Current Events In The Life Of Habakkuk

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Current Events In The Life Of Habakkuk

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• Though the fig tree should not blossom And there
  be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the
  olive should fail And the fields produce no food,
  Though the flock should be cut off from the fold
  And there be no cattle in the stalls, Yet I will
  exult in the Lord . . . (Habakkuk 317-18)

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750 B.C. Hosea begins In Israel
874 B.C. Wicked Ahab crowned King (Israel)
931 B.C. Israel Divides
755 B.C. Amos begins In Israel
735 B.C. Micah begins In Judah
874 B.C. Elijah begins in Israel
760 B.C. Jonah begins In Israel
Israel (N. Kingdom) conquered
740 B.C. Isaiah begins In Judah
794 B.C. Jereboam II crowned King (Israel)
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• Whos Left To Judah?
• Habakkuk

640-609 Josiah Rules
728-695 B.C. Hezekiah Rules Judah
722 B.C. Israel (N. king.) conquered
695-642 Wicked Manasseh Rules
609-586 Judahs Final Kings
663-612 B.C. Nahum In Judah
750-725 B.C. Hosea Prophesies (Last Prophet To
Israel)
735-700 B.C. Micah Works In Judah
630 B.C. Zephaniah Works In Judah
740-680 B.C. Isaiah Prophesies to Judah
586 B.C. Judah Destroyed
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Who Was Habakkuk?

• Habakkuk 11
• Righteous man, 12-4
• Confused man, 112-21

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Who Were The Chaldeans?

• Chaldeans/Babylonians same people.
• Their beginning Genesis 108-10.
• An early period of power under Hammurabi during
  Israels bondage in Egypt (around 1700 B.C.)

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Who Were The Chaldeans?

• A nation ruled by Assyria during the period of
  the prophets, but fighting to break away.
• Under King Nebopollassar (Nebuchadnezzars
  father), Babylon breaks away and destroys
  Nineveh.
• One of the most famous historical battles 2
  Chronicles 3520-27.

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Lessons

• Even when things look unjust, recognize that God
  is planning.
• Gods rebuke to the righteous Have faith!
• Evil is self-destructive