Tues.’s Devo - Justice!

Read: Habukkuk 1:1-3:19; Revelation 9:1-21; Psalm 137:1-9; Proverbs 30:10
Justice is a high priority to the Lord. He is very concerned about how we treat one another. During the days of Habakkuk, justice was being perverted so God was raising up the Babylonians to bring judgment on the whole earth. They would bring violence and devastation.
God tells Habukkuk to write down this prophecy because it was not for their time but for the end of time. He speaks of an anti-christ who would gather all the nations to himself and take all the people of the earth captive. During that time, the righteous would live by their faith. Habakkuk sings his prayer for his nation in Chapter Three. He prays that in the midst of God’s wrath that he would remember he is merciful. He gives the people a song to sing to encourage them and teach them what God is about to do. In the midst of famine, they can rejoice because God will allow them to go to high places with Him.
In Revelation, we have the fifth angel sounding the trumpet for war. Some think it is speaking of the Gulf War where the Iraqi’s set fire to over 700 of the largest oil wells of the earth in the deserts of Kuwait. Smoke entered the atmosphere blocking the sunlight for three months. Suddam Hussein’s name means “Destroyer” or “Abaddon” in Hebrew. He started a battle with the United Nations which is still under turmoil today. I think that God gives us types all along the way. There is a astroid predicted to hit earth in 2029 which would have this same affect but would affect one third of the world instead of one third of the Middle East. It would hit exactly 2,000 years after the death of Jesus on the cross. That sounds significant to me!
The sixth angel sounded a trumpet that released four angels who were bound at the great river Euphrates. These leaders of four nations would kill a third of mankind. The four nations that border the Euphrates are Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Iran. They will command an army of 200 million soldiers. This will be the last war and in the middle of the war the Abomination of Desolation will be set up and the Great Tribulation will begin. Even in the midst of such turmoil, the people will refuse to give up their idolatry and evil ways. God’s justice will prevail.
Lord, thank you for your justice. May it prevail on the earth today.