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The Minor Prophets
Week Eleven: Habakkuk
HOW TO HAVE VISION & FAITH

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Habakkuk
...the key to studying the Bible
is to love the Bible

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AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXPOSURE OF HABAKKUK
1. He was a prophet

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AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXPOSURE OF HABAKKUK
1. He was a prophet
2. He was a priest

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AN EXPERIENTIAL
EXPOSURE OF HABAKKUK
1. He was a prophet
2. He was a priest
3. We know his character from the
meaning of his name—Habakkuk
means "embracer” or “wrestler”

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Definition:
• Prophecy is God’s prepared
weapon against Satan in the day
of the Devil’s power

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
1. The law is ignored

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
1. The law is ignored
2. Justice is never upheld

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
1. The law is ignored
2. Justice is never upheld
3. The wicked surround the
righteous
4. When justice does come, it is
perverted

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
• Matt. 24:34 Verily I say unto you,
This generation shall not pass, till
all these things be fulfilled.

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
• Psa. 21:9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery
oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD
shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the
fire shall devour them.
• Isa. 26:11 LORD, when thy hand is lifted up,
they will not see: but they shall see, and be
ashamed for their envy at the people; yea,
the fire of thine enemies shall devour them.

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
• 2 Thes. 2:3-4 Let no man deceive you by
any means: for that day shall not come,
except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth
himself above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in
the temple of God, shewing himself that he
is God.

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• Romans 1:17 emphasizes "the just" versus the
unrighteous, and how his righteousness comes
from God
• Galatians 3:11 emphasizes "by faith" versus "by
the law" as the principle allowing God to give it
• Hebrews 10:38 emphasizes "shall live" by faith
versus drawing back unto perdition
Hab. 2:4 contrasts the just man responding from
a position of faith and the Antichrist
HABAKKUK 2:4

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CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING
TO THE LAWLESS ONE
• Dan 4:30-31 The king spake, and said, Is
not this great Babylon, that I have built for
the house of the kingdom by the might of my
power, and for the honour of my majesty?
While the word was in the king’s mouth,
there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O
king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken;
The kingdom is departed from thee.

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• Obadiah sealed the fate of Edom
• Nahum tolled the death knell over
Assyria
• Habakkuk digs the grave for
Babylon
3 NATIONS THAT TYPIFY THE
REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST

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Definition:
• Shigionoth was a word which
meant a crying aloud in a
passionate, moving strain of
music.

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Definition:
• Selah means, suspend the
music (pause and look up),
and can be used when
reading the Psalms as a
thought-link, connecting two
subjects.

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Psalm 94:12-13
• Blessed is the man whom thou
chastenest, O LORD, and
teachest him out of thy law; That
thou mayest give him rest from the
days of adversity, until the pit be
digged for the wicked.

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What Are Habakkuk’s
Applications?
1. God can handle all your
questions, but he answers only a
few

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What Are Habakkuk’s
Applications?
1. God can handle all your
questions, but he answers only a
few
2. You have to be willing to judge
what is happening not by
appearances, but by the word of
God

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What Are Habakkuk’s
Applications?
3. Waiting strengthens our patience
and lengthens our perspective

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What Are Habakkuk’s
Applications?
3. Waiting strengthens our patience
and lengthens our perspective
4. The bottom line of faith is not to
silence all your doubts, but to
make you sure of God

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NEXT WEEK
• The Book Report is due the last
class, Dec 19
• A Study Guide is available for the
online final exam