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BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 4: Habakkuk 3:1-15

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SUMMARY OF HABAKKUK 3:1-15

After questioning God, Habakkuk now prays to God and praises Him for who He is and His goodness.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 4: Habakkuk 3:1-15

11a) Habakkuk asks God to repeate his awesome deeds in his day and make them known. He asks him to remember mercy in his anger.

b) It’s a wonderful prayer, asking God to show up and do good deeds in our day like He did in the past. Habakkuk is humble, declaring God’s goodness. We all can be humble to God, declare His goodness, and ask Him to show up in our lives.

12a)

His glory covered the heavens
    and his praise filled the earth.
6 He stood, and shook the earth;
    he looked, and made the nations tremble.
The ancient mountains crumbled
    and the age-old hills collapsed—
    but he marches on forever.
9 You uncovered your bow,
    you called for many arrows.
You split the earth with rivers;

11 Sun and moon stood still in the heavens

    at the glint of your flying arrows,

    at the lightning of your flashing spear.
13 You came out to deliver your people,
    to save your anointed one.
You crushed the leader of the land of wickedness,
    you stripped him from head to foot.
14 With his own spear you pierced his head
    when his warriors stormed out to scatter us,
gloating as though about to devour
    the wretched who were in hiding.
15 You trampled the sea with your horses,
    churning the great waters.

b) God has always been there in the past and worked things out. He will continue to do so for me today.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 4: Habakkuk 3:1-15

Love the prayer. Absolutely breathtaking.

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 4: Habakkuk 3:1-15

Habakkuk prays for revival of the people like in yesteryear. We should pray for personal revival. He prays for God to remember them and have mercy.

He praises God for His glory, His works, and for who God is.

When we remember what God did in the past, it helps us to remember what God can do in the present.

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BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 3: Habakkuk 1:12-2:20

by atozmom, posted in BSF People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided 2022/2023

SUMMARY OF HABAKKUK 1:12-2:20

Habakkuk complains again to God, asking Him why He tolerates treachery and those who do evil to others.

The Lord gives Habakkuk a message to give to the people: woe to those who do not live by faithfulness. Woe to all those who do evil to others.

BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 3: Habakkuk 1:12-2:20

6a) The Lord is everlasting. He will never die. He has appointed the Babylonians to execute judgment and to punish. Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.

b) Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?

c) I really don’t. We all deserve judgment. God is in charge. Evil happens for a reason. It is for us to accept, not to understand.

7) Habakkuk waits on God’s reply and expects to be corrected. This is what we all should do. Wait on the Lord and let Him work.

8 ) People who are righteous live by faith. Others desire evil and are proud. In essence, those who rely on themselves (proud) and those who rely on God (the faithful).

9) He warns people who do evil against others, who are proud, greedy, drunk, and practice idolatry.

10) God is above all else and truly no one has any right to be in His presence. We should be humble before the Lord in all ways and in all things for God is Holy.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 3: Habakkuk 1:12-2:20

This is so typically human. We still question God because we can’t understand Him and His ways. And God answers in typical style: because I am God.

End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 28, Day 3: Habakkuk 1:12-2:20

Habakkuk wonders why God chose the Babylonians to judge Judah. First he wonders why God doesn’t judge Judah. Then he wonders why choose the Babylonians. Why judge evil with more evil? Why not?

Then he wonders how long the Babylonians will rule.

Habakkuk expected God to answer him, so he waited. He expected to be corrected, too.

God says there are the proud and there are the faithful.

Fun Fact: “Just live by faith” is one of the most quoted Old Testamant verses in the New Testament.

Romans 1:17  the justified man – “The just shall live by faith.”

Hebrews 10:38  faith – “The just shall live by faith.”

Galatians 3:11 the Christian life – “The just shall live by faith.”

Christians are to live by faith. That is it. By nothing else: works, feelings, etc.

God would deal with the Babylonians who were prideful.

God calls out to the greedy, the violent, the drunk, and the idolater.

The Lord is alive in His Holy temple, and He would deal with them all.

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BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 28, Day 4: Genesis 48:1-14

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Summary of Genesis 48:1-14:

Joseph took his two sons to see Jacob when it was reported that he was ill. Jacob repeated to Joseph the covenant promise God had made him. Jacob adopts Joseph’s two sons as his own, Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob asks to bless them, but his eyesight is failing so Joseph places the older one, Manasseh, on right and the younger one, Ephraim, on his left. Jacob switches his hands to bless the younger one over the older one like Isaac and Jacob were chosen. Joseph’s family received a double share since he was adopting both boys.

BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 28, Day 4: Genesis 48:1-14

10) Jacob adopts both of Joseph’s boys as his own so that they will receive a share in the Promised Land. He blesses them all.

11a) Isaac and Jacob were chosen over their brothers. Seth, Shem, and Joseph’s now double blessing over Reuben

b) God can do what He wants, and we can’t understand His reasons.

12) I am facing none now, or at least I don’t feel hopeless cause I think nothing is hopeless. But there have been many times there I faced hopelessness and God brought me through, like in our moves.

Conclusions BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 28, Day 4: Genesis 48:1-14

I love how the patriarchs of the family are honored; their blessings are sought; it matters what they think, say, and do. Too many of us dismiss the elderly as not having much of value to say.

End Notes BSF Study Questions Genesis: Lesson 28, Day 4: Genesis 48:1-14

Luz is another name for Bethel (Genesis 28:19, 35:6), which is where Jacob saw God.

We read the exact words of the covenant passed down verbally from generation to generation. It is presumed that Jacob and most of God’s people couldn’t read nor was there much to read. Joseph most likely could since he was in the house of Pharaoh.

There is still 12 tribes of Israel, but there are 13 sons now with this adoption, as Joseph was now divided into two tribes. They are listed over 20 different ways in the Bible

The Number 12 in the Bible

12 is often associated with government or administration in God’s eyes.

There are

  • 12 tribes;
  • 12 apostles;
  • 12 princes of Ishmael;
  • 12 pillars on Moses’ altar;
  • 12 stones on the high priest’s breastplate;
  • 12 cakes of showbread;
  • 12 silver platters; silver bowls; and gold pans for the service of the tabernacle;
  • 12 spies to search out the land;
  • 12 memorial stones;
  • 12 governors under Solomon;
  • 12 stones in Elijah’s altar;
  • 12 in each group of musicians and singers for Israel’s worship;
  • 12 hours in a day;
  • 12 months in a year;
  • 12 Ephesian men filled with the Holy Spirit;
  • 12,000 from 12 tribes sealed and preserved through the tribulation;
  • 12 gates of 12 pearls in heaven, and 12 angels at the gates;
  • 12 foundations in the New Jerusalem, each with the names of the 12 apostles of the Lamb; it’s length, breadth, and height are all 12,000 furlongs;
  • the tree of life in heaven has 12 fruits.

Jacob still remembers his beloved Rachel.

Manasseh means forgetfulness and Ephraim means fruitfulness (Genesis 41:51-52).

Note how Joseph bows down to Jacob even though he only bows to Pharaoh.

We know that the right hand in the Bible is the favored hand. It is usually most people’s stronger hand and Jesus sat down at the right hand of God in heaven (Mark 14:62). We also see the right hand representing God’s strength and favor (Exodus 15:6),(Psalm 16:11)