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Habakkuk

Habakkuk

The Expectant Prophet

John Currid

Habakkuk

The Expectant Prophet

John Currid

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The days in which Habakkuk preached were a dark time for the church in the Old Testament. God’s people were suffering at the hands of others in the community, and the law of God was being sidelined in society. It was about to get worse! Why would God allow this? The author shows how Habakkuk teaches the sovereignty of God in a way not found in any other book of the Bible.

The days in which Habakkuk preached were a dark time for the church in the Old Testament. God’s people were suffering at the hands of others in the community, and the law of God was being sidelined in society. The prophet questions why God would allow such things to happen and to continue. Why is God not doing something about the suffering and injustice?

Habakkuk learns that the just shall live by faith, even though the covenant nation itself is about to be destroyed, and the prophecy ends with a psalm of joyful praise to God. And so we learn, right along with the prophet, that no matter what is swirling around us, good or ill, we are to place our full trust in the sovereign Lord of the universe.

We learn of the different genres of literature in the book: prophecy, wisdom, lamentation, complaint, psalmody. It is, what the author calls, ‘a menagerie of genres’. Ultimately, this is about God’s full control over, and care for, his people.

  • Title

    Habakkuk

  • Author(s)

    John Currid

  • Series

    Welwyn Commentary Series

  • ISBN

    9780852347003

  • Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Evangelical Press

  • Bible Book

    Habakkuk|

  • Audience

    Church Leaders, Adults

  • Pages

    144

  • Published

    07/01/2009

John Currid

John D. Currid (PhD, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) is Carl W. McMurray Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary. He has served on several archaeological excavations and is author of several books and commentaries.

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