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Habakkuk

Habakkuk 
Day 
Introduction

INTRODUCTION

Text: Habakkuk

THE AUTHOR

Little is known of the personal life and ministry of the author Habakkuk. His name does not appear in any other book in the Scriptures. Our knowledge of Habakkuk is drawn from his short prophetic book. He identified himself as a prophet of the Lord (Habakkuk 1:1).

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Habakkuk wrote about the invasion of the Chaldeans (Habakkuk 1:6). The word “Chaldean” was used synonymously with the word “Babylonians”. Amos ministered as God’s prophet in Israel, till the Assyrians conquered and destroyed it in 722 BC.

The Babylonians conquered Assyria and threatened to invade Judah in the 6th century. Habakkuk was a prophet who ministered in Judah before the invasion of the Babylonians in 586 BC.

THEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE

The prophet Habakkuk struggled greatly with how God could tolerate the Babylonians and their vicious wickedness. To the sensitive prophetic soul of Habakkuk, that the Chaldeans could invade Judah and overwhelm it was a theological nightmare he could not fully comprehend.

RELEVANCE OF HABAKKUK

We face similar moral dilemmas in our time too. Evil seems to prevail over good. The book of Habakkuk teaches us how we may face and address moral dilemmas. There are good and effective principles that we will discover in the Book of Habakkuk. If we learn them well, we may be able to apply them effectively in our life and ministry!

SEEKING ENLIGHTENMENT

Let us humbly and consciously seek the Lord in prayer as we read the Book of Habakkuk. May the Spirit of wisdom and revelation be given to us so that we may fathom the deep and enriching spiritual lessons that are found in the Book of Habakkuk!

Prayerfully,
Charles Tan