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 2:2-3,
"Then the Lord replied: 'Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.'"
Habakkuk brought a complaint to the Lord regarding the wickedness of Judah. When the Lord told Habakkuk he was going to use the Babylonians to bring his judgment against Judah, he voiced a second complaint: how could the Lord use a more sinful people to bring his judgment against a sinful people? The above verses begins the Lord's second response to Habakkuk.
I note the answer to Habakkuk's question is not for him alone, but for all. The Lord tells Habakkuk to reduce the prophecy to writing on a tablet so it can be brought to others.
Here is a microcosm of how our Bibles came to be. The Lord spoke to prophets whom he had write down what he had to say, delivering his message to all. Peter tells us a bit about this process, "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:20-21.
"Then the Lord replied: 'Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay.'"
Habakkuk brought a complaint to the Lord regarding the wickedness of Judah. When the Lord told Habakkuk he was going to use the Babylonians to bring his judgment against Judah, he voiced a second complaint: how could the Lord use a more sinful people to bring his judgment against a sinful people? The above verses begins the Lord's second response to Habakkuk.
I note the answer to Habakkuk's question is not for him alone, but for all. The Lord tells Habakkuk to reduce the prophecy to writing on a tablet so it can be brought to others.
Here is a microcosm of how our Bibles came to be. The Lord spoke to prophets whom he had write down what he had to say, delivering his message to all. Peter tells us a bit about this process, "Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit." 2 Peter 1:20-21.
I will never cease to be astonished and amazed at the reality that the Creator of all, the One who brought the cosmos into being, has communicated through his prophets to us in the pages of Scripture! We can read his thoughts! We can know his intentions for us! We can find out what he is like! We can find out what he has done in the world, what he is doing today and what is to come! The Lord's flawless character and nature is laid out for us, his love for us is communicated, expressed and displayed for us al in the Scriptures.
When you give it some thought, it is just strikingly astonishing!
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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