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 well read and it's in the Old Testament. It's a minor prophet. It's the book of Habakkuk.

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 And so it's about the fourth book from the end. And I got interested in reading Habakkuk this fall

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 when Ellie and I were doing devotions. And, you know, we read through it and it just didn't,

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 you know, if you read one chapter a night, it just doesn't flow. And then we hit the last two verses

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 and it just, it really caught me because it just, it just spoke right when we're doing harvest. It

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 just spoke. So I thought, I'm going to reread through Habakkuk and study it. And it really,

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 wow, does it ever hit. It's an interesting book because it's, it's a, it's a dialogue between God

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 and Habakkuk. He makes a, he does, he makes some verses. God does some verses. Habakkuk makes some

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 verses. God talks to him and then Habakkuk finishes off. So if we, if you want to look,

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 look at your, in your book. So the, just before Zephaniah and just after Nahum. So the book is

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 written in the timeframe is about 626 BC. So it's just, yeah, about 626 years before Christ.

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 Nahum, Zephaniah and Jeremiah were all contemporaries. So the book was written about the same time as

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 those other books. And the Assyrians, you know, they had been the big player in the field and they

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 were, they're now off the field. And Babylon is the mighty power. Like Babylon is the great power.

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 Babylon had just defeated the Egyptians. They kind of went past Israel and defeated Egypt. And then,

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 and then Jeremiah in his book announced that Babylon would invade Judah, destroying Jerusalem and destroy

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 the temple, sending Israel into exile. And this happened between 606 and 586.

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 So if we open our, open our book, cause I'm going to read the whole chapter or the whole book. It's only

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 three chapters. Habakkuk was very distressed. The oracle that Habakkuk, the prophesied, prophet received,

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 how long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen or cry out to you violence,

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 but you do not save. Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong?

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 Destruction and violence are before me. There is strife and conflict abounds.

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 Therefore, the law is paralyzed and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous so that justice

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 is perverted.

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 Habakkuk was very distressed. He points out that violence, injustice, wrong, destruction, strife,

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 and conflict abound. This is a picture of Israel. This is a, they were spiraling downward,

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 ever so away from God, more and more, since David was king in 1015 BC. So almost 400 years.

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 There was, there was a real mixture of religious ideas. Solomon's temple mixed with idolatry.

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 God's law, the Ten Commandments, the book of Leviticus, Deuteronomy, they were ignored.

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 You know, you can think of the horribleness. Children were being sacrificed to the god of Molech.

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 Like they had a, they built a statue, a metal statue. They get a fire burning in this thing that was red hot.

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 And then they put their kids on it. That's the kind of depravity that these people had.

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 They would burn up, barbecue their own children. So this is, this is what, this is what,

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 that Habakkuk was, he was, he was just really distraught. These were terrible times.

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 You know, the temple prostitutes at the high places, you know, and it just,

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 they had gone totally away from God. They had just ignored God.

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 And, but we look at that, we read this, but then it hits me.

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 Look at Habakkuk's attitude to God. Let's reread those verses.

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 So we look at that.

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 Look at Habakkuk's attitude. He is blaming God for being inept, uncaring.

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 It's as if it's God's fault that the law is being ignored.

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 Israel felt this after, you know, Israel felt this after the Holocaust.

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 It was this, this kind of the same attitude. You know, they were, yeah, we're God's people,

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 but you allowed the Germans, you allowed Hitler to kill us.

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 So it's very much the same attitude, and it's kind of prevalent in Israel today.

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 We're often, personally, we're often like Habakkuk.

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 We often accuse God of ignoring what has happened.

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 You know, how many times do we say, God, if only you would do this, but you're not doing anything.

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 And God is.

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 How often does it feel like the ceiling is lead-lined, and God does not hear our prayers?

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 Ah, God, why don't you answer me?

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 You're just, you're just not doing anything.

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 God's rebuttal.

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 The Lord's answer, verses 5 to 11.

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 Look at the nations and watch.

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 Be utterly amazed, for I'm going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if it were told.

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 I'm raising up the Babylonians, that ruthless and impetuous people who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own.

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 They're a feared and dreaded people.

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 They're feared and dreaded.

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 They are a law to themselves and promote their own honor.

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 Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk.

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 Their cavalry gallops headlong.

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 Their horsemen come from afar.

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 They fly like vultures, swooping to devour.

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 They all come bent on violence.

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 Their hordes advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand.

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 They deride kings, scoff at rulers.

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 They laugh at all fortified cities.

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 They build earthen ramps and capture them.

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 Then they sweep past like the winds and go on.

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 Guilty men whose own strength is their God.

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 Babylonians.

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 Ruthless, impetuous people.

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 If you read through the Bible, right from Genesis to Revelation, there is nothing ever positive described in Babylonians.

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 The Babylonians started out with the Tower of Babel.

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 That they came, they had this idea that we're going to be this, we're going to do our own thing.

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 We're going to build this tower.

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 Ignore God.

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 We're going to be our own people.

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 And, you know, Nebuchadnezzar was, you know, he was the king destroying.

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 He was the one that took out the Israelites.

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 And then to the fall of Babylon in Revelation 18.

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 I'm going to read Revelation 18.

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 And this describes what's going to happen.

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 Or what the Babylonians are like.

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 Revelation 18, verses 1 to 8.

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 After this, I saw another angel come down from heaven.

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 He had great authority and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

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 With a mighty voice he shouted,

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 Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great.

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 She has become a house of demons.

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 And a haunt for every evil spirit.

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 A haunt for every unclean and undetestable bird.

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 For all the nations have drunk maddening wine of her adulteries.

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 The kings of the earth committed adultery with her.

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 And the merchants of her earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.

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 Then I heard another voice from heaven.

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 I'll just go that far.

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 But, yeah, this is, you know, Babylon at the end times,

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 which could be coming very soon.

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 Babylon is just, you know, she is described as,

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 as a, you know, a home.

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 She has become a home for demons.

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 A haunt for every evil spirit.

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 A haunt for every unclean and detestable birds.

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 So she, Babylon is always described as a horrible place.

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 Because it's, it's always been against God.

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 Right from the, right from the Tower of Babel.

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 So, it's interesting.

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 Abraham was from the Ur of the Chaldeans.

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 Chaldeans and Babylonians are an interchangeable name.

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 So, Abraham came from that people.

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 He, he originated.

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 And then they left and then became the nation of Israel.

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 But that was quite a few hundred years before,

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 thousands of years before this.

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 So, let's go back to, you know, we read,

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 we read how God is foretelling how, how the,

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 how the armies are even going to invade.

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 They come, like, it's, it's like the German Blitzkrieg.

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 They don't just come in like a slow marking.

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 They come with, oh, armies, horses, fast.

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 They take over.

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 They wipe out.

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 They destroy.

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 They, they use earthen ramps.

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 And, you know, like they, you know, you have your fortified cities.

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 Well, they, they have shields.

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 They build the earthen ramp under the shields.

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 You can't stop them.

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 You can't stop the Babylonians.

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 They come in and they destroy.

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 And they take everyone as captives.

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 And that's what happened.

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 Later on, when, uh, you think of Daniel and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

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 They were kids when this happened.

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 They got taken down to Babylon.

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 So let's, um, next part.

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 Oh, Lord, are you not from everlasting?

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 My God, my Holy One, we will not die.

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 Oh, Lord, you have appointed them to execute judgment.

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 Oh, Rock, you have ordained them to punish.

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 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil.

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 You cannot tolerate wrong.

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 Why, then, do you tolerate the treacherous?

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 Why are you silent?

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 Why, the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves.

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 You have made them like fish in the sea, like sea creatures that have no ruler.

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 The wicked foe pulls all them up with hooks, catches them in his net.

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 He gathers them up in his dragnet, and so he rejoices and is glad.

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 Therefore, he sacrifices to his net, and burns incense to his dragnet.

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 And by his net, he lives in luxury and enjoys the tracest food.

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 And he is kept on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy.

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 So this is just Habakkuk's, God, why are you allowing this people to come?

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 We're Israelite, as bad as we are.

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 We're a whole lot better than the Babylonians.

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 Like, unbelievable.

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 Like, we're not going out there destroying.

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 And then he describes how the Babylonians, you know, they pull them up with hooks, catches them in his net, gathers them in his dragnet.

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 So he just uses metaphors to show that this is what the people, this is what the Babylonians do.

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 They just drag the people, haul them home, sacrifice to their gods, thanking the Babylonian gods for allowing them to have more, take over more countries, take over more people.

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 Because that was their engine.

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 You know, they used slaves.

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 Where we have tractors, they had slaves.

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 When a slave dies, you need another slave.

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 Where do you get another slave?

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 Take over another country.

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 So it kind of, it becomes, they're expanding their kingdom to keep expanding so that they can live in the lap of luxury.

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 And they're, the Babylonians, sacrifice to their gods so that they can, you know, they enjoy the choices through Babylonia was the big kingdom.

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 And remember, Nebuchadnezzar, and Daniel, this is, this was, he was, that was his kingdom.

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 Verse chapter 2, 1 and 2.

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 I will stand at my watch and station myself on the rampart.

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 I will look to see what he has says to me and what, and what answers I am to give to this complaint.

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 You know, so, um, Habakkuk is just, I am standing here, tell me what, you know, I don't see any good happening.

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 I'm frustrated.

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 I'm mad.

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 Then the Lord's answer.

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 Chapter 2.

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 Then the Lord replied, write down the revelation and make a plane on tablets so that a herald may run with it.

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 For the revelation awaits an appointed time.

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 It speaks of the end and will not be proved false.

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 Though it lingers, wait for it.

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 It will certainly come and will not delay.

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 The Lord's answer.

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 So he wants the Israelites to see what is going to happen.

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 Like, this is a prophecy happening in short term.

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 Like, they, you know, they already knew that the Babylonians took out the Egyptians.

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 So they knew well what these people were capable of.

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 And they, you know, some of the other false prophets were saying, don't worry about it.

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 They're not going to bother you.

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 Good things are going to happen.

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 And God is using Habakkuk, Jeremiah, Zephaniah, all these guys to say, whoa, change your ways or this will happen.

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 And, you know, write down the revelation.

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 Make it plain.

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 Verse 3 is really interesting.

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 For the revelation awaits an appointed time.

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 It speaks of the end.

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 It speaks of the end.

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 And it will not be proved false.

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 Though it linger, wait for it.

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 It will certainly come and will not delay.

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 This speaks.

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 This is one of these prophecies that's relevant for five years from that time.

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 Or ten years, whatever time frame he wrote in.

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 It also speaks of what happens to Israel in the end days.

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 Many of the same things, you know, like talked about will happen to Israel.

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 Like it's, you know, as we're studying, going through David Hawkins' study in Revelation,

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 it talks about the destruction that's doomed for Israel because of their, just because they're God's chosen people.

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 And Satan wants to take them out because if he can take them out and take Jerusalem out, God can't come back to that land.

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 So it's, you know, there's a whole lot more to this story than what I can talk about, but it's here.

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 And then talks about the leader of Babylon.

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 See, he is puffed up.

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 His delights are not upright.

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 Right?

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 Important verse.

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 But the righteous will live by his faith.

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 Indeed, wine betrays him.

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 He is arrogant and never at rest because he is greedy as the grave.

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 Unlike death is never satisfied.

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 He gathers to himself all the nations and take captive all people.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 Habakkuk is shocked that God would choose an evil empire to decimate or to discipline Israel.

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 And, yeah.

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 In this next section, the Lord answers and describes the Babylonian leaders.

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 It also contains four lows that are extreme warnings to those who do sins.

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 They apply to us equally today.

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 They're not just dusty old warnings.

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 They're relevant to us.

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 Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was a hyper-narcissist.

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 Remember, he had a 90-foot golden statue built.

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 All government officials were to worship him.

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 Not just, you know, all the people, but all the government officials were to come together,

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 worship his image, or be thrown into the fiery furnace.

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 And if you remember the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they did not.

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 They honored God, and he saved them.

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 But right in the middle of that is the very important phrase,

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 but the righteous will live by his faith.

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 So those who are still righteous, those who are righteous in God,

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 those who believe in him, will live by their faith.

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 So it's interesting how that exact phrase is repeated three times in the New Testament.

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 Romans 1, 16 and 17.

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 I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes,

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 first for the Jew, then for the Gentiles.

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 For in the gospel, a righteousness from God is revealed,

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 a righteousness that is by faith from first to last.

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 Just as it is written, the righteous will live by faith.

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 Next, Galatians.

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 Chapter 3, 6 to 11.

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 Consider Abraham.

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 He believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

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 Understand then that those who believe are children of Abraham.

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 The Spirit foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith

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 and announce the gospel in advance to Abraham.

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 All nations will be blessed through you

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 so that those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

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 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse,

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 for it is written,

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 Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the book of the law.

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 Clearly, no one is justified before God by the law because the righteous will live by faith.

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 And then third, Hebrews.

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 Chapter 10, 35 to 39.

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 Do not throw away your confidence.

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 They will be richly rewarded.

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 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God,

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 you will receive what has been promised.

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:07.000
 For in just a little while,

00:22:07.679 --> 00:22:09.339
 he who is coming will delay.

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:12.980
 Well, he who is coming will come and not delay.

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 But my righteous one will live by faith.

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 And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him.

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 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed,

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 but of those who believe and are saved.

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 Three times the verse is quoted in the New Testament

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 and always an encouragement to us to live courageously.

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 Yeah, four and five describes the arrogant attitude,

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 a very sharp contrast to the righteous will live by faith.

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 So, you know, Habakkuk is describing,

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 he's encouraging the people that if you live by faith,

00:23:13.939 --> 00:23:15.819
 you know, the righteous will live by faith.

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 The Babylonians, they're worshiping other things.

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 Their God is their stomach.

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 They're, you know, they live for the immediate.

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 They live for the gratification.

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 Verse six.

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 So it's just stolen goods written to everyone,

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 not just Babylon.

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 This is a warning to those who feel ill-gotten gain gives prosperity.

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 You know, that's today.

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 You know, there's lots of people that would just as soon rip you off.

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 If they could get ahead of you in a business deal,

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.660
 all the better.

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 And the laws about land ownership are being ignored,

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 causing great inequity in Israel.

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 7 and 8.

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 Will your debtors suddenly arise?

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 Will they not wake up and make you tremble?

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 Then you will become their victim,

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 because you have plundered many nations.

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 The people who are left will plunder you,

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 for you have shed men's blood.

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 You have destroyed lands and cities and everyone in them.

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 And that describes Babylon.

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 The Medes and Persians overtook Babylon after seven years, remember?

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 The writing on the wall.

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 That was the story of the last,

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 the Babylonian doofus having a party,

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 and he takes the fine cutlery and stuff from Israel,

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 the Israelite stuff,

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 and he's having a big party,

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 and all of a sudden this hand is writing on the wall.

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 And he's done.

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 An hour later, he's gone.

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 The Medes and Persians take over.

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 Verse 9.

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 Woe.

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 Woe to him who builds his realm by unjust gain,

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 sets his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin.

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 Unjust gain.

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 Illegal business dealings.

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 Covetousness.

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 Now we,

00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:52.500
 God had set up ways for equality among the Jews.

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 Like there was, like it says,

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 there will always be poor among you.

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 Some people are better businessmen,

00:25:58.799 --> 00:26:00.319
 some people are better workers,

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.680
 some people are widows.

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 God had a plan in the nation Israel

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 to take care of those.

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 It wasn't a welfare state,

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 but it was a way of doing things.

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 And there was a way that you could

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:16.579
 use your land as equity,

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:18.019
 borrow against it,

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 and then get it back.

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 And it's written in Deuteronomy chapter 15.

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 At the end of every seven years,

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 you must cancel debts.

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 This is how it is to be done.

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 Every creditor must cancel the loan

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 he has made to his fellow Israelite.

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:37.079
 He shall not require payment

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 from his fellow Israelites or brothers

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 because the Lord's time for canceling debts

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.419
 has been proclaimed.

00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:45.379
 You may require payment from a foreigner,

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 but you must cancel any debt your brother owes you.

00:26:51.260 --> 00:26:55.360
 However, there should be no poor among you.

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:57.560
 For in the land the Lord your God

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 has given you to possess as your inheritance,

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:02.280
 he will richly bless you.

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:05.080
 If, big if,

00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:08.460
 God's promises, if,

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:12.420
 if only you fully obey the Lord your God

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:14.740
 and are careful to follow all his commands

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.240
 I am giving you today.

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:19.019
 For the Lord your God will bless you

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.840
 as he has promised.

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:22.440
 You will lend to many nations,

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:23.740
 but will borrow from none.

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:26.240
 You will rule over many nations,

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.240
 but none will rule over you.

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.799
 So he's,

00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:33.220
 he's promised these things to happen.

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.460
 If someone,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.960
 one of your fellow Israelites

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:39.539
 puts up the land to get money

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:41.380
 and then you're to give it back to them.

00:27:41.819 --> 00:27:43.759
 Even if it's one year out

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 to give them the money

00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:47.279
 and then give them back.

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.400
 You will prosper.

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.600
 This was God's promise.

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.380
 If,

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:52.279
 you follow his commands.

00:27:52.880 --> 00:27:54.700
 They weren't following his commands.

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.160
 And,

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.740
 over and over they,

00:27:58.140 --> 00:27:58.500
 he,

00:27:58.720 --> 00:27:59.100
 you know,

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.799
 he sent prophets,

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:02.019
 he sent disasters,

00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:03.539
 he sent Assyrians,

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.740
 he sent many things.

00:28:06.360 --> 00:28:06.680
 You know,

00:28:06.680 --> 00:28:06.960
 they,

00:28:07.060 --> 00:28:07.279
 they,

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:08.779
 they did not want to listen.

00:28:13.320 --> 00:28:13.720
 Um,

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:16.240
 10 and 11.

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.299
 You applauded the ruin

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:19.019
 of many people,

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.299
 shaming your own house,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.299
 forfeiting your life.

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:23.259
 The stones of the walls

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.980
 will cry out

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:25.259
 and the beams of the woodwork

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.960
 will echo it.

00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:26.860
 So,

00:28:27.440 --> 00:28:28.039
 the lands,

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.580
 the people,

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.160
 the cities

00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.320
 that were conquered,

00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:31.580
 taken over,

00:28:32.120 --> 00:28:33.420
 never fully at peace.

00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:33.900
 Like,

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.940
 you're a conquered people,

00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.640
 now you're under the rule

00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.519
 of the Babylonians

00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:38.840
 and they,

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.600
 they really didn't care about you.

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.120
 So,

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.580
 it was never,

00:28:41.800 --> 00:28:43.320
 never a great peaceful time.

00:28:43.580 --> 00:28:44.519
 It was a horrible time.

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.640
 But,

00:28:45.800 --> 00:28:46.220
 even the,

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.180
 even the stones,

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.779
 archaeology,

00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:50.360
 proves this right.

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.400
 You go back

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.400
 and you look at some of these,

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.300
 uh,

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:54.300
 cities that were destroyed,

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.900
 the archaeology proves that.

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:57.440
 chapter,

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.120
 verse 12.

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.620
 Woe to him

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.500
 who builds a city

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.280
 with bloodshed,

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:03.060
 establishes a town

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:04.460
 by crime.

00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:06.800
 Warning for nations

00:29:06.800 --> 00:29:07.580
 that want to be,

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:09.019
 to want to rule the world.

00:29:09.780 --> 00:29:11.700
 Every empire faces this.

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.200
 From Babylonians

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:14.460
 through the English

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.240
 and the Americans.

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:15.860
 You know,

00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.080
 like,

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:16.860
 yeah,

00:29:16.920 --> 00:29:17.220
 there's,

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.680
 you know,

00:29:17.720 --> 00:29:18.440
 we think this was,

00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:19.140
 this was something

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:20.500
 that happened eons ago.

00:29:20.740 --> 00:29:20.759
 Well,

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.300
 you know,

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:21.940
 you look at,

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.300
 uh,

00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:23.280
 how they treated,

00:29:23.280 --> 00:29:23.660
 uh,

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.259
 South America.

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:24.800
 Like,

00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:26.720
 Spain with South America,

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.460
 England with Africa,

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.039
 and,

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.359
 and,

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:29.659
 uh,

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.680
 India and this and that.

00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:31.339
 You know,

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.740
 they have,

00:29:31.899 --> 00:29:32.899
 they had an attitude.

00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:35.259
 And it wasn't honoring to God.

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:38.839
 This has not the Lord Almighty

00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:40.139
 determined that a person,

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:41.180
 that people's labor

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:42.799
 is only fuel for the fire

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:44.099
 that the lane,

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:45.500
 that the nations exhaust.

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:49.519
 What have we really acquired

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.819
 that is not temporary?

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.440
 We think,

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:52.940
 wow,

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.819
 we've got our maid,

00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.740
 we've got this built.

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.059
 it,

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:56.259
 it,

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.659
 it doesn't last.

00:29:58.119 --> 00:29:58.279
 Like,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.019
 you know,

00:29:59.159 --> 00:30:00.059
 even the pyramids

00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.539
 are falling apart.

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.759
 They're not permanent.

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:06.659
 Verse 14,

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.720
 prophetic.

00:30:09.359 --> 00:30:10.079
 For the earth

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:11.460
 will be filled

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.879
 with the knowledge

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:13.659
 and the glory

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.319
 of the Lord

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.259
 as the waters

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.980
 cover the sea.

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.059
 This is a,

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.879
 this is telling us,

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.619
 this isn't right now.

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:23.339
 the world

00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:23.359
 the world

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.679
 has the ability

00:30:24.679 --> 00:30:25.199
 to hear,

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.919
 like radio,

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.399
 TV,

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:27.599
 they have the world,

00:30:27.839 --> 00:30:28.919
 the ability to hear

00:30:28.919 --> 00:30:30.099
 about the glory of God,

00:30:30.259 --> 00:30:32.500
 but they're ignoring it.

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.719
 When,

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.500
 when Christ returns,

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:37.680
 the world

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:38.579
 will be covered

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.339
 with his glory.

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.680
 To Habakkuk

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:42.240
 and,

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:44.279
 and also us,

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.460
 this is encouraging,

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.180
 knowing that

00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:46.859
 the world

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.099
 does not just end

00:30:48.099 --> 00:30:49.140
 in flames

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.940
 as in Jerusalem.

00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:51.759
 And if we go to

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:53.579
 Revelation 19,

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:56.960
 we read

00:30:56.960 --> 00:31:01.460
 1911

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.139
 to

00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:03.759
 16.

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.599
 I saw heaven

00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:06.399
 standing open

00:31:06.399 --> 00:31:07.439
 and there before me

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:08.199
 was a white horse

00:31:08.199 --> 00:31:08.799
 whose ruler,

00:31:09.199 --> 00:31:09.980
 whose rider is called

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.919
 faithful and true.

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.339
 With justice

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:13.159
 he judges

00:31:13.159 --> 00:31:13.899
 and makes war.

00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:17.419
 I guess this is the,

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.059
 no,

00:31:18.679 --> 00:31:19.799
 I made a mistake there.

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.519
 I was going to read

00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:20.939
 that later.

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.519
 But that is,

00:31:22.579 --> 00:31:23.319
 that is Christ.

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.139
 that he is,

00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:25.599
 he is coming back.

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:25.859
 So,

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:26.819
 the,

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:29.740
 the world

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.480
 will be covered

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.500
 with his glory.

00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:33.700
 You know,

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.700
 so this is encouraging

00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.720
 to know that,

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.500
 that Jesus

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.460
 is coming back

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.819
 and that the world

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.799
 will understand.

00:31:41.119 --> 00:31:41.639
 15.

00:31:41.939 --> 00:31:42.299
 Final,

00:31:42.619 --> 00:31:42.839
 third,

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:43.599
 fourth rule,

00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.339
 fourth rule.

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.700
 Nasty one.

00:31:46.419 --> 00:31:46.899
 Woe to him

00:31:46.899 --> 00:31:47.740
 who gives drink

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.779
 to his neighbors,

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:49.799
 pouring it

00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:50.319
 from wineskins

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:51.919
 till they are drunk,

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:53.539
 so that he can gaze

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.820
 on their naked bodies.

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.740
 This is a,

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:01.620
 this is a

00:32:01.620 --> 00:32:03.180
 very relevant

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.700
 warning.

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:05.900
 Yeah,

00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.500
 you're going to get,

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:07.920
 get somebody drunk

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.180
 so that you can do

00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:10.380
 profane things with them.

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.279
 This is not just something

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.960
 that's,

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.160
 oh,

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.920
 an old dusty.

00:32:14.100 --> 00:32:14.240
 No,

00:32:14.320 --> 00:32:15.720
 this is pertinent.

00:32:15.920 --> 00:32:17.080
 God is warning us

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.359
 this happens.

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:22.079
 It started with Noah.

00:32:23.779 --> 00:32:24.299
 Noah

00:32:24.299 --> 00:32:26.399
 grew grapes,

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.500
 became drunk,

00:32:28.240 --> 00:32:29.859
 and his son,

00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:30.460
 Ham,

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:32.639
 and looked upon him.

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:34.079
 Maybe more than that,

00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.960
 according to

00:32:34.960 --> 00:32:36.579
 David Hawkins.

00:32:37.599 --> 00:32:38.779
 And Noah's

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:41.119
 cursed Ham's descendants,

00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.879
 the Canaanites.

00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:43.799
 And we look at

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.679
 the fall of Babylon,

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.400
 and again,

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:45.840
 I read,

00:32:45.940 --> 00:32:46.759
 read part of that

00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.940
 in Revelation 18,

00:32:48.519 --> 00:32:49.820
 and it talks about

00:32:49.820 --> 00:32:51.400
 the drunkenness,

00:32:51.500 --> 00:32:52.180
 like drunken

00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:54.039
 with power.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:56.120
 So in the end times,

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.500
 in the final seven years,

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.380
 the,

00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:00.160
 the Babylonian kingdom

00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:00.940
 will be drunk

00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:01.700
 with power.

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.360
 They will be

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:03.920
 all powerful.

00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.580
 They will be,

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:06.420
 you can't do anything

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:08.460
 if it isn't allowed.

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.820
 And they are,

00:33:10.360 --> 00:33:10.580
 you know,

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.220
 and then God

00:33:11.220 --> 00:33:13.120
 will judge them.

00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:17.419
 16 and 17.

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.699
 You will be filled

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.139
 with shame

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.919
 instead of glory.

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:21.079
 Now it is your turn.

00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.159
 Drink and be exposed.

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.679
 The cup from the Lord's

00:33:23.679 --> 00:33:24.099
 right hand

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.139
 is coming around to you,

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.079
 and disgrace

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.119
 will cover your glory.

00:33:27.839 --> 00:33:28.519
 The violence

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.239
 you have done

00:33:29.239 --> 00:33:29.759
 to Babylon

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.819
 will overwhelm you,

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:32.399
 and your destruction

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:33.000
 of animals

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:34.019
 will terrify you.

00:33:34.459 --> 00:33:35.259
 For you have shed

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.299
 man's bloods,

00:33:36.479 --> 00:33:37.579
 and you have destroyed

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.419
 lands and cities

00:33:38.419 --> 00:33:39.319
 and everyone in them.

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.959
 Again,

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:42.340
 after Babylon

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.779
 conquers Israel,

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.059
 it will be punished.

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.400
 Now,

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.480
 this

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.900
 is a warning

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.579
 for Israel.

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:54.579
 Of what value

00:33:54.579 --> 00:33:55.200
 is an idol

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.200
 since a man

00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:56.920
 has carved it

00:33:56.920 --> 00:33:57.940
 or an image

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.079
 that teaches lies

00:33:59.079 --> 00:34:00.360
 for he who makes it

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.940
 trust in his own creation.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.460
 He makes idols

00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.380
 that cannot speak.

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.700
 Woe to him

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.480
 who says to would

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.720
 come to life

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.960
 or lifeless stone.

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.099
 Wake up.

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.480
 Can it give guidance?

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.860
 It is covered

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.960
 with gold and silver.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.699
 There is no breath in it.

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:16.940
 But the Lord

00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:18.380
 is in his holy temple.

00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.039
 Let all the earth

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.500
 be silent before him.

00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.900
 Habakkuk

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:32.279
 is directly

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.339
 talking to Israel

00:34:33.339 --> 00:34:34.360
 about idols.

00:34:35.239 --> 00:34:36.339
 This isn't just

00:34:36.339 --> 00:34:37.779
 for the Babylonians,

00:34:37.839 --> 00:34:38.380
 even though they

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.360
 have their idols.

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:41.380
 This is focusing

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.200
 on Israel.

00:34:43.700 --> 00:34:44.500
 This is focusing

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.200
 on Israel.

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:46.340
 And right from

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:47.340
 the Tower of Babel

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:49.300
 through the Ten Commandments

00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:50.440
 in Exodus 20,

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:52.200
 in Exodus 32,

00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.720
 the golden calf,

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.019
 remember,

00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.500
 Moses was up

00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:56.000
 on the mountain

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.200
 for a month

00:34:57.200 --> 00:34:58.880
 and while he was up there,

00:34:58.960 --> 00:34:59.380
 the people,

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:01.500
 they threw gold

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:02.380
 into their fire

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.200
 and out

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.480
 jumped the golden calf.

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.960
 Just jumped out.

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.860
 Anyways,

00:35:07.240 --> 00:35:08.900
 so all along,

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:09.760
 he has been

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.699
 warning these people

00:35:10.699 --> 00:35:12.019
 that,

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.420
 you know,

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.420
 and then punishment.

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.179
 Remember,

00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:18.179
 Elijah had

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:19.460
 a contest

00:35:19.460 --> 00:35:21.199
 to build an altar

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.480
 and lightning

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.300
 came down

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.740
 and destroyed it

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.280
 and licked up

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.800
 the water.

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.740
 The Babylonians,

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:28.280
 they were cutting

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.800
 themselves

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.579
 and dancing

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.199
 and this and that,

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:30.900
 nothing happened.

00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:32.400
 At the end of it,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.700
 he said,

00:35:32.780 --> 00:35:32.940
 okay,

00:35:33.260 --> 00:35:34.019
 let's kill them all.

00:35:34.079 --> 00:35:34.639
 So they killed

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:36.099
 450 prophets.

00:35:37.019 --> 00:35:38.139
 A little while later,

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:39.019
 Jehu

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:41.380
 got all the

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:43.200
 prophets of Baal

00:35:43.200 --> 00:35:43.880
 to come in

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:45.059
 to their temple

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.619
 and he was,

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.300
 we're gonna have

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:47.039
 a big celebration,

00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.320
 right?

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.519
 And then he had

00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:49.700
 80 guards

00:35:49.700 --> 00:35:50.380
 on the outside

00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.780
 and says,

00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:52.340
 your life for theirs

00:35:52.340 --> 00:35:53.360
 if any of them escape.

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.639
 So they killed them all.

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.340
 So God has

00:35:56.340 --> 00:35:57.260
 punished

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:59.540
 these people,

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:01.220
 these priests,

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.980
 these terrible priests

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.340
 all through history

00:36:04.340 --> 00:36:05.640
 and yet still

00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:07.900
 the Israelites

00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:10.180
 still wanna follow that

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:11.600
 because it's easier

00:36:11.600 --> 00:36:13.120
 to see something solid

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:13.380
 than,

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.080
 you know,

00:36:14.140 --> 00:36:15.120
 when you're praying

00:36:15.120 --> 00:36:15.660
 to a God

00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:16.560
 and you don't hear

00:36:16.560 --> 00:36:16.960
 an answer,

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:18.680
 then you wanna say,

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:18.900
 well,

00:36:19.020 --> 00:36:20.900
 I'll worship

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.820
 the God of fertility

00:36:21.820 --> 00:36:23.600
 or the God of rain

00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.600
 or the God of this

00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:25.720
 or this God

00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.440
 will protect me

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.360
 and if I do this,

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.480
 the Egyptians

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.240
 will help me.

00:36:31.300 --> 00:36:31.720
 Again,

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.720
 Zephaniah,

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:35.179
 one couple pages

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.800
 later,

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:39.720
 talks in verse 4 to 6.

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.639
 I will stretch out

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.800
 my hand against Judah

00:36:42.800 --> 00:36:43.500
 and against all

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.280
 who live in Jerusalem.

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.220
 I will cut off

00:36:45.220 --> 00:36:46.099
 from her high places

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.840
 every remnant

00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.559
 of Baal,

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:50.320
 the name of the pagans

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.159
 and the idolatrous priests.

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.860
 Those who bow down

00:36:53.860 --> 00:36:54.980
 on the housetops

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.500
 worship the starry skies,

00:36:57.000 --> 00:36:57.820
 those who bow down

00:36:57.820 --> 00:36:59.119
 and swear to the Lord

00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:00.480
 and who also swear

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.099
 by Molech,

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.539
 those who turn back

00:37:02.539 --> 00:37:03.619
 from following the Lord

00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:05.000
 will neither seek the Lord

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.920
 nor inquire of Him.

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.039
 So these are,

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:09.800
 these are powerful words

00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:10.579
 that he's talking

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:13.019
 about idols.

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.480
 And,

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:18.980
 God's zeal never waned.

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:23.880
 whatever we,

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:25.000
 today,

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.840
 today,

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.199
 whatever we view

00:37:28.199 --> 00:37:30.880
 as of equal importance

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.659
 to God,

00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.199
 jobs,

00:37:33.719 --> 00:37:34.260
 possessions,

00:37:35.380 --> 00:37:35.840
 family,

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.900
 sports,

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.800
 entertainment,

00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.420
 anything,

00:37:39.260 --> 00:37:39.760
 anything,

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:42.500
 is still an abomination.

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.679
 God is still

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:46.980
 prominent.

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:48.400
 He is number one.

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.760
 Everything,

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.940
 we have jobs,

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:51.219
 we can do sports,

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.440
 we can watch

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:53.500
 entertainment,

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.719
 but to,

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.940
 to put it above God

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.360
 is,

00:37:56.539 --> 00:37:57.760
 is an abomination.

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.280
 And,

00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.719
 you know,

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.159
 the day,

00:38:00.300 --> 00:38:01.420
 the day of judgment

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.159
 will be filled

00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:02.719
 with people

00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.480
 regretting

00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.659
 their choices.

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.480
 Finally,

00:38:09.019 --> 00:38:10.699
 and I'm running

00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.240
 out of time,

00:38:12.159 --> 00:38:13.119
 chapter three,

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.460
 the wow chapter.

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:19.719
 Prayer of Habakkuk,

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.280
 the prophet.

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:20.880
 Lord,

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.440
 I have heard

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.099
 of your fame.

00:38:22.300 --> 00:38:22.980
 I stood in awe

00:38:22.980 --> 00:38:23.519
 of your deeds,

00:38:23.579 --> 00:38:23.900
 O Lord.

00:38:24.539 --> 00:38:25.199
 Renew them

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.119
 in our day,

00:38:26.219 --> 00:38:26.820
 in our time,

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:27.539
 make them known.

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.159
 In wrath,

00:38:28.260 --> 00:38:29.019
 remember mercy.

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.760
 This is a different

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.099
 attitude.

00:38:32.240 --> 00:38:32.880
 This is a different

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.260
 guy.

00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:35.599
 After God's

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.920
 revelation to Habakkuk

00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:37.559
 about what will

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.420
 happen to Israel

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.659
 and the punishment

00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:40.860
 of Babylon,

00:38:41.300 --> 00:38:42.420
 plus idolatry,

00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:43.719
 he has a true

00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:44.500
 picture of God.

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:46.760
 He is seeing God

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:47.719
 for who he is.

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.960
 Heard of your fame,

00:38:50.179 --> 00:38:50.980
 stand in awe

00:38:50.980 --> 00:38:51.420
 of your deed.

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:51.860
 This is,

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:52.780
 you know,

00:38:52.840 --> 00:38:53.820
 we compare that

00:38:53.820 --> 00:38:55.800
 to chapter one.

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:58.900
 How long,

00:38:59.159 --> 00:38:59.539
 O Lord,

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.320
 must I call?

00:39:00.960 --> 00:39:02.119
 Cry out to you.

00:39:02.579 --> 00:39:03.400
 Why do you

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:04.099
 make me look?

00:39:04.539 --> 00:39:05.380
 Destruction and

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.559
 violence are before me.

00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.019
 Therefore,

00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:09.380
 and he's blaming God.

00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:10.139
 Now,

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:11.579
 he's praising God.

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:16.500
 His splendor

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.779
 was like the sunrise.

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.659
 Rays flashed

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.380
 from his hand

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:21.519
 where his power

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.960
 was hidden.

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.719
 Plagues

00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:24.500
 were before him.

00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:25.739
 Pestilence

00:39:25.739 --> 00:39:26.579
 followed his steps.

00:39:26.819 --> 00:39:27.279
 So again,

00:39:27.360 --> 00:39:27.920
 he's looking at

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.460
 God who forgot

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.420
 who God is.

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.019
 Glory

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:32.480
 covers the heavens.

00:39:33.000 --> 00:39:33.880
 He sees God

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:35.019
 as not

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:36.279
 something that

00:39:36.279 --> 00:39:37.099
 he had a little idol.

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.940
 He sees the whole

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:38.799
 glory of God.

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.880
 And then he realizes,

00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:42.140
 plagues

00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:43.559
 went before him.

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.800
 This means that

00:39:45.800 --> 00:39:46.960
 God

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:48.000
 allowed

00:39:48.000 --> 00:39:49.079
 nasty things

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.660
 to happen

00:39:49.660 --> 00:39:51.140
 for the people

00:39:51.140 --> 00:39:51.760
 to wake up.

00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:52.579
 Wake up,

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.340
 people.

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.400
 This is happening.

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:55.380
 You know,

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:55.740
 and we,

00:39:56.539 --> 00:39:57.019
 God,

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.200
 you know,

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.820
 like he doesn't

00:39:58.820 --> 00:39:59.599
 just have a sign

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:00.300
 even though he did

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:01.440
 have the prophets

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.500
 and all these things

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.380
 and blessings.

00:40:04.260 --> 00:40:05.300
 He still had to

00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.760
 wake them up

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.280
 and they didn't

00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:06.740
 wake up.

00:40:06.740 --> 00:40:06.800
 Amen.

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:12.840
 He stood,

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.920
 shook the earth,

00:40:14.300 --> 00:40:14.560
 looked,

00:40:14.700 --> 00:40:15.420
 and made the nations

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:15.880
 tremble.

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:18.060
 The ancient mountains

00:40:18.060 --> 00:40:18.680
 crumbled

00:40:18.680 --> 00:40:21.340
 and the age-old hills

00:40:21.340 --> 00:40:21.820
 collapsed.

00:40:21.940 --> 00:40:22.539
 His ways

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.080
 are eternal.

00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:24.900
 Again,

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.640
 natural disasters

00:40:26.640 --> 00:40:28.120
 are wake-up call.

00:40:28.720 --> 00:40:29.600
 In Revelation,

00:40:29.780 --> 00:40:30.400
 many events

00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:30.920
 will occur.

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:32.019
 Today,

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.119
 we ignore God

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.980
 and take credit

00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.920
 that man,

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.440
 that man

00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:38.780
 isn't responsible

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.880
 for climate change.

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:40.900
 Okay,

00:40:41.380 --> 00:40:42.320
 interesting fact,

00:40:42.860 --> 00:40:44.300
 La Palma volcano,

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.619
 right?

00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.900
 Going off there,

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.679
 Canary Islands

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.639
 just off of Africa.

00:40:48.579 --> 00:40:49.539
 In two months,

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:52.400
 more sulfur dioxide

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.340
 has been emitted

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:55.420
 than all the continent

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.960
 of Europe

00:40:55.960 --> 00:40:56.500
 in a year.

00:40:57.599 --> 00:40:58.119
 So,

00:40:58.259 --> 00:40:59.159
 for man to say,

00:40:59.300 --> 00:40:59.360
 well,

00:40:59.420 --> 00:41:00.599
 because we did this,

00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:01.480
 we're changing

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.980
 the climate.

00:41:02.079 --> 00:41:02.179
 Well,

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.800
 how do you climate?

00:41:03.260 --> 00:41:05.639
 There's almost 50 volcanoes

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.340
 going off

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.380
 around the world

00:41:07.380 --> 00:41:08.260
 right now.

00:41:08.340 --> 00:41:08.940
 More than any,

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:10.360
 like they're ramping up

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:11.699
 really quickly.

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.579
 And for man to say,

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:13.719
 well,

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:15.240
 because I'm burning

00:41:15.240 --> 00:41:16.940
 a little bit too much gasoline,

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:19.159
 man is in charge.

00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:20.159
 Again,

00:41:20.260 --> 00:41:21.760
 this is kind of like Babylon.

00:41:22.780 --> 00:41:24.740
 That we will make a tower.

00:41:25.740 --> 00:41:27.039
 It's man that's in charge.

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:27.500
 And this is,

00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.260
 this is what's,

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:29.519
 this is what's happening.

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.639
 Now,

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:35.940
 were you angry with the rivers?

00:41:36.079 --> 00:41:36.340
 Oh,

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:36.599
 Lord,

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:37.420
 was your wrath

00:41:37.420 --> 00:41:38.300
 against the streams?

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.800
 Did you rage against the sea?

00:41:39.940 --> 00:41:40.280
 Were you,

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:42.119
 when you rode with your horses

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.960
 in your vicious,

00:41:43.900 --> 00:41:44.639
 a victorious chariots,

00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:47.079
 you uncovered your bow,

00:41:47.159 --> 00:41:48.400
 you called for many arrows,

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:49.840
 you split the world,

00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.840
 earth with rivers,

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.840
 the mountains saw you

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.960
 and rather ride,

00:41:53.659 --> 00:41:54.539
 torrents of water

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.800
 swept by the deep.

00:41:55.800 --> 00:41:57.539
 again

00:41:57.539 --> 00:42:00.519
 time of Noah, great changes

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:02.600
 while things were happening

00:42:02.600 --> 00:42:04.820
 Noah was on the boat underneath the ocean

00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:06.140
 things were happening

00:42:06.140 --> 00:42:10.700
 sun and moon

00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:12.620
 stood still in the heavens, the glint of your

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:14.560
 flying arrows, the lightning of your flashing

00:42:14.560 --> 00:42:16.519
 appears, in wrath you stood

00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:18.460
 strode through the earth

00:42:18.460 --> 00:42:20.340
 and in anger you thrashed the nations

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:22.519
 you came out to deliver your people

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:24.600
 to save your anointed one, you crushed the leaders

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:26.599
 of the land of wickedness, you stripped

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:28.599
 them from head to foot, with your own

00:42:28.599 --> 00:42:29.900
 spear you pierced his head

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:32.659
 when his warriors stormed out to scatter

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:34.639
 us, gloating as they were about to

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:36.440
 devour the wretched who were in hiding

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:38.559
 you trampled the sea with your horses

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:40.819
 judgment against

00:42:40.819 --> 00:42:41.259
 Babylon

00:42:41.259 --> 00:42:44.400
 remember

00:42:44.400 --> 00:42:46.239
 Jesus came the first time

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:48.380
 as a gentle, humble

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:50.380
 man who was nailed to

00:42:50.380 --> 00:42:51.719
 nailed and

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:54.179
 who healed and prophesied

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:56.519
 Jesus will come back

00:42:56.519 --> 00:42:57.539
 as a warrior

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:59.960
 we read already in Revelation 19

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:01.940
 he comes back with

00:43:01.940 --> 00:43:03.239
 riding his horse

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:04.019
 vengeful

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:08.539
 now these are the

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:10.719
 these are the verses that really caught my eye

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:12.559
 well 16

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:14.799
 17 does

00:43:14.799 --> 00:43:15.599
 16

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:17.559
 I heard and my heart pounded

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:18.319
 my lips

00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:19.339
 quivered

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:20.239
 at the sound

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:21.179
 decay

00:43:21.179 --> 00:43:22.500
 crept into my bones

00:43:22.500 --> 00:43:23.559
 and my legs trembled

00:43:23.559 --> 00:43:26.679
 yet I wait patiently for the day of calamity

00:43:26.679 --> 00:43:28.280
 to come on the nations

00:43:28.280 --> 00:43:29.380
 invading us

00:43:29.380 --> 00:43:31.559
 Habakkuk

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:33.599
 was terrified of God's revelation

00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:35.800
 you know he knows

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.400
 that Jerusalem will be destroyed

00:43:37.400 --> 00:43:38.460
 the temple destroyed

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.619
 people killed

00:43:39.619 --> 00:43:40.420
 it was horrible

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.960
 but he will

00:43:41.960 --> 00:43:43.480
 he will wait patiently for

00:43:43.480 --> 00:43:45.239
 for the judgment on

00:43:45.239 --> 00:43:46.119
 Babylon

00:43:46.119 --> 00:43:47.940
 now verse 2nd

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:49.340
 we've only got two verses left

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:53.260
 this is the one that caught us

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.940
 we're combining

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:56.680
 we're out there

00:43:56.680 --> 00:43:57.980
 you know

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.059
 12 bushel peas

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:00.440
 we've got nothing

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:04.160
 though the fig tree

00:44:04.160 --> 00:44:05.260
 does not bud

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:07.380
 there are no grapes

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:08.160
 on the vine

00:44:08.160 --> 00:44:10.220
 though the olive crop

00:44:10.220 --> 00:44:10.780
 fails

00:44:10.780 --> 00:44:11.500
 and the fields

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.600
 produce no food

00:44:12.600 --> 00:44:14.539
 though there is no sheep

00:44:14.539 --> 00:44:15.180
 in the pen

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:16.700
 and no cattle

00:44:16.700 --> 00:44:17.720
 in the stalls

00:44:17.719 --> 00:44:20.219
 whoa

00:44:20.219 --> 00:44:22.459
 can you ever describe

00:44:22.459 --> 00:44:23.939
 harvest 2021

00:44:23.939 --> 00:44:26.659
 except with those words

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:28.259
 you know we know

00:44:28.259 --> 00:44:30.379
 how are we going to pay our bills

00:44:30.379 --> 00:44:33.000
 how are things going to happen

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:35.739
 yeah

00:44:35.739 --> 00:44:36.619
 it just

00:44:36.619 --> 00:44:38.679
 it's a wake up call

00:44:38.679 --> 00:44:40.459
 it's just a wake up call

00:44:40.459 --> 00:44:42.239
 God knows these things

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.839
 he knows

00:44:42.839 --> 00:44:44.219
 this is going to happen

00:44:44.219 --> 00:44:45.859
 to the Israelites

00:44:45.860 --> 00:44:49.660
 the most important verse

00:44:49.660 --> 00:44:51.840
 the most important verse

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:53.400
 18

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:55.820
 yet

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:58.680
 it's a powerful word

00:44:58.680 --> 00:45:00.960
 yet

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:03.920
 I will rejoice

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.960
 in the Lord

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:07.599
 I will be joyful

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:08.880
 in God my Savior

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:12.200
 the sovereign Lord

00:45:12.200 --> 00:45:13.320
 is my strength

00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:14.960
 he makes me

00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:16.320
 he makes my feet

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:16.920
 like the feet

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.380
 of a deer

00:45:17.380 --> 00:45:18.480
 and he enables me

00:45:18.480 --> 00:45:20.039
 to go on the heights

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:22.220
 yet

00:45:22.220 --> 00:45:23.760
 even though

00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:26.400
 Habakkuk

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:28.039
 is foreseeing

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:29.400
 the destruction

00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:30.200
 of Jerusalem

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:31.559
 he is

00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:32.039
 seeing

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:33.360
 the destruction

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.160
 of the temple

00:45:34.160 --> 00:45:35.360
 like the beautiful temple

00:45:35.360 --> 00:45:36.360
 that Solomon built

00:45:36.360 --> 00:45:37.320
 he's

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:37.800
 seeing

00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:39.360
 he's foreseeing

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:40.000
 all the people

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:40.700
 getting killed

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.659
 he's foreseeing

00:45:41.659 --> 00:45:44.539
 the destruction

00:45:44.539 --> 00:45:46.079
 of the cropland

00:45:46.079 --> 00:45:47.139
 that they're going to starve

00:45:47.139 --> 00:45:49.539
 though the fig tree

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.419
 does not bud

00:45:50.419 --> 00:45:51.039
 no grapes

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.739
 on the vine

00:45:51.739 --> 00:45:52.859
 though the olive crop

00:45:52.859 --> 00:45:53.279
 fails

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:54.119
 the field

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:55.219
 produce no food

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:56.159
 no sheep

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:56.659
 in the pen

00:45:56.659 --> 00:45:57.159
 no cattle

00:45:57.159 --> 00:45:57.819
 in the stalls

00:45:57.819 --> 00:45:58.859
 yet

00:45:58.859 --> 00:46:00.579
 I will rejoice

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.099
 in the Lord

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:01.980
 I will be joyful

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:02.439
 in God

00:46:02.439 --> 00:46:03.099
 my Savior

00:46:03.099 --> 00:46:04.480
 the sovereign Lord

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:05.219
 is my strength

00:46:05.219 --> 00:46:05.819
 he makes me

00:46:05.819 --> 00:46:06.819
 makes my feet

00:46:06.819 --> 00:46:07.399
 like the feet

00:46:07.399 --> 00:46:07.839
 of a deer

00:46:07.839 --> 00:46:09.480
 enables me

00:46:09.480 --> 00:46:10.340
 to go on the heights

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:14.960
 this verse

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.579
 is the climax

00:46:15.579 --> 00:46:16.360
 of the chapter

00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:16.860
 Habakkuk

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:18.340
 goes from lamenting

00:46:18.340 --> 00:46:19.960
 over God

00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:20.480
 being

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.480
 an inept

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:23.000
 ignorant

00:46:23.000 --> 00:46:24.320
 you know

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:24.840
 inept

00:46:24.840 --> 00:46:26.059
 in what he does

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:27.599
 ignoring Israel's

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:28.000
 sins

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:29.240
 to realizing

00:46:29.240 --> 00:46:29.940
 that no matter

00:46:29.940 --> 00:46:30.740
 what happens

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:32.599
 he will

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.719
 he will find

00:46:33.719 --> 00:46:34.199
 strength

00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:34.719
 and joy

00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:35.300
 in the Lord

00:46:35.300 --> 00:46:37.159
 so Habakkuk's

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.019
 revelation

00:46:39.019 --> 00:46:39.719
 of who

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:40.480
 God

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.279
 is

00:46:41.279 --> 00:46:42.619
 enabled them

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:43.099
 to see

00:46:43.099 --> 00:46:43.719
 the power

00:46:43.719 --> 00:46:44.279
 of God

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:46.279
 and

00:46:46.279 --> 00:46:48.199
 you know

00:46:48.199 --> 00:46:49.239
 we just

00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:49.699
 we just

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:51.319
 we have to

00:46:51.319 --> 00:46:51.799
 take that

00:46:51.799 --> 00:46:52.819
 to our heart

00:46:52.819 --> 00:46:53.980
 who is God

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.539
 what are we

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:54.859
 doing

00:46:54.859 --> 00:46:55.500
 are we

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.719
 are we

00:46:56.719 --> 00:46:58.099
 glorifying him

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.000
 are we joyous

00:46:59.000 --> 00:46:59.599
 in the Lord

00:46:59.599 --> 00:47:00.440
 even though

00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:01.639
 you know

00:47:01.639 --> 00:47:02.539
 bad things

00:47:02.539 --> 00:47:03.099
 are happening

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:04.679
 through the ages

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:05.500
 many nations

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.139
 have faced

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.899
 invasions

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:08.200
 and even

00:47:08.200 --> 00:47:08.599
 today

00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:09.240
 we look at

00:47:09.240 --> 00:47:10.500
 say Ukraine

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.280
 Taiwan

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:12.680
 they face

00:47:12.680 --> 00:47:13.420
 imminent war

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:14.720
 Israel is

00:47:14.720 --> 00:47:15.579
 fighting battles

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:16.440
 over Iran

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:17.220
 you know

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.280
 the picture

00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:18.980
 of death

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:19.579
 and destruction

00:47:19.579 --> 00:47:20.720
 around the world

00:47:20.720 --> 00:47:21.380
 is real

00:47:21.380 --> 00:47:23.180
 but the promise

00:47:23.180 --> 00:47:23.820
 of God

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:25.139
 you know

00:47:25.139 --> 00:47:26.800
 God promises

00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:27.700
 to be with us

00:47:27.700 --> 00:47:28.320
 he promises

00:47:28.320 --> 00:47:30.240
 to be our

00:47:30.240 --> 00:47:32.380
 we have salvation

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:33.480
 if you believe

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.000
 in God

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:35.460
 you have salvation

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:38.460
 and I think

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:40.099
 it hit me

00:47:40.099 --> 00:47:44.480
 no matter

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:45.360
 what we face

00:47:45.360 --> 00:47:46.159
 we have a God

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:46.880
 who is not an

00:47:46.880 --> 00:47:47.260
 idol

00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:49.300
 who is not

00:47:49.300 --> 00:47:49.599
 idol

00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:50.579
 but is an

00:47:50.579 --> 00:47:50.980
 active

00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:52.340
 savior

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:54.320
 Paul's letter

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:55.159
 to the Philippians

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.800
 sums up

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:56.840
 all that we

00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.480
 can face

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:59.960
 in verse

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.880
 chapter

00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:02.300
 Philippians

00:48:02.300 --> 00:48:03.119
 chapter 1

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.699
 19 to 21

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:09.099
 for I know

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 that

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 through your

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 prayers

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 and the help

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 given by the

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 spirit of Jesus

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 Christ

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 what has

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 happened to me

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 will turn out

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 for my

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 deliverance

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 I eagerly

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 wait

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 eagerly expect

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 and hope

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 that I will

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 in no way

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 be ashamed

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 but will have

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 courage

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 sufficient courage

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 so that

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 now as always

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 Christ will be

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 exalted in my

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 body

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 whether by life

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 or by death

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 and that famous

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 verse

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 for to me

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 to live

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 is Christ

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 and to die

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 is gain

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 so as

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 as we

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 go through

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 all the

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 turmoil

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 like in this

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 next

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 year

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 things

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 can go

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 we may

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 face stuff

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 that we

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 can never

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 imagine

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 you know

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 like when

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 wars

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 and rumors

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 of wars

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 earthquakes

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 that are

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 happening

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 tsunamis

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 that could

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 happen

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 all these

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 things

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 you know

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 this virus

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 that's going

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 or the

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 coronavirus

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 it could

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 get worse

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 all these

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 things

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 we're looking

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 at

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 man

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 it could

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 get worse

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 we take

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 and we know

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 that to live

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 is Christ

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 to die

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 is gain

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 but I think

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 Habakkuk sums

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 it up

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 best

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 as we live

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 our lives

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 but the

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 righteous

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 will live

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 by his

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 faith

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 so if there's

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 any encouragement

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 you can take

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 from the

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 sermon

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 it's the

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 righteous

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 will live

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 by his

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 faith

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 thank you

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 спасибо

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 to

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 the