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lesson 33 HABAKKUK I. BACKGROUND 1. Author - Habakkuk the prophet: 1:1; 3:1 2. Date - Approximately 608 - 597 B.C. 3. Setting - Habakkuk foresaw the punishment of God on Israel for her sins but questioned God's method II. PURPOSE OF THE BOOK 1. Key Verses: 1:1-2; 5; 13; 2:4; 20 2. Theme: God's ways are not always clear to man, but His ways are always right. All unrighteousness will be punished. All righteousness will be rewarded. 1) Habakkuk's 1st question and God's reply a. Habakkuk's question: 1:1-4 b. God's answer: 1:5-11 2) Habakkuk's 2nd question and God's reply a. Question: 1:12 - 2:1 b. Reply: 2:2-20 3) Habakkuk's prayer a. The prophet's understanding: 3:1-2 b. The prophet's remembrance: 3:3-15 4) Habakkuk's reaction a. Prophet trembles: 3:16 b. Prophet strengthened: 3:17-18 c. Prophet's final victory: 3:19 III. ABOUT THE MESSIAH 1. Acts 13:41; Habakkuk 1:5 2. Romans 1:16-17; Habakkuk 2:4 3. Habakkuk 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:6; Colossians 1:6 4. Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11-13 IV. APPLICATIONS - LESSONS 1. Five sins God hated: 1) Plunder: 2:6-8 2) Ill-gotten: 2:9-11 3) Violence and blood-shed: 2:12-14 4) Idolatry: 2:18-19 2. All men will answer to God: 3:6 3. God will execute righteous judgment: 3:18-19 HABAKKUK QUESTIONS 1. All ________________ shall be punished and all ________________ shall be rewarded. 2. God has promised that His word will surely come to pass. True or False 3. What did the prophet mean when he said, "We shall not surely die?" 4. God used Chaldeans to __________________ and _______________________. 5. What is meant by the saying, "God came from Teman"? 6. Habakkuk prayed, " O Lord I have _______________ your speech and was _______________. |