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Graphics of Habakkuk

Contents
1 Habakkuk's Time
2 Vital statistics
3 The Rulers and Prophets of Habakkuk's Time
4 Personality Profile: Habakkuk
5 Habakkuk
6 The Blueprint
7 Habakkuk Overview

Habakkuk's Time

Jeremiah becomes a prophet	Habakkuk becomes a prophet	King Josiah dies in battle	Daniel taken captive to Babylon	Ezekiel a captive in Babylon; Zedekiah becomes king	Habakkuk's ministry ends	Fall of Judah; Jerusalem destroyed
627 B.C.	612	609	605	597	589	586

Vital statistics

Purpose:	To show that God is still in control of the world despite the apparent triumph of evil
Author:	Habakkuk
Original audience:	The people of Judah (the southern kingdom)
Date written:	Between 612 and 589 B.C.
Setting:	Babylon was becoming the dominant world power and Judah would soon feel Babylon's destructive force.
Key verse:	"I have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy" (3:2)
Key people:	Habakkuk, the Babylonians
Key place:	Judah

The Rulers and Prophets of Habakkuk's Time

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Kings of Assyria

Ashurbanipal
669                                        633
Sinsharishkun
629            612
Ashuruballit 612-609

Ashuretililani 633-629
Fall of Nineveh
Kings of Babylon

Nabopolassar
626              605
Nebuchadnezzar
605                        562

Kings of Judah (Southern Kingdom)
Jehoiachin 3 months

640         Josiah          609
Jehoiakim 609-597
Zedekiah 597-586

Jehoahaz 3 months
Judah taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C.

Habakkuk and His Contemporary Prophets
(Southern Kingdom)

650         Nahum         620
HABAKKUK 621      609

593 Ezekiel 559

605            Daniel             536

627                   Jeremiah                   574

636 Zephaniah 623

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Personality Profile: Habakkuk

1:1 Name may mean: “Embraced &(by God &).”

Occupation: Prophet of the Lord, and possibly also a temple musician or singer (Hab. 3:19).

Best known today as: The prophet whose “burden” is given in the book of Habakkuk, possibly written at about the same time as the battle of Carchemish (c. 605 a.d.; see Jer. 46:2).

Word in life study Bible . 1997, c1996 (electronic ed.) (Hab 1.2). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.

Habakkuk

Served as a prophet to Judah from 612-589 B.C.

CLIMATE OF THE TIMES	Judah's last four kings were wicked men who rejected God and oppressed their own people. Babylon invaded Judah twice before finally destroying in 586 B.C. It was a time of fear, oppression, persecution, lawlessness, and immorality.
MAIN MESSAGE	Habakkuk couldn't understand why God seemed to do nothing about the wickedness in society. Then he realized that faith in God alone would supply the answers to his questions.
IMPORTANCE OF MESSAGE	Instead of questioning the ways of God, we should realize that he is totally just and we should have faith that he is in control and that one dasy evil will be utterly destroyed.
CONTEMPORARY PROPHET	Jeremiah (627-586 B.C.), Daniel (605-536 B.C.), Ezekiel (593-571 B.C.).

The Blueprint

1) HABAKKUK'S COMPLAINTS (1:1-2:20)

2) HABAKKUK'S PRAYER (3:1-19)

When Habakkuk was troubled, he brought his concerns directly to Go. After receiving God's answer, he responded with a prayer of faith. Habakkuk's example is one that should encourage us as we struggle to move from doubt to faith. We don't have to be afraid to ask questions of God. The problem is not with God and his ways but with our limited understanding of him.