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Daily Devotional, Year 3 – April 2

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Habakkuk Says “Run!”,

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Part 10:

“Television, Swifter Than Leopards!”

TO READ PART 1, CLICK HERE…August 11th (Habakkuk Says “Run!”)

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“For, lo, I (the Lord) raise up the Chaldeans…

Their horses also are swifter than the leopards,

and are more fierce than the evening wolves…

They shall come all for violence:

their faces shall sup up as the east wind,

and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”

Habakkuk 1:6-9

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Up until the mid-twentieth century, there was a steady and gradual downhill decline of morality and Christianity in the western nations…

…the very nations which once enthusiastically embraced the Christian Reformation.

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But with the advent of modern media, the decline began to become a rapidly descending slope (many might even argue, “a cliff”)!

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Burning Man – 2013 -Chapel – Wikimedia – Creative Commons License

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HABAKKUK NOW SPEAKING

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And concerning the spiritual decline of those nations, let it also be said that there are many who have sought to understand the Book of Habakkuk over the past centuries.

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But this was not possible, because the vision of Habakkuk had not yet been revealed.

Habakkuk was written especially for our day.

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And now, the vision of Habakkuk is finally able to speak to our current situation in the world.

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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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And just what is today’s situation which makes the Book of Habakkuk relevant?

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Question Marks – At a loss – svg – Wikimedia Commons – Share-Alike License

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GOD’S PEOPLE SURROUNDED

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Well, let’s listen to Habakkuk’s complaint to the Lord…

“Therefore the law is slacked,

and judgment doth never go forth:

for the wicked doth compass about the righteous;

therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.”

Habakkuk 1:4

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In other words, God’s people were surrounded by Chaldeans (Babylonians, i.e., the unsaved peoples of this antichrist world-system).

And this overwhelming influence was causing God’s people to lose their biblical sensibilities.

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New York Times Square – terabass – cropped image – Wikipedia – Share-alike License

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SWIFTER THAN LEOPARDS

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Now today’s devotional is titled, “Television, Swifter Than Leopards!”

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So what has happened that causes this title to be fulfilled?

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Listen again to our signature passage for the day…

“For, lo, I (the Lord) raise up the Chaldeans…

and are more fierce than the evening wolves…

and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.”

Habakkuk 1:6-9 (Condensed)

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Here is seen, howbeit in veiled allegorical language that in the last days, the Chaldeans (the unsaved multitudes of this Babylonish world & worldly church) will come as swift as leopards to spoil God’s people!

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HIGH-TECH NOW MAKES IT POSSIBLE!

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Never before has such a thing been possible until our day.

But with the advent of television, radio, and Internet, this is now all too possible!

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Just think about! The whole world can now receive images almost instantaneously! 

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And even in the third-world nations, television and Internet is now possible!

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Berlin neukoelln – TV satellite dishes – Wikimedia – C.C. Share-alike License

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SATAN THE TRUE ENEMY

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And even though TV has been mass-produced by humanity, nevertheless, mankind is not the true villain here.

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No, the Bible tells us…

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

but against…the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high places…”

Ephesians 6:12, 13 (Condensed)

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Here is seen that it is not flesh-and-blood which is the enemy!

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But it is the unseen spiritual forces which are “swifter than leopards, and more fierce than the evening wolves”!

To put it plainly and even bluntly…evil angels!

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Satan presiding at the Infernal Council – Wikipedia – US Public Domain

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HABAKKUK SAYS, “RUN!”

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And so, just what is the solution to this seemingly impossible situation?

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Well, the prophet Habakkuk says in Chapter 2…

“And the LORD answered me, and said,

Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables,

that he may run that readeth it. 

For the vision is yet for an appointed time,

but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry,

wait for it; because it will surely come,

it will not tarry.”

Habakkuk 2:2, 3

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Here we see that it is now time to “RUN!”

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Here it is seen that it is no more time to be “eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage!” Matthew 24:38

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Habakkuk by James Tissot – Wikimedia Commons – US Public Domain

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FLEE TELEVISION!

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Well, obviously, the very first place to run for safety is from the presence of these unwholesome influences. 

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But we are not to force others into submission to our will! 

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And so, in the secret pavilion of God, the Believer can pray for his or her family, that they too may eventually come along on this end-time exodus out of this world.

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Yes, as Habakkuk encourages, “but the just shall live by his faith. ” Habakkuk 2:4

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And our faith will continually grow as we exercise great patience in waiting for our family’s salvation without attempting to force them into submission!

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PICTURE – Constellation – Woman of Revelation 12 flees to the mountains – Mark 13:14 – This is not a star-chart, but merely a concept picture

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TO READ PART 11, GO HERE…

June 21 (Habakkuk Says “Run!”, Part 11: “Living In A Sexualized World!”)

Betty Boop – WIKIPEDIA – Public domain

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TODAY’S PRAYER…

“Dear Lord, Help me to flee to the mountain of God. Give me the desire to save my family from the destruction rising up all around us…

Marine Praying – Wikimedia – USMC Public Domain

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read…“August 22nd (Sodom Rising! Part 1)”…

…or you can also read…January 7th (TIME TO GET OUT OF DODGE!)

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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THE END

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TODAY’S FEATURED HEAVENLY SIGN

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WIDE & NARROW GATES IN THE HEAVENS

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This sketch below is when these constellations are in the eastern sky in early winter (However, this constellation group can even be seen as early as July, in the pre-dawn hours). 

In the eastern sky, it’s not so easily seen which gate the Revelation 12 Woman will enter.

The Wide Gate is made of the two brightest stars of this Wave of Water Constellation.

Satan spews out the deadly water of his false worldly ideologies; which many of these ideologies have a form of godliness, but contrary to Scripture.

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On the other hand, the Strait Gate (narrow gate) is composed of the two brightest stars of the Orion The Reaper’s sickle.

The true Strait Gate represents Jesus, the Word of God.  

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Listen… “I [Jesus] am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” John 10:9

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READ MORE…

To explore deeper into this subject, please read… “Revelation 12 Woman & The Narrow Gate Stars (Orion’s Gate to Heaven)”

Question book magnify svg – Wikimedia – GNU license

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TOMORROW:

April 3 (Apocalypse NOW! Part 14: “Has The King Left The Building?”)

Elvis – Wax Museum – Wikimedia – Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

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90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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ALL‘NOBLE BEREANS’ (open-minded seekers of Bible truth) ARE ENCOURAGED TO LISTEN TO THIS 90-MINUTE OPEN FORUM

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The Open Forum Harold Camping April 17, 2002 (youtube.com)

above picture: Prophet Jeremiah – www.christianimagesource.org – Public Domain

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