The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Habakkuk 2:16b,
"The cup from the Lord's right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory."
This is the Lord's forewarning to the Babylonians who are coming - at the Lord's doing (unbeknownst to them), to destroy Judah and carry off a remnant into a captivity that will last seventy years. Habakkuk has questioned the Lord how he could use a more wicked people than those of Judea to judge the people of Judea. The Lord lets Habakkuk know that the Babylonians are going to have their day of judgment as well.
The phrase, "The cup of the Lord's right hand is coming around to you" is an absolutely frightful and horrific message! The certainty of it cannot be questioned as it is already headed their way. Nothing can possibly stop it, nothing can possibly delay it. In the Lord's time, "the Lord's right hand is coming around to you". The ferocity of it cannot be measured. The dreadful judgment of the Lord means Babylon is done and will find its end in a fierce, frightful, furious and violent end.
As the fate of both Judea and Babylon are in view in Habakkuk's prophecy, who cannot think of the horrific judgment at the end of things for those who reject Jesus Christ? Just as the Lord's right hand of judgment was coming around to the Babylonians in Habakkuk's day, so the Lord's right hand of judgment is coming around to all mankind!
"Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:15. Also, "the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8.
How true is the caution we read in Hebrews 10:31, "It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." We are reminded by the writer of Hebrews of Moses' words, "For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God." Hebrews 12:29, Deuteronomy 4:24.
"The cup from the Lord's right hand is coming around to you, and disgrace will cover your glory."
This is the Lord's forewarning to the Babylonians who are coming - at the Lord's doing (unbeknownst to them), to destroy Judah and carry off a remnant into a captivity that will last seventy years. Habakkuk has questioned the Lord how he could use a more wicked people than those of Judea to judge the people of Judea. The Lord lets Habakkuk know that the Babylonians are going to have their day of judgment as well.
The phrase, "The cup of the Lord's right hand is coming around to you" is an absolutely frightful and horrific message! The certainty of it cannot be questioned as it is already headed their way. Nothing can possibly stop it, nothing can possibly delay it. In the Lord's time, "the Lord's right hand is coming around to you". The ferocity of it cannot be measured. The dreadful judgment of the Lord means Babylon is done and will find its end in a fierce, frightful, furious and violent end.
As the fate of both Judea and Babylon are in view in Habakkuk's prophecy, who cannot think of the horrific judgment at the end of things for those who reject Jesus Christ? Just as the Lord's right hand of judgment was coming around to the Babylonians in Habakkuk's day, so the Lord's right hand of judgment is coming around to all mankind!
"Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:15. Also, "the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death." Revelation 21:8.
How true is the caution we read in Hebrews 10:31, "It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." We are reminded by the writer of Hebrews of Moses' words, "For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God." Hebrews 12:29, Deuteronomy 4:24.
How thankful I am that God the Father sent his Son, Jesus Christ to pay the penalty for all of our sins! How thankful I am that out of the bounty of his gracious love for all of us, all he asks of us is to place our faith and trust in him! That is all he asks of us to avoid his heavy hand of judgment and join his family.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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