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Habakkuk. Habakkuk. For canonicity compare Habakkuk 1:5 with Acts 13:41 Outline Doubts (ch. 1-2) Shouts (ch. 3) “The Prophet with a Problem” (and its resolution) Homiletic Resource From Fear to Faith by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. Habakkuk, cont. The Man
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Habakkuk • For canonicity compare Habakkuk 1:5 with Acts 13:41 • Outline • Doubts (ch. 1-2) • Shouts (ch. 3) • “The Prophet with a Problem” (and its resolution) • Homiletic Resource • From Fear to Faith by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Habakkuk, cont. • The Man • Name means “to fold one’s hand’s (around), embrace, or wrestle with” (a latter day Jacob) • Family • Rabbinic tradition suggests he was the son of the Shunammite woman of 2 Kings 4:8-17 (esp. vs. 16 hbk). • Date • 7th Century B.C. • After young King Josiah’s revival of 624 B.C. • Before the final Babylonian captivity of 586 B.C. (Hab. 1:4, 6, 15; 3:16) • About the time of Babylon’s victory at Carchemish in 605 B.C. • Audience • God, Judah and Babylon • The Times • International crisis • Internal corruption
The Bible Knowledge CommentarySee:“Old Testament” Page 1507Column 1Paragraphs 2-41984
The answer isHabakkuk 2:4. The Just Romans 1:17 (salvation) Shall Live Galatians 3:11 (sanctification) By Faith Hebrews 10:38 (service)
Wonderful Prospects • Habakkuk 2:14, 20 • Habakkuk 3:1, 6e, 17-19 • Prayer • Shig/i/O/noth (Heb. ecstatic singing) • See the refrain in Habakkuk 2:8, 17. • Selah (Heb. pause to reflect) • Poetic structure • Subscription • Stringed instrumentation