around the world on wires, through fiber optic cables, and even into space via satellite transmission and back to those who receive the internet via satellite dish!

But hang on and stay in your Father's Word, because as the saying goes, "You ain't seen nuttin yet!"

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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