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Habakkuk – Lesson 8 Habakkuk 3:16-3:19 “Yet I will exult in the Lord” (Look HERE for other lessons in this series) Verse 16 I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, Read More …
Habakkuk Lesson 7 Habakkuk 3:7-3:15 “You went forth for the salvation of your people” (Click here for other Lessons in the Habakkuk Series) Unfortunately in our world today, children go to school everyday to face bullies. Some small child is confronted by a hulking brute who demands his lunch money. The tiny child wants to Read More …
Habakkuk Lesson 6 Habakkuk 3:1-3:6 “The Ways of the Lord are Everlasting” (Click here for other Lessons in the Habakkuk series.) At the end of Chapter 2, the Lord is on His Holy Throne, and the earth is silent before Him. Hush! … Don’t you wish you could know everything that Habakkuk saw in this Read More …
Habakkuk 2:4-2:20 Lesson 5 “The Lord is in His Holy Temple” (For other lessons in the series, Click Here.) In this passage, the Lord outlines his judgment for the Chaldeans. This coming judgment is very personal, reflecting (like the judgment to the Jewish people in chapter 1) the very evil deeds that they had committed. Read More …
Habakkuk 2:1-2:4 (click here for other lessons in Habakkuk) Lesson 4 “The Righteous shall live by Faith” When we left Habakkuk, he was staked out on the wall waiting for a reply from the Lord. He knew that God would send an answer, but he didn’t know when. Furthermore, he was aware that the answer Read More …
Habakkuk 1:12-2:1 Lesson 3 Will the Wicked Swallow up the Righteous? In Lesson 1 of Habakkuk, we saw Habakkuk cry out to the Lord wondering how long He would let the sins of Judah go unpunished. Then, in Lesson 2, the Lord answers Habakkuk by revealing that He already had a plan. And his astounding Read More …
Habakkuk Bible Study Lesson 2 — Look, Be Astounded! Habakkuk 1:5-12 In Habakkuk 1:2-4, the prophet cried out to the Lord against the evil and violence that he saw in his land. We ended lesson 1 with verse 5 of chapter 1 in which God answers Habakkuk’s cries. He begins by telling Habakkuk Read More …
Habakkuk Bible Study Lesson 1 — How Long, Lord? Habakkuk 1:1-5 Intro and Background: This prophetic book of the Old Testament is thought to have been written sometime around 610 BC, before the Babylonian capture of Judah. Most commentaries support the idea that Habakkuk lived some of his life during the time of Josiah, the Read More …