David Jeremiah And John Macarthur
Instead, habakkuk questions god’s goodness because he sees so much injustice, evil and tragedy in the world. David jeremiah “ malachi accuses israel of selfishness after the exile and announces that the day of the lord will purify israel and prepare them for god’s kingdom. That implies that there was a larger group of people out of which he made that choice.
One hundred years after exile, the israelites who had returned to jerusalem were as evil and corrupt as their ancestors. Webthe theme, by the way, of the epistle to the hebrews is really the superiority of christ. What group of people is that?
And one of the ways in which he is superior is that he brings with him a better covenant than. “the book of habakkuk is a compilation of the prophet’s laments, not an accusation against israel and its sin or a message to the people on god’s behalf like some of the other prophetic books. Well, the doctrine of election simply means that god, uninfluenced and before creation, predetermined certain people to be saved.
