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Key Passage Lord , are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, you will never die. You, Lord , have appointed them to execute judgment; you, my Rock, have ordained them to punish. Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous?…

Intro: If you were to look at the earth from outer space [ from the moon ], you would see one of the most beautiful, majestic sights in your life [ show picture ]. [ Earth as seen from the moon ] If you were to take a little closer view from space [ satellite orbiting the earth ], you would begin to…

Habakkuk 1:5-11 Story of sunburn on head Textual Context: Date: 609-605 BC Author: Habakkuk Location: Judah - pre exile Form: Wisdom, Lament, Poetic/Hymn This uniqueness in form positions Habakkuk to stand as the climactic/transitional book of the shorter prophets Narrative Context: Narrative Climax…

Background Hang with me through the end of the book. Date: 609-605 BC Author: Habakkuk Location: Judah - pre exile Northern kingdom is in exile Form: Wisdom, Lament, Poetic/Hymn Let’s review some history 931 BC - Kingdom is Divided ( 2 Kings 12:16-17 ) 722 BC - Northern Kingdom goes into Assyrian Exile…

Habakkuk 1:1-11 Scene 1: Faith under fire. When the blow torch of reality is applied to your faith how do you cope? When God doesn’t fulfil your expectations, what do you do? Some turn their back on God. Some try to make a deal with God, “Give me what I want and I will not give up on you.” Others get…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

INTRODUCTION We are concluding our November sermon series of Staying Strong in the Lord with “Finding Strength in God’s Promises”. Just it give you can idea of the “promises” of God mentioned in the Bible. Here are 25 of 7,000 Finding strength in God's promises can be a somethings be a difficult task…

Genesis 25:19-28:9 Malachi 1:1-2:7 Review In our last Halftarah portion we spoke about Abraham and David getting old זָקֵן Grow Old = ‎ ( zā·qēn ) Strongs 2204 Abraham makes Isaac his heir and David Salomon, despite the attempts of Adoniyahu to take over Now it’s time to speak about and to the generations…

Introduction Audience: Written to Judah, but the conversation is between the prophet and God. Date: 626-590 BC. It was most likely written after the destruction of the northern kingdom, but before the Judaen exile. This was a period of decline and rebellion in Judah before they were judged. Author: Nothing…

LESSON 7 THE PRESENCE OF EVIL Text Habakkuk 1:1–4 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence…

TEXT: HABAKKUK There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. INTRO : Habakkuk was written around 610-605 BC, meaning he prophesied around…

Number 8 in the order of the Minor Prophets. The oracle (see p. 19) was received ‘in a vision’ (NEB, JB) by Habakkuk, who is here called a prophet. This title is rare in book headings (see Hag. 1:1; Zech. 1:1), and is taken by some to indicate that Habakkuk was a professional prophet, one who earned…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

A disclaimer on pre-marital counseling: training before we start our jobs, training before we drive a gasoline propelled 1500 lbs metal vehicle down the road at an average of 40+ miles and hour. But pre-marital training is often scoffed at by the world. 1. A Principle Proclaimed (v25-28) 25 Now concerning…

Leader Guide ESV, Unit 15, Session 4 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Edited by Rev. Lex DeLong, M.A., Feb. 2023 Summary and Goal Habakkuk is a remarkable book that records the dialogue between a confused yet…

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come…

When You See Darkness... Back in the day, when we had Bibles that had paper pages, it was not difficult to see the personal Bible of fellow Christians. What I mean by that is that if you were to take a person’s Bible and hold it up, it would be easy to see what their personal canon was, that is the books…

Habakkuk’s Complaint Lsat week, we looked at the first part of Habakkuk, where he stated his complain to God, and his complaint was that all around him, he saw people doing evil. People were doing offensive things against God. And he was not simply looking outside his own community, he was looking at…

Questioning God Justice is a popular topic these days. A lot of people are crying out for justice. However, not everyone means the same thing when they are talking about justice. Someone may say justice will come when we all have equality of wealth. Some may say justice will come when we get rid of the…

A troubling time. Judah just like Israel was under judgment from the Lord because of ungodly choices and living. They were looking like the world instead of being a light to the world. This is a oracle addressed in similar fashion as: Zephaniah and his prophesy to Judah (640-609 B.C.) Nahum pronouncing…

20 years ago life took a turn for the worst. At least that is true of our nation. But for many people life was already at a pretty low point. But it was a day when we say close to 3,000 people die, without any warning. The big problem: evil, suffering and a “good God”. This is the number one reason why…

Intro: Questions! We all have them! Much of the time we value them because we were created with a desire to know. If you have a 2 or 3 year old all the questions can be annoying. Answers to our questions give us the opportunity to make adjustments and shape our lives. We can get with reality, or choose…

Introduction: If you have your Bible let me invite you to open with me to the book of Habakkuk. Habakkuk is a minor prophet, meaning it is one of the smaller prophetic books. It is only three chapters taking up two and half pages in my Bible. So feel free to use your table of contents to locate it. We…

2 O Lord , how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3 Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4 So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes…