Post by Lee on Dec 13, 2014 18:32:10 GMT
Then, in ch. 3, we have Habakkuk's response which he was commanded to write, and which is set to music and dedicated to the chief singer on his stringed instruments:
"O Lord, I have heard Thy speech, and was afraid. Ο Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy."
Now, God has done that. He has made Himself known and remembered mercy, in Jesus of Nazareth. In the midst of the years the invitation has been going on— "Come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live." —a work illustrated in great detail in the New Testament Scriptures.
We must remember that the things of Habakkuk's prophecy, though apparently personal, are God's arrangements concerning the earth and the nations and that, therefore, "the burden which Habakkuk did see" was not merely for his guidance. Looking into it, we are enabled to see light and guidance, an explanation of the long triumph of the wicked, and the end of the vision. Patiently wait for it—for the departure of the shadows of this long and grievous night, and the burst of glorious sunrise that will make up for all the weariness and bitterness — "For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
1974 Berean 249