Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 202, day 202. We are reading from Isaiah 23 and 24. Also, Prophet Habakkuk, Chapter 1 and 2. We only hear Habakkuk for two days, as well as we're Nahum for two days, Joel for two days. We got Zephaniah, Baruch. He's going to be three days. But these shorter, minor prophets, Habakkuk 1 and two. We're also reading Proverbs 11:1-4. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard version, Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the great adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a Year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress. Com/bibleineyear. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on subscribe and you'd be subscribed. It is day 202 reading Isaiah 23 and 24.

Habakkuk, chapters one and two. Here's the deal. I'm going to say Habakkuk, and I'm going to say Habakkuk because ever since I was a kid, I always said Habakkuk. Then I hear people saying it's Habakkuk, and I'm like, Okay, well, I've heard it both idolatry being that fifth woe. One of the pieces that the prophet Habakkuk is making very, very clear, is he's basically saying that what's happening and going to happen from the Babylonians, what's going to happen in Babylon, and this is what the context of Habakkuk is, what's going to happen in Babylon is going to happen to every nation. I remember hearing a commentary that said, Most nations eventually become Babylon. That most nations, all these woes, of a woe of using people wrongfully, woe of slave labor, woe of unjust rulers, woe of turning to idolatry, turning away from the Lord. What's happening in Babylon. These woes ultimately happen to every nation. This is the call for all of us. Again, here's the words of the prophets that, yes, we're contextualized in their time, but are also telling us something very important.Tomorrow, we're going to hear the last chapter of Habakkuk, and it's Habakkuk's prayer that he turns back to the Lord. Even though he knows, just like the wise people of scripture know, that just what happens to Babylon is going to happen to all nations. Most nations, they fall just like Babylon has fallen. Habakkuk is going to utter a prayer that not only talks about this falling, but also talks about the Lord's role in bringing his own glory. The Lord's role, not only bringing judgment, but his role in bringing about his own glory that he can be known. I hope this makes sense. We can get really, really lost in the prophets. We don't want to get lost. If you lost your footing just for a day, if you lost your footing and thought, Man, I don't know about Tire and Sidon in all these places in Isaiah. I don't know about Habakkuk, talking about Babylon. Don't worry. Show up tomorrow. It's going to be great. We're going to keep walking with Isaiah for the next number of days, Habakkuk for one more day, then Zephaniah, then Baruch, then Ezekiel, and it's going to be fine.Just keep on walking, keep on reading, keep on listening, keep on pressing play. I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Father Mike, and I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God bless.

idolatry being that fifth woe. One of the pieces that the prophet Habakkuk is making very, very clear, is he's basically saying that what's happening and going to happen from the Babylonians, what's going to happen in Babylon, and this is what the context of Habakkuk is, what's going to happen in Babylon is going to happen to every nation. I remember hearing a commentary that said, Most nations eventually become Babylon. That most nations, all these woes, of a woe of using people wrongfully, woe of slave labor, woe of unjust rulers, woe of turning to idolatry, turning away from the Lord. What's happening in Babylon. These woes ultimately happen to every nation. This is the call for all of us. Again, here's the words of the prophets that, yes, we're contextualized in their time, but are also telling us something very important.

Tomorrow, we're going to hear the last chapter of Habakkuk, and it's Habakkuk's prayer that he turns back to the Lord. Even though he knows, just like the wise people of scripture know, that just what happens to Babylon is going to happen to all nations. Most nations, they fall just like Babylon has fallen. Habakkuk is going to utter a prayer that not only talks about this falling, but also talks about the Lord's role in bringing his own glory. The Lord's role, not only bringing judgment, but his role in bringing about his own glory that he can be known. I hope this makes sense. We can get really, really lost in the prophets. We don't want to get lost. If you lost your footing just for a day, if you lost your footing and thought, Man, I don't know about Tire and Sidon in all these places in Isaiah. I don't know about Habakkuk, talking about Babylon. Don't worry. Show up tomorrow. It's going to be great. We're going to keep walking with Isaiah for the next number of days, Habakkuk for one more day, then Zephaniah, then Baruch, then Ezekiel, and it's going to be fine.

Just keep on walking, keep on reading, keep on listening, keep on pressing play. I am praying for you. Please pray for me. My name is Father Mike, and I cannot wait to see you tomorrow. God bless.