The Internet is the collective term to describe the worldwide network of computers. It was set up twenty five years ago as an experimental system funded by the US Department of Defence, and was later used by universities as a means of communication and sharing research information. In the last ten y…
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The foregoing article by Brother Andrew Johns graphically outlines some of the dangers associated with the present school system. The only antidote is positive education of the young minds in the love of the Truth. What better place to start than in the home.
The establishment of a Divine family …
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Whilst music has always had some part to play in the lives of people and their communities, there has never been a period in history where exposure to music has been greater than at present. In ancient times, music was only heard on special occasions when skilled players, instruments and audience we…
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3:13 Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah.
“Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anoin…
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2:9-11 Second Woe: Woe to Those Moved by Greed and Covetousness
2:9 “Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!”
These words apply to:-
The Chaldean exploitation and deportation of Y…
2:15–17 Fourth Woe: Woe to Those Given to Intemperance and Licentiousness.
2:15 “Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!”— RSV “Woe to him that makes his neighbour drink of the…
The five woes which God pronounced upon evil doers restored Habakkuk’s confidence in Yahweh’s commitment to justice. They form the remainder of chapter 2 and have primary and secondary applications as follows.
Primarily the prophecy applies to the Chaldean power which destroyed and oppressed…
A Psalm expressing his Hope with Thanksgiving. He Celebrates the Omnipotence of Yahweh and Rejoices in the Coming Victory over all Nations and the Deliverance of Israel.
Analysis “A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth”. This is the superscription of the Psalm which follows. It…
3:4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
“his brightness was as the light”
1 The figure of the sun is taken from Deut 33:2. See notes verse 3.
2 On the spiritual plain Jesus Christ is the “light of the wor…
1:1-4 Habakkuk Complains to God About Judah’s Lawlessness and the Triumph of Iniquity
1:1 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. RSV – “The oracle of God which Habakkuk the prophet saw.”
“The burden” – Hebrew – ‘masa’ – an oracle, revelation, utterance or prophecy. In…
