Sat.’s Devo - God’s Embrace

Read: Habakkuk 1:1-3:19; Revelation 9:1-21; Psalm 137:1-9; Proverbs 30:10 Habakkuk means “to embrace” as if God was embracing Habakkuk and putting favor on him for his struggle for his countries good. Habakkuk cried out the Lord for his help for his nation. Jehoiakim was the king and the Chaldeans were about to attack Jerusalem and take the king captive. God told Habakkuk what he was about to do before it happened. The Babylonians would march in and reek violence and chaos in their streets. Sounds a lot like Antifa to me. Habakkuk cried out to the Lord and acknowledged that these enemies were sent to correct them and punish them for their sins. Habakkuk spoke about beieng fish caught in their nets which made their captors rich. I couldn’t help but think of Covid as being the nets that have made us captors and enriched the elite. The wealth of the wicked will only bring them sorrow because they became rich by extortion and dishonesty. They murdered and corrupted and the tables would turn on them. They would soon be disgraced and drink from the cup of God’s judgment. Their hollow idols would not be able to help them. Habakkuk described God walking across the earth shaking its foundation in his fury, shattering the mountains and leveling the hills. The nations trembled at his presence as he went to rescue his chosen people and save his anointed ones. He cursed the heads of the wicked and destroyed the leaders of those who destroyed his people. All that Habakkuk saw made him quake in fear and he promised to wait patiently for God to take vengeance on their enemies. In the meantime, what he was seeing was the devastation of his nation, the lack and poverty of their sins and he had to choose to rejoice in the Lord who was his salvation and declare that he would come in power at the appointed time. In Revelation, the fifth angel sounded his trumpet. A star from heaven was given the key to the bottomless pit. Something that metaphored locusts and scorpions was unleashed on the earth but given command not to touch anyone who was marked with God’s mark. They were given power to hurt mankind for 5 months. These creatures that were unleashed were under the command of the angel of the bottomless it whose name was Abaddon, or Apollyon. Abaddon means “destruction” and Apollyon means “destroyer”. The sixth angel sounded and a voice was heard from the four horns of the altar of incense. It loosed the four angels which were bound in the Euphrates which were to slay a third of man. The angels had an army of 200,000 horsemen. They killed a third of the people with fire, smoke and brimstone. Those that did not die refused to repent of their murders, sorceries fornication or thefts, but continued worshiping devils and idols of money. Lord, we patiently wait for your rescue. Thank you for your embrace and favor.