During the rise of the Babylonian Empire, God sent the prophet Habakkuk to Judah with warnings of coming judgment. Babylon was becoming a dominant world power, and the days of Judah were numbered. God’s covenant people had given themselves over to greed, injustice, violence, and immorality. The law was being neglected, justice was perverted, and wickedness was spreading throughout the land.
A few nights ago I hardly slept. Lightning flashed every few seconds. Rain pelted the dusty ground and then filled all the dry places and then overflowed out of the flowerbeds and sloshed against the curbs in the low spots of our small town. Thunder rattled the seventy-five year old bones of our cozy house, and despite the fact that I was lying comfortably next to a husband who was holding vigil, watching over us, I couldn’t rest.
“Remember these things, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant, O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.”
“‘A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?’ says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name.” Malachi 1:6 NASB
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