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Hab. 1:13 is pretty strong "look upon" can mean "show regard"

Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, andholdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

 

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Founders Journal 98:39

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I'm pretty sure Habakkuk 1:13 is the foundation of this phrase. That doesn't mean those who use it are using it correctly. Here is part of John Gill's comment on the text:

 

All verses have to be true.

look upon means regard,

Sinners, us , are condemned already. We can only have a relationship with God through Jesus.

Remember He says "depart from me I never knew ye. " of course He has knowledge of us but no relationship of us being sent to lake of fire

 

God cannot abide sin (Psa. 5:4). Certainly, He sees it.

 

A closer rendering:
NAS Habakkuk 1:13 Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, And Thou canst not look on wickedness with favor. Why dost Thou look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why art Thou silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they?

KJV Habakkuk 1:13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

In the KJV "behold" ra'ah (literally "to see" but with many extended stem nuances).

RA'AH Brown Driver and Briggs 09081-6b to look upon with favour, or pleasure

 

God is omnipresent. God is infinitely good and holy. The knowledge of evil is a part of God's knowledge (Genesis 3:22). There has to be good in order for evil to exist. [There has to be truth in order for there to be lies.] [There has to be order in order for chaos to exist.] In God being omnipresent He is omniscient.

The sinless Christ on the cross bearing our sin, did not cease being God (Hebrews 1:3), while being forsaken by God the Father (Psalms 22:1).

 

" If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear [me]:" ( Psalms 66:8 )

" Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth." ( John 9:31 )

" Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what [is] the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?" ( Job 27:9 )

" [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?" ( Habakkuk 1:13 )

The Lord does not look with favor on those who call on Him out of anything less than a pure heart...one which He alone has given them.
He does not regard iniquity in a man's heart of hearts.


He "looks upon" sin and sinners all the time, for He beholds their corruption and wickedness ( Psalms 14:2-3, Psalms 53:2-3, Romans 3:10-12 ), yet, He does not "hear" ( look upon, favorably ) their cries to Him.
He looks upon Christ's sheep as the apple of His eye ( Psalms 17 ) and those that He has loved ( Ephesians 2:4-10 ) and they have His favor and attention.

 

Habakkuk is asking the question

- LORD if you cannot look with approval upon sin why then don't you do anything when the wicked beat down the righteous? -

 

It is in the Bible, and it is a prophet of God saying it, so we must believe it, but interpret it properly. The verse cannot contradict or deny the omniscience of God. It does not mean that God hides His eyes so as not to know what is going on. In that case He would not be God.

So what does it mean? As in all such cases we have to compare Scripture with Scripture. I think some other verses may shed light.

Job 31:1. 'I have made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman?' Job doesn't mean that he literally doesn't look at young women; otherwise he would keep bumping into them! He means that he doesn't look at them in a lustful way.

Matthew 7:23. 'And then I will declare to them, "I never knew you! Depart from Me you who practice lawlessness!'" This cannot mean that the Lord Jesus is totally unaware of lawless people; otherwise again, He would not be God. What it means is that He has no dealings or association with them.

Psalm 138:6. 'Though the LORD is on high, yet He regards the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar off.' God knows all about the proud, but has no dealings with them,

Proverbs 15:29. 'The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.' Here we have the truth about Psalm 22:1 and Mark 15:34. The Lord Jesus, as the only truly righteous Person that ever was, enjoyed the closest possible prayer relationship with His Father (John 11:42). But when He was made sin for us, the very epitome of wickedness, the Father forsook Him and stood afar off. He suffered the fate of the wicked. The Lord Jesus had no conscious relationship with His Father (Psalm 22:2) and was left utterly bereft of fellowship with Him until propitiation was accomplished at the Ninth Hour and He cried, "It is finished!".

 

Not at all. I think it's entirely appropriate to do so. I'm not sure how you could suppose that from what I wrote, but no doubt you will tell me.

 

I'm very happy with what I wrote.
As the saying goes, I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you. Christ was made sin for us, and the Father, who cannot have communion with sin, forsook Him (i.e. withdrew from Him) during His time upon the cross. It's really not difficult.