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Have you ever read through the Minor Prophets? Those short books at the end of the Old Testament which we can easily forget about are books filled with instruction for us. Their devotional value is immense, and their beautiful manner of expressing deep spiritual truth, often rising to poetic heights
Rev. Ronald Hanko, minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches and member of Covenant of Grace PRC in Spokane, WA Previous article in this series: June, 2023, p. 394. A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work
Habakkuk's cry "how long?" is different from Job's in Job 19:7, though almost the same language is used. Job's cry was a demand for an explanation of God's ways, while Habakkuk's, similar to that of the souls under the altar in Revelation 6:10, is no more than a plea that God will come quickly and e
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Rev. Ronald Hanko, minister emeritus in the Protestant Reformed Churches and member of Covenant of Grace PRC in Spokane, WA Previous article in this series: May 15, 2022, p. 370. Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will no
Often God's people find themselves severely disturbed because they see no visible power as strong as their enemies. But the prophecy of Habakkuk encourages the faithful to assume a strange perspective. They must look at the strength of the enemy as the very source of their own protection. The strong
Ill that he blesses is our good, And unblessed good is ill; And all is right that seems most wrong. If it be his sweet will.1 How is the book of Habakkuk arranged? The book has two main parts, a conversation between Habakkuk and God, chapters 1 and 2, called a "burden" in 1:1, and a prayer, chapter
Habakkuk confesses in the same breath that what Israel saw in the wilderness, what Judah would see in the coming of the Babylonians, was only a small display of God's power: "there was the hiding of his power." He was thinking, we may be sure, of what Moses saw at Sinai when God made His glory pass
In the first part of verse 2, Habakkuk confesses that he is still afraid. When he heard of the coming of the Babylonians, he was afraid and that did not change, though he had turned to prayer and praise and found reassurance in God's answers to him. That he was still afraid is evident from the verb
Verse 1 says, "...the bird in which Habakkuk, the prophet, did see." As a prophet, he's one who received God's Word and then spoke that Word. To put it in the language of 2 Peter 1, Habakkuk is one of the holy men of old who was moved, who was carried along by the Holy Spirit, so that what he s