Presents
Pamphlet 1691 Habakkuk kc 6-1
I will punish the world for their evil
Presents
Pamphlet 1691 Habakkuk kc 6-1
I will punish the world for their evil
What a truly Great and Wondrous plan our Father has to culminate the end of this flesh age and usher in the Millennial reign of Jesus Christ and His saints. In fact, it is so Great and Wondrous that when He is finished pouring out the 7th Vial on that great day of His return, then as we learned in our last study, "the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea (Habakkuk 2:14)" and all the earth "shall know that [the] I AM [is] the LORD" and "every knee shall bow to Him" (Rom. 14:11, Philip. 2:10)! To that end, we have learned in this great Book of Habakkuk that it is the embracing of God's WRATH that shall be His GLORY and it is "that knowledge" of the glory of His power and His might and His justice which shall fill the whole earth. Perhaps we should take a few moments and learn a little more about His awesome Wrath which brings about His glory.
First though, it is also very important for us to understand that God is NOT angry with His children who already know Him and who dearly love Him and serve Him in these last days and therefore, as it is written, His wrath is NOT prepared for them. Instead, they shall at that same time, i.e. at Christ's return, receive their reward and His salvation unto everlasting life.
But WOE to the ungodly who "hold the truth in unrighteousness":1 Thes. 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Here is how Isaiah, whose name appropriately means "the salvation of Yah", explains how that great day of the LORD shall come upon them:Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
"To Howl" is to "Wail"! Woe unto them!Isaiah 13:6
Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.
We must understand that this is not an act of cruelty from a "mean" God, but a two-fold act of love to chastise the ungodly and comfort those who mourn (Ps. 61:2) through the execution of His justice! Isaiah continues:[7] Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:[8] And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
[9] Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and He shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
Isaiah 13:11
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.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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