Saturday, April 5, 2014

Hubakkuk

Habakkuk is a little known old testament Prophet. He only has three short chapters in the Bible but they are valuable pieces of work. In chapter one we learn that the Lord has caused that the Chaldeans, a wicked people, will rise up and over run. Habakkuk is very troubled that the Lord would do this and he pleads unto him for answers as to why this will be.


"Understanding and Obtaining the Knowledge and Glory of the Lord."


LDS Article of faith #9 "We believe that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God"

In Habukkah we learn that God plans to pour out a great knowledge of the Lord in the latter days. 

Habukkah 2:14 "For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea."

Thus we see that even in Old Testament times the Lord was planning to pour out his word unto the world so that it would reach all corners of the globe. Even with his word spread across the globe and available to all there will still be those who will not believe. Twice in chapter 2 he mentions the prideful taht will drink to themselves and he rebukes those that will worship false idols.

We know that coming to an understanding of the Lord is available to all of us but not always easy. There will be challenges. Many of us will be too prideful to see through our ways but the word will come unto every nation, kindred and tongue.

Doctrine and Covenants 101:32-34 "Yea, verily I say unto you, that in that day when the Lord shall come, he shall reveal all things-
Things which have passed, and hidden things which no man knew, things of the earth, by which it was made, and the purpose and the end thereof-
Things most precious, things that are above, and things that are beneath, things that are in the earth, and upon the earth, and in heaven."

It's not just the standard word of God that we already know. It's not just that every corner of the earth and every people will know what we know. We will be learning more than we could ever imagine. Amazing wonderous things will be revealed about God, the earth and everything else we can (and can't) possibly imagine. This is already begun, we know that the word of God is spreading and that our own knowledge is expanding but I am confident that much more is on the way. God is greater than we can ever understand in this life but the small glimpses he is beginning to give us will humble our hearts and build our testimonies like we never could have imagined.





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