HABAKKUK SPEAKS TO CURRENT EVENTS

This was originally posted in 2022. It applies to our Country more than ever!

O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? Even cry out to You, “Violence!” and You will not save. Why do You show me iniquity, and cause me to see trouble? For plundering and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention arises. Therefore the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous
therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

The prophet Habakkuk was having a serious conversation with Yahweh. He saw how the nation had become lawless—disregarding their Constitution—the Torah! He was having a difficult time understanding how the wicked should seemingly be allowed to prosper. Does this not sound like our present dangerous situation?

Our Constitution in these United States is under attack by the corrupt representatives of the people. Many of them have been compromised and bought off. Silent infiltration of our government by foreign entities who hate our Constitution and freedoms has been going on for decades. They are the silent enemies of we the people.

The truth is slowly dripping out and these enemies will be exposed. The people of the United States, and the world, are waking up to the truth. The power elites have no regard for the people—they have their own sinister objectives. They have used the Plan-Demic to further thier agenda but they are going to lose. 

They have lied to us about everything—and have been lying for decades. The mainstream media, the corporations, sports leagues, and our corrupt politicians have been working together. They are the true fascists. Their agenda is to rule by force in their socialist utopia. They wish to rule by mandate. They despise the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Habakkuk saw the same spirit at work 2,500 years ago. He cried out to his Elohim for justice. He was severely grieved by the situation in Judah at that time. The answer he received was not the answer he expected:

“Look among the nations and watch—be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you. For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs.

They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. Their horses also are swifter than leopards, more fierce than evening wolves. Their horses charge ahead; their cavalry comes from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. They all come for violence; their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand.”

The Chaldeans were the Babylonians who were conquering the nations surrounding Judah. They would soon destroy the temple and Jerusalem. Yahweh was going to use them to chastise the Judah and Jerusalem for their disobedience and distain for God’s law, the Torah, the Constitution of God’s people.

Habakkuk was shocked. He couldn’t believe God would allow the pagan Babylonians to destroy the holy city of Jerusalem, the temple, and His chosen people:

“Are You not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed them for judgment; O Rock, You have marked them for correction. You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously, and hold Your tongue when the wicked devours a person more righteous than he?”

Habakkuk asked God how He would allow a pagan nation to chastise a nation more righteous than they were. He couldn’t understand how God could allow treacherous Babylon to prevail over Judah. He decided to wait for Yahweh to answer this question:

“I will stand my watch and set myself on the rampart, and watch to see what He will say to me, and what I will answer when I am corrected.”

God replies: “Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him; But the just shall live by his faith.”

Habakkuk is told that the proud are not upright, but the just people, who fear the Lord, will live by their faith even as the punishment on the nation must come. A father chastises his disobedient children and so must Yahweh chastise His nation for turning away from the law. God continues to explain:

“Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you, Because of men’s blood and the violence of the land and the city, And of all who dwell in it. “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house that he may set his nest on high, to be delivered from the power of disaster!

You give shameful counsel to your house, cutting off many peoples, and sin against your soul…“Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed, who establishes a city by iniquity!  Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the peoples labor to feed the fire, and nations weary themselves in vain?

 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.”

This is an answer with dual meaning. God is telling Habakkuk that the Babylonians will also be punished after they punish Judah. The description above is not only describing the Babylonians but also the sins which God’s people have been practicing. Habakkuk is told that God will exact righteous judgment on Babylon also.

America has been under judgment for some time now. Our nation has turned away from the laws of God and have made up their own. A simple example is that a man is a man and a woman is a woman. That is God’s law. There are only two genders. No need for me to elaborate! God’s laws are written in stone tablets. They are forever.

God is going to expose those who hate Him and our country. This year is going to see God’s justice in action. The truth is going to come out in a flood. Up until now it has been dripping out but a flood is coming. We are being given the opportunity to reform and repent—to take back our country and establish truth and justice. We’ve had enough lies.

The wrongs that have been committed in the 2020 election are going to be heard and action will be taken. The corruption in the Biden family will be exposed and action taken. The crimes against humanity—human trafficking and pedophilia will be exposed and action taken. The mainstream media is going to be exposed for their lies and propaganda. It’s going to shock the nation. Those whom have sold themselves to China will also be brought to justice. 

Change is coming. It’s going to be a year of great upheaval and chaos as the enemies of our country will fight to the end. Be prepared--God is going to bring judgment on the traitors and evil politicians in His time and way. We will see it unfold this summer. The swamp creatures are in disarray—they know they are in trouble.

Listen to Habakkuk as he digested the knowledge that God was going to judge His people and their enemies. Expect God to act this year in power:

“O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! 

In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah.

His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise. His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, and there His power was hidden. Before Him went pestilence, and fever followed at His feet. He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations.”

This is beautiful Bible poetry describing what is about to occur in our nation. This is our opportunity to repent and make things right. If we miss this opportunity to drain the swamp we will fall and be crushed. Hear the word of the Lord!

This is a timely article just posted a few days ago: https://usawatchdog.com/marxist-plan-destabilize-us-seize-control-larry-klayman/

Habakkuk ends with this incredible statement of how the just—all of God’s true people, should live by their faith:

Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls—Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer’s feet, and He will make me walk on my high hills.

 

THE WORD AND SPIRIT

A popular buzz word today is “paradigm.” Everyone uses it today. The real question is what is a paradigm and how are we to use them in our study?

 Paradigm - noun

 1. Grammar.

1.      A. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme.
2.      B. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.

2. An example serving as a model; pattern. Synonyms: mold, standard; ideal, paragon, touchstone.

3. A framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodology that are commonly accepted by members of a scientific community.

    B. such a cognitive framework shared by members of any discipline or group: the company’s business paradigm.

 The Bible is full of paradigms that are only discovered by prayerful word studies. When we allow the Bible to interpret itself we will look up various words and how they are used in the scriptures. By doing this we begin to find these “paradigms” or ways of thinking and discerning words and deeper meaning to parables, etc.

 The word star, for instance, means angel(s) throughout the Bible. In speaking of the creation of the world Job 38.7 says: when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

STAR Strong’s 3556 – heavenly power (that serve God) is the meaning in Hebrew.

Revelation 1.20 - the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Revelation 3.1 - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

Psalm 147.4 - He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

The above are just a few examples. As we begin to understand this paradigm the word begins to open in a spiritual way. We begin to have the mind of Yahweh. We can see things in a different light.

As an example: Revelation 6.12-14…And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind and the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.                                      

Rev 8.10-11 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Many will teach that a meteorite or asteroid is going to strike the earth during the tribulation. WE have all these silly ideas of planet X and Nibiru hitting earth. Perhaps, one will, but that is not necessarily the meaning of these verses. It is much better to look for understanding in a more realistic way.

If stars are angels, then the stars falling to earth would be demonic in nature in these passages. They are cast out of heaven to wreak havoc on the earth. It is not a meteorite hitting earth.

In the Bible water is Torah or God’s law. Water is a blessing. It comes down from heaven and waters the earth which brings forth fruit. The Torah is like water. It comes down from above and waters the earth (man is of the earth, earthy) and will bring forth fruit in a person who loves God’s Law (Ps 119).

We see these stars falling to earth and the “water” becomes bitter like wormwood. When men turn away from Yahweh and His laws their lives become bitter. The water they drink is not Torah but that of the world (earth). Jesus said if we believe in Him rivers of living water will come forth out of us!

This will be a time of great apostasy on the earth. Men will refuse to repent. Their lives will become bitter as they follow the spirits of the demons loosed upon the earth. The stars falling from heaven is Yahweh shaking the heavens and cleaning house.

Water in the Bible as in “seas” also is a paradigm for nations or people. The beast arises from the sea. The sea represents the nations or mankind. The beast rises from mankind-the sea. The beast is a government created by the nations. The number of a man is the number of the beast (Rev 13.8).

Man is made predominately by the element Carbon, number six on the table of elements. Carbon has 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons = 666. Carbon is a six sided crystal and six is the number of man. Carbon is black—the opposite of light. The BEAST is a government that is created by the PRIDE of man.

These are just a few examples of how word study and prayerful attention to allowing the Bible to metaphorically interpret itself can give us great insight into the word. There is so much MORE available to those who prayerfully ask and seek the wisdom from above.

When we understand the Hebraic roots of the written word we begin to see with fresh eyes and understand with the mind of Yahweh. Could a meteor physically strike earth? Of course, but is that really what the word is implying?

Will there be a physical image of a beast or idol set up in a temple? Perhaps, but the word really seems to indicate this image is the image of man, a government created by man, and a wicked government that lifts up the glory of man rather than the Almighty God of the Universe. Could it have something to do with AI? Robots are created in the image of their creator—Man.

The key to study is to allow the Bible to interpret itself. This is the only way to dig for the truth. The difficulty lies in the fact that we must search the word diligently to understand what it is saying. This is where we often disagree with one another.

The examples above provide some direction. These examples are using the Word of God from many scriptures to help us understand and see with spiritual eyes.

Here is one more example: Trees in the Bible often refer to people or nations. When Yeshua healed the blind man the man said he “saw men like trees walking.” Mark 8.24

In Hosea 9.10 the prophet compares Israel to the fig tree. In the end times Israel will blossom like a fig tree.

In Revelation 22 we see 12 trees of life by the river yielding fruit every month for the healing of the nations. There are 12 trees representing the 12 Tribes Israel and God’s Kingdom. These kingdom trees are for the healing of the nations. They are by a river—water represents Torah—God’s law. Rivers of living water!

Allow the Bible to interpret itself! Things will begin to make sense as we wait, meditate on the word, and seek His interpretation.

The Word is full of Wisdom, Love, and Judgment. Yahweh judges us because He loves us. This judgment from above produces wisdom if we allow it. Let the WORD interpret itself and perhaps we will achieve some unity in the body.

We lack unity because we cannot agree on truth. Truth is found by allowing the word to interpret itself. We like to change what we do not understand. We want “in the box doctrines of men” rather than the true interpretation of the word. Seek truth and be transformed! Wait on the set apart Spirit for interpretation while meditating on the WORD. Let the WORD interpret itself!

We do not want an “EMPTY HEAD” but we meditate on the written word. An empty head can be filled by lies. Meditate on the WORD and wait for, and seek the word for understanding.

Without knowledge of what the word says it is impossible to understand what the word is saying!

LET THE BIBLE INTERPRET ITSELF IS THE KEY TO OBTAINING WISDOM!

                      A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND - RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT CAN UNITE

At the present time the USA is a house divided. The quote above was issued by Yeshuah himself as he ministered to the people. They accused Him of doing the works of the Adversary. He said no that is not true. The works he did were of the Father, not the deceptive lies of the Father of Lies, haSatan.

We see this at work in the USA today as our elected President is working at reforming the government as the people have elected him to do. Teaming with Mr. Musk they are attacking the waste and corruption that has been ongoing for decades.

When a nation reaches this level of corruption and waste it requires bold action. This is relevant to when Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon River. The corrupt Roman Senate, influenced by Cicero, commanded Caesar to disband his army before he crossed the river and returned to Rome.

The people were in support of Caesar as they knew he wanted to root out the political corruption of the day and reform the Roman crony spending and corruption of the Senate of Rome. When Caesar decided to cross with his army the people rejoiced—the Senate panicked!

The Senate knew they were losing their power and did all they could do to discredit Caesar. They claimed he wanted to be a dictator. Cicero and the Senate did all they could to destroy him and his mandate.

Many people do not realize what a reformer Caesar was. He rooted out the corrupt patronage system of political payments, he got rid of many corrupt trade unions, and strengthened the currency through trade.

In order to bring about these reforms Caesar took decisive action moving swiftly and causing panic in the wealthy and corrupt governing elites of the day. They resisted reform and Caesar took more power in order to push through the reforms that the people supported.

No doubt he took more power than the Senate could bear. History says Caesar wanted to become Emperor  but in reality we don’t know beyond a doubt because the Senate had him murdered. This resulted in a civil war power struggle that lasted for 17 years until Caesar’s nephew Augustus would become the first Emperor of Rome. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus  

The point is that reforming a corrupt political system is an ugly and difficult task. The push back and resistance is unrelenting. Nobody likes change especially those who are in charge of a system that needs changing like the US Government.

This is why in the previous post I wrote that this reform is judgment. It is judgment on the current corrupt system. The fear mongering from those who oppose is beyond reason. They are panicking as their corrupt systems and organizations are crumbling before them.

Justice is coming. Prison terms are looming. It’s going to be ugly in many ways. It’s going to be painful, but sadly it is necessary or the Nation will collapse from within. I pray that it will succeed and benefit We the People, all true Americans.

As stated in a previous post, “Legislation cannot change a person’s heart.” The only way a heart can be changed is through circumcision of the heart and a new covenant:

Ezekiel 31.31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord: 33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

Romans 2.29…circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

The process of reform we are now experiencing will renew the spirit of America if they are successful. This is the moment of transition from the old wine skin to the new wine skin. The old is bursting at the seams. The corrupt, the ungodly, and those who simply do not understand will do all they can to stop it.

Psalm 37 is a manual for us in these trying times. It tells us to wait, trust, to not fret, commit to the Lord, and watch as He judges the wicked. Please read and meditate upon it.

God is not done with the United States of America. He is proving the nations of the world as they watch what is happening here in the USA. He is allowing this to happen. It is a form of judgment on the nations. Will they follow suit and clean up or will they resist and refuse to change?

Psalm 119 is a psalm about the laws of God and how ALL His judgments are righteous. We are blessed to be able to experience God’s righteous judgment upon America and the World. This is our final opportunity to repent and follow the LAW of GOD, the TORAH.

If these reforms do not take hold we can expect the worst of times in our country and around the world. We are on the precipice of righteous judgment. How we go forward will determine our fate. This is the merciful righteous judgment which Elohim uses to warn us. If we don’t change our hearts we will face the wrath of His righteous judgment. 

“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29.11

The choice is ours. We pray for the next phase which would be a spiritual revival. WE are living in momentous times. It’s time to put on God’s armor! Let us all join in prayer for true justice and revival in our country and the nations.

  

                   Part 5 – Tests of Obedience: Tree, Manna, and Festival of Lights The Pattern of Testing

Final part of the series from Sightedmoon.com

From the garden to the wilderness and into the present age, Yehovah has never changed the way He proves the hearts of His people. Each test looks simple on the surface, yet behind it lies a question of covenant faithfulness: Will you trust what He said, or will you invent something that seems better?

The first test was a tree.
The second is bread.
The third, a light.

The Tree of Knowing

In Eden, the Creator planted every tree that was pleasant to the sight and good for food, and in the midst of the garden, two trees—life and knowledge. He told Adam plainly: “Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it.” — Genesis 2:16-17 (MKJV)

That command was not about fruit; it was about faith. Would Adam trust Yehovah’s definition of good and evil, or would he seize the right to decide for himself? When the woman saw that the tree was “pleasant to the eyes and to be desired to make one wise,” she reached out. The test was passed to all her children: when something looks good, do we still ask whether it was commanded?

Every false light since Eden shines with the same appeal—beautiful, enlightening, and disobedient.

The Manna in the Wilderness

After deliverance from Egypt, Israel faced the same question in a different form. Yehovah sent bread from heaven, saying, “That I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or no.” — Exodus 16:4 (MKJV)

The manna fell six days, and none on the seventh. He allowed the people to search in vain so that their hearts would be revealed. Those who gathered on the Sabbath failed the test.

Yehovah’s test was gentle: Do you trust Me enough to rest when I say rest?
To some it seemed small; to Him it was everything. The Sabbath was His sign between Him and His people for all generations (Exodus 31:13). It still is.

The Festival of Lights

Today, another test glimmers across the earth—the festival the world calls the Festival of Lights. It arrives in the dark of winter, promising warmth, family, and devotion. Its lights are beautiful, its songs sweet, and yet it was never commanded.

Whether it is celebrated as Divali, Hanukkah, Christmas, or any other light feast, it asks the same question: Will we add to the Torah?

Deuteronomy warns: “What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.” — Deuteronomy 12:32 (MKJV)

The story of the Maccabees may record a moment of courage, but the annual celebration built around it became another opportunity for man to sanctify what Yehovah never required. The light may look pure, but it is still a test.

The Nature of the Test

Yehovah’s tests always expose the heart, never confuse it. The fruit looked good, the extra day of gathering seemed reasonable, and the lights appeared innocent. But obedience is measured not by appearance but by command.

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Yehovah.” — Deuteronomy 8:3 (MKJV)

When we celebrate what He did not appoint, we feed on bread that has no word behind it. When we sanctify our own times, we repeat the first rebellion—deciding for ourselves what is good and what is holy.

The Fire that Proves

Every generation must face its own fire. In ours, it is the fire of convenience and tradition. The test is not whether we recognize it but whether we obey in spite of it.

The prophet Malachi saw this when he wrote: “He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and He shall purify the sons of Levi.” — Malachi 3:3 (MKJV)

The refiner’s fire separates true light from false glow. It burns away sentiment, leaving obedience.

The Reward of Faithfulness

To those who overcome these tests, Yehovah promises the same reward He offered from the beginning: “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.” — Revelation 2:7 (MKJV)

The Tree of Life is offered again to those who refused the tree of their own choosing. The eternal bread is given to those who kept the Sabbath rest. The true Light of the world shines for those who refused the counterfeit flame.

The Call to Return

Brethren, these stories are not distant history; they are the pattern of our testing. Each commandment reveals who we serve. Each festival we choose declares whose calendar we keep. The Tree, the Manna, and the Lights all ask the same question: Will you trust Yehovah’s Word, or your own eyes?

Let us choose the Light that was at creation, the Bread that came down from heaven, the Law that never changes. Let us keep His Sabbaths, His Feasts, His Torah—nothing more, nothing less.

Footnotes – Part 5

1. Genesis 2:16-17; Exodus 16:4; Deuteronomy 12:32; Deuteronomy 8:3; Malachi 3:3; Revelation 2:7 (MKJV).