WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.240 Be seated. 00:00:04.500 --> 00:00:06.640 Again, my name is Sebastian Biannigord. 00:00:06.700 --> 00:00:09.320 It's a joy and delight to be with you. 00:00:09.980 --> 00:00:17.780 I was mentioning earlier before the service that I first visited Buclue in 2014 when I first visited Edinburgh. 00:00:17.780 --> 00:00:23.780 And I remember the visit and the warmness and kindness of this congregation. 00:00:24.140 --> 00:00:29.060 So I'm glad to be here with you again as we look at God's Word. 00:00:29.059 --> 00:00:36.460 Now, if you have your Bibles with you, if you would open to the book of Habakkuk, Habakkuk chapter 1. 00:00:37.060 --> 00:00:44.399 I will be with you, Lord willing, tonight and the following two Sunday evenings as we look at this book. 00:00:44.500 --> 00:00:47.719 So we'll take one chapter each time. 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:54.159 Now, as we get started today, I want to orient ourselves in the history of God's people. 00:00:54.159 --> 00:01:02.140 The beginnings of God's people can be traced back all the way back to Abraham, to the promise that was given to him by God. 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:10.759 To have this promise that they would be given a land, that they would be given a people to possess that land. 00:01:11.539 --> 00:01:17.560 And as we move on, we find the promise given that there are going to be kings that come from that line. 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:22.579 And with David, we see the beginning of that promise being fulfilled. 00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:26.320 You know, people united in the promised land. 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:32.579 But following the rule of his son Solomon, the kingdom is divided, split into two. 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.079 Israel in the north, with Samaria as its capital. 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:43.379 And then we have Judea or Judah in the south, where we have Jerusalem as the capital. 00:01:43.379 --> 00:01:54.379 And these two exist, you know, side by side until 722, when we see Samaria fall at the hands of the Assyrians. 00:01:54.699 --> 00:01:58.239 And it seems that Jerusalem is going to fall as well. 00:01:58.939 --> 00:02:01.340 As the Assyrians are standing outside of Jerusalem. 00:02:02.099 --> 00:02:09.620 And it's at that time that the king of Judah, as Hezekiah, prays to God, asks him to deliver them. 00:02:10.019 --> 00:02:12.900 That God actually does do just that. 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:16.319 He delivers the people from the Assyrians. 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:21.180 But after the reign of Hezekiah, came his son, Manasseh. 00:02:21.819 --> 00:02:24.579 You know, a man who rebelled against God. 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:27.620 Who worshipped the pagan gods. 00:02:27.699 --> 00:02:32.680 Who even sacrificed his own son to the pagan gods. 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:36.659 You know, his son followed and was no better. 00:02:36.979 --> 00:02:39.579 And then after him came Josiah. 00:02:39.580 --> 00:02:44.780 And there came the time where we see the temple being restored. 00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:51.640 Where we see the law of God being found and being proclaimed among the people. 00:02:52.300 --> 00:02:56.460 We see all the altars to the pagan gods being removed. 00:02:57.100 --> 00:02:59.820 It seems like things are going in the right trajectory. 00:03:00.880 --> 00:03:02.680 Things are finally turning for the better. 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:07.879 And then Josiah dies in battle as we just read. 00:03:08.780 --> 00:03:11.640 And this brings us to the time of Habakkuk. 00:03:12.200 --> 00:03:14.960 With Josiah the king being dead. 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:17.900 His one son reigning for three months. 00:03:17.900 --> 00:03:21.120 Until the Egyptians come and they remove him. 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:23.840 And place his brother on the throne instead. 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:26.060 The man Jehoiakim. 00:03:26.560 --> 00:03:27.560 As he is mentioned. 00:03:28.540 --> 00:03:30.480 And his history we see in 2 Kings. 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:31.620 2 Chronicles. 00:03:31.860 --> 00:03:33.259 And in the book of Jeremiah. 00:03:33.719 --> 00:03:36.360 Who is a contemporary of Habakkuk. 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:37.960 And Jehoiakim. 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:39.960 Was not like Josiah. 00:03:40.759 --> 00:03:42.120 But as we saw in the text. 00:03:42.420 --> 00:03:42.920 This evening. 00:03:43.300 --> 00:03:44.659 He did what was evil. 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:46.319 In the sight of the Lord. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.620 Now you may wonder. 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:50.840 Why this history lesson? 00:03:51.459 --> 00:03:53.759 Well to understand the book of Habakkuk. 00:03:54.419 --> 00:03:55.879 And to understand the complaints. 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.659 That we are going to see him bring against God. 00:03:59.180 --> 00:04:00.500 We need to understand first. 00:04:00.579 --> 00:04:02.959 The centrality of God's promises. 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:06.039 You know God has promised to them a land. 00:04:06.539 --> 00:04:07.500 And a people. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.599 So we can see the confusion of Habakkuk. 00:04:11.000 --> 00:04:12.840 In relation to this promise. 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:14.719 And then second we see. 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.139 The state of the nation. 00:04:17.019 --> 00:04:17.659 You know we've seen. 00:04:17.779 --> 00:04:18.759 How Josiah. 00:04:18.899 --> 00:04:20.480 Who seemed to be the great promise. 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:21.800 False. 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:22.500 And instead. 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:24.199 We see more and more. 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:25.399 Wickedness. 00:04:25.599 --> 00:04:26.339 And idolatry. 00:04:26.500 --> 00:04:27.920 Spreading throughout the land. 00:04:28.680 --> 00:04:29.019 And. 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:30.759 You know there's this saying. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:32.379 As the king goes. 00:04:33.139 --> 00:04:34.060 So goes the people. 00:04:34.860 --> 00:04:36.719 And that is what we see over and over again. 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:37.839 In first. 00:04:38.000 --> 00:04:38.920 In first. 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:40.000 And in second kings. 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:41.500 And with this. 00:04:41.779 --> 00:04:42.620 You know let us read. 00:04:43.379 --> 00:04:44.879 Habakkuk chapter 1. 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:46.600 Beginning in verse 1. 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:48.019 And this is the word. 00:04:48.519 --> 00:04:49.180 Of God. 00:04:49.180 --> 00:04:54.379 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. 00:04:55.340 --> 00:04:55.959 Oh Lord. 00:04:56.060 --> 00:04:58.019 How long shall I cry for help. 00:04:58.560 --> 00:04:59.819 And you will not hear. 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:02.259 Or cry to you violence. 00:05:02.840 --> 00:05:04.400 And you will not save. 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:07.699 Why do you make me see iniquity? 00:05:07.699 --> 00:05:11.099 Why do you idly look at wrong? 00:05:11.859 --> 00:05:14.599 Destruction and violence are before me. 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:17.079 Strife and contention arise. 00:05:17.899 --> 00:05:20.199 So the law is paralyzed. 00:05:20.959 --> 00:05:23.679 And justice never goes forth. 00:05:24.299 --> 00:05:26.639 For the wicked they surround the righteous. 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:30.060 So justice goes forth perverted. 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:31.620 Look. 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:33.800 Among the nations. 00:05:34.560 --> 00:05:35.139 And see. 00:05:36.419 --> 00:05:37.019 Wonder. 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:38.519 And be astounded. 00:05:39.479 --> 00:05:41.259 For I'm doing a work. 00:05:41.620 --> 00:05:42.560 In your days. 00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:44.300 That you would not believe. 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:45.019 If told. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:46.620 For behold. 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:47.139 I am. 00:05:47.519 --> 00:05:49.159 Raising up the Chaldeans. 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:51.060 That bitter and hasty nation. 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:52.879 Who marched through. 00:05:53.459 --> 00:05:54.620 The breath of the earth. 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:56.079 To seize dwellings. 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:57.019 Not their own. 00:05:57.959 --> 00:05:59.419 They are dreaded and fearsome. 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:00.699 Their justice and dignity. 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:02.079 Go forth from themselves. 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:04.719 Their horses are swifter than leopards. 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.899 More fierce than the evening wolves. 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:09.560 Their horsemen press proudly on. 00:06:09.620 --> 00:06:12.240 And their horsemen come from afar. 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:14.939 They fly like an eagle. 00:06:15.159 --> 00:06:16.639 Swift to devour. 00:06:17.779 --> 00:06:19.339 They all come for violence. 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:21.199 All their faces forward. 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:23.879 They gather captives like sand. 00:06:24.779 --> 00:06:25.379 At kings. 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:26.600 They scoff. 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:27.699 And at rulers. 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:28.600 They laugh. 00:06:29.040 --> 00:06:29.759 They laugh. 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:30.779 At every fortress. 00:06:30.899 --> 00:06:32.100 Where they pile up earth. 00:06:32.519 --> 00:06:33.439 And take it. 00:06:34.519 --> 00:06:36.019 Then they sweep by like the wind. 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:36.759 And go on. 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:37.659 Guilty men. 00:06:38.100 --> 00:06:39.219 Whose own might. 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:40.779 Is their God. 00:06:40.779 --> 00:06:44.959 Are you not from everlasting? 00:06:45.799 --> 00:06:47.059 O Lord my God. 00:06:47.139 --> 00:06:48.039 My Holy One. 00:06:48.439 --> 00:06:49.899 We shall not die. 00:06:50.739 --> 00:06:51.299 O Lord. 00:06:51.359 --> 00:06:53.279 You have ordained them as a judgment. 00:06:54.339 --> 00:06:55.279 And you O Rock. 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:57.000 Have established them for reproof. 00:06:57.159 --> 00:06:57.479 You. 00:06:57.979 --> 00:06:59.299 Who are of pure eyes. 00:06:59.379 --> 00:07:00.239 And to see evil. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:02.359 And cannot look at wrong. 00:07:03.079 --> 00:07:05.339 Why do you idly look at traitors? 00:07:05.719 --> 00:07:07.079 And remain silent. 00:07:07.159 --> 00:07:08.619 When the wicked swallows up. 00:07:08.620 --> 00:07:10.340 The man more righteous than he. 00:07:11.180 --> 00:07:11.980 You make mankind. 00:07:11.980 --> 00:07:13.379 Like the fish of the sea. 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:14.800 Like crawling things. 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.579 That have no ruler. 00:07:17.899 --> 00:07:19.939 He brings all of them up. 00:07:19.980 --> 00:07:20.519 With a hook. 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:22.439 He drags them out. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:23.079 With his net. 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:24.139 He gathers them. 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:25.019 In his dragnet. 00:07:25.220 --> 00:07:26.579 So he rejoices. 00:07:26.939 --> 00:07:27.660 And is glad. 00:07:28.379 --> 00:07:29.560 Therefore he sacrifices. 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:30.319 To his net. 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:31.660 Makes offerings. 00:07:31.780 --> 00:07:32.459 To his dragnet. 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:33.300 For by them. 00:07:33.399 --> 00:07:33.920 He lives. 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:34.980 In luxury. 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:37.120 And his food is rich. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.319 Is he then. 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:41.680 To keep on emptying his net. 00:07:42.459 --> 00:07:44.480 And mercilessly killing nations. 00:07:45.280 --> 00:07:45.600 Forever. 00:07:46.600 --> 00:07:47.040 Amen. 00:07:47.980 --> 00:07:49.959 And thus marks the reading of God's holy. 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:51.840 In the errant word. 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:53.160 Let us pray. 00:07:57.160 --> 00:07:57.899 Father God. 00:07:58.000 --> 00:07:58.699 We thank you. 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:01.680 That you speak to us in your word. 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:01.759 Lord. 00:08:02.639 --> 00:08:03.819 We pray this evening. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:04.800 That you may speak. 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:06.220 To your servants. 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:08.160 That you may. 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:09.639 Enlighten us. 00:08:10.720 --> 00:08:12.120 By your Holy Spirit. 00:08:13.900 --> 00:08:14.680 And father. 00:08:14.759 --> 00:08:15.500 We pray this. 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:17.500 In Jesus name. 00:08:18.500 --> 00:08:18.960 Amen. 00:08:22.220 --> 00:08:23.319 Last month. 00:08:23.420 --> 00:08:24.160 On May 12th. 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:26.540 There's a Christian student. 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:27.540 In Nigeria. 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:29.080 Deborah. 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:30.800 Yakubu. 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:32.159 Who posted. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:33.800 In a WhatsApp group. 00:08:34.560 --> 00:08:35.440 Jesus Christ. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:36.620 Is the greatest. 00:08:37.580 --> 00:08:38.360 He helped me. 00:08:38.620 --> 00:08:39.539 Pass my exams. 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.779 And because of this. 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:42.840 She was then. 00:08:43.019 --> 00:08:43.420 Stoned. 00:08:43.740 --> 00:08:44.279 To death. 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:45.100 By a mob. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:46.460 And her body. 00:08:46.580 --> 00:08:47.100 Was burned. 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:48.940 All because of her faith. 00:08:49.500 --> 00:08:50.200 In Christ. 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:52.259 About a month later. 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:53.200 Forty Christians. 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:54.420 Were murdered. 00:08:54.560 --> 00:08:55.639 During a worship service. 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.779 In Nigeria. 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:57.679 And there have already. 00:08:58.220 --> 00:08:58.759 This year. 00:08:58.860 --> 00:09:00.179 Been 23 attacks. 00:09:01.199 --> 00:09:01.620 You know. 00:09:01.620 --> 00:09:02.340 Near the church. 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:03.299 At churches. 00:09:03.299 --> 00:09:03.899 This year. 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:05.000 In Nigeria. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:06.299 And the words. 00:09:06.699 --> 00:09:07.279 That we see. 00:09:07.360 --> 00:09:08.240 In this passage. 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:10.519 Of violence. 00:09:11.500 --> 00:09:12.279 Of iniquity. 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:13.259 Of destruction. 00:09:13.639 --> 00:09:14.279 Of injustice. 00:09:15.199 --> 00:09:16.059 Of the wicked. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.419 Swallowing up. 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:18.699 The righteous. 00:09:19.100 --> 00:09:19.360 Are. 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:20.779 Perhaps the first. 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:21.080 Words. 00:09:21.139 --> 00:09:21.939 That we may think of. 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:23.600 As we think of. 00:09:23.700 --> 00:09:24.700 What has been happening. 00:09:24.700 --> 00:09:26.060 In Nigeria. 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:26.660 And the words. 00:09:26.660 --> 00:09:27.280 Of the prophet. 00:09:28.660 --> 00:09:29.920 Of how long. 00:09:30.740 --> 00:09:31.759 Probably echoes. 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:33.259 In the churches. 00:09:33.259 --> 00:09:34.580 Of our brothers and sisters. 00:09:35.259 --> 00:09:36.140 In Nigeria. 00:09:36.259 --> 00:09:37.379 And as years go on. 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:38.400 With rampant. 00:09:38.920 --> 00:09:39.840 Injustice. 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:41.020 You know. 00:09:41.040 --> 00:09:41.740 Where the wicked. 00:09:42.140 --> 00:09:43.460 Devoured the righteous. 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:46.120 And when it seems. 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:47.480 That God is. 00:09:47.740 --> 00:09:48.759 Entirely passive. 00:09:50.040 --> 00:09:51.000 We're instead. 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:52.240 Reminded this evening. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.080 From this chapter. 00:09:54.820 --> 00:09:55.840 That God is at work. 00:09:57.759 --> 00:09:58.620 That God. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:09:59.720 Is at work. 00:10:00.600 --> 00:10:01.560 So the three things. 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:02.259 We will look at. 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:02.779 This evening. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:04.360 Is first. 00:10:04.419 --> 00:10:05.340 The cry of lament. 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:08.039 We'll see the cry of lament. 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:08.860 And then second. 00:10:09.600 --> 00:10:09.960 The. 00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:11.680 The unexpected answer. 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:14.820 The unexpected answer. 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:15.560 And then finally. 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:16.139 And thirdly. 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.820 The call to act. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:20.120 Call to act. 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:20.679 So first. 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:21.560 If you would. 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:22.100 Look at verses. 00:10:22.340 --> 00:10:23.120 Two and four. 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:23.659 With me. 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:25.220 At the cry of lament. 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:27.039 You know. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:27.600 This opening. 00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:28.320 Is. 00:10:28.600 --> 00:10:29.620 Something that we see. 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:31.259 In several of the psalms. 00:10:31.799 --> 00:10:33.080 Like in Psalm 13. 00:10:33.220 --> 00:10:33.539 Where we. 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.639 We find David. 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:34.879 Say. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:35.500 How long. 00:10:35.560 --> 00:10:35.980 Oh Lord. 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:36.580 How long. 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:37.980 Will you forget me forever? 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:39.940 How long. 00:10:40.179 --> 00:10:41.740 Will you hide your face. 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:42.539 From me? 00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.960 Now this experience. 00:10:44.960 --> 00:10:46.240 Of feeling. 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:47.600 As if God. 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:48.879 Can not hear us. 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:49.820 Or does not. 00:10:50.259 --> 00:10:50.940 Hear us. 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:52.659 Is it not limited. 00:10:52.659 --> 00:10:53.580 To Habakkuk? 00:10:54.379 --> 00:10:55.300 Not limited. 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:56.399 To David. 00:10:56.740 --> 00:10:58.180 Because in this cry. 00:10:58.860 --> 00:10:59.480 For God. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.120 To hear. 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:00.960 And to listen. 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:02.300 You each. 00:11:02.440 --> 00:11:02.759 Christian. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:03.779 Can identify. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:04.820 The times. 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:05.920 In their own lives. 00:11:06.779 --> 00:11:07.560 Where you face. 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:08.480 Inner struggles. 00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:09.279 Outer. 00:11:10.080 --> 00:11:10.639 Challenges. 00:11:11.800 --> 00:11:12.320 Adversaries. 00:11:12.460 --> 00:11:13.120 And yet. 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:14.899 Despite. 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:15.700 Countless. 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:16.300 Of times. 00:11:16.460 --> 00:11:16.940 In prayer. 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:19.220 Numerous. 00:11:19.380 --> 00:11:19.860 Tears. 00:11:20.620 --> 00:11:21.200 Wondering. 00:11:21.320 --> 00:11:21.940 If God. 00:11:22.460 --> 00:11:23.060 Is really. 00:11:23.180 --> 00:11:23.560 Listening. 00:11:24.920 --> 00:11:25.720 For Habakkuk. 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:26.300 The prayers. 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:26.940 Have been. 00:11:27.520 --> 00:11:28.000 Concerned. 00:11:28.020 --> 00:11:28.820 The injustices. 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:30.300 That surrounded him. 00:11:30.860 --> 00:11:31.180 Remember. 00:11:31.260 --> 00:11:31.880 At this time. 00:11:31.880 --> 00:11:32.440 We have. 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:33.480 Jehoiakim. 00:11:34.180 --> 00:11:34.980 On the throne. 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:36.780 And the righteousness. 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:37.640 You know. 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.280 Was rampant. 00:11:38.380 --> 00:11:38.760 Throughout. 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:39.560 The nation. 00:11:40.120 --> 00:11:41.100 Fellow Israelites. 00:11:41.400 --> 00:11:41.800 Sinning. 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:42.960 Against one another. 00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:44.500 Taking advantage. 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.360 Of the poor. 00:11:45.680 --> 00:11:46.780 And the needy. 00:11:46.779 --> 00:11:48.000 And the righteous. 00:11:48.939 --> 00:11:50.139 Those who truly. 00:11:50.139 --> 00:11:51.199 Believed in God. 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.339 And who followed him. 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:53.480 They're the ones. 00:11:53.559 --> 00:11:54.259 Who are suffering. 00:11:55.419 --> 00:11:55.919 And the prophet. 00:11:56.059 --> 00:11:56.559 Jeremiah. 00:11:57.000 --> 00:11:58.000 Gives us an account. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.480 Of another prophet. 00:11:59.939 --> 00:12:01.279 Who was prophesying. 00:12:01.379 --> 00:12:02.059 In that day. 00:12:03.159 --> 00:12:03.679 And. 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:04.000 And. 00:12:04.100 --> 00:12:05.059 He was prophesying. 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:05.519 Against. 00:12:05.899 --> 00:12:06.319 Jerusalem. 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:07.620 Because of the sins. 00:12:07.620 --> 00:12:08.500 That they were committing. 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:08.600 King. 00:12:09.399 --> 00:12:10.379 And as a result. 00:12:10.500 --> 00:12:10.919 The king. 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:11.580 Jehoiakim. 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:12.700 Had him captured. 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:14.419 And executed. 00:12:15.580 --> 00:12:17.019 Those who spoke the truth. 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:18.700 They were slandered. 00:12:19.080 --> 00:12:19.720 Silenced. 00:12:20.659 --> 00:12:21.039 Killed. 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:23.440 While those who spread lies. 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.340 And unbelief. 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:25.899 Were instead. 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:27.200 Elevated. 00:12:28.659 --> 00:12:29.539 And we see. 00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:29.879 In this. 00:12:29.980 --> 00:12:30.700 Words themselves. 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:33.039 How long. 00:12:33.980 --> 00:12:34.159 I mean. 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:34.860 There's a sense. 00:12:34.860 --> 00:12:35.379 In there. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:36.559 That Habakkuk. 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:37.700 Has been praying. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:38.360 For a while. 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:41.360 But he's been consistently. 00:12:41.360 --> 00:12:42.399 Racing up. 00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:43.580 His appeals. 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:44.620 To God. 00:12:45.059 --> 00:12:45.879 As these acts. 00:12:45.879 --> 00:12:46.840 Of injustices. 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:48.179 Have persisted. 00:12:49.120 --> 00:12:50.019 And at the heart. 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:51.159 Of Habakkuk's lament. 00:12:52.240 --> 00:12:53.799 Is not the injustice. 00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:54.620 Itself. 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.139 Even though. 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:57.600 Of how terrible it is. 00:12:58.539 --> 00:12:58.659 No. 00:12:58.679 --> 00:12:59.179 At the heart. 00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.820 Of the lament. 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:02.200 Is God's. 00:13:03.059 --> 00:13:03.659 Passivity. 00:13:03.659 --> 00:13:05.600 His. 00:13:06.100 --> 00:13:06.860 Inaction. 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:07.240 The. 00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:08.519 Unanswered. 00:13:08.579 --> 00:13:09.120 Prayers. 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.559 Of Habakkuk. 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:11.279 The law. 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:12.980 Habakkuk says. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:13.699 Is paralyzed. 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:15.719 People break. 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:16.779 God's law. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.039 Over and over again. 00:13:19.299 --> 00:13:19.759 And yet. 00:13:19.839 --> 00:13:20.679 Nothing happens. 00:13:22.019 --> 00:13:22.459 The wicked. 00:13:22.699 --> 00:13:23.139 Suffer. 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:24.500 No consequences. 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.259 While. 00:13:25.659 --> 00:13:26.159 The righteous. 00:13:26.459 --> 00:13:27.259 Are devoured. 00:13:29.699 --> 00:13:30.539 But God. 00:13:30.600 --> 00:13:31.539 Is not passive. 00:13:31.539 --> 00:13:33.779 He is not. 00:13:33.860 --> 00:13:34.259 Ignoring. 00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:34.959 Their cries. 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:35.259 No. 00:13:35.319 --> 00:13:36.059 He hears. 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:37.379 And he is. 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:37.939 Working. 00:13:38.899 --> 00:13:39.559 Each day. 00:13:39.939 --> 00:13:41.039 And every hour. 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:41.679 In accordance. 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.339 With his plan. 00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:44.959 So next. 00:13:45.059 --> 00:13:45.439 We go on. 00:13:45.459 --> 00:13:45.719 To see. 00:13:45.819 --> 00:13:46.379 The unexpected. 00:13:46.620 --> 00:13:47.099 Answer. 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:47.879 That God. 00:13:47.939 --> 00:13:48.439 Will give. 00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:48.959 In verses. 00:13:49.120 --> 00:13:49.379 Five. 00:13:49.459 --> 00:13:49.959 To eleven. 00:13:50.959 --> 00:13:51.899 And the first thing. 00:13:51.959 --> 00:13:52.579 We note here. 00:13:53.459 --> 00:13:54.279 Is that God. 00:13:54.620 --> 00:13:54.980 Responds. 00:13:55.099 --> 00:13:55.339 In. 00:13:55.639 --> 00:13:56.120 The plural. 00:13:57.419 --> 00:13:57.860 Y'all. 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:58.539 Or. 00:13:59.139 --> 00:13:59.500 I don't know. 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:00.559 If you say that. 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:01.339 Here in Scotland. 00:14:01.619 --> 00:14:01.879 But. 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.679 You all. 00:14:03.059 --> 00:14:03.359 You know. 00:14:03.359 --> 00:14:03.699 Look. 00:14:05.059 --> 00:14:05.619 You all. 00:14:05.819 --> 00:14:06.159 See. 00:14:06.399 --> 00:14:06.819 You all. 00:14:06.979 --> 00:14:07.339 Wonder. 00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:08.019 You all. 00:14:08.500 --> 00:14:09.419 Be astounded. 00:14:10.859 --> 00:14:11.139 You know. 00:14:11.159 --> 00:14:11.899 This tells us. 00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:12.699 That as Habakkuk. 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:13.199 Spoke. 00:14:13.599 --> 00:14:14.039 To God. 00:14:14.119 --> 00:14:14.699 He did so. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.439 Not merely. 00:14:16.099 --> 00:14:16.899 As an individual. 00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:17.819 But he was speaking. 00:14:18.219 --> 00:14:18.859 On behalf. 00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:19.799 Of God's people. 00:14:21.119 --> 00:14:21.539 So God. 00:14:21.579 --> 00:14:22.259 Is telling the people. 00:14:22.319 --> 00:14:22.659 Of God. 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.599 To look. 00:14:23.939 --> 00:14:24.479 To see. 00:14:24.579 --> 00:14:25.079 To wonder. 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:25.659 And to be. 00:14:26.339 --> 00:14:26.779 Astounded. 00:14:27.919 --> 00:14:28.139 You know. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:28.619 We can tell. 00:14:28.699 --> 00:14:29.259 Even from. 00:14:29.379 --> 00:14:29.539 You know. 00:14:29.539 --> 00:14:30.639 That of the magnitude. 00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.360 That is coming. 00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:34.539 That there is a terrible judgment. 00:14:35.439 --> 00:14:36.079 That is coming. 00:14:36.179 --> 00:14:36.980 And the whole people. 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:39.419 Should be astonished by it. 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:40.480 See. 00:14:40.519 --> 00:14:41.059 God is saying. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.379 That he is not passive. 00:14:42.559 --> 00:14:43.399 He is actively. 00:14:43.879 --> 00:14:44.259 Working. 00:14:44.379 --> 00:14:44.980 And his work. 00:14:44.980 --> 00:14:45.480 Is such. 00:14:45.599 --> 00:14:46.439 That Habakkuk. 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:48.019 And the rest of the people. 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.459 They would not believe it. 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:50.860 See. 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:52.000 One commentator. 00:14:52.860 --> 00:14:53.099 O. 00:14:53.099 --> 00:14:53.860 Palmer Robertson. 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:54.539 Points out. 00:14:54.539 --> 00:14:55.860 That the event. 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:56.919 That would astonish. 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.519 Israel. 00:14:58.059 --> 00:14:59.000 Was not. 00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.579 Ultimately. 00:14:59.579 --> 00:15:00.399 The action. 00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.699 Of the Chaldeans. 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.219 The Babylonians. 00:15:03.339 --> 00:15:03.699 But of. 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.740 The great. 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:05.539 Work. 00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:06.279 Of God. 00:15:07.199 --> 00:15:07.740 That God. 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:08.279 Is the one. 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.399 Who is raising up. 00:15:09.500 --> 00:15:10.159 This terrible. 00:15:10.599 --> 00:15:11.039 Instrument. 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:11.980 The Chaldeans. 00:15:12.599 --> 00:15:13.399 As an instrument. 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.059 Of judgment. 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.740 Upon. 00:15:15.299 --> 00:15:15.740 Israel. 00:15:17.019 --> 00:15:17.899 But Israel. 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:19.120 Did not expect this. 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:21.940 But in reality. 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:23.259 They should expect it. 00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:25.679 For they had been warned. 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:27.019 That when Israel. 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:27.799 Entered into. 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:28.500 The covenant. 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:29.240 With God. 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:29.580 In. 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:30.620 Deuteronomy. 00:15:31.379 --> 00:15:32.600 The people promised. 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.480 To love God. 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.639 To listen to him. 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.919 And to follow him. 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.220 And God. 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:37.980 Gave them a list. 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.879 Of the many blessings. 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.679 That they would enjoy. 00:15:40.679 --> 00:15:41.419 If they listened. 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:43.600 But then he proceeded. 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:44.320 To give them a list. 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:45.019 Of the curses. 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:46.180 That would come upon them. 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.980 If they did not. 00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:47.899 Listen. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.480 If they would. 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:49.159 Turn. 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:50.320 And reject him. 00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:52.700 And what these curses are. 00:15:53.800 --> 00:15:54.220 That you shall. 00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:55.360 You shall serve. 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:56.100 Your enemies. 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:57.300 Whom the Lord. 00:15:57.360 --> 00:15:58.240 Will send against you. 00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.779 In hunger. 00:15:59.180 --> 00:15:59.700 And thirst. 00:15:59.800 --> 00:16:00.539 And nakedness. 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.120 And lacking. 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:01.620 Everything. 00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.279 And he will put a yoke. 00:16:03.340 --> 00:16:03.899 Of iron. 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.659 On your neck. 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:06.659 Until he has destroyed you. 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:08.539 Because of Israel's. 00:16:08.539 --> 00:16:09.159 Great sin. 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.879 They should. 00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:11.600 Expect curses. 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.639 And not blessings. 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:15.779 Even Israelites. 00:16:15.779 --> 00:16:17.080 Like Habakkuk. 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:19.600 Who sought to live righteously. 00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.860 To honor God. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.800 In their actions. 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:22.820 Speech. 00:16:22.820 --> 00:16:24.020 And thoughts. 00:16:24.460 --> 00:16:25.780 Could not imagine. 00:16:25.780 --> 00:16:27.040 That God would use. 00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:29.400 A Gentile nation. 00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:31.040 Who was far worse than them. 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:32.280 As an instrument. 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.639 Of judgment. 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.139 Now. 00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.060 Chaldean. 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.120 It's just a different word here. 00:16:37.180 --> 00:16:38.160 For Babylonians. 00:16:39.120 --> 00:16:39.940 Around this time. 00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:40.460 Babylon. 00:16:40.460 --> 00:16:42.220 Is rather quickly. 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.639 Gaining power. 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:45.519 Growing stronger and stronger. 00:16:45.660 --> 00:16:46.440 Under their king. 00:16:47.040 --> 00:16:47.600 Nebuchadnezzar. 00:16:48.680 --> 00:16:49.620 So the Assyrians. 00:16:49.800 --> 00:16:50.360 And the Egyptians. 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.080 Are both. 00:16:51.160 --> 00:16:51.560 Going to. 00:16:51.740 --> 00:16:52.759 Wither and fall. 00:16:52.879 --> 00:16:53.340 Before. 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.639 Babylon's might. 00:16:55.740 --> 00:16:56.580 And they will come. 00:16:56.700 --> 00:16:57.680 For Israel as well. 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.120 Within. 00:16:59.280 --> 00:17:00.680 Within only a year or two. 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:03.360 Of Habakkuk's prophecy. 00:17:04.019 --> 00:17:05.340 People will be deported. 00:17:05.920 --> 00:17:06.900 Be taken away. 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.640 From their homes. 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.740 And within 20 years. 00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.380 Jerusalem. 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.920 Will have fallen. 00:17:11.720 --> 00:17:12.519 And its inhabitants. 00:17:12.859 --> 00:17:13.259 Largely. 00:17:13.799 --> 00:17:14.759 In Babylon. 00:17:16.160 --> 00:17:16.960 Now the prophet. 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:17.799 Habakkuk. 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.000 He had prayed. 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:19.480 For God. 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.259 To respond. 00:17:20.380 --> 00:17:21.140 To the injustice. 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.960 Committed in Israel. 00:17:23.079 --> 00:17:24.700 Between fellow Israelites. 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:27.140 But he had not imagined. 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:28.240 That the solution. 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.180 To this injustice. 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:30.279 Would be captivity. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.720 And in the fall. 00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.759 Of Jerusalem. 00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.720 But God says. 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:35.359 That he. 00:17:35.599 --> 00:17:36.319 Is raising up. 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.120 The Babylonians. 00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.259 That God is the one. 00:17:38.259 --> 00:17:39.500 Who is in control. 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.339 Of all things. 00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.839 That there is nothing. 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.440 That happens. 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:43.279 In the world. 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.720 Outside of his plan. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.019 Of how the rise. 00:17:46.059 --> 00:17:46.559 And the fall. 00:17:46.640 --> 00:17:47.319 Of empires. 00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:48.000 And kingdoms. 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:49.539 Are in accordance. 00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.839 With his great plan. 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.240 And he has chosen. 00:17:52.400 --> 00:17:52.799 Babylon. 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.779 As his instrument. 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:56.480 And you see. 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.720 Verses six onward. 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.220 God's own description. 00:17:59.220 --> 00:17:59.759 Of them. 00:18:00.759 --> 00:18:01.839 Of how they seize. 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.460 Dwellings. 00:18:02.579 --> 00:18:03.500 Not their own. 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.640 You know. 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.240 One commentator. 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:05.859 Points out. 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.539 That this sounds. 00:18:06.539 --> 00:18:06.980 Similar. 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.359 To the promise. 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.660 That Israel was given. 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.400 Before they came. 00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.460 To the promised land. 00:18:13.180 --> 00:18:13.539 As God. 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:14.220 And Deuteronomy. 00:18:14.339 --> 00:18:14.700 Promised. 00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:15.759 That they would receive. 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:16.839 Great. 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:18.000 And good cities. 00:18:18.579 --> 00:18:19.839 That they did not build. 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.039 Houses. 00:18:21.400 --> 00:18:21.599 Full. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.700 Of all good things. 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:24.240 That they did not fill. 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:25.359 Cisterns. 00:18:25.420 --> 00:18:26.380 That they did not dig. 00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.140 And vineyards. 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:28.579 That they did not plan. 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:30.879 So Israel was told. 00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:32.039 That they would receive. 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.539 The promised land. 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:35.720 Because of God's promise. 00:18:36.659 --> 00:18:37.379 But also. 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.839 Because of the sins. 00:18:39.019 --> 00:18:39.839 The many sins. 00:18:39.919 --> 00:18:40.759 Of the Canaanites. 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:42.179 Of the people. 00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:43.119 That have been living. 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.799 In the land. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.619 But here in Habakkuk. 00:18:45.699 --> 00:18:46.079 We see. 00:18:46.439 --> 00:18:47.819 A reversal of this. 00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.699 Of how in the promise. 00:18:49.699 --> 00:18:50.379 Of judgment. 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:52.059 That God delivers. 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.039 To Habakkuk. 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.799 Israel is the one. 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.439 Who is like. 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.740 The Canaanite nation. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:58.160 Whose land. 00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:59.140 Will be taken away. 00:18:59.140 --> 00:18:59.779 From them. 00:19:00.539 --> 00:19:01.880 Because of their sins. 00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.640 We see in verse 7. 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.839 That their justice. 00:19:07.019 --> 00:19:07.680 The Babylonians. 00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.339 Go forth. 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.240 From themselves. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.400 They set their own. 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.819 Standard. 00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.720 Of justice. 00:19:13.380 --> 00:19:13.980 No one else. 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:14.539 Can set. 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.420 Their definitions. 00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:15.980 Of right. 00:19:16.099 --> 00:19:16.620 And wrong. 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.799 They're swift. 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:19.059 They move quickly. 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:20.500 Conquering everyone. 00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.299 Before them. 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:22.660 Verse 8. 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.960 That horsemen. 00:19:24.039 --> 00:19:25.200 They come from afar. 00:19:25.200 --> 00:19:26.940 It doesn't matter. 00:19:27.019 --> 00:19:27.539 That Babylon. 00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.700 Is far away. 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:29.380 From Israel. 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:31.360 They're coming. 00:19:32.580 --> 00:19:32.819 You know. 00:19:32.840 --> 00:19:33.819 We're not as concerned. 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.580 When an enemy. 00:19:34.580 --> 00:19:35.620 Is far away. 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:37.019 But the distance. 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.900 Will not matter. 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.559 And they come. 00:19:39.680 --> 00:19:40.640 Verse 9 says. 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.819 But for what purpose? 00:19:42.600 --> 00:19:43.799 They come for violence. 00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:46.019 We see a similarity here. 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.299 With many of the Israelites. 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.460 That Habakkuk. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.380 Described to us. 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.400 In the first few verses. 00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.960 Of being. 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.559 You know. 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.799 People of violence. 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:55.519 The judgment. 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.079 That Israel. 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:57.399 Is receiving here. 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.480 It's a just judgment. 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.460 Of similarity. 00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:02.200 As people in Israel. 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.259 Spread violence. 00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:04.339 All around them. 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:05.899 Israel. 00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:06.859 Will be overcome. 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.480 By violence. 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:09.899 And further. 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.759 The Babylonians. 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.279 Will gather. 00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.059 The captives. 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.180 Like sand. 00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:15.119 And even this picture. 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.799 Is interesting. 00:20:16.220 --> 00:20:17.399 Using a sand. 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:19.500 Because in Genesis 22. 00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:21.000 We see God. 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:22.180 Promising Abraham. 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.419 Descendants. 00:20:23.420 --> 00:20:24.700 So many. 00:20:25.100 --> 00:20:25.300 You know. 00:20:25.300 --> 00:20:26.019 Like the sand. 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:27.400 As numerous as the sand. 00:20:27.800 --> 00:20:28.940 Is how many descendants. 00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:30.120 That he will have. 00:20:31.259 --> 00:20:32.000 That they have been warned. 00:20:32.060 --> 00:20:33.460 That if they break the covenant. 00:20:33.800 --> 00:20:35.180 They reject God. 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.740 They shall be gathered up. 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.640 And taken. 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:38.779 Into captivity. 00:20:40.060 --> 00:20:40.640 And there's nothing. 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.140 That scares the Babylonians. 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.820 Verse 10. 00:20:43.500 --> 00:20:44.580 They laugh at kings. 00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.220 And rulers. 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.500 Nothing fears them. 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.600 As they go. 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:48.360 And they conquer. 00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.720 And they go on. 00:20:50.340 --> 00:20:50.920 They are. 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:51.759 God says. 00:20:51.759 --> 00:20:52.660 In verse 11. 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.980 And guilty men. 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:55.400 Whose own might. 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.360 Is their God. 00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:58.000 To their strength. 00:20:58.080 --> 00:20:59.060 And their prowess. 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:00.460 Are the very things. 00:21:00.519 --> 00:21:01.460 That they worship. 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:02.640 You know. 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:03.000 And this. 00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:04.480 Entire description. 00:21:04.600 --> 00:21:05.900 That God gives us. 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.259 Gives us. 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:08.100 A picture. 00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:09.360 Of the severity. 00:21:10.300 --> 00:21:11.160 Of the judgment. 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:12.700 That is coming upon. 00:21:13.060 --> 00:21:13.500 Israel. 00:21:14.560 --> 00:21:16.400 Now God's answer here. 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:18.320 The answer of judgment. 00:21:18.320 --> 00:21:19.440 Is unexpected. 00:21:20.580 --> 00:21:22.120 But it should not be. 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:24.019 See Habakkuk figured out. 00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.540 Figured out. 00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:24.780 That. 00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.500 All that was needed. 00:21:26.800 --> 00:21:28.220 Was just a little bit. 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.300 Of reproof. 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:30.460 A little bit. 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.220 Of discipline. 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:32.759 But no. 00:21:32.840 --> 00:21:33.820 It is full scale. 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.500 Judgment. 00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:35.860 That is needed. 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.060 But can't we relate. 00:21:39.220 --> 00:21:40.000 Of how. 00:21:40.120 --> 00:21:40.560 Before. 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.880 Knowing Christ. 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.920 Before he. 00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:45.320 By his spirit. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.819 Had shown us. 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:48.019 Our depravity. 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.399 The depth. 00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.480 Of our sinfulness. 00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.240 We may say. 00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:51.659 Sure. 00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:54.200 I'm not perfect. 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.779 I'm a work in progress. 00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:59.159 But I can fix it. 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.740 I just need. 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:01.639 A little bit of help. 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:04.139 But then Jesus comes. 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.679 And he says. 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:04.939 No. 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.599 You don't need. 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.679 Self-improvement. 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.319 You need to die. 00:22:08.439 --> 00:22:09.200 And be born again. 00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.859 You need a new heart. 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.579 You need. 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.759 The Holy Spirit. 00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:16.119 And we need Jesus. 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.460 To wipe us clean. 00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.599 From our sins. 00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.640 And that new heart. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.400 In order. 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:25.099 To be able to love God. 00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.559 And the judgment. 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.220 That we deserve. 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:28.099 For our sins. 00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:29.240 Is. 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.599 The Babylonians. 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.200 It is. 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.059 Destruction. 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:33.160 It is. 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.559 This part. 00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.599 That Habakkuk. 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.700 Did not understand. 00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:39.420 So. 00:22:41.019 --> 00:22:42.120 Responds Habakkuk. 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.819 In the third point. 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:45.059 In his call. 00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:46.000 For God. 00:22:46.080 --> 00:22:46.600 To act. 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:48.220 If you would look at verses. 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:48.900 12. 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.840 Through 17. 00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:54.500 We see Habakkuk. 00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.259 Beginning here. 00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:56.039 By acknowledging. 00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.700 Who God is. 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.880 He approaches God. 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:01.319 To challenge him. 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:03.119 But he does so. 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:03.480 With. 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.879 What one commentator. 00:23:05.019 --> 00:23:05.460 Calls. 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.980 Not a weak faith. 00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:09.460 But a perplexed faith. 00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:10.679 You know. 00:23:10.679 --> 00:23:11.599 He knows God. 00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.319 Who he is. 00:23:12.379 --> 00:23:13.259 And what he can do. 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.960 But he still struggles. 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:15.740 To understand. 00:23:16.399 --> 00:23:17.439 God's answers. 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:18.840 To these circumstances. 00:23:19.799 --> 00:23:20.620 Because if God. 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.100 Goes through. 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.880 With this judgment. 00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.279 Then. 00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.820 What will happen. 00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.200 To God's covenant people. 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.259 Will they become. 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.299 You know. 00:23:29.360 --> 00:23:29.799 Like. 00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.440 The northern. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.360 Kingdom. 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.740 Will Jerusalem. 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.360 Become. 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:34.080 Samaria. 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.539 What then. 00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.620 Of God's promises. 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.279 Reproof. 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:39.140 Is one thing. 00:23:39.779 --> 00:23:40.740 But destruction. 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.299 Surely not. 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.660 And in the first. 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.660 In the first instance. 00:23:46.660 --> 00:23:48.080 We see Habakkuk's agreement. 00:23:48.080 --> 00:23:48.700 With God. 00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.160 In verse 12. 00:23:51.300 --> 00:23:51.480 You know. 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.040 He asks. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:52.320 You know. 00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:52.540 God. 00:23:52.600 --> 00:23:53.100 Are you not. 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.740 From everlasting. 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:55.500 Well. 00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:55.860 Of course. 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.360 The answer is. 00:23:56.420 --> 00:23:56.720 Yes. 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.660 God has existed. 00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:58.220 Forever. 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.779 And he will exist. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.240 Forever. 00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.080 And then. 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.500 He immediately says. 00:24:04.620 --> 00:24:05.080 But. 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.279 We shall not die. 00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:08.460 But. 00:24:08.560 --> 00:24:09.060 How does that. 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.680 Follow. 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:10.540 Habakkuk. 00:24:10.620 --> 00:24:10.880 We see. 00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:11.620 Is closely. 00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.340 Connecting. 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:12.840 God. 00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.160 And his people. 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.000 Because God. 00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.720 Is everlasting. 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.220 His people. 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.900 Will continue. 00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:18.480 To exist. 00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.000 As well. 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:20.240 Because God. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.940 Will never die. 00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:22.019 We will never die. 00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.339 Either. 00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.240 In a sense. 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:23.839 What is true. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.420 Of God. 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.559 Is true. 00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:26.700 Of his people. 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.180 See. 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.620 Habakkuk. 00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.299 Admits here. 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.640 That the Babylonians. 00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.720 Yes. 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.420 They are. 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.640 An instrument. 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.640 Of judgment. 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:35.740 For reproof. 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.620 But that is all. 00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.240 They may be. 00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:40.200 How can they be allowed. 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.200 To be more than that. 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.240 Judgment. 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:42.779 Yes. 00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.640 Destruction. 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:46.259 No way. 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.259 But in verse 13. 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.040 He moves on. 00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.880 To describe God's purity. 00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:54.400 To describe his holiness. 00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:54.780 And. 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.820 And this is good theology. 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.580 Because God is pure. 00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.480 He is holy. 00:25:00.560 --> 00:25:01.400 In the Old Testament. 00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.040 When God. 00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.180 You know. 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.560 Came up with the tabernacle. 00:25:05.200 --> 00:25:06.460 He had the place. 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.600 In which he dwelled. 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.140 The holy of holies. 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:10.580 And the only time. 00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.400 Anyone could come in. 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.400 There was once a year. 00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.220 You know. 00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.120 The high priest. 00:25:14.280 --> 00:25:15.440 Just one time a year. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.320 After he had done. 00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:16.780 You know. 00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:18.180 Rituals and sacrifices. 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:20.720 Because of God's holiness. 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:22.740 So Habakkuk is right. 00:25:22.820 --> 00:25:23.980 In recognizing this. 00:25:24.780 --> 00:25:25.320 But you will see. 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.600 That he. 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.440 How he goes on. 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:26.920 To ask. 00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:27.820 Well. 00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.940 How can you then. 00:25:29.700 --> 00:25:30.600 Look at traitors. 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.780 How can you be silent. 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.280 Then. 00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.500 When the wicked. 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.780 Swallow up. 00:25:36.019 --> 00:25:36.480 The one. 00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:37.280 That is more righteous. 00:25:37.280 --> 00:25:37.980 Than him. 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.180 Meaning. 00:25:39.180 --> 00:25:40.000 How can God. 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.539 Allow the Babylonians. 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.000 The ones. 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.900 Who are more wicked. 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.519 To destroy the ones. 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:45.840 Who. 00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.820 Even though they're sinful. 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.740 They're less so. 00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:50.200 The Israelites. 00:25:51.259 --> 00:25:51.539 You know. 00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:52.140 So far. 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:52.960 In Israel's history. 00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.440 It is. 00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.460 The enemies. 00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:55.240 Of God's people. 00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.400 That have been swallowed up. 00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:57.759 Like the Egyptians. 00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.140 Were swallowed up. 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.980 At the Red Sea. 00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:02.460 And then he moves on. 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.440 To describe. 00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.519 The actions. 00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.640 Of the Babylonians. 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.259 So far. 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.840 Using the imagery. 00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:08.440 Of fish. 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.860 Saying. 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.820 God has made mankind. 00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.640 Like the fish. 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.500 With no ruler. 00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.980 Here he's accusing God. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:15.940 Of having made him. 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:17.060 Humanity. 00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.620 Like a. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.320 Like a lower. 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.539 Life form. 00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:21.100 Rather than being human. 00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.740 With order. 00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.580 And structure. 00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.720 And justice. 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.940 What they're experiencing. 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.960 Instead. 00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.039 Is. 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.140 Is violence. 00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.940 It is the opposite. 00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.980 Of order. 00:26:32.100 --> 00:26:33.080 There is wickedness. 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.600 Abounding. 00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.700 And then. 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.440 Verse 15. 00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:37.440 When Habakkuk says. 00:26:37.820 --> 00:26:38.220 Here he. 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:40.360 He refers to the Babylonians. 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.079 And we see the. 00:26:41.339 --> 00:26:41.980 Fish imagery. 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:43.000 Continuing here. 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:45.200 With words like. 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.539 Hook. 00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.400 And net. 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:47.960 See. 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.539 A practice. 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:49.480 The Babylonians. 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.539 That they had picked up. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:50.819 From. 00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:51.940 Previously. 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.559 Was his practice. 00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.440 Of when they conquered. 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.940 A city. 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.839 They would take. 00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.700 Their new. 00:26:59.259 --> 00:26:59.740 People. 00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.720 That they had conquered. 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.079 They would take literal hooks. 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:05.079 And put it through their lip. 00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:06.779 And then parade them through the city. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:08.220 All the way back. 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.039 To their own city. 00:27:10.900 --> 00:27:12.039 As a way to. 00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:14.039 Humiliate them. 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:16.259 As a way to demonstrate. 00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.759 You know. 00:27:16.799 --> 00:27:17.579 Who was the. 00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.000 Superior people. 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:21.339 And we see the Babylonians. 00:27:21.640 --> 00:27:22.120 Rejoicing. 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:22.600 In these. 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:24.019 Acts of torture. 00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.460 And malice. 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.660 See. 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.519 For the Babylonians. 00:27:27.560 --> 00:27:28.519 To capture slaves. 00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.040 And torture. 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:29.940 Becomes like. 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.820 Like a worship practice. 00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:34.040 We see in verse 16. 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.580 With the words of sacrifices. 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.820 And offerings. 00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.279 Again. 00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.019 Their God. 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.080 Is their might. 00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.860 And their strength. 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:44.240 So for them. 00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.920 To conquer. 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.779 To humble. 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.940 And inflict. 00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.560 This sort of. 00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.640 Of injury. 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.540 And humiliation. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.240 And death. 00:27:50.360 --> 00:27:51.060 Is their. 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.940 Worship practice. 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.080 And because of the ones. 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.640 That they may. 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.320 Made slaves. 00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.640 They can now live. 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.259 In luxury. 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.000 With rich foods. 00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.940 And now Habakkuk. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.340 Asks. 00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.480 Haven't described. 00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:07.400 This gruesome image. 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.400 Of this people. 00:28:08.820 --> 00:28:09.860 Who are murderers. 00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.460 Thieves. 00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.420 And idolaters. 00:28:11.800 --> 00:28:13.480 Who reject God. 00:28:14.860 --> 00:28:16.040 And despise. 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:17.560 The image of God. 00:28:19.100 --> 00:28:20.160 Of despising. 00:28:20.160 --> 00:28:21.100 You know. 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:22.940 You know. 00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.380 Humans. 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.040 That have been made. 00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.160 In God's image. 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.980 He asks God. 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.980 Shall they continue. 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.580 Shall they continue. 00:28:28.580 --> 00:28:29.440 To do this. 00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.100 God. 00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.600 Will you. 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.640 Let them. 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.220 Continue. 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.560 To go about this. 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.759 As he says. 00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:37.700 If they will go on. 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.100 Killing. 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.840 And enslaving. 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.420 The nations. 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:41.580 Where is the Lord. 00:28:42.060 --> 00:28:43.420 Who is a God. 00:28:43.600 --> 00:28:44.180 Merciful. 00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.920 And gracious. 00:28:46.540 --> 00:28:47.400 Slow to anger. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:48.060 And abounding. 00:28:48.160 --> 00:28:49.340 And steadfast love. 00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.860 And faithfulness. 00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.840 Where is he. 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:53.299 To stop. 00:28:53.439 --> 00:28:54.259 This injustice. 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.939 Now. 00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.359 Barring the. 00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:01.000 Return of Jesus. 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:02.740 In our own lifetime. 00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:05.079 Which we yearn. 00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.079 And pray for. 00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.939 We will all die. 00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.399 And. 00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.399 We live. 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.099 Our life. 00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:12.019 In this time. 00:29:12.980 --> 00:29:14.159 Of the already. 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.039 And the not yet. 00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.799 Of this time. 00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.839 Where in Christ. 00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:20.139 We have been born again. 00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:22.360 We have a new heart. 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.900 We are no longer. 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.259 Under the dominion. 00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.920 Of sin. 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.259 Yet. 00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.840 At the same time. 00:29:30.080 --> 00:29:30.700 We are in. 00:29:30.820 --> 00:29:31.940 In this fallen world. 00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:34.700 We still struggle. 00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.960 With sin. 00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.500 We. 00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.020 Have bodies. 00:29:39.280 --> 00:29:40.280 That fail us. 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.500 And. 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:42.420 We are in the midst. 00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.300 Of this tension. 00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:44.880 While we wait. 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.460 For the return. 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:46.040 Of Christ. 00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:48.020 And the. 00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.800 Restoration. 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.800 Of all things. 00:29:50.140 --> 00:29:52.440 And we see this struggle. 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.660 In Habakkuk's mind. 00:29:53.780 --> 00:29:54.140 As well. 00:29:55.540 --> 00:29:56.840 For the people of God. 00:29:56.960 --> 00:29:57.620 Have been given. 00:29:57.780 --> 00:29:59.180 These great promises. 00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.340 Yet. 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.980 The promises. 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.380 Have not been fulfilled yet. 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.380 So we can relate. 00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.020 Don't we. 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.480 Of asking God. 00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.660 In the midst of suffering. 00:30:11.780 --> 00:30:12.860 The why question. 00:30:14.280 --> 00:30:15.200 Now Habakkuk is. 00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:16.240 To an extent. 00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:17.259 Given an answer. 00:30:18.300 --> 00:30:19.180 But we aren't. 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:21.920 We do not know. 00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.220 Why. 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.740 The many terrible things. 00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.320 Go on in the world. 00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:26.140 And in our lives. 00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.900 We don't know. 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.779 Why the killings. 00:30:29.880 --> 00:30:30.400 Are happening. 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.500 In Nigeria. 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.259 We don't know. 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.279 Why the war. 00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.860 Is happening. 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.500 In Ukraine. 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:35.920 We don't know. 00:30:36.340 --> 00:30:37.060 Why our. 00:30:37.060 --> 00:30:38.080 Our family member. 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.180 Is suffering. 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.080 These ailments. 00:30:40.080 --> 00:30:41.279 Or why our friend. 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.220 Has suddenly died. 00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:46.160 But we do know. 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:48.100 From the text. 00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:48.740 That God. 00:30:48.740 --> 00:30:49.920 Is listening. 00:30:51.460 --> 00:30:52.559 He's listening. 00:30:52.940 --> 00:30:54.079 And he is caring. 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.120 And he is. 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.380 At work. 00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:58.019 So then. 00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.400 What is God's work? 00:31:00.740 --> 00:31:00.980 See. 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.759 Paul quotes. 00:31:01.759 --> 00:31:02.519 The response. 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.079 By God. 00:31:03.140 --> 00:31:03.839 That we've seen here. 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:04.539 In Habakkuk. 00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.900 In. 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.100 In the book of Acts. 00:31:07.099 --> 00:31:08.599 And Paul. 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.799 Says to the crowd. 00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:13.139 But he. 00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.980 Whom God. 00:31:14.199 --> 00:31:15.119 Raised up. 00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:17.579 Speaking of Jesus. 00:31:18.279 --> 00:31:19.879 Did not see corruption. 00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:22.559 Let it be known. 00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:22.919 To you. 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.359 Therefore. 00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:23.959 Brothers. 00:31:23.959 --> 00:31:24.379 That. 00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.839 Through this man. 00:31:25.939 --> 00:31:27.119 Forgiveness of sins. 00:31:27.119 --> 00:31:27.939 Is proclaimed. 00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:28.579 To you. 00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.299 And by him. 00:31:30.399 --> 00:31:31.539 Everyone who believes. 00:31:31.719 --> 00:31:32.240 Is freed. 00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:33.419 From everything. 00:31:33.419 --> 00:31:33.939 Everything. 00:31:34.219 --> 00:31:34.759 From which. 00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:36.419 You could not be freed. 00:31:36.420 --> 00:31:37.100 By the law. 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.660 Of Moses. 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.380 Beware. 00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:39.980 Therefore. 00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:41.820 Lest what is said. 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.660 In the prophets. 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:43.759 Should come about. 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:45.700 Look. 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:47.120 You scoffers. 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.019 Be astounded. 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:49.860 And perish. 00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.519 For I am doing. 00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.080 A work. 00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:52.039 In your days. 00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.120 A work. 00:31:53.120 --> 00:31:54.700 That you will not believe. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.259 Even if one. 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.460 Tells it to you. 00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.539 So what is the work. 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:02.560 That God is doing. 00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:04.460 What is the work. 00:32:04.580 --> 00:32:04.900 Of. 00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.100 Jesus Christ. 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.980 See. 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.640 Jesus Christ. 00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.320 Is the one. 00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:11.060 Who on the cross. 00:32:11.180 --> 00:32:11.820 Cried out. 00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:12.700 In agony. 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.420 My God. 00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.240 My God. 00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:17.340 Why have you forsaken me? 00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:20.039 And yet God. 00:32:20.100 --> 00:32:20.900 Did not respond. 00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:23.519 Jesus is the one. 00:32:23.620 --> 00:32:24.060 Who was. 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.800 Unjustly condemned. 00:32:27.580 --> 00:32:29.000 Even though he had committed. 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.120 No crime. 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.799 Even though Jesus. 00:32:32.799 --> 00:32:33.000 Jesus. 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.759 Was the one. 00:32:34.859 --> 00:32:36.439 Who was from everlasting. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:39.139 He did die. 00:32:39.919 --> 00:32:40.439 The holy. 00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.799 And pure one. 00:32:41.959 --> 00:32:42.139 Who. 00:32:42.299 --> 00:32:44.099 Who did cast his eye. 00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.799 Even at his murderers. 00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:49.079 And he cried out. 00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:49.619 Oh father. 00:32:49.719 --> 00:32:50.399 Forgive them. 00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.519 They know not. 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.239 What they do. 00:32:54.619 --> 00:32:55.619 He is the most. 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.579 Righteous one. 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:59.000 Who was swallowed up. 00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:00.459 By great. 00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.479 Wickedness. 00:33:01.679 --> 00:33:01.799 See. 00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:03.219 This is the work. 00:33:04.219 --> 00:33:05.119 The work. 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:05.839 Of. 00:33:06.239 --> 00:33:06.759 The death. 00:33:06.919 --> 00:33:07.739 Of the son. 00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.659 Of God. 00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.259 And the life. 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:09.859 And the forgiveness. 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.519 Of sins. 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.459 That we have. 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.559 Through him. 00:33:14.119 --> 00:33:15.479 So through this work. 00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.419 What is it. 00:33:17.139 --> 00:33:18.279 That God desires. 00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.779 Most of all. 00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:21.240 What is he. 00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:23.019 Hoping to achieve. 00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:25.039 By this great work. 00:33:26.619 --> 00:33:27.079 Well elsewhere. 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:28.200 We see God say. 00:33:28.619 --> 00:33:29.500 For I desire. 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:31.000 Steadfast love. 00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:33.339 And not sacrifice. 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:35.059 The knowledge of God. 00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.279 Rather. 00:33:36.819 --> 00:33:37.799 Than burnt offerings. 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.639 See what God wants. 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.779 Most of all. 00:33:41.940 --> 00:33:42.799 Is you. 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:46.039 All that you are. 00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:47.779 For you. 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.779 To love him. 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.500 See. 00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.839 Even in the destruction. 00:33:53.059 --> 00:33:53.879 Prophesied here. 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.639 In Habakkuk. 00:33:55.379 --> 00:33:56.460 The purpose. 00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:58.319 Was not merely. 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.779 Utter. 00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.859 Destruction. 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:01.200 And annihilation. 00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:01.940 But it was. 00:34:02.839 --> 00:34:03.660 To drive. 00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.619 God's people. 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:07.240 From their sin. 00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.559 From their idolatry. 00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:11.519 Back to him. 00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.579 To drive him. 00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.880 Back into the arms. 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:18.159 Of their heavenly father. 00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.519 So yes. 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.000 There is. 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.019 There is. 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.720 In a sense. 00:34:22.760 --> 00:34:23.280 Punishment. 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.100 For their sin. 00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:26.280 But it's not punishment. 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:27.360 To be cast away. 00:34:28.040 --> 00:34:29.720 But it is to drive them back. 00:34:29.820 --> 00:34:31.200 So when Habakkuk asks. 00:34:32.260 --> 00:34:33.220 How long? 00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.120 And when he asks. 00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.760 Why? 00:34:35.300 --> 00:34:36.300 God points. 00:34:36.300 --> 00:34:37.160 To the judgment. 00:34:37.560 --> 00:34:38.480 That is coming. 00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.440 He's pointing them. 00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.519 To the Babylonians. 00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:44.179 Now when we ask. 00:34:45.099 --> 00:34:45.659 Why? 00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.639 God points. 00:34:48.719 --> 00:34:49.360 To the judgment. 00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:51.179 That should have been ours. 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:52.780 Judgment. 00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.960 Like the Babylonians. 00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.420 And indeed. 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.139 Even greater. 00:34:55.820 --> 00:34:57.320 But of how that judgment. 00:34:58.099 --> 00:34:59.019 Was placed. 00:34:59.159 --> 00:34:59.639 Elsewhere. 00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.059 Having been placed. 00:35:02.179 --> 00:35:02.679 And laid. 00:35:03.179 --> 00:35:03.619 And indeed. 00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.440 Even poured. 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:07.259 On the son of God. 00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.340 God. 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.440 Now there's no way. 00:35:10.740 --> 00:35:11.300 To live. 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:12.260 The Christian life. 00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.100 In the neutral. 00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:15.980 Just. 00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.000 Coasting. 00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.640 You know. 00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.520 Coasting along. 00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:20.400 We either move. 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.440 Closer to God. 00:35:21.560 --> 00:35:22.280 Or we move. 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.200 Away from him. 00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:25.220 So you may ask yourself. 00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.800 This evening. 00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:27.260 In the past few months. 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:29.540 Have you found yourself. 00:35:29.540 --> 00:35:30.880 Growing closer to God. 00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.540 Or further from him. 00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:35.360 You know. 00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.779 Have. 00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.940 You in. 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.360 Your sufferings. 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:41.039 Open up your heart. 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:43.699 Like we see Habakkuk. 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.739 Do here. 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.480 Opening up your heart. 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:47.179 To the Lord. 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:50.199 And have you set your eyes. 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.840 On the mightiest. 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.960 Of God's work. 00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.559 Of the work. 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.460 Of. 00:35:57.239 --> 00:35:58.179 The son of God. 00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:59.340 Jesus Christ. 00:35:59.440 --> 00:36:00.139 To save you. 00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:03.779 Because if you are here today. 00:36:04.559 --> 00:36:05.539 And you lean on. 00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.179 And you rest. 00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:07.480 On Jesus Christ. 00:36:07.579 --> 00:36:08.019 Alone. 00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:08.879 For salvation. 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:12.259 That he is yours. 00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.179 Now. 00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:15.199 And forever. 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.139 So. 00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.879 Do not wait. 00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.659 Until tomorrow. 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.960 But pray. 00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.059 You know. 00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.579 This evening. 00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.900 To your heavenly father. 00:36:24.299 --> 00:36:24.519 You know. 00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.719 Confessing your sins. 00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:27.819 By encouraging yourself. 00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.659 By the promises. 00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.559 That we find. 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.759 In the scriptures. 00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.759 For as we see. 00:36:34.299 --> 00:36:35.400 Text say elsewhere. 00:36:35.920 --> 00:36:37.159 For he who calls you. 00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.179 Is faithful. 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:41.840 He will surely do it. 00:36:42.759 --> 00:36:43.659 Let us pray. 00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:51.659 Father God. 00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:52.000 We. 00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:55.279 Pray this evening. 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.739 That you. 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.960 May hear us. 00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.960 May we. 00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.840 May we. 00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.940 May hear our prayers. 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.420 That you. 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:02.360 May hear our tears. 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.460 And father. 00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.079 That in the. 00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:07.840 Times. 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.579 And moments. 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.099 When. 00:37:11.380 --> 00:37:12.420 We doubt. 00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:13.039 Your love. 00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:15.420 When we ask. 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.880 Yourself. 00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.320 Does. 00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:16.840 God. 00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:17.440 Really. 00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:18.800 Care. 00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:21.639 Father. 00:37:21.699 --> 00:37:22.000 May we. 00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.320 Simply. 00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.280 Look at the cross. 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:25.860 May we. 00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.780 May we see the great. 00:37:29.720 --> 00:37:30.320 Sacrifice. 00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.060 Of your son. 00:37:32.519 --> 00:37:33.160 And may we. 00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:33.740 In that. 00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.240 See. 00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:36.160 The love of. 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:37.500 You. 00:37:38.620 --> 00:37:39.340 And Jesus. 00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.120 And. 00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:42.240 The Holy Spirit. 00:37:42.239 --> 00:37:42.319 altar. 00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.299 And father. 00:37:45.379 --> 00:37:46.039 We pray this. 00:37:47.399 --> 00:37:48.459 In Jesus name. 00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:49.699 Amen. 00:37:51.799 --> 00:37:52.699 Now if you would. 00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.239 Please. 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.079 Stand. 00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:55.119 As we will sing. 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:56.679 My soul finds rest. 00:37:57.419 --> 00:37:58.779 In God alone.