Habakkuk -- judgement goeth forth perverted

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Habbakuk 1:2 Jehovah, how long shall I cry and thou wilt not hear? I cry out unto thee, Violence! and thou dost not save. 3 Why dost thou cause me to see iniquity, and lookest thou upon grievance? For spoiling and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention riseth up. 4 Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.

At least 6 of the hijackers that the 911 commission said were on the planes are still alive. One walked into the US embassy and said "Here I am, I'm still alive" and some were interviewed by the BBC. Yet the final commission report still gives their pictures and says they were the ones who were on the planes. Even to this day the flight manifests for the four planes have never been made public. Why would these people who supposedly all died on those flights be kept as classified information? 2 or 3 days prior to 911 there was a very large number of Puts bought on American Airlines, United Airlines and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (which had 22 floors in the World trade towers). Puts allow you to make money if the stock price drops. This indicates that there was prior knowledge about the attack and that the perpetrators intended to make money off of it. So what did the 911 commission report say? They said they checked it out and there was no conceivable connection between the ones who bought the Puts and Al Qaeda. Therefore nothing to see here. This is not justice. This report that has gone forth, this is perverted. The law was powerless. The steel from the World Trade Center was forensic evidence of the crime. It would have proven conclusively if the airplanes brought the buildings down or if it was brought down as a controlled demolition. However, the forensic investigators were not allowed to see the steel, it was guarded by the US military and then shipped to China to be melted down. They were powerless to do a real investigation and they were powerless to write the report.

5 See ye among the nations, and behold, and wonder marvellously; for work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be declared [to you].

We are seeing a marvelous work of God in our days. I will declare it but you won’t believe it.

6 For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation, which marcheth through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling-places that are not theirs.

Can anyone deny that the US has marched through the breadth of the Earth to possess dwelling places that are not theirs? Doesn’t the word impetuous describe the US of all nations? We act quickly, without thought, we move forcefully or rapidly. And how about bitter, how bitter are people over what the US did to the Native Americans, how bitter are people about slavery, how bitter are they about broken treaties and broken promises. And it is a tenant of America that “God raised us up”. From Plymouth rock on we see God’s hand in raising up this country.

7 They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

At one point we were the sole superpower. Being a “superpower” includes “terrible and dreadful: their judgment and dignity proceed from themselves”.

8 And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour. 9 They come all of them for violence: the crowd of their faces is forwards, and they gather captives as the sand.

Can anyone deny that our army is terrible and dreadful. We are swift and agile, fly as an eagle to devour. When we came to the Gulf war “our horsemen came from afar”. Our horsemen would be Seal Team 6, and Blue Angels, and Rangers and yes, they are a proud group. One translation is that “their faces shall sup up like the east wind”. When the wind blew from the east it was a dry and scorching wind for Israel. The Gulf war was like a dry and scorching wind. Perhaps you remember the oil fields set on fire by Iraq. Or the pictures of the caravan that was utterly destroyed.

10 Yea, he scoffeth at kings, and princes are a scorn unto him; he derideth every stronghold: for he heapeth up dust, and taketh it.

We have puppet regimes that we have set up. In the US we have no regard for these Banana republic dictators, kings, princes, sheiks. And we derided the strongholds that Saddam had set up, it took us all of a week to take it.

11 Then will his mind change, and he will pass on, and become guilty: this his power is become his god.

Since JFK's assassination the mind changed. Our leaders and government have become guilty. We fabricated a reason to go to war in Vietnam. We fabricated a reason to go to war in Iraq. There were no WMD's in Iraq. 911 is the ultimate guilt where "power became his god". 911 was not perpetrated by a bunch of terrorists with box cutters, it was perpetrated by those for whom power became their god. 2 million people died in the Vietnam war, and we contrived a reason to attack them. Likewise with the first Gulf War, there were no weapons of mass destruction. Likewise with the 2nd Gulf war, Iraq had nothing to do with 911. The US has become guilty, and “power has become the god” of those who are perpetrating these crimes.

12 —Art thou not from everlasting, Jehovah my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast appointed him for correction.

The US, the World rulers in Europe, China, and Russia, they are all appointed for judgement. Do you really think the Secret Service leaves the President reading “My Pet Goat” to a kindergarten class if they thought the US was under attack? Why was Willy Brown warned not to fly? Why did FBI agents claim they knew the target and the date before the attack? Even the NSA admitted they had intercepted a message on September 10 which gave the go ahead for the attack. The 911 commission did not question the NSA as to why they didn’t act on that message, nor did they question the FBI agents, nor did they even question those who warned Willy Brown not to fly. The report that went forth as the official investigation was perverted. Why? Because the Lord our God has ordained Jesus to be the judge of all, and He has appointed this corrupt regime for correction.

13 [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on mischief: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] keepest silence when the wicked swalloweth up a [man] more righteous than he?

Till now it seemed that God had kept silent while beholding the treachery, while seeing wicked men swallow up the righteous. We watched as wicked men swallowed up JFK, MLK Jr., RFK, and all the other martyrs.

14 And thou makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them. 15 He taketh up all of them with the hook, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them into his drag; therefore he rejoiceth and is glad:

All the kids who went to war in Vietnam, and all those killed in 911, and all those killed in these Gulf wars, and in Afghanistan, they were like fish caught in the net of these corrupt rulers.

16 therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; for by them his portion is become fat, and his meat dainty.
17 Shall he therefore empty his net, and not spare to slay the nations continually?


Many complain that this pandemic is not righteous, it is like a net that catches everyone. But as you have done it will be done to you. We use terms like "collateral damage" and brush it off, until we are the collateral damage. Since these wars what have we done? We idolize our technological achievement. At first it was helicopters and fighter jets, but now it is smart bombs, drones, robots, computers, and AI. The reason for 911 was to sell the congress on the need for technologically advanced weapons to our military. We completely increased our military spending so that we could have the drones and robots. What is the point of doing this except to “slay the nations continually”. Now we have people in the US working regular 40 hour a week jobs, they go in to an office, fly a drone over some poor third world country and blow up suspicious gatherings. Our wars are now continual. We don’t call them “wars” we call them police actions.
 
Habbakuk 2 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer as to my reproof.

We are servants of the Lord, this is the time you want to be found doing what the master has commanded you to do. The word of God is a strong tower, on this tower we can look forth. We can see the hand of God, we can see God’s will and we can answer those that reprove us, denying that this is God’s hand.

2 And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and engrave it upon tablets, that he may run that readeth it.

We need a word that we can act on. It needs to be put up in a public place, easily read, and especially for those that are in a hurry.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but it hasteth to the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; for it will surely come, it will not delay.

It seems like the Lord's word concerning the end of the age has tarried, but whenitcomes,ithastenstotheend.Onceitbeginsitwillberapidfire. “it pants for the day of completion, which shall do it justice. It longs to fulfil its destiny.” Ellicot. T hen when it does come it will "break forth as a blast." Jamieson-Fausset-Brown.

4 Behold, his soul is puffed up, it is not upright within him: but the just shall live by his faith. 5 And moreover, the wine is treacherous: he is a proud man, and keepeth not at rest, he enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is like death and cannot be satisfied; and he assembleth unto him all nations, and gathereth unto him all peoples.


We used to have leaders that walked by faith like Franklin D. Roosevelt, but these new people in charge are drunken, treacherous, proud, and ambitious heathen. The contrast between now and then is stark. T his is exactly what we did with the first Gulf war, assembling all the nations to us and yet our desire was not satisfied, and so we had a 2nd Gulf war.

6 Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long?—and to him that loadeth himself with pledges! 7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and they awake up that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? 8 Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the rest of the peoples shall plunder thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.

It is on full display to the entire world what is going on. They see us taking what is not ours. They will rise up suddenly. We have been plundering many nations so it is righteous that we also be plundered.

9 Woe to him that getteth iniquitous gain to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the grasp of evil! 10 Thou hast devised shame to thy house, by cutting off many peoples, and hast sinned against thine own soul. 11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

This is the way of the world. This is what Dupont did with Teflon, this is what the NFL did with CTE, this is what the US military industrial complex did, this is what the world's oil industry has done to other nations. They have built their houses on iniquitous gain. They have cut off many people.

12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and establisheth a city by unrighteousness! 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?

It is not of the Lord that the US budget is dominated by our military spending, we labor for fire and we weary ourselves in vain for these treacherous men to bring on death and destruction like we saw in Vietnam, the Gulf wars, and of course 911. This new world order of globalization is built on blood and established on unrighteousness.

14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah as the waters cover the sea.

Amen and amen. We will see the mighty hand of the Lord.

15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink,—that pourest out thy flask, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! 16 Thou art filled with shame instead of glory; drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of Jehovah's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and a shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.

Our media reveals our shame. These reality TV shows do just this, they entice people with a paycheck, and fame. This is all so they can look on their nakedness. What is happening all day long now on this social media “shameful spewing on thy glory”.

17 For the violence [done] to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of beasts which made them afraid; because of men's blood, and for the violence [done] to the land, to the city, and all that dwell therein.

This is why we have pandemics. This is why the media has become so bitter, so untrusting, so cynical. Men’s blood refers to those they murdered. Violence done to the land is not simply the war, it includes the burning oil fields, and the destruction to the land. Violence done to the city indicates the devastation done to the economy. Think about 911, that was violence done to a city, that was also men’s blood, and it was violence to all that dwell therein. Think about all those first responders who got cancer, and all the other issues.

18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it? the molten image, and the teacher of falsehood, that the maker of his work dependeth thereon, to make dumb idols? 19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake! to the dumb stone, Arise! Shall it teach? Behold it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

Money is a graven image. Coins are a molten image. The stock market is a dumb idol. The governments are going to do all they can trying to say "Awake!" and "Arise!" But the judgement has been declared, woe unto them. So I wonder why the investment bankers were so certain the federal government was going to bail them out in 2008? Could it be they knew about who was involved in 911? Surely they had a trump card they could play which they knew would guarantee they would be bailed out.

20 But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him!

What they didn’t figure on is God’s holy temple, the church. These are the people who are praying. Matt 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. God hears their prayer. A pandemic silences everyone. They are forced to stop what they are doing, sit, be quiet, and keep silence before Him! This is why the Bible says “Plague went before him; pestilence followed his steps.” When the Lord arises to declare His judgement you need to stop what you are doing and be silent.
 
Habbakuk 3 A Prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. 2 Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, I feared.

It is time for God’s people to remember the fearful things that the Lord has done in the past. Having a healthy fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.

Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make known: In wrath remember mercy!

The midst of years means in the middle of the 7 years of tribulation. This is not the beginning of the Great tribulation, this is the Earth keeping silent before that moment. The temple has to be built, the son of perdition has to set himself up in the temple as God, the sixth seal has to be opened. None of those things has happened yet. This is simply the revival of the Lord’s work. It is the ominous silence before the day of wrath.

3 God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah.

This is why I love the Bible, it is so awesome. We are all on the edge of our seat, what is going to happen, is this the end of the age, is this the day of wrath? But God is in no rush. There is nothing the enemy can do. Look, God has a plan, He has been moving steadily with this plan, step by step and there is nothing the enemy can do. It was prophesied that He would come, and now we see Him coming. This word Selah to me is not simply a pause or a direction to the musical director, it demonstrates that the enemy is powerless. Do you want to end the lockdown, go ahead, the second wave of death will be bigger and more intense than the first. Do you want to keep the lockdown, go ahead the depression will be greater that the Great Depression. Does China want to strike at the US, go ahead, trade is down 30%, your economy is contracting, your only hope to avert a total economic meltdown is the US recovery. How about Russia, go ahead. With oil plummeting to 0 you have lost all your economic clout, you better hope that revolution doesn’t sweep through your land. The powers that be are paralyzed, selah.

His glory covereth the heavens, And the earth is full of his praise. 4 And [his] brightness was as the light; Rays [came forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power. I heard the report of You, and I fear to look on your glory, but the earth is full of Your praise. Until now you have hidden the power in your hands.

Our God is a God that hides Himself, but no longer!

5 Before him went the pestilence, And a burning flame went forth at his feet.

Yes, this got our attention and caused us all to sit up and take notice. We are watching the stock market go up in flames, the oil industry go up in flames, and the corrupt governments go up in flames. They are all under His feet.

6 He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.

Right now we are being measured. We are using all kind of statistical analysis to measure our nations to determine can we reopen, how much stimulus, can we afford it, what are the impacts. All of the nations have been discomfited. There are mountains that we think of as eternal, they have been around as long as human history, Peter refers to them They will say, “Where is this ‘coming’ he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” All of these atheists are scattered and give way.

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

To the right hand and to the left God’s people see the tyrants tremble as God leads us out between the curtains and the tents.

8 Was Jehovah wrathful with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers? Was thy rage against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Thy chariots of salvation?

Before it was Pharaoh and his chariots raging in anger. When God split the ocean or the Jordan was He angry with the river or the sea? No, Pharaoh came with His chariots and horses, and God came with His chariots of salvation.

9 Thy bow was made naked, The rods [of discipline] sworn according to [thy] word. Selah.

Once again, selah. There is nothing they can do. They will be severely disciplined and it will be plain for all to see, just like Pharaoh was put to an open shame. This is definitely a place where we want to pause and consider that God is not mocked, you reap what you sow.

Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. 10 The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high. 11 The sun [and] moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows which shot forth,—At the shining of thy glittering spear. 12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

We have heard of all the things You have done and we do believe the great day of your wrath will be even more awe inspiring, terrifying for the wicked, but the glorious chariots of your salvation to those who are your people. The end of the age there will be a reaping, the wheat will be gathered into the Lord’s barns, while the chaff will be burned up in the fire.

13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou didst smite off the head from the house of the wicked, Laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah.

Yes, this is why you have come forth. This is the answer to our prayers. The house of the wicked is what we were looking at in the very beginning of Habakkuk. Why do you cause me to see iniquity? Because you have to see the iniquity if you are going to see God’s hand smiting the head from the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Did you see arrogant assassins who knew they would never face justice, because justice goes forth perverted? The bankers did, that is why they knew they would get bailed out, if they revealed the truth about the government it would be mutually assured destruction.

14 Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly.

Jehoshaphat went out to war in 2Chronicles 20, the Lord had told him you don’t need to fight, just praise. So he had worshippers singing and praising. Meanwhile the three armies that had come up against Israel ended up attacking and killing each other. God killed them with their own spears. The church is the warrior of God, but we will not use sword or spear, we will praise our God. The Lord will deal with those who want to devour the afflicted secretly, just as the evil Haman, but it will be the gallows that Haman built where he will be hanged.

15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thy horses, The heap of great waters.

I am reminded of the time we crossed the red sea, I am reminded of Pharoah's armies.

16 I heard, and my belly trembled; My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in my place, That I might rest in the day of distress, When their invader shall come up against the people. 17 For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

Scary times are coming. If you have been paying attention you know that we will have a great depression. The drop in the stock market we saw this year is about the same as what we saw in 1929, the spike in unemployment is more than anything we have ever seen and is on par with the Great depression, the drop in world trade of 30% and the drop in many very large manufacturing contracts is the deflation we saw during the time of the Great depression. The $2.5 trillion in stimulus is 5x what we did during the mortgage crisis and is probably only half of what the US government will do. Inflation plus deflation is a terrifying combination, especially once no one buys the debt.

18 Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength, And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief Musician. On my stringed instruments.

My God is the God of resurrection. He is the God of my salvation. He is my strength. He makes me to walk in high places. Our praise and worship should focus on rejoicing in the Lord.