Habakkuk: The just shall live by faith (7) The Lord is in His holy temple
Rev. Ronald Hanko's expository article on Habakkuk 2:20 addresses the theological problem of how God's sovereignty can be reconciled with His holiness when He uses wicked nations and ungodly actors to accomplish His purposes of judgment. Through careful exegesis of Habakkuk's complaint and God's response, Hanko demonstrates how faith in God's character resolves the apparent tension between divine providence and divine purity, with applications to contemporary church struggles.
Previous article in this series: January 15, 2023, p. 175. Rev. Ronald Hanko, minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches and member of Covenant of Grace PRC in Spokane, WA But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. Habakkuk 2:20 In Habakkuk 2 God is addressing the prophet's concern over God's sovereign use of wicked Babylon to punish Judah's sin. Habakkuk had complained that Judah's sin needed chastisement (1:2-4) and God had informed him that...
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