Saturday, May 15, 2010

God's answers to Prophet Habukkuk

Habukkuk was the questioning prophet in the 600BC. Observing all the chaos and evils in his time, he complained to God and asked two questions:

Question 1: How come God allows evils, wickedness, violence and injustice to prevail? And apparently indifferent to my cries for help? (Habukkuk 1: 1-4)

Answer 1: I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if you were told... raising up the Babylonians to execute my judgement; using an aggressive nation that thinks it is serving his own god and purpose (Habukkuk 1: 5)

Question 2: How can a holy God employ such an impure and godless nation to destroy another nation of evil? (Habukkuk 1: 12-17)

Answer 2: Part I: I will judge the proud (Habukkuk 2: 5-8); those who build empire through cruelty and godless gain ( Habukkuk 2: 9-11); those who build cities with bloodshed (Habukkuk 2: 12-14); those with cruelty in their judgement of those they conquered (Habukkuk 2:15-17) and those who given over to idolatry (Habukkuk 2:18-20).
Part II: The righteous and faithful will live and prevail (Habukkuk 2:4)

In today's context on Answer 2 Part I:

The 2003 Iraq invasion by allied forces led by the US and UK, was on the pretext of destroying a dictatorship in Saddam Hussein and an evil country with weapons of mass destruction. President George W Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair worked hand in hand to justify such invasion, defying the UN, in doing so.... Iraqi's oil resource must be one key factor in the use of force. Yes, Saddam has been removed and executed but Iraq is in chaos..
However, the evil aggressors are not spared by God as promised .... 2008/2009 subprime mortgage collapse and the worst economic recession hit the USA and UK, together with many natural and man-made disasters challenging the two countries namely, Typhoon Katrina; California bush fire; Iceland volcanic eruption ashes forcing the non-fly decisions of UK and European airlines; BP oil spill off the Gulf coast states etc.... God is progressively displaying his just judgement onto the wicked , the bully , the greedy and the proud?

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