I once knew a Muslim and it’s sad, because they truly believe what the Quran says, it has more lies written than the Catholic Priests tell and that’s a hard act to beat.
This is the last chapter of Habakkuk, so tomorrow we’ll go to…
Habakkuk 3
Habakkuk’s Prayer
1 A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth.
Each campaign of Islamic terror against a non-Muslim country is usually preceded by complaints of human rights violations against the only humans that matter. Muslims.
2 O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
3 God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.
“Teman” – means “Southland.” God is pictured as coming from the area south of Judah during the exodus.
“Mount Paran” – probably northwest of the GUlf of Aqaba and south of Kadesh-barnea, between Edom and Sinai.
4 And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power.
5 Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet.
6 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
Muslims protest outside Geert Wilders Wilders who face prosecution in the Netherlands for anti-Islam remarks pays visit to the capital. The Freedom Party leader said ‘Lord Malcolm Pearson has invited me to come to the House of Lords to discuss our future plans to show Fitna the movie.
Wilders won an appeal on October 13 against a ban, enforced in February, from entering Britain. Ministers felt his presence would threaten public safety and lead to interfaith violence.
7 I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
8 Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation?
Poetic allusions to the plague on the Nile (Ex 7:20-24) and/or stopping of the Jordan (Josh 3:15-17) and to the parting of the Red Sea (Ex 14:15-31).
9 Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.
11 The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear.
“Sun and moon stood still in their habitation” – probably an allusion to the victory at Gibeon (Josh 10:12-13), indicating that God’s triuph over His enemies woudl be just as complete as on that occasion.
12 Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger.
Obama’s Church Islamic Center of Washington D.C.
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.
14 Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.
3:14-15 – another reference to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea.
15 Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters.
16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Probably anticipates the awful results of the imminent Babylonian invasion and devastation.
18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
3:18-19 – Habakkuk has learned the lesson of faith (2:4) – to trust in God’s providence regardless of circumstances. He declares that even if God should send suffering and loss, he would still rejoice in his Savior, God – one of the strongest affirmations of faith in all scripture.
The book of Habakkuk reflects the spiritual odyssey of every true believer – consternation with the injustices of life, considering of God as soverign and conclusion that God can and must be trusted.
19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
Muslims
According to the Quran, Jesus, although appearing to have been crucified, was not killed by crucifixion or by any other means, instead, “God raised him unto Himself”.
Like all prophets in Islam, Jesus is considered a Muslim (i.e., one who submits to the will of God), as he preached that his followers should adopt the “straight path” as commanded by God.
Islam rejects the Trinitarian Christian view that Jesus was God incarnate or the son of God, that he was ever crucified or resurrected, or that he ever atoned for the sins of mankind.
The Quran says that Jesus himself never claimed any of these things, and it furthermore indicates that Jesus will deny having ever claimed divinity at the Last Judgment, and God will vindicate him.
The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with nonbelievers for the sake of Islamic rule. Some are quite graphic, with commands to chop off heads and fingers and kill infidels wherever they may be hiding.
The more things change for India’s Muslims, the more they remain the same. Come elections and political parties invent ever new ways of wooing, using and exploiting them to reap their periodic harvest while the condition of the Muslims worsens by the day.
Muslims who do not join the fight are called “hypocrites” and warned that Allah will send them to Hell if they do not join the slaughter.
The Quran:
And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief] is worse than killing…
but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against Az-Zalimun (the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.) (2:191-193).
I once knew a Muslim and it’s sad, because they truly believe what the Quran says, it has more lies written than the Catholic Priests tell and that’s a hard act to beat.
