SUMMARY OF HABAKKUK 1:1-11
Habakkuk cries out to the Lord, but says He is not listening as the wicked people pervert justice and there’s wrongdoing all around him.
The Lord answers by saying He will raise up the Babylonians who are ruthless people to seize dwellings across the world.
BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 2: Habakkuk 1:1-11
3a) Habakkuk cries out to the Lord, but says He is not listening as the wicked people pervert justice all around him.
b) The questions we have today are exactly the same as the ones we had back then. Why does God allow bad to happen to people?
4a) Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
b) He is going to raise up the Babylonians who are ruthless people to seize dwellings across the world.
5) God is working silently in the background. He is always with us, even when we can’t see, feel, or understand Him.
Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 2: Habakkuk 1:1-11
Many of the prophets we’ve studied this year have wondered how God could allow such atrocities against mankind and they have asked him about it. So must we.
End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 2: Habakkuk 1:1-11
We know very little about the prophet Habakkuk, as he is not mentioned in other books of the Bible. Bible scholars believe he preached during the reign of King Jehoiakim around 600 B.C. and the book was written before the fall of Jerusalem in 586 BC. His name means “embrace” in Hebrew and him being called a prophet is rare in the Bible. He lived in the last days before Judah’s exile and is the last of the preexilic prophets. His book encourages the righteous to remain faithful despite the horrors and evil around them.
This is the 8th book of the Minor Prophets.
Paul quotes Habakkuk 1:5 in Acts 13:41 urging the people not to let complacency keep them from accepting Jesus.
Habakkuk wanted judgment on those who were doing evil in the world.
Seeing evil makes us realize that we ourselves are evil, too.
God answers by saying He will use the Babylonians for judgment.
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