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Blogger´s note: I wanted to make sure that this vision by Habakkuk was applicable to our times as often times, prophecies have double timing layer. I used Warren Wiersbe for his contemporaneity as the other quotes from teachers in the previous post are dated from centuries past. This is a continuation of that previous post titled "The Package". This commentary is to me a further confirmation that the time is short and that the Lord´s return is very close. Be encouraged my brothers and keep watching, praying, guarding your heart and looking up for Jesus, our hope of glory. (Bold Italics used by for emphasis.)
Write God’s Vision (2:1–3) (Warren Wiersbe)
Blogger´s note: I wanted to make sure that this vision by Habakkuk was applicable to our times as often times, prophecies have double timing layer. I used Warren Wiersbe for his contemporaneity as the other quotes from teachers in the previous post are dated from centuries past. This is a continuation of that previous post titled "The Package". This commentary is to me a further confirmation that the time is short and that the Lord´s return is very close. Be encouraged my brothers and keep watching, praying, guarding your heart and looking up for Jesus, our hope of glory. (Bold Italics used by for emphasis.)
Photo taken in Rio de Janeiro. Bairro Urca
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I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply [a]when I am reproved.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That [b]the one who [c]reads it may run.
3 “For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It [d]hastens toward the goal and it will not [e]fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:1-3
I will stand on my guard post
And station myself on the rampart;
And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me,
And how I may reply [a]when I am reproved.
2 Then the Lord answered me and said,
“Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That [b]the one who [c]reads it may run.
3 “For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
It [d]hastens toward the goal and it will not [e]fail.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
For it will certainly come, it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:1-3
Write God’s Vision (2:1–3) (Warren Wiersbe)
The prophet saw himself as a
watchman on the walls of
Jerusalem, waiting for a message
from God that he
could share with the people. In
ancient days, the
watchmen were responsible to
warn the city of
approaching danger, and if they
weren’t faithful, their
hands would be stained with the
blood of the people
who died (Ezek. 3:17–21;
33:1–3). It was a serious
responsibility.
The image of the watchman
carries a spiritual lesson
for us today. As God’s people,
we know that danger
is approaching, and it’s our
responsibility to warn people
to “flee from the wrath to come”
(Matt. 3:7).
If we don’t share the gospel with lost
sinners, then their
blood may be on our hands. We
want to be able to say
with Paul, “Therefore I testify
to you this day that I am
innocent of the blood of all
men” (Acts 20:26 nkjv).
You get the impression that
Habakkuk was fearful
of what the Lord might say to
him because of His servant’s
“complaint.” But the Lord
graciously answered
Habakkuk and gave him the vision
he needed to turn
his worrying into worshiping.
This vision included not only the words in Habakkuk
2, but also the revelation
of God’s glory recorded in
3:3–15. When you
behold the glory of God and
believe the Word of God,
it gives you faith to accept the
will of God.
We wouldn’t be studying this
book today had
Habakkuk
1—2
Habakkuk not obeyed God’s orders
and written down
what God had told him and shown
him. This writing
was to be permanent so that
generation after generation
could read it. It was also to be
plain, written so
that anybody could read it, and
it was to be public so
that even somebody running past
the tablets on display
could get the message
immediately.
1 Habakkuk wasn’t the only person in Judah who
needed this message, and
it was his obligation to share
it.
The revelation God gave was for
a future time and
about a future time. While the
immediate application
was to the end of the Babylonian
captivity, the writer
of the Epistle to the Hebrews
interpreted it to refer also
to the return of Jesus Christ.
Led by the Holy Spirit, he
changed “it” to “he” and applied
it to our Lord. “For
yet a little while, and he that
shall come will come, and
will not tarry” (Heb. 10:37).
the promise of his coming?” (2
Peter 3:3ff.), and God’s
reply is, “Wait for it! It will
surely come!” A discouraged
Jew in Babylonian exile might
ask, “Will the Lord
come and deliver us?” and the
answer is, “Yes! Wait for
Him!”
Amen! Maranatha, come Lord Jesus
Amen! Maranatha, come Lord Jesus
