In more than 30 years of preaching, i have never preached from the prophet habakkuk. What is so wonderful about these two verses is that we are given instruction as to how we should think and act after engaging in prayer and speaking to god about our. The book of habakkuk is, however, set during the reign of jehoaikim under whose evil reign the jewish people again turned away from god to serve idols and pursue evil. He answered habakkuk by assuring him that he was fully aware of judahs sin. He was going to use the babylonians to bring judgment upon his people. Write 3 john on small slips of paper and hand out at the end of class, so the students may memorize one more book. Habakkuk is the only prophet to devote his entire work to the question of the justice of gods government of the world. The oracle which habakkuk the prophet saw the book of habakkuk begins with this simple statement declaring what information habakkuk will share with us. Habakkuk 2 niv i will stand at my watch and station bible gateway. Chapter 3 may be an independent addition, now recognized as a liturgical piece, but was possibly written by the same author as chapters 1 and 2. In the bible as a whole, only job delivers a more pointed challenge to divine rule. Then make a list of questions the kids would ask god. Habakkuk 2 kjv i will stand upon my watch, and set me bible.
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what i shall answer when i am reproved. Could write them on butcher paper cut into a questions mark shape. The book of habakkuk, chapter 2 king james version. In verse 4 is a passage three times quoted by the apostle paul, as applicable to the salvation of the gospel to the enjoyment of eternal life. Habakkuk 2 is the second chapter of the book of habakkuk in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. The book of habakkuk the prophet who wrestled with god in dark times duration.
If you start at the end, malachi, and just keeping taking a left, youll finally hit habakkuk. And the lord answered me, and said, write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. In this book, habakkuk struggles to understand gods goodness in the midst of such evil and injustice in the world. In fact, he had the consequences of their sin prepared and on the way. If you have your bible, please turn to the book of habakkuk. Some of you may remember that in the late 80s, early 90s, there was a company.